Superheroes are great on their own for the most part, and when evil gets the better of them, they always manage to triumph over the evil that is threatening not only their existence, but their ability and sworn duty to protect the world’s population – no matter how much of a loser they turn out to be. However, there comes a point in every Superhero’s story, where fate would decide that his or her journey ends for whatever reason it would need to come to an end. It happened to the legendary Hercules, King Arthur, and other infamous heroes throughout history. Heck, the fates even decided that Harvey Milk shouldn’t continue with his fight for the LGBT community. Some of these Superheroes are so excellent and seemingly perfect that we average Joes vouch for them to keep doing what they’re doing.

So, what’s the problem? Why would these seemingly perfect Superheroes that we average Joes, who regularly vouch for these Superheroes, and aspire to, need a guardian angel? You should know that even Superheroes need help sometimes. After all, they have people in their lives that they trust, not only with their secret identities, but also their lives. If you look all around you in today’s reality, there is evil all around you. It is not just the Super villains that are the kind of evil these Superheroes have to contend with, it is the regular kind of evil that you and I, including the Superheroes have to deal with that is invisible to most, but clearly visible to some: meaning, one of the main traits of evil, is leading a targeted victim to believe that what is bad is good, and what is good is bad. This can take shape in many forms: ranging from members of religion right through to bastards and morons in a person’s family, but that is a whole different topic to discuss. The fact of the matter is: When evil overwhelms us all to such an extent, that it is on a global scale, it causes the average Joe that the Superheroes are sworn to protect, to turn against them. If the Superheroes get lucky, they can triumph over this evil with great power from within them – with their allies by their side of course. However, even these allies are not immune to the charms and poisons of a said powerful evil.

Mahatma Gandhi once said: “See no evil.” What he was really trying to say was that, instead of closing your eyes when evil presents itself, you should: “Seek no evil.” Don’t look for evil in the world or in any person you come across. It is true that every person has some sort of of a yin yang, good and bad in them, but that’s no reason to specifically seek out that bad or evil, that is in them.

Then, there is also a high possibility and probability that Superheroes themselves could succumb to an evil so sophisticated, that they may never snap out of. This could make it difficult for their allies to hold on to the belief that these Superheroes can snap out of it. For this reason an über powerful form of good needs to aid or assist them in fighting this evil. However, this über powerful good, can only intervene on rare occasion.

Ironically, when a writer writes a Superhero or a good vs evil story, he or she is told that the evil they are writing in, needs to be equal to or more powerful then the good so that the good will push itself to the point where it is somehow guaranteed to triumph over the powerful evil. If there is a situation where an über powerful evil that a Superhero or a league of Superheroes are unable to take on to fight, they can’t continue to protect the average Joes they’ve been sworn to protect because their powers don’t stack up against this über powerful evil to defeat it. So the premise that the evil has to be more powerful than the good that the good is fighting against, has some merit, but not great merit. In this instant, the evil has to match the good.

Another reason why a Superhero would need a guardian angel of his own is, the evil that he is fighting can and will exploit that Superhero’s weakness and moral values against him, causing the Superhero to hesitate to do what is necessary and take care of the evil. The concept of ‘A necessary evil’ comes to mind. If a hero is unwilling to do what is necessary, because his or her moral value overshadows their heroic duty, then a guardian angel does it for them. This guardian angel – the one I’d like to refer to as a ‘white lighter’, also has knowledge of the supernatural world, has the ability to heal the Superhero should the Superhero gets hurt, as well as a reasonable knowledge of history.

In conclusion, a Superhero or a league of Superheroes, and all Superheroes need a guardian angel of some sort to aid or help fight the occasional evil that threatens not only their existence, but also their moral values and their ability to protect and continue to protect the average Joe.

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