Witt's End

 "Superman is boring."  “No one ever dreams about the problems, but every life has them — even the extraordinary ones.” Those two lines stand out from a series premiere last night. One I had trepidation about that I have since thrown away. A lot of people know that I love Superman. Clark Kent is my DC jam. Yes he can be OP. Yes he's typically good to a fault and for a lot of people that's boring. I get it. The solution is typically to try to make things grittier. We can insert the DCEU and the New 52 here. It doesn't usually work. Darkness plastered haphazardly over a source of light casts inconsistent shadows. It makes things different to the max. It changes the core of a character.  The alternative to that is usually considered formulaic, boring, and too nice for a lot of comic book fans. He's good to a fault. Predictably will do the right thing even if it costs him. Will give all to doing the right thing. I mean he's almost a trope. So what do you do? I

 Why can I find my way     past the last gate? Why am I so tired? Where do I turn at this point in      life? Do they know I care? Have I told them? Have I shown them? Have I made it past the      point of no return? Have I done enough? Have I made a home? Have I left a legacy? Will I ever know? Why does the dark raise     these questions? 2/22/2021