# You're a super-hero. Do you wear a super-suit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370 "2006-09-12T03:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/41 "2006-09-12T23:32:55Z")
Well, do you remember that show _The Adventures of Pete and Pete_? I’d wear a suit that looked a lot like Artie’s. After all, he was the strongest man (in the world!) and his suit, according to the clip on my computer, is a 60/40 blend. What a great show… Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/42 "2006-09-13T19:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=mrklutz] Of course, if **Lobelia** and **LunaV** were around, I suspect I’d quickly become known as Easily Distracted Man. [/QUOTE] …and our plan _works_! ---
**Author:** ![Firebringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@Firebringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Firebringer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/43 "2006-09-13T20:34:52Z")
I’d be inclined to go for a hood to disguise identity. A cape in the form of a flag from a small Country. Tibet, Sweden, Latvia, Canada something like that. A belt with numbers on it. Weird symbol on chest that looks like a star formation. Probably black costume Basically complete nonsense to see what truely stupid ‘Origin’ theories the web, media and my ‘fanbase’ came up with. See if I could get my fan base to divide into factions and turn on one another. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/44 "2006-09-13T21:33:25Z")
I think I’d alternate between SS uniform (with goggles to hide my face), K\_K\_Klan robe & hood, PLO-style checked turban over my face, classic red demon getup a-la _Legend_… …just to leave the people I rescued feeling _really_ conflicted. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/45 "2006-09-14T04:02:35Z")
What my powers would be woudl deterine alot of it. But I imagine my default would be loose workout pants, knee pads, high boots… and then a black leather coat and some chest armor. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/46 "2006-09-14T04:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] What my powers would be woudl deterine alot of it. But I imagine my default would be loose workout pants, knee pads, high boots… and then a black leather coat and some chest armor. [/QUOTE] Do people even read the OP anymore? Superman’s powers. Because really, being a super-hero is pointless with anything less. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/47 "2006-09-14T05:17:36Z")
I’d wear something that looks like a bulky power suit from the outside, but is really quite comfortable and light. That way, the bad guy could zap me and go “Aha! I have removed the source of your powers!” and I would just shrug and put my fist through the wall. Something like the power armor from Fallout… [There](http://www.duckandcover.cx/official/gurps/images/gfall12.jpg) we go. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/48 "2006-09-14T14:55:33Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] And you’re 6’2"- oh **Lobelia** , I think I cyber-love you. [/quote] pulled!! 😃 > [@](#): > > But with Lobelia’s description, I think I would humbly assume the role of macho, but non-super support / love interest…it’s a burden, but someone’s gotta do it. 😃😃 Make us a cup of tea then… 😉 > [@](#): > > And as for a dying non-super love interest, my (completely fantasy - heck I don’t even know the woman) Lobelia would _never_ put me in harm’s way, right my dear? **tucks WordMan behind skirt** Keep your hands to yourself tho’… [QUOTE=Sklad the Rhymer] I think i shall drop this rope. Yep, the rope is dropped. Instead I shall work on making things up to Wordman by sending him the secret to seducing Lobelia. [/QUOTE] begone fool, before I drop a house on you! [QUOTE=LunaV] [QUOTE=mrklutz] Of course, if Lobelia and LunaV were around, I suspect I’d quickly become known as Easily Distracted Man. [/quote] …and our plan works! [/quote] Yay!! let’s go shopping!! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/49 "2006-09-14T15:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Do you wear a costume? If so, what sort of costume? If not, why not? [/QUOTE] For all the scorn I’ve heaped upon Wonder Woman over the years and critized her fashion sense and general sluttiness, I have to admit if I wore a super suit it’d be similar to hers. Unutterably sexy and forever beyond reach…unless I wanted to, of course. My suit’s only real powers would be distraction. I don’t like her colors, though. Mine would be more likely either red & black, or possibly black & silver. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/50 "2006-09-14T15:40:53Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] For all the scorn I’ve heaped upon Wonder Woman over the years and critized her fashion sense and general sluttiness, [/quote] **Anaamika** dear, are you feverish? Wonder Woman is hardly slutty. I’m pretty sure she’s only recently lost her virginity in the comics. She’s practically a nun. It’s not HER fault if Patriarch’s World misinterprets her costume as being sexually oriented. > [@](#): > > I have to admit if I wore a super suit it’d be similar to hers. Unutterably sexy and forever beyond reach…unless I wanted to, of course. > > My suit’s only real powers would be distraction. I don’t like her colors, though. Mine would be more likely either red & black, or possibly black & silver. You know we all want pics. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/51 "2006-09-14T16:10:42Z")
I’m sorry, you’re right. She’s not slutty. She comes off as slutty, but I never got the impression she actually was, either. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/52 "2006-09-14T16:22:54Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I’m sorry, you’re right. She’s not slutty. She comes off as slutty, but I never got the impression she actually was, either. [/QUOTE] S’alright. Because of your slander of the Great Diana, I was, of course, obliged to unleash the GEVSFBFEW howler monkeys, but since it was you who made the error, I sent them to some random little town in West Virginia. They will suffer the monkey attack in your place. Ain’t I a stinker? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/53 "2006-09-14T16:26:20Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] S’alright. Because of your slander of the Great Diana, I was, of course, obliged to unleash the GEVSFBFEW howler monkeys, but since it was you who made the error, I sent them to some random little town in West Virginia. They will suffer the monkey attack in your place. Ain’t I a stinker? [/QUOTE] **CandidGamera** lives in W. Virginia! _snickers_ Excellent. really **CG** , I do love you ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/54 "2006-09-14T16:27:49Z")
**Scald** for Evil Board Dictator in 2008. I call dibs on [Lucy Liu’s outfit](http://www.geocities.com/dailydigest3/ewfallpre_kill1.jpg) in Kill Bill the First, if nobody has yet. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/55 "2006-09-14T16:29:14Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] **Scald** for Evil Board Dictator in 2008. [/QUOTE] **Skald**. **Skald the Rhymer**. :smack: Oh, look, what’s that outside my window, those look like flying howle– ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/56 "2006-09-14T16:30:12Z")
I was wondering who the hell Scald was. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/57 "2006-09-14T16:40:23Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] **Skald**. **Skald the Rhymer**. :smack: Oh, look, what’s that outside my window, those look like flying howle– [/QUOTE] Crap! No less than three steps of my latest world domination plan require **Kythereia** to be un-monkeyfucked! Now I gotta dust off the freaking time machine and go save the day. Aargh. **Anaamika** , see what you’re putting me through? You’re getting SUCH a spanking. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/58 "2006-09-14T19:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=Lobelia Overhill] **tucks WordMan behind skirt** [/QUOTE] My every fantasy fulfilled! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/59 "2006-09-15T09:50:15Z")
Assuming I magically got the stereotypical superheroine figure to go with it, then HELL YEAH I’d wear a costume. It’d be the best damn costume ever. It’d have gems on it, and there’d be sparkly things in my hair, and the top would have that Impossible Boob Definition that only superheroine costumes can have, and it’d sort of look like the harem outfits you see in those old movies, with the poofy pants and the gold spangles and the rings and jewellery… Yeah. I’d have a costume. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370/60 "2006-09-15T13:31:12Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] **Anaamika** , see what you’re putting me through? You’re getting SUCH a spanking. [/QUOTE] …And this is supposed to be a deterrent, how? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-super-hero-do-you-wear-a-super-suit/372370.md?page=4)