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[clarked.livejournal.com]

Secret identity? Why? No one believes.

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[miscast-mimms.livejournal.com]

If they don't know you well, they will.

[clarked.livejournal.com]

What do you mean?

[miscast-mimms.livejournal.com]

I presume, sir, that you are speaking of the necessity for some individuals to change their names to avoid harm and/or notoriety. I agree with you that it is difficult, but if those with whom you have everyday dealings are unfamiliar with your past, it is quite simple. It also helps to live in a rather secluded area, where the locals are in their own little world. There will always be gossip, surely, but nothing anyone can prove.

[clarked.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, unfortunately I live in a city. But the reasons for me to create a secret identity seem silly, because no one believes they're even real.

[miscast-mimms.livejournal.com]

I beg your pardon, sir? No one belives what are real?

[reaper21.livejournal.com]

Isn't the point of a secret identity to not tell anyone....what do people have to believe?

[clarked.livejournal.com]

I mean no one believes that what I can do really happens. So what's the point of worrying about masks and outfits?

[reaper21.livejournal.com]

That makes more sense. Well, I always thought the masks and outfits were pretty lame anyway, especially capes, whoever thought those were cool, is sadly mistaken.

Sometimes you have to use your 'powers' to do what you can, regardless of if people believe you or not. Sometimes it's more important to do what you can and not worry about other people....I think.

[clarked.livejournal.com]

The capes aren't cool, they're dangerous. They can get caught in things, and people can grab onto them. I've put way too much thought into this stuff, and it all seems so pointless.

I don't care if people believe or not. I just... the logistics of getting a costume and working a secret identity well enough so no one really knows... it's not like in movies or comics. And since no one believes that there are people with powers, I don't see why I should bother.

[reaper21.livejournal.com]

Your right, you have thought to much about this.

In my opinion, I think I would be more freaked out to see someone in a costume then to see them with super powers...but that is just me. Your right it isn't like in the movies but from experience, if you have to keep a secret, an important one, you always can. It's hard, but you have to right?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Never had any trouble using my own name. Everyone assumes it's fake anyway.

'Course, it causes trouble when I gotta renew my driver's license...

[clarked.livejournal.com]

That's what I mean. If I tell someone that last night I stopped a bank robbery by crashing through the wall, taking the robbers by surprise, and using my heat vision to make their guns too hot to hold, they laugh at me.

Why?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

But that's not a bad thing, is it? Really?

Well, "Dorothy Gale". I gotta bring about four proofs of ID with me everywhere just to convince people! God forbid I get pulled over.

[clarked.livejournal.com]

No, not at all. It just makes me wonder why I've spent the past six months obsessing over costumes, masks, and ways to keep my identity secret.

I just tell people that my parents were big comic book fans. They leave me alone after that.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Jeez, kiddo, anybody coulda told you that people are remarkably good at convincing themselves that what's in front of their eyes isn't real. Don't need a mask for that.

Well, I'm from Kansas, so I don't really need to explain much. Just a smile and a shrug. Feels a little like lying, somehow.

[seeker-ofspirit.livejournal.com]

What is it people don't believe in?

[clarked.livejournal.com]

The things I can do.

[seeker-ofspirit.livejournal.com]

Okay, what do you do?

[clarked.livejournal.com]

Leap tall buildings in a single bound. Run faster than a speeding bullet. That sort of thing.

[seeker-ofspirit.livejournal.com]

Very cool. How did that happen? Was it something that happened when you were younger or did you realize it later on?

[gotbottle]

CJ, why would you need a secret identity?

[clarked.livejournal.com]

That's kind of what I'm asking myself.

[gotbottle]

No, I mean, like, why are you even considering the question?

[clarked.livejournal.com]

Oh. Just... stuff that in the... nevermind.

I can do things. Super things. Pretty much literally.

[gotbottle]

Like... what kind of super things?