Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenix
June 15, 2013 6:41 PM Subscribe
Yeah, so about your hope for Kal-El to be the "bridge" between the people of Earth and Kryptonians? Little problem with that.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Timely, but still a double. -- restless_nomad
I'm shocked that I'm the first person to use the "Mpreg" tag on MetaFilter.
elizardbits, I am disappoint.
posted by Jacqueline at 6:45 PM on June 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
elizardbits, I am disappoint.
posted by Jacqueline at 6:45 PM on June 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
This is an essay about another character that Niven made up for his own questionable reasons that superficially resembles Superman.
he canonical Superman character we know from DC comic books doesn't have any problem not accidentally destroying everything he touches, even when he's excited or emotional.
posted by straight at 6:46 PM on June 15, 2013
he canonical Superman character we know from DC comic books doesn't have any problem not accidentally destroying everything he touches, even when he's excited or emotional.
posted by straight at 6:46 PM on June 15, 2013
This is not a new thought. I remember discussing it endlessly with other teenage boys when the FIRST Superman came out.
posted by unSane at 6:46 PM on June 15, 2013
posted by unSane at 6:46 PM on June 15, 2013
I remember when webcomicker David Willis set up a sex scene between two super-powered characters... he called it "Man of Steel, Woman of Steel, Motel Room of Kleenex".
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:48 PM on June 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:48 PM on June 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
> "been there. done that."
Oh, I guess this is a double then. (I just checked the first URL that popped up when I searched for the essay tonight.)
posted by Jacqueline at 6:48 PM on June 15, 2013
Oh, I guess this is a double then. (I just checked the first URL that popped up when I searched for the essay tonight.)
posted by Jacqueline at 6:48 PM on June 15, 2013
Didn't Niven explain that the essay was a parody of a certain kind of fanboy reasoning?
posted by kewb at 6:51 PM on June 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by kewb at 6:51 PM on June 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
This essay blew my mind when I read it in college. I think it might have been the first time a Major Cultural Character had been "deconstructed" in my sheltered Midwestern mind. No, that can't be. But still seminal. If you will.
posted by DU at 6:51 PM on June 15, 2013
posted by DU at 6:51 PM on June 15, 2013
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Oh Niven, I love your dirty mind so much....
posted by strixus at 6:42 PM on June 15, 2013 [1 favorite]