Balance

I read somewhere at some point in the past that the creation of a superhero is what creates a supervillain. If pressed I would have to say that Stan Lee said it. Stan Lee for the uninitiated is basically the father of the modern superhero. He created pretty much all of the Marvel heroes. He is the king of geeks. He is considered a rockstar among the comic-con crowd.

Ok so heroes create villains. How can that be true? Well, the idea behind it is that there has to be a balance in the world. You can't have one without the other. If some guy gets bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes better, stronger, and more agile than everyone else then some OTHER guy is going to have to become a radioactively created crocodile/man to keep the spider guy grounded.

I mean imagine how quickly the "good" guy could become the bad guy if he was just running all over being better than everyone else. Instead he is so busy running around saving the world that he doesn't have time to be a jerk. Basically there is a lot of running either good or bad.

This is true in the big and small world. Real and make believe. If we didn't have predators then the cute and fuzzy animals would just overrun the world. Then there wouldn't be any balance. The USA is a superpower. But, because of that we have created some serious enemies.

Even in our very own bodies there is a constant battle for balance. That balance or "normal" is called homeostasis. Without the bad we couldn't have the good. If you didn't get sick at times then your immune system wouldn't get strengthened and you would die from the common cold. On the other hand in our battle to combat these illnesses we have created superdrugs and the regular bugs have become superbugs.

Whether we like it or not the Yin and Yang will always win out. The world will always bring itself back into balance. Strap in and hang on for the ride.