You are going to need crazy physical and athletic skills.

>>19952616
and he has to be smart. he can be as strong as he wants but he's not going to last long against a gun

> It doesnt seem to be too hard...very unexpected.

Have fun getting gunned down.

Sure you can serve subpoenas and shit. If you go against actual hardcore criminals, you will die.

And anyone you fight will probably press charges for assault, and you can't hide your identity because you'd have to testify against them or they'd get off.

Protip: Bulletproof vests aren't magical barriers that make you invincible

If I were to be a real superhero, it would require me to drop everything and devote my whole life to it. Training constantly and amassing a large amount of high powered weapons. And I'd only do that if like my family was slaughtered or my friend was killed and I become unhinged enough to be a crazy vigilante with guns.

And even then I'd be killed by the cops or be corrupted and become a crazy drug lord after I eliminate all the other cartels in my quest for vengeance and see a power vacuum for me to make

>>19952597
In passing fancy I have thought about being one. But the grim reality of everything sets in and I don't want to.

There are no EVIL people IRL. Drug dealers arent some disgusting evil people who sell cocaine to children. They have friends, they do things OTHER than just push smack. Some are very nice people. In fact, a lot of drug dealers are poor and are pushed into it via shitty circumstances.

We live in the real world and everything has shades of gray rather than the stark black and white of comics.

Honestly, just be your own, secret P.I (Private Eye)

Gather evidence, drop in anonymously where its needed. If you actually do anything, do that, because as a life long martial artist I can tell you fighting any real criminals you'll die, quickly and pathetically.

>>19952786
Op here, I too am a life time martial artist. I'm in college now and I was planning on getting into the FBI by time I'm 26. My dad is a firearms instructor and my mom was a wushu teacher. I'm 5'10 and 160, working out, martial arts, etc. It was just some crazy thoughts is all, I think with a proper team...I could do it. But it seems crazy. Idk.

people now a days don't fight fair man...won't be like kickass. you'll gun down and kill the men. then you'll be prosecuted as a mass murderer, and given a death sentence.

>>19952786
>>19952845
>life time martial artist
>I trained at a McDojo and got a black belt with red dragons all over it

>>19952921
I'd retaliate to tht, but then I'd only be entertaining a troll. Try harder troll.

>>19952845
Well, if you're aspiring to be an FBI agent then you should know that aside from the physical danger, there are several legal hurdles to being a "super hero".

Most of what Batman does would get him hunted down by cops in the real world really quickly. Breaking and entering, tampering with evidence, assault, harassment, etc.

Also, unless you show up at the Police station and give them your real name and a statement when you hand suspects over, they'll probably walk. So you're only real choice would be to kill them, which gets the cops after you again.

Your best bet is to a cop, a P.I. or a concerned citizen who cares about what happens in his community.

>>19952953
Heh, makes you wonder if the world really wants whats best for the its citizens. Its like when criminals get off of serious crimes off technicalities...its a shame being a superhero is put off because you'd be the one put in the slammer.

The only way your going to be a super hero is if you buy a bunch of guns, get really good at shooting, then go out killing people like punisher.

And you'll still be dead within a week.

I have thought about being a superhero myself. Thought of going the armor suit route. Thick bullet proof plates all over forearm mounted Pepperspray projectors sonic 'LRAD' type projector on the chest maybe a shotgun with bean bag or Taser rounds in it. Problem is finding crime in progress which movie characters always seem able to do but I don't. Greatest fear is not being kiled in combat but walking around for two yaers in my suit encountering 0-1 crimes.

>>19952996
>Heh, makes you wonder if the world really wants whats best for the its citizens.
Are you retarded? Or twelve? Seriously.

