Why doesn't Toni have abilities? Is it a safety reason?
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Re: Why doesn't Toni have abilities? Is it a safety reason?
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For those of you thinking that it was so long ago, and children these days are far more sophisticated, there were similar problems with the 1966 Batman TV series ("Holy broken bones, Batman!")
All that said, I don't think this is the case here. I agree that the focus on this is to show how normal people can be superheroes too, even without having/using cool powers
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I think they also realize that superheroes are special in some way that gives them strength, the ability to fly, webbed toes, etc and that because they have "special" abilities, only those superheroes can do those particular things. Kids have a good grasp of what they are and are not capable of. I think they will realize that superhero status usually grants an individual abilities that most of us don't possess.Brittany J wrote: ↑14 Jul 2018, 21:35 I don't think it was for safety reasons. I think it was to encourage children to be good kids, live a healthy lifestyle, and help around the house. Kids look up to superheroes, so the child may be more motivated to do these normal activities when asked. I don't think shielding children from superhero activities such as flying or jumping off of buildings is beneficial to a child. They are still going to try things that may be dangerous regardless of seeing it in media or not, and I think by seeing these things in books or movies, they get the idea that these are not things they can or should be doing.
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I think you are right. I think Toni is more playing dress up and demonstrating to children valuable lessons.
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Hmm, maybe the origin of Toni's powers is important then if he has any superpowers that is. It sounds like children need to know that if they see someone fly, leap 10 feet, lift a car, they need to be told that there is something unique about that person that allows him to do that so they won't also attempt it. But Toni is just like them and so they can do what he does.JudasFm wrote: ↑28 Jul 2018, 11:34 To be fair, there are precedents for the safety thing. For example, in Peter Pan, it was originally just happy thoughts that enabled you to fly. After various nannies and governesses wrote in to complain about their charges flinging themselves merrily off the tops of wardrobes, the whole "fairy dust" thing was hastily written in.
For those of you thinking that it was so long ago, and children these days are far more sophisticated, there were similar problems with the 1966 Batman TV series ("Holy broken bones, Batman!")
All that said, I don't think this is the case here. I agree that the focus on this is to show how normal people can be superheroes too, even without having/using cool powers
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Toni is a little young to be fighting villains anyway. It sounds like the only villains he will be fighting are germs!Melchi Asuma wrote: ↑26 Jul 2018, 09:16 It is a safety factor, no doubt. It is also because of the age old sentiment that with a lot of power comes a lot of responsibility. If Toni was to fly all over the place fighting villains, it would mean that he should also be able to clean up any mess that he might make. This makes it difficult for him to simply be allowed to fly and fight villains.
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The images of him flying were quite confusing. I'm not sure how that and the blurb on the back of the book play in. Will it turn out that Toni has superhuman abilities or not? We will have to wait and see.Shrabastee wrote: ↑26 Jul 2018, 07:30 I suppose that is precisely the reason Toni doesn't show any superhero streaks. A lot of accidents have been reported to occur while little children have tried to mimic the actions of their favourite superheroes. However, one drawing shows Toni flying, and the same photo is shown as a framed one on his walls. That might be counterproductive.
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