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idle thought #214
Jan. 17th, 2021 11:58 amhere's a writing prompt for miraculous fandom writers: a 'no secret identity' longfic, because it doesn't make sense as stated. I don't actually mean 'no secret identity' but I'll go into that further later, and seriously, no in-universe explanation!
Protecting people, sure, but they never went into that, and not every superhero has a secret identity. Iron Man for example. Sure, the recent movies showed it to be a "bad" choice, but in reality it's just a different choice with different positives and negatives. You can always tell the authorities when there's a copycat on the loose, because you know who you are. And people knowing your identity might actually be safer (or at least equally as safe) for the ones you love.
The teacher at your school knows to watch out for people going after your kid, for example. For Tony Stark, he's under enough public scrutiny that his identity would be uncovered pretty easily. You can be thought of as more accountable. And with all the surveillance around, keeping a secret identity in general might be a lost cause.
On the other hand, maybe you've got a Hunted (my Hero System is showing). Maybe you just want privacy (see: neighbors bothering a known policeman to figure out what's going on with crimes they care about).
And you can even go 'semi-secret identity' in which you tell some people but not others. Which would be appropriate here, since going for some jewelry would be easy if HAWKMOTH knew who you were, but it would at least make sense for your partner, the journalist who could cover up where you've been, your parents (for Marinette; Adrien could easily not tell his dad on the grounds his dad would tell him no superheroing ever it's a distraction from your modeling).
And I am super on board for developing relationship, learning trust, developing partnership.
of course all of this would require an actual 'viewing order'
Protecting people, sure, but they never went into that, and not every superhero has a secret identity. Iron Man for example. Sure, the recent movies showed it to be a "bad" choice, but in reality it's just a different choice with different positives and negatives. You can always tell the authorities when there's a copycat on the loose, because you know who you are. And people knowing your identity might actually be safer (or at least equally as safe) for the ones you love.
The teacher at your school knows to watch out for people going after your kid, for example. For Tony Stark, he's under enough public scrutiny that his identity would be uncovered pretty easily. You can be thought of as more accountable. And with all the surveillance around, keeping a secret identity in general might be a lost cause.
On the other hand, maybe you've got a Hunted (my Hero System is showing). Maybe you just want privacy (see: neighbors bothering a known policeman to figure out what's going on with crimes they care about).
And you can even go 'semi-secret identity' in which you tell some people but not others. Which would be appropriate here, since going for some jewelry would be easy if HAWKMOTH knew who you were, but it would at least make sense for your partner, the journalist who could cover up where you've been, your parents (for Marinette; Adrien could easily not tell his dad on the grounds his dad would tell him no superheroing ever it's a distraction from your modeling).
And I am super on board for developing relationship, learning trust, developing partnership.
of course all of this would require an actual 'viewing order'
