Superman on his Super Hearing

"Everyone knows there is suffering and hurt and war and disaster. All the time. Somewhere, someone is out there hurting someone else. Whether you have the superpower to hear it or not. But what a lot of people don't get to see or hear is what I get to see or hear...what happens after the scream. People help. People reach out. More times than not, a scream–and someone nearby helps before I can lift a finger. People do their jobs. It's stunning to see. Beautiful, really...that's what I get to see and hear every day. The sight and sounds of billions of people trying."

I absolutely love this. I've always liked the idea that Clark does what he does in part because he can see and hear all the hurt and suffering going on in the world. He knows better than anyone how messed up the world is. But he still keeps fighting for it anyway because he in spite of all that, he knows it can be a better place.

And y'know, this is another reason why I don't like the push for overly dark and cynical superhero stories, or Zack Snyder's "dream world" comments. Of course the world is a screwed up place. Everybody gets that. But that's only half of the equation. If we just sit back and only bemoan the state of things, they'll never change.

But people want to see changes for the better. People fight for them every day. It may not be easy, it may not even always work, but at least the act of trying is better than surrendering to the dark.

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[The Blue EM2]

But that's only half of the equation. If we just sit back and only bemoan the state of things, they'll never change.

Truer words have never been spoken.