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squirrelhaven

O. M. G.

Apr 30, 2009 10:03

I had lunch with a friend last month who, in the course of a wide-ranging conversation, mentioned his amazement at having discovered some sort of underground movement in which real people dress up as costumed heroes and take to the streets, seriously trying to fight crime. And that police don't always know whether to see this as a good thing or a ( Read more... )

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winterborne April 30 2009, 14:31:21 UTC

They were reporting on some of these guys on cnn.com the other day, which must mean we can't even consider them to be underground anymore.

I love the angle-grinder guy, but fear for the folks who might possibly get involved in fighting violent crime.

squirrelhaven May 1 2009, 13:52:05 UTC

I worry about these people in a whole lot of ways.

the_star_fish April 30 2009, 14:31:35 UTC

That's really, um.

Yeah.

I don't even know.

(The saddest thing, IMO, is the "Notoriety" thing. I don't know why, but ... sad.)

squirrelhaven May 1 2009, 13:52:57 UTC

Try reading their submission guidelines. Srsly.

norwich36 April 30 2009, 15:34:48 UTC

O.O

Wow.

squirrelhaven May 1 2009, 13:56:18 UTC

Indeed. And I know it's troubling in a host of ways, and yet I can't stop giggling about it. The tutorials on costumes, for example, with such priceless wisdom as: Work out any potentially fatal flaws before taking a new suit into action. Pinching and chafing can be very distracting. That's just so humble and practical. I kind of love it.

osirusbrisbane April 30 2009, 16:21:04 UTC

I remember reading about Angle Grinder Man years ago! He's totally awesome.

squirrelhaven May 1 2009, 13:59:13 UTC

If you ever do a follow-up to your first book, you really need to include these people. I quote: The JUSTICE SOCIETY OF JUSTICE ™...offering twice the JUSTICE as the leading competitors!

There's nothing I don't love about that.

kassrachel April 30 2009, 18:14:38 UTC

Somebody really needs to write the story where Fraser comes into contact with Polar Man.

squirrelhaven May 1 2009, 14:04:30 UTC

Yes, somebody really does. Because you know that, upon investigation, it would turn out that Fraser knows the guy. They probably had some Mountie training together, only this guy didn't pass the psychological screening or whatever (leading Ray to wonder what kind of screening they do, if Fraser and Turnbull and Buck Frobisher got by but Polar Man didn't).