Jan 29 • I Think, Therefore I am
Superhero What-If Lab
Part 1:
The Starter's Story:
One person crafts a 2-3 paragraph story about a named superhero. Their powers disrupt everyday life. The hero struggles to balance work-related problems and home life. Include personal details: their family, where they live, type of home. Focus on how their fantastical, overpowered abilities create stress and anxiety in mundane moments. Great power brings great problems.
(You can do a fantasy character instead. They just need to be fantastical and overpowered, AND attempt to live a normal life.)
Example: (Create your own hero).
Lirael (AKA Stormweaver) lives in a modest two-bedroom cottage on the edge of Eldridge Hollow, a misty coastal village where salt air clings to everything. She shares it with her wife Mara, a quiet baker, and their rambunctious seven-year-old twin boys, Finn and Cal, who chase seagulls down the rocky beach. By day, Lirael works as a junior accountant at the village harbor office, crunching numbers for fishing fleets. As a heroine, she is capable of summoning tempests, bending wind and lightning with a thought. Great power, endless stress.
Part 2:
Your Turn - Embody the Hero. Become Lirael. Live her storm powers through your day. What unexpected chaos do they unleash? Is static cling making every shirt a battle? Does she act like a lightning rod during storms? What happens if you burp a mini thunderclap? Do you sleep with an open window to vent gales when you fart? Do your kids inherit powers too?
Spot those snags yourself. How can you prevent collateral damage, or at least reduce stress from the side effects? Can you manage it? If you cannot, what do you do to compensate for this burden?
The biggest question is this: What do you do to bring JOY , given your heroic limitations?
What brings you peace of mind?
How does that peace feel? Try to create a Future Memory of that. You don't need to write it down. Just imagine it.
Responses to other people's experiences are welcome and encouraged. No trauma dumping or talk of politics. (Why this exercise is important is in the comments):
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Superhero What-If Lab