The current laws of this country don't allow citizens to regulate their own community. To them, the average citizen is too naive and wreckless to know how to administer justice, suffering from the very same emotional and personal flaws as the criminals who seek to harm them. So they do it for you; they let you sit in your comfortable little bubble of false protection, growing fat from sloth as they take the men and women who make this country worse and set them behind bars for the rest of their lives; eating your food, drinking your water, breathing your air. They don't see punishment. They're simply given a time-out from society, as if they were a child again. Some even get sent back out, if their crimes aren't deemed "bad" enough. But few, if any, are punished. Not the way they should be.

THe Big daddy route seems pretty legit. Only problem is finding out When and Where the crimes are happening and coming in at the perfect time. You usually won't be able to walk around finding crimes out of the blue (woman being mugged,car broken into, bank being robbed), so you'd only be able to bust big drug busts...you can't do it alone either....Unless you know the numbers etc.

To be successful you couldn't be a hero. You'd have to be almost as cruel as the people who are committing crimes.

Skills you'd need: Athletic build, Parkour, Brawling, Wrestling, Gun Handling. etc etc

And above all else you can't hesitate when you have to injure someone. Or you will get fucked...hard.

>>19953082

It's like I'm really reading the monologue of Bizarro-world Joker!

>>19953099

Although not a perfect science listening in on police frequencies should help.

>>19952597
>It doesnt seem to be too hard
>Using a movie a basis for judgement

Go be a superhero. It's good that the gene pool cleans itself in ways such as this.

>>19952996
No I'd say it's more about not wanting even more people to start thinking they're above the laws that society agrees too.

Most developed nations are today and pretty safe places to live, largely because we have social infrastructures and legal systems.

The whole "crook gets off on a technicality" is pretty rare, and largely inflated by the media because it makes for an exciting story. It's called the airplane effect. The media doesn't report that thousands of airplanes take off and land safely every day, they report on the one that crashes because it's a bigger story. People only start to see the plane crashes on the news and start thinking that planes crash all the time.

Most of the people who get arrested for violent crime either plea or get convicted. And people can much more difference in their communities by cooperating with police than by putting on a mask and beating people up.

You guys do understand that you needn't convict a crook to stop a crime. If you break up a rape or stop a break in you've fought crime. You just aren't completing the deal by putting the perp in jail permanently in the finest tradition of Batman I guess.

Someone post that page of all those "irl superheroes", the guys that go around in costumes....

No, OP, you are not alone. There's a lot of other crazies doing the same thing.

http://registry.reallifesuperheroes.org/

>>19953354
You mean the community activists in silly outfits?

>>19952597
Perhaps not quite as unexpected as you think?
http://www.reallifesuperheroes.org/

You know, I'm glad we don't have any real real life superheroes.
Because I know myself and if I saw "Superhero stops criminal" on the news, I would feel compelled to do the villain thing.

>>19953325

This, but how can you interrupt a rape when most rapes are done by someone the victim knows? Are you going to go to known "park and makeout spots" and make sure each couple who's necking is over the legal age and that both parties consented?

A better solution, one that doesn't involve wearing a mask and tights, is to get a CCW permit (if you live in the States, and in a place where you can get one), a bulletproof vest, and start weightlifting and martial arts training. Prowl the dangerous areas of the city. Some websites might provide crime maps, with little pins showing where recent crimes have occurred. All-night liquor stores and convenience stores are likely hold-up targets. Just hang in the back, read a book or something, and wait for some dumbass to try to rob the place. Shoot them in the back the minute they pull a gun/knife, then walk out.

Real life superhero? Fuck that.

My plan is simple. Get a very awesome costume, and rob liqour stores, gas stations, and other small places, wearing my ridiculous costume using ridiculous gadgets.

I'll probably base it out of LA, just for shits and giggles. And possibly a movie deal.

>>19953564

If you want to be a beloved villain, you must not kill any innocents. Otherwise you'll be deemed a total monster by the media.

Walking around the crime ridden parts of town dressed as a clown is just asking for trouble.
A real vigilante looks just like anyone else on the street. although it would be a good idea to invest in wigs & make up, anything that would make it harder to pick you out of a line up without looking too suspicious in public.