by Sapphire

One of the really important skills you need to pick up as a superhero is the ability to improvise. Plus the ability to know when information needs to be shared, and when it needs to be kept hidden.

  

by Sapphire

“Please, you choose.”

There is nothing quite so infuriating as a man determined to be agreeable. Prince Marus refused to state any kind of opinion on anything! I asked what he wanted to see of the city.

  

by Sapphire

There is one thing you must always keep in mind when dealing with handsome men. They know how handsome they are, and they expect you to react to it.

  

by Sapphire

I wasn’t too thrilled when I remembered yesterday that I was supposed to act as an escort for a visiting diplomat this weekend. It’s another one of those things you never think about when you become a superhero. You have all sorts of public obligations that may get in the way of what you really want to do. Like stay in on your one day off and watch movies with your girlfriends while eating popcorn and mooning over how romantic those old black and white movies were.

  

by Sapphire

Good guys keep their promises. That’s what Mind Slayer told me. We’re predictable that way. But bad guys are predictable, too.

  

by Sapphire

Blowing things up is easy. Punching bad guys into walls is easy. Casting spells that hold your enemies in stasis, also easy. As is saving kittens from trees, little old ladies from bulldozers, and the UN from a bomb. These things are all, comparatively, easy. Not that I’m saying just anyone could do them. But they’re pretty straight forward.

  

by Sapphire

I’ve never really understood bad guys. I confess. To me, it was always obvious that everyone should want to be a superhero. Who wouldn’t want to save people? Who wouldn’t want that love and adoration? Of course, I felt the same way about being a rockstar. So maybe you could say I came into superheroing with a bias.

  

by Sapphire

Although we may be superheroes, and we may travel far from home, and far from whatever humble or grand beginnings we may have… we never really escape where we came from.

  

by Sapphire

Writing about dating got me thinking about what, ultimately, is the big underlying question. (Mind you, I still have more to say on the topic of dating, but today I’m feeling a bit more serious). Is it too dangerous for us superheroes to have families? Should we even be letting ourselves fall in love or develop close friendships? Or is that selfish and careless?

  

by Sapphire

Once upon a time, if you wanted to learn a craft, you apprenticed with a master in that craft. Want to be a carpenter? Sign on to study with a carpenter. Want to be a glassblower? Become a glassblower’s apprentice. In general, apprenticeship has fallen out of vogue today. However, superheroing is one of the few remaining fields where you can actually still apprentice with someone. If you want to become a superhero, become a sidekick!