"I Missed The Part Where That's My Problem?"

[Eahland]

You're Spider-Man, you're not in any danger of dying.

Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good.

"The robber has a fully loaded Infinity Gauntlet" is a good reason not to try to stop him.

[Infected Mushroom]

His thinking is “Reading a contract strictly and in a borderline prejudicial way is toe-ing the line; but it’s still within the realm of the courts. It’s not something someone would jump to violence over. They’d go up court mode first.”

He's in a line of work where doing that will guarantee him a broken nose on a regular basis.

The vast majority of people would obey the law, even fighters wouldn’t on the whole cross into assault territory

[Eahland]

He's in a line of work where doing that will guarantee him a broken nose on a regular basis.

The vast majority of people would obey the law, even fighters wouldn’t on the whole cross into assault territory

This isn't the WWF. It's an underground fight club/gambling ring. Everyone there is already breaking the law. And the kind of people who are down with "I'll give you $3000 if you beat the shit out that guy in an illegal cage match" tend not to be squeamish about beating the shit out of you when you don't come through with the $3000.

[Infected Mushroom]

The vast majority of people would obey the law, even fighters wouldn’t on the whole cross into assault territory

This isn't the WWF. It's an underground fight club/gambling ring. Everyone there is already breaking the law. And the kind of people who are down with "I'll give you $3000 if you beat the shit out that guy in an illegal cage match" tend not to be squeamish about beating the shit out of you when you don't come through with the $3000.

The match itself is legal. I mean, otherwise how could they put an ad for it in the papers?

[Heloin]

He's in a line of work where doing that will guarantee him a broken nose on a regular basis.

The vast majority of people would obey the law, even fighters wouldn’t on the whole cross into assault territory

You're talking in circles. The person in question is in a job were if they believed that no one would rob, attack, or even kill him then he is a complete idiot. He interacts with very violent people on a regular basis in a grey market gambling scene. The only thing you've managed to accomplish is make me realise that this character would be wearing concert shoes at the bottom of the Hudson the way he interacts with others in the underworld.

[Infected Mushroom]

The vast majority of people would obey the law, even fighters wouldn’t on the whole cross into assault territory

You're talking in circles. The person in question is in a job were if they believed that no one would rob, attack, or even kill him then he is a complete idiot. He interacts with very violent people on a regular basis in a grey market gambling scene. The only thing you've managed to accomplish is make me realise that this character would be wearing concert shoes at the bottom of the Hudson the way he interacts with others in the underworld.

Violence in game fights (in an organized, legal, regulated environment) is different from assault and robbery etc

[Sundiata]

Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good.

"The robber has a fully loaded Infinity Gauntlet" is a good reason not to try to stop him.

Uncle Ben's memory would still find a way to guilt trip me.

[Heloin]

You're talking in circles. The person in question is in a job were if they believed that no one would rob, attack, or even kill him then he is a complete idiot. He interacts with very violent people on a regular basis in a grey market gambling scene. The only thing you've managed to accomplish is make me realise that this character would be wearing concert shoes at the bottom of the Hudson the way he interacts with others in the underworld.

Violence in game fights (in an organized, legal, regulated environment) is different from assault and robbery etc

If he's robbing me that means he's an idiot who would have either ended up dead a long time ago from criminals or he would be out of a job or even arrested for breaking regulations.

[The Two Jerseys]

I find it hard to believe that he's never heard of Mike Tyson or Conor McGregor.

He’s heard of them.

Then he knows his ass is getting kicked if he tries to cheat the fighters.

[Ifreann]

You know, there's something about this that doesn't make sense.

A spider can lift 170 times its body weight, while a typical human can lift maybe 2 times their own weight. So picking up an adult human and throwing him across the room would be very easy when you have spider strength. The manager probably just watched you do that exact thing in the ring. So why the hell would he even try to stiff you?

Guy runs an illegal cage fighting operation, if he could be threatened by people stronger than him then he wouldn't have any money.

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He's using loophole abuse to rob you of you're earnings, he clearly doesn't believe in the law.


He runs a gambling establishment where his source of income would be individuals willing to fight to make money. He has to be a complete moron to think that he wouldn't get beaten up if he tries to cheat them.

He believes that there is a powerful invisible wall between you and him created by the law. He literally believes you can’t hit him because it would be against the law.

This is why when he gets robbed, he’s so shocked.

This characterisation is atrocious. No human being is remotely like this.

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This isn't the WWF. It's an underground fight club/gambling ring. Everyone there is already breaking the law. And the kind of people who are down with "I'll give you $3000 if you beat the shit out that guy in an illegal cage match" tend not to be squeamish about beating the shit out of you when you don't come through with the $3000.

The match itself is legal. I mean, otherwise how could they put an ad for it in the papers?

Both combat sports and gambling are heavily regulated. If some kid is coming in off the streets to fight, there's no way the operation is legal.

[Crilland]

hmm i mean if my superpower was telekinesis i would kinda use that to steal the gun but if it is invisibility prob. but yeah, the risk is worth the reward but what is the risk doesnt work and i get lit up by bullets. so really its 50/50

[Ifreann]

hmm i mean if my superpower was telekinesis i would kinda use that to steal the gun but if it is invisibility prob. but yeah, the risk is worth the reward but what is the risk doesnt work and i get lit up by bullets. so really its 50/50

Spider-Man can dodge bullets.

[Kannap]

He just cheated me. He's an idiot and a hypocrite.

