Gotcha. I was unclear to what you mean that to constituted.
I'm reminded of a LnC fic where Superman got hounded by the INS regarding his (lack of) citizenship status and ended up marrying Lois in order to stay in Metropolis. I didn't read the whole thing since it was almost 1 MB text and much of it was overly nauseous romantic drama/angst, but the premise was interesting.
Anyway, consider hypothetically (or even not so hypothetically in a variety of fics and canonical alternate universes) the case where Superman goes public with his Clark Kent identity. He now has citizenship, job, taxes, bills, voting record, etc. At this point what can he reasonably claim to be his social responsibilities?
Second case (completely separate): Suppose he is requested by the government/UN/PTB of any country for some purpose - be it to help at a natural disaster or to mediate a war somewhere. While he certainly doesn't have an obligation or responsibility to it, how much of a difference would the decision to acquiesce be on a... moral or social level ...than if he up and decides to do something without being asked? Would the act of being asked constitute the necessary social interaction to make the decision a socially responsible one?
Are they (the writers) willing to consider Superman as protecting what he believes is rightfully his?
Actually, now there's an idea I'd like to see explored in fanfiction. Pity I haven't seen one.
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Gotcha. I was unclear to what you mean that to constituted.
I'm reminded of a LnC fic where Superman got hounded by the INS regarding his (lack of) citizenship status and ended up marrying Lois in order to stay in Metropolis. I didn't read the whole thing since it was almost 1 MB text and much of it was overly nauseous romantic drama/angst, but the premise was interesting.
Anyway, consider hypothetically (or even not so hypothetically in a variety of fics and canonical alternate universes) the case where Superman goes public with his Clark Kent identity. He now has citizenship, job, taxes, bills, voting record, etc. At this point what can he reasonably claim to be his social responsibilities?
Second case (completely separate): Suppose he is requested by the government/UN/PTB of any country for some purpose - be it to help at a natural disaster or to mediate a war somewhere. While he certainly doesn't have an obligation or responsibility to it, how much of a difference would the decision to acquiesce be on a... moral or social level ...than if he up and decides to do something without being asked? Would the act of being asked constitute the necessary social interaction to make the decision a socially responsible one?
Are they (the writers) willing to consider Superman as protecting what he believes is rightfully his?
Actually, now there's an idea I'd like to see explored in fanfiction. Pity I haven't seen one.