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Superman here.

[The voice Kal uses is definitely Superman's. Now that he's got (most of, he notices these things) powers back he doesn't really feel like hiding.]

And I'd like to say this kind of situation is why I suggested training for those metahumans who wanted it. Not to train an army, just to help out. It'd both avoid situations like the one in the clinic and to ensure everyone who didn't have any metahuman ability would be less ready to jump on a kid who was pulling a prank.

Just because some of us have abilities that could be dangerous doesn't mean we are going to use them. Please let's not turn this into a witch-hunt, I've seen enough of those and they never end well for either party involved.

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I don't know if his friends from home freaked out but I certainly don't appreciate people I consider friends to be turned into hamsters. [He considers Leo a friend at least.]

No. [Victor scowls.] We've all got something to do with it. Because all it takes is one stupid abuse of power like that for all the people without powers or all the kedan that think us foreigners are a menace to be pushed from just afraid to deciding something has to be done. And we're only one whackjob or psychopath away from things like people getting beaten by mobs in the streets, people yelling about registering us and fencing us off, and buses full of defenseless kids being blown up. She went too far and the attitude I saw from her was that it wasn't a big deal and that she didn't think it was anything wrong which means it's definitely worth yelling at her.

[Kal pauses. He's about to ask if that was what had happened in Vic's world but that's not the point, the point is that it's... plausible. Kal has high hopes it wouldn't get to that, but he can't deny it's a possibility.]

...If we treat a girl who turned a boy into a hamster for a couple hours what will we do when someone actually actively hurts someone else?

Treat her like what, exactly? She did something wrong and people yelled at her. It's not like anyone was busting down her door and attacking her.

And if it's someone that's out there attacking people or worse, then we'd take more action.

Edited 2013-07-22 20:37 (UTC)

Judging by the reactions I'm getting from this post? I'm not so sure people wouldn't have joined them if someone had actually tried to attack her.

The general impression I'm getting right now is that people are frustrated with you rather than eager to go attack her. I mean you did kind of sound like you didn't think she did anything wrong and that anyone who had a problem with what she did was overreacting.

[He makes a face. Dick talking to him like that? Sure, he's known the guy since he was 9. Kon simply doesn't have a filter on. But he doesn't usually appreciate teenagers talking to him like that, even as Clark Kent. Respect your elders, father always said.]

I sounded like I was telling people to calm down and try to deal with this in a calm, not-visceral way. Because that's what I was doing.

[Sorry, Clark. It's an X-kid thing. On the plus side, he's at least one that'll apologize for the attitude later.]

Maybe so but that doesn't change how other people thought it sounded.

But still, I didn't really get a 'ready to attack' vibe from things.

That's the point. We shouldn't have to wait until they are ready to attack us. We should make our presence and our position know right away, so they aren't afraid of us.

I agree. And a good way to help people not be afraid of us is to not just go "Oh it's nothing but a harmless prank" when someone crosses the line.

Punishing would just show them having powers and using them is something bad, something to be afraid of.

I don't think that's the case. Because the punishment wouldn't be for having or using powers. It would be for using those powers to do something wrong. How they're used, not having them period.

The difference is harder to make than what it seems, specially unconsciously.

No one ever said it'd be easy but it's better in the long run than letting someone getting away with doing wrong and showing we don't care if people abuse their powers.

What will you suggest we do when someone truly, intentionally abuses their powers? When someone uses it for their own benefit and harms others in worse ways than a little body-shift for an hour?

First of all, the body-shift definitely counts as power abuse. And second, what you described sounded pretty much like supervillainy. If they don't respond to reason and trying to get them to stop peacefully, that's usually when the punching starts.

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