Apples & Oranges

At first I thought to talk a bit about comicbook movie Thor but my sweet Wempress already did that in her blog
I quite liked it too even though I expect more from Captain America The First Avenger.
I am not too big on gods, Crom and Cthulhu being exeptations to that rule.

As I am now delving deep into aliens, weapons systems and all other sorts of fun in name of research. Reality always baffles me.
It goes so much further into utter impropability than fiction.

At work today we had a tank. Unarmed but a tank anyways. Just after I had decided to include these armored beasts into several of my storylines.
Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something (besides the usual "Shut the **** UP!")

I found myself being even more intrigued by the machine(the tank).
it must be a male thing, or something on those vague and flimsy lines of thought.

you see I have an accuintance. The sole man in a riding club. Smart guy. I mean in a hobby surrounded by 20 women.
The tanks are continuation of cavalry, but where the ladies find beauty and grace in horses, a touch back to more romantic naturelike days most men I know are equally infatuated by machinery.
Or maybe I just know too many builders.
The builders are an odd, smug group. ever so happy with their machines



But there is a difference. While both, the animal(horse) and the machine(tank) do same functions and have needs(grooming/maintenance) they convey totally different messages.

And that is why I wait Captain America more than I did Thor. It is the same reason why I like Batman more than Superman.
Captain America and Batman are men, humans.
No godlike powers given by lineage.
In several senses they are more abnormal than Thor or Superman. The other is your norse god and other is a typical kryptonian.

The horses are alive and un-domesticated horses run, gallop etc alike. Slabs of metal dont move on their own volition.
They take effort to do so.
They need to have a driving force in them, an ideal, engine, vengeance.

for me that is infinitely more interesting.
More identifiable.(no, I do NOT wear a flag or a batcostume)

soon I will have a word about tough guys, horrors appeal, curvy women and the huge pile of comics my LCS sent over.
Till then: