History Quotes / BewareTheSuperman

->''"[[ClingyMacGuffin That weapon on his wrist]] can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn him into]] a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Tokustar]]. Or perhaps even a [[PhysicalGod Celestialsapien]]. This [[KidHero grimy child]] [[FridgeHorror could one day]] [[RealityWarper just wish everything out of existence]]."''

->''What is it that makes us Astartes?\\
Our augmentations and battlegear are as nothing compared to the mas­tering of our own fears. It is this that places us above the human race.''

->''Lo, I teach you the Superman: he is that lightning, he is that frenzy!''

->Kryptonians could survive in space without a suit. Was that not a pleasure? It certainly was. She could live her life between the stars, and never once need to breathe.\\

She laughed soundlessly.

->''We're not [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief suspending disbelief]] when we watch our heroes soar, we're suspending the disbelief that they wouldn’t burn us to the ground.''

->''Accepting an ancient powerful Quirk that's bound to have hidden secrets from a virtual stranger, regardless of his status as a Pro Hero, without knowing what will come out of it other than having a power of his own?\\

("People don't change, you know that," Viggo said. "This life follows you, clings to you, infecting everyone who comes close to you.")\\

("You got out once," Winston told him. "You dip so much as a pinkie back into this pond, you may well find something reaches out...and drags you back into its depths.")\\

("How can you fight the wind?" The Director questioned. "How can you smash the mountains? How can you bury the ocean? How can you escape from the light? Of course, you can go to the dark. But they're in the dark too. So tell me, Jardani, what do you really want?")\\

"If you need to find a successor, there are other people out there, older, more experienced,'' worthier ''enough to have One for All," John says, never once breaking eye contact with the speechless All Might before him. "You can ask anyone else, offer your power to anyone else, but not me." \\

For all that he's learned not to let emotions drive him off the cliff, John doesn't trust himself not to slip, and break, and fall back into that abyss that told him to'' pull the trigger ''and throw his life away at the'' slightest ''brush of what he was used to, so he can't take that chance''.

->'''Mayor''': "This is a gigantic shit sandwich, Gordon. Three dead cops, four more maimed. This is what happens when psychos like Dusk run wild in the streets."\\
'''Gordon''': "Mr. Mayor, by all accounts, John Dusk stopped the perp's rampage."\\
'''Mayor''': "Not the fucking point, Gordon. The point is that Enhanciles have always fallen into two categories. Those who work for us, and those we put away. Dusk going rogue like this gives them all ideas. That they can do what they want. That regular people—people like us—are just toys."

->'''Baron Zemo''': The desire to become a superhuman cannot be separated from supremacist ideals. Anyone with that serum is inherently on that path. [[TheUnfettered She will not stop]]. She will escalate until you kill her. Or she kills you.\\
'''Bucky''': Maybe you’re wrong, Zemo. The serum never corrupted [[TheParagon Steve]].\\
'''Baron Zemo''': Touché. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion But there has never been another Steve Rogers, has there]]?

'''Superman:''' We would never do that to you.\\

_>'''Baron Zemo''': The desire to become a superhuman cannot be separated from supremacist ideals. Anyone with that serum is inherently on that path. [[TheUnfettered She will not stop]]. She will escalate until you kill her. Or she kills you.\\

->''"Basically, ''[[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs Injustice]]'' is about Franchise/{{Superman}} [[FaceHeelTurn being evil]], again. It takes me back to those terrible [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comics that always try to come up with some shocking twist to put on the front cover, and all they could ever come up with was "Superman is now evil," or "Superman is now fat," because Superman is [[VanillaProtagonist an utterly bland character]] with only two qualities: A) [[TheCape good and righteous and just, etc.]]; and B) [[HeroicBuild built like the after picture on a Charles Atlas advert]]."''

''Gordon''': "Mr. Mayor, by all accounts, John Dusk stopped the perp's rampage."\\

-->-- '''[[SupermanSubstitute Supershock]]''', ''ComicBook/{{Powers}}''

-->--'''Homelander''', ''Series/TheBoys2019''

->''We're not suspending disbelief when we watch our heroes soar, we're suspending the disbelief that they wouldn’t burn us to the ground.''

->''"Basically, ''[[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs Injustice]]'' is about Franchise/{{Superman}} [[FaceHeelTurn being evil]], again. It takes me back to those terrible [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comics that always try to come up with some shocking twist to put on the front cover, and all they could ever come up with was "Superman is now evil," or "Superman is now fat," because Superman is an utterly bland character with only two qualities: A) good and righteous and just, etc.; and B) built like the after picture on a Charles Atlas advert."''