Questions Submitted By Garrick
Q: The Rorschach test has recently been used as the inspiration for one of the more modern super heroes and I was curious if you felt there might be other heroes (or villains) taken from the annals of psychological discovery?
Q: What are some psychological problems that super heroes or super villains have?
Q: I was wondering why a villain is a “villain” meaning, of course, one who comes from a villa? Is there something about coming from a large country house that makes people wish to control, punish and hurt others?
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Dear Garrick,
Thank you for your questions, and for not wasting my time with any of the usual email pleasantries. Here are your answers:
A: Yes there are. One that comes to my mind is Superego, who has the power to stop criminals in their tracks with crushing feelings of guilt. His nemesis is Lexapro Luthor, who discovered an anti-depressant substance that renders Superego’s powers useless, causing evildoers to stop renouncing their socially unacceptable ways and instead start “working through” their latent aggression toward their parents by plotting to destroy the world.
A: A little known fact about super heroes is that they all suffer from a debilitating fear of the secularization of Christmas, also known as santaclaustrophobia. Super villains have often taken advantage of this deficit by disguising their secret lairs as year-round Christmas tree ornament stores.
A: Whenever someone has the luxury of too much space in his home, he is easily corrupted. For example, I’ve heard tell of a man who has an entire room dedicated to his foamhead collection. What could he be amassing all those foamheads for? I don’t know, but his intentions are sinister, of that I am certain.
Keep in touch,
—Cap’n Lou
