I have been thinking. You know all those comic books we've read. Those with the super heroes... You know- Superman, Batman, Spiderman, He-man... Ya they were thoroughly engrossing and enjoyable no doubt. The heroes were our heroes and basked in the lime light (well deserved undoubtedly). But what of the alter egos... what of Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker, Prince Adam..??? Poor guys...
Clark Kent can never marry his love for the minute he marries her the cat will be out of the bag. And what more he is forever identified as the stammering, mild mannered irritatingly normal guy.
Bruce Wayne. Worse. Has to portray himself as a money laundering play boy. Has to hide his intelligence. Has to hear people say that he is good for nothing and a disgrace to his family name....
Peter Parker can never have time for his life. Love?? He doesnt have time to even deliver a pizza..
Prince Adam. Hmph a teenager like me and I for one dont know how he takes it. Forever being tainted as a spoilt brat, lazy and cowardly and that too by a girl and that too by such a beautiful one as Teela.. Gad!! If it was me I would have spoken out long long back.
Maybe this is the price they have to pay. A costly price surely.
No good deed goes unpunished eh??
Well there are ppl like me whose heart is with you oh alter egos.. So people kindly co-operate and the next time you read a comic or see a cartoon commiserate and appreciate for at least a fleeting moment the sacrifice that these alter-egos the real heroes make...
Thank you.
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