Beginner's Guide to Heroism, Wednesday - 2nd Period

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"Well," Jane said. "Today we'll be covering something thar some people just completely disregard back home, but not everyone! There's thar Spider-Man guy."

Not important. Also, weird magic happened there.

"And that is secret identities and if you think you might need one to keep your heroic actions separate from your personal life and friends and family."

Because wow did they ever all get dragged into things.

"Now, me personally... I'm not sure about it." For reasons best not gotten into. "But I did find out that I can make a magic helmet to cover up my face for people to not know it's me!"

Look at that helmet. It was progress in learning these powers.

"So, what about you all? Secret identity or no?"

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Secretively.

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Or wonder how one gets a magic helmet.

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What would you do?

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Graham Cracker

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"Oh, no," said Graham, with a shake of his head and a wave of his hand as if he was refusing some sort of offered treat, "none for me, thanks. I want my name to be known all throughout the land for all my heroic deeds and mighty antics! That's one of the perks of being a Knight of the Realm, after all! The notoriety!"

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Vi

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"What if that notoriety put people at risk?" Jane asked. "From an arch-enemy or something?"

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Shhh, no, Jane! You were moving ahead in the plotline! That's not supposed to come in until later!

"Well," Graham reasoned, from the current comfort of inexperience and naiveté, "I wouldn't be much of a knight at all, would I, if I let harm come to those I care about just because of who I am! I'll just have to be extra vigilant, so those ne'er-do-wells never get the chance! But I feel that's also just part of the job."

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Look, you get possessed by an infinity stone and hunted by down by Christopher Eccleston a Dark Elf because of your kind of boyfriend, these things came to mind!

"Just something to keep in mind," Jane agreed, nodding along with that enthusiasm. It was infectious, really.

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"Oh," said Graham, with a confident nod and an assured squaring of his shoulders, "for sure. But I'd like to think, if I got to the point where my notoriety," yes, it had to be said with a particular emphasis, "led to putting people at risk, then it would also mean I'd be strong enough to save them from that risk, too."

You would think that was how it would go, wouldn't you...

"I'd definitely do everything in my power to keep them out of it, though. And, you know, a secret identity may seem like a good way to throw people off, but, really, all it is, is just giving them an extra step to have to go through, while maybe giving a person a false sense of security. Because the thing about secrets is...someone always find out eventually....and...I've always heard that secrets don't make friends."

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Okay, the false sense of security thing made sense, though.

Jane looked a little thoughtful at it. "And maybe by that time your loved ones would also be able to defend themselves based off of your example."

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Belle

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"Seems like it'd get lonely people not known who you were," Vi said, casually, like she hadn't spent a good two years being refered to as a number or anything.

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"I don't expect to ever be doing anything that would require a secret identity," Belle said.

And not being kept secret by an older murderous man with mysterious powers might someday get her imprisoned for decades. Oops?

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"So, you wouldn't want a secret identity?" Jane asked.

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"That's also a fair response," Jane replied. "Most people wouldn't even need to consider it."

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Vi shrugged. "I mean, we have established I'm not convinced about the whole hero thing."

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"It could be something else. A job that means you have to keep your personal life completely separated from," Jane suggested.

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"Seems like a pretty suspect job," Vi said.

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Gray

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"Oh, very much so," Jane agreed, remembering very vividly when SHIELD recruited Selvig.

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"I don't see myself being that sort of hero."

She was more often the plot device used to get at a hero/anti-hero/villain (it depended on the day).

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Guillermo de la Cruz

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“I think I’d want a secret identity,” Guillermo decided and not because he was worried about vampires finding out that he was a descendant of Van Helsing, “I think that would be safer,”

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"See, I was there with you and it was sort of... thrust on me," Jane replied.

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"For you or for everyone in your life? Or both!" Both was very much an option.

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"I mean, most people don't even know anything's going on that they need to be protected from in my world," Gray said, "so I don't really need a secret identity because everything is secret, I guess? If demons start making the news I guess that would change...and be very bad." So bad.

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Clare Devlin

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"That sounds... pretty scary," Jane said, considering it. "If you had the option, would you go with a secret identity as a hero, though?"

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Gray had to really think about it. "I don't know," he admitted. "Maybe? Mortals around us have gotten hurt before because the bad guys were trying to get to us. I don't like that."

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TJ Wagner

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"Not really much of a point having a codename," TJ said. "I mean, I do, but it doesn't make much of a difference, does it?"

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"Even crooks tend to know each other's names," Vi said. "The alternative's a good way to get stabbed in the back." Not that knowing each other necessarily stopped the shiv.

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"I think both," Guillermo considered, even without factoring that his relatives would be descendants as well, "I wouldn't want anyone to come to any harm because of me,"