“As the number of parahumans first became clear, a long-term plan was established. In the early phases of the plan, much effort was dedicated to setting up the Protectorate and Wards, ensuring the public had heroes they could look up to, likable faces, likable personalities. Merchandising, interviews, tv shows, music, movies and more were all encouraged and supported with the idea of building up this image.
“likable personalities”
*sideeyes Sophia*
Law, policy and rules for the official groups were all shaped with the idea of gradually building confidence in heroes.”
Weld nodded.
Makes sense. The PR-otectorate seems to be doing a good job on that front, for the most part.
“As we enter the next phase, our objective is to push the public a margin beyond their comfort zone. We are encouraging and promoting the existence of rogues, which is an unfortunate term that heralds back to the early days.”
I’ve mentioned this before, but I love the idea of rogues finding their unique places in society, like Parian and Canary did.
“Right,” Weld responded. The term ‘rogue’ applied to anyone with powers who wasn’t hero or villain, the negative connotations of the term tying back to an era when expectations had been rather different, much the same way the brute classification had been coined.
Back when you were either a hero or not a hero, I suppose.
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