A child hood fantasy
Ever since he was little, he wanted to be different.
He would always imagine himself stronger, faster, smarter and all of the above. Infatuated with super heroes such as Raphael from the teenage mutant ninja turtles. He would run around the house throwing cards at people as if he was Gambit from X-men.
Jumping from couch to chair as would spider-man. The playground, his base of operations.
Acorns as weapons. A stick with some curve to it resembling a sword. Fantasy.
With his friends they would disappear all day. Disappear into their world where all is possible. Of course they would constantly bend their rules, let alone break them to fit what they needed at the time. Even with these unfair rules they seemed to get along.
“If you could make a wish for a super power, what would it be?” he would ask.
Getting all sorts of answers such as “I would want to be able to fly” or “super strength” or “turn invisible” you know, the usual. He would reply something along the lines with “I would have the super power of spider-man” they would respond “no...you cant do that….that’s more than one super power….he has super strength, speed and agility….plus he has the spider sense…..and lets not forget the whole web thing……you said one super power” he’d smile as if he knew something they didn’t. “It was given to him all at once, therefore its one….and a didn’t say one…I said A, super power….and I want his”
For some reason he liked spider-man more than other super hero’s. Even ones stronger, faster and smarter. He didn’t want to be the best. He wanted to be spider-man. What he represented to him. He liked the whole idea of what he could do all together. So super man is stronger faster and has more powers. He didn’t like that he was to perfect with only one weakness. How do you relate with that? So bat man has more gadgets….he’s useless with out them. He just knows a little kung fu. And so on and so on. For some reason or another he felt as if he actually had a chance ob being closer to spider-man then any other super hero. Like he could grow up to be like him. All of his attributes. He wanted this fantasy to be with him. He wanted to defy actuality and be spider-man.
Today he is not spider-man; never the less he has never forgotten his fantasy.
He represents his hero with being different. So he’s older and has a spider-man clock and phone. He put himself up for ridicule for his inspiration as he would for him.
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