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Really ? Never read the books. How are they ?

Ah, heres me calling it a carriage because for a second I thought train was the UK term. Thanks for the heads up, I'll make the edits now cheers.

PS I went for 'boshjob' because I was trying to make a cheeky reference to Clinton and 'blowjob'. May be a bit of a stretch, glad it worked kinda

It's an element that comes up a good bit in some of his best comics!

Ahh you makin my day, muchos grazias amigo

Very good story. 2 differences between "King's English" and "American English" pulled me out. First, we call a subway train arriving a 'Train' not a 'Carriage'. Second, Kent was in "the men's room" or "the Bathroom" the whole time, not 'the toilets'. The wording just broke the illusion. The British slang the Director used was OK though... makes it feel like he spent a long time as an agent in the UK (or grew up in the UK as the son of an Agent).

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Honestly not bad social commentary. Felt more modern while keeping to the feel of the old comic’s Superman.

I place my money on this one.

Superman, a national hero for decades, painted like that?

Something tells me you're a blueberry that only heard about raspberries.

There is an episode in the cartoon with this scenario except it's the mob.

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I got Doppler/shapeshifter vibes.

For a moment I thought you were going to write in the Frog Prince twist.

Conservative media definitely tries, but you comically underestimate:

A. The American left, and

B. (much more relevently) The popularity of Superman it takes year's of engineering by Luthors genius and incredible wealth to damage Superman's rep, the CIA has hours before they're entirely discredited by prize winning investigative journalist Clark Kent, with testimony from America's favorite hero

Here you go! Try some Pork Cake. Also, your story was awesome.

I love how he seems to forego the "American Way"

LOL

Maybe, one can dream. Counter:

A. Statistically, nothing has a zero percent change

B. Superman isn't real, and neither is the fictional America containing advanced tech, aliens and supernatural beings that he lives in

It was mid morning as the director came into the office. "Here's your coffee sir" said an intern holding out a Starbucks cup leaning forward almost in a half bow. Director Clement took the cup from him without a word and took a sip. "This has almond milk, I thought I told you nitwits I preferred coconut milk." "I am so sorry" said the, for all intents and purposes, nameless intern. The director brushed past him without another word coffee in hand and went into his office. He sat in his luxurious cushioned leather chair and looked at the small folder that read "TOP SECRET". He opened it; inside there was a small stack of messages. The first one read "I believe the mission is done. I followed the mark for a couple days to see his usual routine and on his way to work I stuck him with a cyanide coated pin on the end of an umbrella. I got the idea from some documentary a watched a while back, those crazy soviets were always doin wild stuff." The director grimaced and picked up the next note. "Alright turns out this cat is still showing up for work so I guess I gotta just stick to the basics. Every day he stops by a Starbucks and they just so happen to have a help wanted sign. I applied to the job and got it, all I gotta do is spike his coffee after Kevin here shows me the ropes." The director sighs and picked up the next message. "Alright alright this man is an unstoppable force of nature, I suppose I gotta step up violence. I've planted a nice little surprise in the garbage bins near his apartment. Kevin's a nice lad I think you'd like him. He's been showing me how to make little leafs on the coffee." The director frowned as he saw yet another message in the file. "I shit you not on this, he was right next to the explosion, and all he did was lost his clothes. While the man was certainly above average, I was thinking with how tough he was he'd have to coil it up in a jockstrap like one of them bubble gum tapes. I've still been giving him the spiked coffees, today I put a four leaf clover in it hoping for some better luck. This has been real stressful, Kevin says there's a lot of tension in my shoulders." The director took a large breath in and pinched the bridge of his nose as he looked at the last message in the file. "Y'know boss I think I'ma just stay working at this joint with Kevin and that this has been a message from God. I showed my mom a picture of the four leaf clover I put in his coffee today, she said she was proud of me and she was happy I turned my life around. Sorry about your coffee but you were the only person who knew my identity :/" the directors stomach churned.

I'm always baffled when I see an old Tumblr post totally recycled into a WP. I know it's not theft, technically, but it feels disingenuous.

thanks! glad you guys liked it. I have not watched the Expanse. Maybe will give it a try 👍

Zero percent chance Superman isn’t successfully painted as anti American by conservative media. Zero percent chance the American people don’t back the state.

Superman's true power being a groundbreaking journalist would be a good spin on him.

That'd be a surprise twist. Holden is actually Superman.