If you gained super powers today, and you wanted to go into business as a super hero, how would you go about concealing your secret identity? I'm looking for realistic suggestions. You're not wealthy, you didn't have any choice about your powers, and you already have an established identity as your current self.
How could you disguise your appearance so that you could not be identified? How would you conceal your comings and goings so that you could not be tracked down? How would you change your habits so that people who knew you would not recognize your personal idiosyncracies?
How would you learn about crimes/ disasters in progress, to be able to help in time?
How much would it all cost? Where would you get the equipment?
How would you deal with the inevitable publicity? The inevitable stalkers? If someone held hostages, trying to force you to use your powers to serve them?
9 NOV 06, 1644 hrs, GMT.
2006-11-09 03:44:36 · 4 answers · asked by cdf-rom 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
OF COURSE I'm not trying to maintain secrecy !!!! I'm only asking....!
2006-11-09 08:59:10 · update #1
It would probably depend on what super powers I had gained. If I could fly, that would definitely complicate things. But, if my powers were such as super strength, super speed, super hearing, and the like, then I wouldn't have to have a secret identity. Of course, that only works for me, because of what I already do.
Since I am already a police officer, those abilities would just make me really, really effective at it. I wouldn't be going full super speed or anything, but going really fast would be all that's needed to catch the bad guys. And the super strength would mean they can't try to fight to get away, I could just stick them in cuffs and in the car. No muss, no fuss. And since I have a police radio, hearing about crimes and things in progress would not be an issue.
No special equipment needed, no secret identity. Just a really effective cop who always "happens" to be in the right place at the right time.
Of course, if you specify some different super powers, my scenario would have to adjust accordingly.
On a similar note (though I'm not sure he qualifies as a "super hero"), have you even seen the TV show from a few years ago called, "Forever Knight". It was a vampire who was trying to make up for his years of ill deeds. He became a police officer and worked night shift. He used his abilities to get an edge up on the bad guys. And his bosses thought he had a "skin condition", so he could only work at night. That's all the secret identity he needed.
And there is the new NBC show, "Heroes". It is dealing with people suddenly realizing they have powers, and follows them as they try to deal with their powers and the problems they bring. So far, the writers and actors have done a very good job, and it makes for a great show.
2006-11-09 07:11:39 · answer #1 · answered by RJ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm quite sure that I wouldn't maintain secrecy by publishing it here on the internet.
2006-11-09 03:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by open4one 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd wear a fake mustache.
2006-11-09 03:57:22 · answer #3 · answered by too funny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then the lamp tipped over and we all woke up !
2006-11-09 03:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by John 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