fandomhigh | True Heroism! The Olympian Way! Session 3, Period 3

Partially because of the weather, though mostly due to the topic at hand, this week the workshop met in the Danger Shop.

Hercules himself was wearing a nice brown suit, with a white shirt, green tie, and his normal golden wristbands and headpiece-thingy. Behind him, however, were several mannequins. One dressed like his outfit the class had seen in previous sessions, the sash, the skirt, the sandals. Another wore an outfit that looked more pro-wrestler, with a body harness, a pair of wrestling trunks, shorter sandals, and a belt with a giant 'H' on it.

The others, however, wore costumes of some of Hercules' former teammates. The purpletastic Hawkeye, the equally purple singlet of She-Hulk, the poncy outfit of Thor, and a few others.

Once the class had gathered, they'd find a set of chairs to sit in. Behind them were racks upon racks of simulated clothes, which would become important later.

"Greetings, young heroes!" Hercules said with a grin. "This week, we've got one of the aspects that may seem shallow, but is actually quite important. The greatest opening line ever will not help you strike fear, if your outfit instead elicits laughter and guffawing. I will admit, my outfit sometimes gets laughs from those who think that a man needs pants to be manly. But then I'd do things such as throw them across a room and they learned quickly not to do that again."

He laughed, because he always enjoyed himself. "But the thing is, you must pick something that works for you. Practicality can be useful, but so can impractical clothes that get the right response. Some womanly warriors find that accentuating their form in order to distract their foes is quite useful." He pointed at the She-Hulk costume for that. "Some heroes find that they must have at least sixteen pouches on their outfit in various places. I have no idea what one puts in these pouches, but I have always laughed at the thought they just contain juice boxes. Mmmmm, Juicy Juice. A fine beverage."

Hercules then gestured at the racks. "All I ask you to do today is to put together an outfit for being a hero. Then model it for the class and tell me why you chose what you chose. If you wish to take something from one of the mannequins, you had better make a very good case, as those are the outfits of Avengers, champions without equal." He clapped his hands together. "Well, as the magnificent mortal Tim Gunn says, make it work!"

[ooc: ~~OCD first, plz~~ Class is up and running!]

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No twirling from this one either.

"I stick with practical, normal clothes. Drawing attention is rarely a good idea." All the more people who'd try and take you down if you looked like you were asking for it. "And I like to be able to move, and see properly. Most armor is heavy, and just gets in the way."

"Cloaks, are good for disguising your movements, and as a distraction..." When you knew how to use them. Plus, made for a decent blanket in a pinch. "And plenty of pockets," she continued, looking down at her Batman-esque belt of storage. "Not for juice boxes."

"Cloaks are very handy," Hercules said. "So you wish to blend in, then. Is there trouble for heroes where you are from?"

Hey, he came from a universe where heroes wore neon colored spandex and were often beloved by people. Certain hysteria related to certain legislation aside.

"If you go around looking like you're trying to be a hard-ass, there's always going to be someone wanting to prove themselves by showing that you're not," Kate said, shrugging.

"We don't really have heroes as such."

"Well, trying to stand out is not the same as being a hard ass," Hercules said. "After all, my outfits have hardly proclaimed the toughness of my glutes. But I suppose if you dress like the useless Wolverine, you may draw unwanted attention, you are right."

Then he added "You put much emphasis on 'heroes'. What do you mean, exactly?"

"Just that we don't really have people who would go out and call themselves heroes," Kate answered, hitching a shrug. "Sure, we have people who do heroic things. But the ones who do don't seem to last long."

"Ah," Hercules said. "Is there much villainy? Many monsters? Horrific oppression?"

Kate nodded along with those options. "Pretty much, yeah." All of the above. Less on the oppression than the other two, because it was difficult to police a messed up world like hers.

"Apocalypse happened. There was government collapse, monsters everywhere... We're still recovering." Way to condense a lot of problems.

"Then I can see why drawing attention would be bad," Hercules said. He frowned slightly, both because that whole situation didn't sound pleasant, but also the realization that his brand of heroism wasn't actually one-size-fits-all. It was very Hercules-sized.

"But I am glad to see you have the strength to thrive in such an environment."

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