Would you guys decide to become superheroes if ever you acquired superhuman abilities (speaking in a What If sense).
I wouldn't. Even with superpowers I would never decide to become a hero like Spider Man or Batman. Being a hardcore mask like them means two things: Sacrifice and Suicide.
To be a TRUE HERO, to dedicate your entire existence to your mask, means you've committed a kind of suicide and you've sacrificed normalcy, your body, mind and soul as well as your very life for the cause. You've made the decision to "kill" your past self to become a symbol, a hero and one with the mission. If american superhero comics has taught us anything, its that you can't walk the path of moderation or serve two masters. Meaning you can't be both the man and the superhero because you will be crushed under the pressure of both extremes as many of our heroes have. Both of these lives separately are full of trouble in their own right, but trying to live both is nearly impossible. If you've chosen to be a superhero, the task calls on you to sacrifice your personal desires, your wants and your needs and it would call on you to prioritize the mission over absolutely anything including your own loved ones. Its not about individuality but of the greater good.
You would need to distance yourself from everybody because you would always be making new enemies. Heroes are basically human sacrifices. They are noble outstanding souls who rise above others to do what must be done at the cost of themselves. They fight crime, they save lives and risk theirs, they sacrifice their normal lives and distance themselves from their loved ones because of the dangerous lifestyle they live. To be a true hero and serve the greater good, you have to sacrifice your life and everything and everyone you hold dear to serve the greater good and so others don't have to bear the burden. So others can live without having to make the sacrifice you did. To devote yourself to the path of the vigilante, to the path of the hero, for all times, means certain death. Not only because you will inevitably die in the line of battle (if you've devoted yourself COMPLETELY to this) but because you've basically killed yourself, your chance at normalcy to pursue this path. Because you will never let this path go and it will hold you forever as it has out favorite superheroes like Spider Man and Batman.
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