His thinking is “the worst anyone can do is sue/threaten to sue since in our society, violence isn’t acceptable... no one would cross that line with me; it’s literally not an option”

So he's an idiot, he just cheated somebody out of money and clearly doesn't have very sound morals, why would he default believe that other people have good morals and won't react angrily to his cheating them?

Also

[Yamation]

As shitty as the situation is, the robber still needs to be stopped and if you have the power to do so or stop or even just call 911 and not get physically involved, over all it is still the right thing to do. They are 2 separate situations and even though yours was not handle correctly, the robber still needs to be

[Eahland]

hmm i mean if my superpower was telekinesis i would kinda use that to steal the gun but if it is invisibility prob. but yeah, the risk is worth the reward but what is the risk doesnt work and i get lit up by bullets. so really its 50/50

This is transparently Peter Parker/Spider-Man's origin story, so you have Spider-Man's powers, which include superhuman speed and agility, super-strength in the "throw cars" range, wall-crawling, a "Spider Sense" that functions by unclear mechanisms, but which has the effect of giving you advance warning of threats, which lets you dodge attacks that even your amazing speed shouldn't really allow you to dodge, and - because the details make this specifically the Toby McGuire movie Spider-Man - the ability to shoot web from your wrists, though you don't have the experience to do much of anything useful with it at this point.

So, basically, you move and react many times faster than the robber, know when he's going to pull the trigger before he does, and are strong enough to effortlessly break him in half. Plus you can run on the ceiling and shoot sticky white stuff on him.

[Ethel mermania]

hmm i mean if my superpower was telekinesis i would kinda use that to steal the gun but if it is invisibility prob. but yeah, the risk is worth the reward but what is the risk doesnt work and i get lit up by bullets. so really its 50/50

This is transparently Peter Parker/Spider-Man's origin story, so you have Spider-Man's powers, which include superhuman speed and agility, super-strength in the "throw cars" range, wall-crawling, a "Spider Sense" that functions by unclear mechanisms, but which has the effect of giving you advance warning of threats, which lets you dodge attacks that even your amazing speed shouldn't really allow you to dodge, and - because the details make this specifically the Toby McGuire movie Spider-Man - the ability to shoot web from your wrists, though you don't have the experience to do much of anything useful with it at this point.

So, basically, you move and react many times faster than the robber, know when he's going to pull the trigger before he does, and are strong enough to effortlessly break him in half. Plus you can run on the ceiling and shoot sticky white stuff on him.

Kinky














i am sorry, I could not help it.

[Crilland]

hmm i mean if my superpower was telekinesis i would kinda use that to steal the gun but if it is invisibility prob. but yeah, the risk is worth the reward but what is the risk doesnt work and i get lit up by bullets. so really its 50/50

This is transparently Peter Parker/Spider-Man's origin story, so you have Spider-Man's powers, which include superhuman speed and agility, super-strength in the "throw cars" range, wall-crawling, a "Spider Sense" that functions by unclear mechanisms, but which has the effect of giving you advance warning of threats, which lets you dodge attacks that even your amazing speed shouldn't really allow you to dodge, and - because the details make this specifically the Toby McGuire movie Spider-Man - the ability to shoot web from your wrists, though you don't have the experience to do much of anything useful with it at this point.

So, basically, you move and react many times faster than the robber, know when he's going to pull the trigger before he does, and are strong enough to effortlessly break him in half. Plus you can run on the ceiling and shoot sticky white stuff on him.

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[A-Series-Of-Tubes]

This isn't the WWF. It's an underground fight club/gambling ring. Everyone there is already breaking the law. And the kind of people who are down with "I'll give you $3000 if you beat the shit out that guy in an illegal cage match" tend not to be squeamish about beating the shit out of you when you don't come through with the $3000.

The match itself is legal. I mean, otherwise how could they put an ad for it in the papers?

Scenarios become impossible to empathise with, when you have too many untrue conditions. In my opinion one big fantasy factor is quite enough. In this case, that people can have super-powers.

Super-powers have been thoroughly explored in comics and films. Or have they?

You get super powers <---- Impossible as far as anyone knows
You don't test or practice at all <----- Apparently the protagonist is a moron
You see an ad for something that ought to be illegal <------ If it was, they wouldn't advertise
You decide you could win it quite easily <------ because as well as being a moron, you're a psycho

This is about as far as I can get without losing the suspension of disbelief. I think my first response included "why on earth would I do that?" Asking what is most ethical in a situation that an ethical person wouldn't have got into at all, actively destroys the empathy of the reader with the protagonist.

I think in future scenarios, you try to avoid any "and then you do x" steps, and try to set it up so the reader is dropped into the middle of some situation they had no part in bringing about.

[Unstoppable Empire of Doom]

Let him go. It will make my small claims lawsuit that much more devastating.

[Cekovia]

stop the robber and take the money from him

[Chessmistress]

It's from Spider Man movie and it's silly: in first place every person with common sense would use her superpowers to get her 3,000 dollars from the manager...

[Chessmistress]

Is beating up the thief and taking the money yourself an option?

Wouldn’t this be robbery?

I thought under the law if you want the prize money you would have to sue for it etc

No, since you're entitled to 3,000 $ and you get 3,000 $.
It's about defending your rights.

[-SARS-]

What about thumping the robber and keeping the money for yourself?

[Kowani]

I put some dirt in his eye