I don’t want my heroes to have to deal with quotidian grownup issues like paying the mortgage, having to work overtime,

They don’t have to; most of the time their jobs aren’t even really important to the overall story; they’re just there to explain what they do during the day or just to have another setting. And as for paying the mortgage, you don’t have to go into detail about that or show it; just give the character some “easy” or “explainable” day job and have them live a middle- or middle-upper-class lifestyle, and you’re good.

And no, no rational person just “gets over” someone drunk driving. Drunk driving is a very serious issue. It’s like expecting them to “get over” him attacking people with a knife.

He didn’t kill anyone while, yeah, drinking and driving is bad. Like I said, in this scenario, it happened fucking 6 months or two years ago; it’s in the past. There is no need to bring it back up, and no, attacking an innocent person with a knife is obviously worse than drunk driving.

I find it very concerning that you think they should be more concerned with who a grown adult dates than with him committing a serious crime. You said yourself, they don’t have a right to forbid a 21 year old from making his own decisions, that includes who he dates.

I don’t think any parent has the right to control their 21-year-old kid. It’s ridiculous that Gemini portrays Clark and Lois as overreacting to Jon being a superhero and lying about it—especially since Clark hid his own identity for 14 years. Then it says they’d “forbid” Jon from being a hero, but they’re fine with him dating women 10–20 years older. So basically, “You can date whoever you want, but you can’t save lives”? That makes zero sense.

They also shouldn’t be okay with him drunk driving

In the story it literally happened either 6 months ago or two years ago any rational person would get over it.

Should they in some way prevent him from dating a 31 year old?

No, I don’t, but if you are writing Clark and Lois, whether it be for a comic, TV show, fanfic, or whatever, their characters need to be consistent. If you are okay with your 21-year-old dating a 31-year-old, then you should be fine with them being a superhero. If you aren’t okay with them being a superhero, then you shouldn’t want them dating someone 10 years older than them.

No, I’m not, but it’s contradictory; you can’t be ok with your 21-year-old son dating a 31-year-old woman but then not be ok with them being a superhero or vigilante.

And even if you had a problem with it, there isn’t shit you can do about it.

Can’t think of any DC characters

Hal Jordan/Green Lantern was a pilot.

John Stewart/Green Lantern was in the military.

Clark Kent/Superman is a reporter.

Barry Allen/The Flash is a CSI (he’s basically like Dexter and Masuka).

Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) – High school principal

Like I said, most people love their virginity before that age. If you are a 25-year-old man who’s a virgin, no woman who’s 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 or 31 years old will want to date you because they don’t want to date a virgin, and that goes for most adult men and women who have sexual experience.

It’s okay to be virgin at 25 dude

No, it isn’t. Like I said, most people love their virginity before that age. If you are a 25-year-old man who’s a virgin, no woman who’s 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 or 31 years old will want to date you because they don’t want to date a virgin, and that goes for most adult men and women who have sexual experience.

Back in the 90’s anime had men and women doing awesome shit. There was sex and violence. There were characters I could relate to.

Can you suggest some 90s anime with sex and violence?

So you think the age of consent should be 21? And 21-23 year olds should be able to cosent to sex and relationships with much older partners?

I didn’t say kids didn’t do these things. I said Hollywood shouldn’t romanticise it or glorify it.

Do you think it’s okay for minors to do drugs, drink and have sex with adults? Do you think? Parents are “villains” for justifiably saying “your a minor this isn’t ok”?

If you didn’t do these things in high school, that’s a skill issue

I didn’t say kids didn’t do these things. I said Hollywood shouldn’t romanticise it or glorify it.

Do you think it’s okay for minors to do drugs, drink and have sex with adults? Do you think? Parents are “villains” for justifribaly saying “your a minor this isn’t ok”?

“young adults or adults” seems to imply young adults are not adults, which they are

I know I’m saying younger adults or maybe slightly older adults, like the youngest being 21 and the oldest being 25 or something. If you want the characters to be in close proximity with each other and still have this school dynamic, then college is perfect; there are people in their late 20s or early 30s getting their PhDs in these teen dramas. The writers never actually show the awkwardness of high school; they only want to show them talking, acting and doing adult things but never really show the consequences or have teens realise maybe they are too young for this. If you want a show where the characters look, act, and do things 21-year-olds do with little to no consequences and no adults even asking the slightest of questions, then just make them 21 and in college.

Kids in my school were absolutely clubbing drinking, hooking up, doing drugs, getting pregnant etc. at 15 or 16.

I never said that they didn’t, but TV will glamorize it and make it look “cool” and “edgy” and romanticize it when it’s really not. There are teens who dated their high school teachers and got married, but just because this happens doesn’t mean we should romanticize this relationship on the screen.

How about just be decent for the fuck of it? Why should we need reasons to be good people?

There is a difference between being a good person and going out of your way to get revenge for someone.

My point is that only a romantic partner can truly be the sole motivator to become a hero or to seek revenge. I don’t necessarily disagree that fridging is misogynistic, but honestly, a platonic loved one dying is not a strong enough reason to want revenge or to become a hero.

So if you lived in a superhero universe and you got powers and your best friend was killed, you would honestly use your powers to find the killer and be a hero to avenge them? Seriously?

You don’t expect people to be motivated by loss of any loved one other than a romantic partner? Really? No other kind of love is strong enough for you?

Honestly, no, I’m not saying friends or family members aren’t important, but they aren’t important enough to decide to get revenge, avenge or put on a costume to fight crime for. Or to just change your life around and be a good person

In my opinion only romantic love should do that.

My problem with Spider-Man is that Uncle Ben is the central motivation for Peter, and in my opinion, it’s dumb. I honestly don’t think Peter should have even gone to confront the killer. An uncle or any family member isn’t worth that.