I thought about this when I heard that bit when it was originally aired last year.
First of all, the thing I want to do is fly. Not because it's practical, but because being able to soar through the sky without any sort of mechanical assistance - that sounds like a dream come true. It's really something I wish I could do. Whereas being invisible holds absolutely no interest for me - when I seemed like a woman people acted like I was invisible, walking into me if I didn't dodge out of their way and shit like that. And I'm eventually going to develop a new invisibility, i.e. passing, which means guys are going to say really stupid shit about women to me because male bonding bullshit and then I'm going to have to explain using small words how fucking stupid and misogynistic they are or else I'm an asshole too, which I'm not looking forward to. In other words, I've already got more than enough invisibility in my life, thank you.
And for the second part, my reasoning is exactly the opposite - if I'm known as that guy who can fly, I won't spontaneously disappear as a test subject one day without anyone noticing, whereas being invisible means just the opposite. Yea, people will bug me on the street and point at me (or even take pot-shots) when I fly, but seriously, none of that is shit that doesn't happen now (I mean, no one has ever been violent at me, but that's just luck TBH). But I can't imagine being able to keep either superpower a secret from people who'd want to hurt me because of it, except by never ever using it (which rather defeats the purpose), so I'd much rather make sure everyone and their dog knows. Just seems like a better idea to me, is all.
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Date: 2014-06-05 18:27 (UTC)First of all, the thing I want to do is fly. Not because it's practical, but because being able to soar through the sky without any sort of mechanical assistance - that sounds like a dream come true. It's really something I wish I could do. Whereas being invisible holds absolutely no interest for me - when I seemed like a woman people acted like I was invisible, walking into me if I didn't dodge out of their way and shit like that. And I'm eventually going to develop a new invisibility, i.e. passing, which means guys are going to say really stupid shit about women to me because male bonding bullshit and then I'm going to have to explain using small words how fucking stupid and misogynistic they are or else I'm an asshole too, which I'm not looking forward to. In other words, I've already got more than enough invisibility in my life, thank you.
And for the second part, my reasoning is exactly the opposite - if I'm known as that guy who can fly, I won't spontaneously disappear as a test subject one day without anyone noticing, whereas being invisible means just the opposite. Yea, people will bug me on the street and point at me (or even take pot-shots) when I fly, but seriously, none of that is shit that doesn't happen now (I mean, no one has ever been violent at me, but that's just luck TBH). But I can't imagine being able to keep either superpower a secret from people who'd want to hurt me because of it, except by never ever using it (which rather defeats the purpose), so I'd much rather make sure everyone and their dog knows. Just seems like a better idea to me, is all.