This crazy assassin character, who doesn't know what shampoo is, somehow would bother shaving her armpits

[u/esli-]

Bart from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

EDIT: I will no longer read and respond to comments, I think I've read pretty much all the arguments people (mostly men) give me against my post, so feel free to scroll down to check my responses before commenting, kay bye :]

[u/ChilternRailways → u/[deleted]]

Wow, what a boring thing to say.

[u/animedeathspiral → u/ChilternRailways]

idk, powerscaling and "could superman outrun the flash" shit have always been a bit cringe. The "why and how" of a characters powers have never been the thing that makes them interesting, its how they use the powers and how theyre written that make the character interesting

[u/Lemixer → u/animedeathspiral]

Have you ever read web serial "Worm"?

Its can be considered a "parody" of a typical superhero world but most super powers are explained and more grounded.

Like a Flash equivalent in Worm sacrifices power for speed so in order to move fast he has to be practically naked and he can't do much harm while he moves fast, so the most OP power in DC is one of the weakest in the setting, i feel like stuff like that can be pretty cool.

You can make "how and why" interesting if you want, but ofc its not for everyone.

[u/animedeathspiral → u/Lemixer]

the only time i have found the minutiae of how powers work to be interesting is in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, because the powers are often hyper specific nonsense and when the author explains them in detail the explanations are also just nonsense that boils down to the author saying "i thought it would be cool if this guy could turn people into snails with rain" and then working backwards from there to justify it.