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In literature, mythology, and comic books, heroes often have a "kryptonite" or "Achilles's heel", basically a weakness that makes them vulnerable. I'm curious, what would be considered Superman's "kryptonite"?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Now I wonder what the "Achilles's heel" would be for the immortal great hero Achilles

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Agamemnon probably

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Reminds of when Barney on How I Met Your Mother was trying to remember the holy grail of cups

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Per Glen Weldon in his book Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, kryptonite representing the destructive force of nostalgia and survivor’s guilt, reminding us that clinging to the past can undermine the present.

Siegel and Shuster had created the Man of Steel as the ultimate immigrant, the personification of the promise America represented to them. His abilities are metaphors for limitless potential and opportunity, for new horizons stretching out before us: the American Way.
It seems fitting, then, that the only thing capable of harming him would be a reminder of the Old World he left behind, a past that is irrevocably gone. Only the past—our past—can hurt us.
To this day, kryptonite functions in the Superman mythos as the physical manifestation of both survivor’s guilt and a particularly toxic kind of nostalgia, a reminder that when we dwell on what we’ve lost, we can kill what we have.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

First time I've ever read of this interpretation and that's super fucking cool.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

🤨

Literally kryptonite. Particularly the green kind.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I think you mean "figuratively"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Superman's Kryptonite is that he can never, ever be fed after midnight!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Superman's kryptonite is the fact that he is popular and everyone thinks the character would make great media, but the character is way too overpowered to write good plots for.

Oh, that and actual Kyrptonite.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Superman makes for great stories, as long as you don't focus on his power. You can't beat him with physical strength, so stop trying to write strong villains. Probably stop writing villains at all. What Superman struggles with isn't physical embodiments of evil, it's the good intentions paving the way to hell. You can't punch a person with good intentions for their bad outcomes. It's hard being the ultimate arbiter of good in a world of complex morality.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

Zack Snyder.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's super pee-shy, can we use that against him?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Superpeeshyman

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Solid JJ the only real answer to this shit post

https://youtu.be/Yc6pkKXxZGs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Preparation time?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m like 99% sure that he is afraid of bald people. Whenever the reoccurring token bald guy shows up he gets really scared. He could just be afraid of robots, I remember he was afraid of batman’s robots too, I don't believe batman is bald, but I’ve never seen batman without his suit. Superman has X-ray vision though, and I'm not sure he can turn that off so maybe he is afraid of batman because he is bald and not because he is afraid of robots.

Robots and bald people, final answer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

His ultimate weakness: bald robots

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

he needs a telephone booth to change?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that spider hyphen man

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

No it’s dr who

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

This isn't gonewild sorry

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Seems likely

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Little blind girls.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True heterosexual love between a biological man and a biological woman. It's why he never hooks up with Lois Lane and keeps sneaking peeks at Jimmy's junk at the gym.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure it's magic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Psychic abilities too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

yep, which is why a lot of the magic team ups in DC start with superman getting owned.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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