Reality Ensues: Difference between revisions

* This is pretty much the central premise of [[Watchmen]]: what happens to superheroes when Reality Ensues? What becomes of people who dress up in costumes and take the law into their own hands in a world as full of political and social complexities as the real world? They die. They go insane (presuming they weren't [[Black and White Insanity|insane already]]). [[He Who Fights Monsters|Or they become monsters.]]

* Similarly to [[Watchmen]], [[The Boys]] works on a decidedly more realistic take on Superheroes. They have PR agents and are fighting over defense contracts, among other things. It's shown that The Seven (DC analogues) spend most of their time being faces for the [[Mega Corp]], doing very little, if any, actual hero work, since there are no villains to fight. The one time they actually try to fight evil, The Seven find out very quickly that having superpowers doesn't automatically mean they know how to fight crime. {{spoiler|Cue September 11th.}}