the-swift-tricker:
it’s easy to mock the concept of batman’s secret identity and think it’s ridiculous that nobody would realize that he’s bruce wayne but if some lady suddenly showed up late at night dressed in full military grade kevlar and started fighting crime in los angeles i wouldn’t look at that and think "ah it’s kylie jenner
you-got-it-capstar:
Same logic applies to Clark Kent tbh I wouldn’t see Superman, the crazy powerful alien, zooming past me and go “i think he’s secretly an award winning journalist”
the-swift-tricker: "it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…anderson cooper?!
appendingfic:
Me: "sees masked man fighting both crime and police corruption* Me: I have no idea who that is, but it is NOT a billionaire.
spifalling: People don’t even recognise tony hawk without the skateboard what do you expect
livekyoto:
People don’t even recognize Tony Hawk WITH a skateboard, bless them. Source: the-swift-tricker 66,205 notes
Exactly. Tony Hawks is the ultimate proof that the Clark Kent disguise would work on most people.
He’s world renowned, but because he looks like just a regular guy, nobody recognises him, and he’s not even trying to disguise himself in any way
He’s so regular even you got his name wrong in a comment about him. Unless you’re really talking about that english guy who traveled round Ireland with a fridge. I wouldn’t call him world renowned though.
No no, it’s Tony Hawks, the Pro Skater who had to go underground for some reason.
Didn’t even notice that myself - that’s definitely ironic, I’ll leave that mistake there as it proves my point haha
just gotta spread his legend enough,
And most people see Supes from like 50 meters away
Also just look at the scene of Christopher Reeve changing between Clark and Supes.
Exactly. The only people I’d suspect even notice a similarity would be the people that know Clark, but most would probably assume it to be a coincidence at most.
in The Expanse SOOO many people recognize the Deputy Under Secretary of the UN, and know her name.
Honestly, I could have a full on conversation with Kalama Harris where she’s introduced as “Ms Harris” and she says “call me Kamala” and I may not twig.
I feel like if Tony Hawk was on the news every other day with closeups of him shooting fucking lasers out of his eyes people would recognize him more often.