Superheroing- Tuesday, February 20- 2nd period

[captainliberty]

Captain Liberty is clearly not in a very happy mood when class starts. "So I'd like to share a little tip with all of you on how to protect your secret identity: DON'T BE FIVE. That being said, anyone who brings this weekend up to me is getting soooo much detention. Now pass up your homework.

"Now," she continues, passing around a handout. "This was supposed to be next week's lesson, but I switched it. Because I wanna. So there are going to be times that you don't come off looking so good in the press. And the fact is, the press is really important. You look in any newspaper and they're going to report all the crimes. There are even police blotters detailing arrests. Studies are done on statistics, there are sociology reports on crime... Really, you get into crimefighting and you're putting yourself out there. Even if you're not really in the public eye, people will watch what you do, and there'll always be one person complaining that what you did was wrong or not good enough, and they'll be the most vocal. Sucks, huh? Now just imagine what would happen if they found out something more personal about you, like, randomly, say pictures in a men's magazine. It can even be something way smaller than that. Something you wouldn't even normally notice. You have to find a way to deal with it without damaging yourself or your reputation. Worse, at least.

"What you've got in front of you is a list. You've all been randomly given a prompt, something you've gotten in trouble for with the press. Now, these aren't all things that would happen while fighting crime. To be honest, I kind of just went through In Touch magazine and swiped stuff that happened to celebrities. Just run with it, it's only practice. You're going to pair up, one of you playing a reporter who's quizzing a superhero about this horrible thing that happened or didn't happen but it's in the newspapers anyway. Once you've either come to a reasonable conclusion, switch places. Any questions? Good."


The handout
Ant-Girl- You had a quickie Vegas marriage
Captain Kickflip- You ended up in What Are They Wearing? in a magazine
Darker Force- An ex is lying about your private life in the press
The Guardian of Candracar- The tabloids say you're having a nervous breakdown
Hulkling- Tabloids say you've gotten too heavy to be wearing your costume
The Human Spider- You had a clothing malfunction mid-crimefight
Lady Waterbender- You apprehended the wrong criminal
The Love Machine- A tabloid caught you drunk
Miss Normal- An unflattering picture starts rumors that you're on drugs
The Most Gigantic Doctor- You're linked to someone (friendship, relationship-wise) who turns out to be a criminal
Mr. Fantastically Awesome and Sometimes Spectacular- Get arrested for a DUI
Multiple Man- Bad guy sprained his wrist during an arrest you made
Pirate Princess- Accidentally flashed the camera during an interview
Plant Girl- You turned wee for a weekend and did a lot of embarrassing things
Pom Pom Power- You shave your head bald and people think you're nuts
Princess Powerful- You're accused of tax fraud
Psychic Wonder- Some girl accuses you of fathering an illegitimate child
Rendezvous- False accusations of you staging a daring rescue
The Rhode Island Blob- An ex is telling the truth about your private life in the press
Smart Alec- A sibling gets arrested
Violet Femme- A criminal is set free because your arrest wasn't entirely legal

Comments

Turn in your homework

[captainliberty]

Last week students were asked for a quick summary of what you think you did well and what you would change about your actions during the bank robbery. Feel free to handwave, but considering some of the threads in there, I'd love to read non-handwaved stuff.

Re: Turn in your homework

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi turns in a paper about what she thought she did well and what wasn't so much. Firstly, she thinks she did okay with the banter, She does think should could have just skipped trying the "oh I'm just some ho on the way to a party I'm so ditzy and stupid you don't have to worry about me" thing, and she could have just gone for the gun faster.

Re: Turn in your homework

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge turns in his handwaved because the mun's day got insane and there wasn't time to RP the thread, grr assignment.

Re: Turn in your homework

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

Cassie turns in her handwavey wavey assignment.

Re: Turn in your homework

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John turns in his homework detailing that he thought starting off by singing was a good way to distract the bank robbers from what they were doing and to possibly turn their attention on him and not the bank. Of course, singing also turned out bad because the robbers kind of just laughed at him until he laid the smack down on them.

Re: Turn in your homework

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter turned in his homework which detailed how in hindsight he wished he'd been more consistant with his cover story. Also how he really wanted to work on having a better catchphrase for going into battle.

Re: Turn in your homework

[otherside-miley.livejournal.com]

Miley turned in her homework.

I think it went well. The robber was totally thrown off and the hostages freaking out helped with that. The only thing I would do differently next time is take some hard candy. Screaming about bees is hard on the throat.

Re: Turn in your homework

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy turned in a paper that went into detail about other possible quips he could have used and how he needed to have something to call the police with him because it was really awkward to ask hostages to do it for him.

Re: Turn in your homework

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

One: Balancing your checkbook at gunpoint = Bad Idea
Two: Trying to pass off your blockbuster card as a credit card = Also a bad iea
Three: Telling a bank robber to take a chill = Instant pistol whipping
Four: Pretending that you are a bank robber in order to infiltrate the robbery gane = Long explanation to the police and another pistol whipping.

Re: Turn in your homework

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

Edward turned in a wonderfully written paper on the topic of self-control and his regrettable lack thereof.
The paper? Written by Henry.

Re: Turn in your homework

[proudsidekick.livejournal.com]

Layla turned in her sadly handwavey assignment.

Re: Turn in your homework

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter turned in his homework detailing how he would have wrapped it up even quicker and quippier if he had his webshooters. Web to the gun, cause a backfire, mock the jerk for hurting his hand, let him try to flee, web his feet to the floor, watch him trip, web him to the floor, mock.