Well, sheezwizzles. I get the feeling that debate was never really one of my natural talents. It's always the problem with the most logical decision, and ethics. I always toyed with the idea of joining a debate team. I figured that my argumentation skills were up to scratch. What I did not realise, was that all I have ever argued for involved the annihilation of one or many persons.

But what can I do? I'll just pretend that I care about politics and such for a while... Until the competition is over. It's not like I have much of a choice. Either I ditch them and leave them twisting in the wind, while also denying myself resumé glitter, or I can grit my teeth and sit through it for the sake of having something to write about. What happens during the debate itself is entirely different.

The entire atmosphere is simply not very welcoming. Not exactly encouraging, but it's too early to tell. Although it would have been nice if the other SCL team showed up.


In any case, I've been watching the first season of Smallville over the past week, and something happens every episode: Clark loses his power. This is usually due to one of two things. One, the monster of the episode is infused with kryptonite, and so Clark is weakened when he gets near them. Either that, or the location where the events take place happens to have kryptonite lying around on the ground.

I get it, the only way that Superman can ever be considered a legitimate character is to give him weaknesses. However, the creators of Superman also made it really difficult for themselves by making Clark Kent have God Mode, and every other thing that would get him labeled as a hacker. If the guy is naturally invulnerable, so invulnerable that when he's engulfed in flames, he comes out of it with his hair on, then the only way to actually make it look like the baddies stand a chance is to invent a plot device that deprives him of his powers.

Come on, think about it. No other fight in the superhero universe is more one-sided than Clark Kent versus Random Monster Thing. The only thing that stops Clarky from just pulverising everything that stands in his way is his lack of use of firearms. If exposure to green crystals makes you feel ill and lowers your sperm count, then how about trying to shoot the bugger? I mean, that seems like a possible idea.

Oh, while we're at it... Batman could do with a gun. Bat-shurikens are hardly guns.

At least seven episodes after Clark realises that green meteor rocks make him weak, he's still barging head-on into fights. You'd think that he'd have realised, after being told so many times, that the reason why his enemies have their powers was because of kryptonite in the first place.

This effectively makes the Green Arrow more useful, on average, than Superman. Mind you, the Green Arrow doesn't even have any superpowers, unless you count being able to win gold medals in the archery Olympics a superpower. Plus, he dresses like Robin Hood. Doctor Doom also dresses like Robin Hood. Why do you think that is?

I sure hope they don't make a Green Arrow movie. That would be somewhat like The Punisher, except that there would be less pointless blowing-up of things. That doesn't make it any better, though.

-Joe

Ah, and I don't know what happened to the tagbox. I came home Wednesday night and it was filled with dots. I refreshed the page again and everything was gone, with a message from Shaun saying that he cleared the spam. Where the spam came from, I have no idea.