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For a variety of reasons, I've been hesitant to post about this -- but if you've seen me in the past month or so, it's been reasonably obvious: Z. and I are expecting a baby, come mid-September. (It could have been "too many cookies," as ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yahtzee63 suggested, but when two people on NJ Transit tried to give me their seats, I thought maybe it was clearer. But since then not a single person has offered like treatment on the DC Metro, which either throws the obviousness of my status into doubt or revises my beliefs about the relative friendliness of DC folks vs. New Yorkers.) Anyhow, Z. likes to call him "Shemp" or "Django"; I just roll my eyes. I wanted "Rivkid" to work, but it just doesn't.
I don't expect the journal content to change much -- though frequency of posting may eventually drop further! But I'm still thinking book reviews and fanfic as my general subjects. I may do a post of pregnancy books I found useful, and not so useful. And speaking of fanfic, help a girl out: If Superman were a spy, what sort of covert missions would be good? I want stuff that uses his unique talents while still staying covert, which is to say that punching holes in walls should not be a mission priority.
yahtzee63 suggested, but when two people on NJ Transit tried to give me their seats, I thought maybe it was clearer. But since then not a single person has offered like treatment on the DC Metro, which either throws the obviousness of my status into doubt or revises my beliefs about the relative friendliness of DC folks vs. New Yorkers.) Anyhow, Z. likes to call him "Shemp" or "Django"; I just roll my eyes. I wanted "Rivkid" to work, but it just doesn't.I don't expect the journal content to change much -- though frequency of posting may eventually drop further! But I'm still thinking book reviews and fanfic as my general subjects. I may do a post of pregnancy books I found useful, and not so useful. And speaking of fanfic, help a girl out: If Superman were a spy, what sort of covert missions would be good? I want stuff that uses his unique talents while still staying covert, which is to say that punching holes in walls should not be a mission priority.
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And dear God? Why can't I imagine Clark being stealthy enough to pull of spy. I mean, I know he had the whole double life thing...he'd be stopping terrorists. Protecting people. If he was a spy.
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Hmm. ...maybe something with stealing microchips out of places with lasers all Mission Impossible style? *coughs*
...yeah, I just wanted to congratulate you. I've got nothing. *g*
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I would think that the whole x-ray thing could be really handy (spying in the most literal sense) as well as that whole flying gig - I'm not seeing Clark having a hard time getting travel clearance. :D
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fanfic-related: I'd user Superman as a low-flying, high-speed reconnaissance vehicle. He has photographic memory, can fly pretty much anywhere, has a small radar profile (I suppose; and maybe an angled armor or something would also help), he see through most substances (although everybody would start lining their bunkers with lead, of course), and it'd be really, really hard to shot him over Russia or something like that.
As an operative, I don't know. His speed, vision and invulnerability are certainly assets (and would make him impervious to all attacks unless very well prepared), but staying under cover severely limits what he can do (Bruce would be a better choice - he can tone down his skill and fight "kind of" well, while Superman "kind of" flying doesn't help him squat). And you don't want agents that can be made by the most routine X-ray machine or physical check.
*If* you write a ruthless, deadly Clark, then... Maybe. He'd be the perfect assasin, with nearly innumerable ways of killing a person, specially if he's willing to also kill witnesses and collaterals.
That's a scary thought, come to think of it.
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Also, anything where something had to be picked up by a courier in one place and gotten somewhere else really quickly, which could also lead to Clark getting to bitch about how no one ever calls the Flash for this sort of thing when they really should.
And congratulations again! Glad things continue to go well. I like the 'too many cookies' explanation, though. (Seat-giving is hardly a, well, given, as my sister can testify from her one time riding the subway while seven months pregnant with Frick and Frack.)
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*sending blessings from San Diego*
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that's wonderful news!
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If I were running a superspy agency (which I don't, but I do watch a lot of Man From UNCLE), I would think of Superman for surveillance missions, what with the x-ray vision and the superhearing. He could also use his speed and heat vision for sabotage. ooh, he could use it for assassinations, too, although you'd have to talk really fast to get him to do it.
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*hugs hugs hugs*
I liked "What To Expect When You're Expecting" for being relatively sane and generally avoiding absolute statements of anything.
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Thinking in terms of what Superman could do, he's almost like a Swiss Army Knife. The guy could do some serious multitasking.
He's got heat vision, which is useful for minor destruction and/or sodering/welding things together. He's got X-Ray vision, useful for finding things(cameras, listening devices, weapons, etc) being carried around sneakily by other people. He's got the ability to hear things other people could not, so his ability to gather information covertly would be pretty high. He's got enhanced speed, which means he could find it easier to escape undetected or move around quickly to cover his tracks if necessary. His invulnerability would make him very difficult to torture for information, and his enhanced strength could make it very difficult to hold him somewhere. I think he'd make a great spy if somebody trained him well and got him into the appropriate mindset.
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As for SpySupes...given his choice of outfit, I find it difficult to imagine him being *covert*. Unless he goes undercover while he's undercover as Clark, in which case...heh. Sorry, just...*heh*. :)
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