Day 6

Favorite Super hero and why

Ok, so before I had boys, I was never into the whole super hero thing.  Never read the comic books, never watched many movies. I think I saw Spider Man 1 in theaters because friends wanted to see it. And I used to watch The Adventures of Lois and Clark, but that was more about Dean Cain than anything else. I had a huge crush on him as a kid.

So when Joshua turned out to be a super hero geek, by default, I became a super hero geek's mom. He loves Ben 10, Super Hero Squad, the old Batman reruns, things like that. He has dress up costumes for SpiderMan, Thor, Batman, and a few others. I have learned more names of Super heroes in the past 4 years than I have in my whole life! And as Jonah gets bigger, I'm sure he will fall in line as well. It's just part of the fun of having boys.

So I pondered this question. I really wanted to give an original sounding answer. If I were to go with a super hero based on my favorite character on the big screen, it would probably be Iron Man. Those are just really good movies that held my interest. Green Hornet was good too, but those are too obvious.  Then I thought about a cult favorite, like Captain Hammer, from Doctor Horrible. But truth be told, I am rooting for Dr. Horrible on that one.  Then I thought about something slightly cliche like, "Jesus is my super hero".  Well, he is. He came to the earth for the sole purpose of dying for my sins, saving the world. Then if that's not enough, he conquered the grave and death, rose again and now lives inside of any of us who choose to let him. If THAT isn't a super hero, I don't know who is! But it's too obvious, it's one of those answers like "What's your favorite book?" --Bible. DUH. What else, I mean. LOL. So I have spent some time trying to justify a real answer.

So I scoured the internet looking through lists of favorite super heroes. Aside from the usual, I saw Robin Hood. Once I thought about it, it made sense. He was the fairy tale's true conservative. The crooked government came and stole everyone's money, and Robin Hood came and stole it back! He gave the first tax breaks!! That's a pretty cool hero if ya ask me.  Then I thought, well if I am thinking outside the box, Lila Rose is one of my (super) heroes. She has fought ceaselessly to save the lives of the unborn, those who cannot speak for themselves even when everyone seems to be working against her, that truly is a super hero.

This is just too tough to call, I thought. So I called up my husband to put my son on the phone--they were out fishing today. They were in the car driving, so I asked my husband to ask him, "who is your favorite super hero?"
"Batman." Joshua answers.
"Why?" I said.
"Why is he your favorite super hero, Bubba?"-hubs
"Because, because he can fly!"
"Joshua, Batman can't fly. Superman can fly." I said over the phone.
There was a pause, because they pulled into the drive.
When he got home, I asked him again.
"Why is Batman your favorite?"
"Because he can fly."
"Baby, I think that's superman you are thinkin of."
"But he has a cape!" Joshua said.
"Ok, well I don't think his cape makes him fly. Why else is he cool?"
"Well, ok, then I choose Green Lantern."
"Ok, why?"
"Because he glows in the dark!!" he says as he runs off to play.
Ummmm....I don't think Green lantern himself glows, in the dark, but there you have it. From the mouth of a four year old. It's a tie between Batman because he can(t) fly, and Green Lantern because he does(nt) glow in the dark.  If my four year old can't make a valid choice, how can I?