i should be studying now. i am actually. i've got the ivle on for econs essay outlines on the other window. but don't tell anyone i'm blogging and studying at the same time.
well, i thought i'd like to comment on something i came across recently. some time ago, i was answering a friendster questionaire (you know the type that asks questions about yourself and such. i'm bored to that extent) there was a question that asked which one would you pick: prince charming or hercules?
i picked prince charming. figured that it's no use if the guy is hercules if he's uncouth, rude and vulgar. :D (no offense to guys out there) but on reflection, i think i prefer a superman, particularly the smallville/christopher reeves type of superman, not the cartoon type.
my reason being that prince charming may be nice but he may be a wimp. (again no offense to guys out there) prince charming may be charming but may not be so sincere (ref Shrek 2). i've never seen christopher reeves' superman but i've seen articles since his death. the superman i see in that and in the smallville series is one that is human, and capable of feeling human emotions. quote from an article: "he summoned all his energy and flung himself around the globe countless times to make time go backwards and bring Lois Lane back to life...and for the first time, i saw a superbeing onscreen shed tears" *so touching* i love reluctant superheros.
isn't that just so wonderfully human and comforting. *sigh* i feel love sick. in the smallville series, clarke kent knows how it feels to be discriminated and different from others and isolated from the in group. it's like, superman feels just like a normal person can. take away his superpowers and he'll be just like an everyman in the street. i think that's important in a guy, that he be able to really feel emotions and not act macho or anything. i guess it's easier to relate to superman than to prince charming and hercules. maybe superman is a mix of the two.
another superhero like that, i think, is spiderman. (i think so, from what i gather from the trailers of spiderman 2) anyway, the point is that a guy shouldn't be so perfect. it's scary for a person to be perfect. i'm sure girls would love a prince charming or hercules, yet, they would want someone who (erm...how to phrase it?) well, for me anyway, someone who understands what it's like to be marginalised and outcast, who knows what it's like to be weak and feel weakness. i think that makes a guy's greatest strength, to be able to feel and accept weakness, someone who's average and yet somehow isn't. (confused? i am too.)
ok, to cut the confusion, i think that when a person is in love, the guy/gal may be ordinary and average but in the other person's eyes, he/she is superman/woman. it's kinda a matter of perspective. i mean, would you prefer to spend the rest of your life with a person who is totally charming/macho and not being much else, or would you prefer to spend it with a person who can understand and really love?
(bit long, sorry about that. just had inspiration so everything just comes)
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