The new Avenger's movie ("Captain America: Civil War") had an interesting scene, where the Vision points out that the sheer strength of superheroes incites supervillains to appear. It's a curious idea, yet I think there's a lot of truth to it. Think about our own, real, world with country superpowers and the forces aligned against them. I think the Vision has a good theory. So, would eliminating superheroes get rid of all the villains? Well ... no.
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| The Mad Titan, Thanos wielding the Infinity Gauntlet |
You see, evil will fight anyway. They do fight harder if they are opposed, but there's no stopping it. And, that brings up another point: good tends to want to banish evil, while evil wants to destroy good. One is an ongoing victory, and the other is absolute. But, crank up the power levels of the combatants, and you then have an arms race. It's obvious really. Yes, having powerful heroes does create powerful villains.
And, that's great for stories, since conflict is what drives them. There becomes a kind of power creep where the heroes grow stronger, so the villains compensate to threaten them again, and so on. Eventually, a point is reached where things get ridiculously powerful and the mind boggles. This is when creators pull out their world slayers and knock everyone down a few thousands notches. I expect the Marvel universe will use the upcoming "Infinity War" movies to do exactly that.
In the end, though, the fun of heroes and villains is what it's all about. There's a neat kind of fantasy in watching larger-than-life shenanigans going on. "Long live the fighters!"
- M
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