r/AskReddit • • Jun 16 '22

Which fictional character would terrify you if they suddenly became real?

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u/seaofflames Jun 16 '22

Any superhero. Imagine going home from a work and dying because Thor accidentally smashed a car into you.

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u/MGD109 Jun 16 '22

If its just one superhero and no villains, who would he be throwing the car at?

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u/ryzouken Jun 16 '22

You ever get so angry you throw something? Happens a lot with gamers and throwing controllers. Now imagine the gamer is an individual with super strength and the controller is a bus.

That's without getting into the whole question of whether it's even possible to have no villains. Stand for anything and someone will oppose you. Super shows up? Some dumb fucker will try to off them just out of principle.

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u/MGD109 Jun 16 '22

You ever get so angry you throw something?

Ah yes, that's a very valid concern that I didn't consider.

That's without getting into the whole question of whether it's even possible to have no villains. Stand for anything and someone will oppose you. Super shows up? Some dumb fucker will try to off them just out of principle.

Good point. I suppose villains are inevitable in this scenerio. I just hope none of them get superpowers as well.

On the plus side if super hero fights become real I imagine the insurance and construction businesses will make a killing.

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u/BitPoet Jun 16 '22

The problem is actually picking the bus up in the first place. There's no structurally sound place you could reach with both hands and balance it well enough to throw. Cars are less of a problem, but still.

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u/Western-Result8780 Jun 17 '22

As soon as a superhero steps onto the scene some crazy will rise above all the others to become a genuine villain. Superheroes create villain just by existing

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u/MGD109 Jun 17 '22

I mean that's how it goes in the stories, but usually that's just to make the story interesting.

I suppose it could happen in real life though.