Types of Heroes: Which Are You?

• Classic Heroes – The noble, self-sacrificing champions who fight for justice, like Superman or King Arthur.

• Tragic Heroes – Characters whose greatness is overshadowed by fatal flaws, like Hamlet or Anakin Skywalker.

• Reluctant Heroes – Individuals who never sought heroism but rise to the challenge anyway, like Frodo Baggins or Katniss Everdeen.

• Anti-Heroes – Those who operate outside traditional morality but still strive for a greater purpose, like Deadpool or Walter White.

• Everyday Heroes – The unsung champions who change lives through small acts of kindness, like teachers, nurses, and firefighters.

• Mythological Heroes – Legendary figures who perform supernatural feats, like Hercules or Gilgamesh.

• Technological Heroes – Inventors and innovators who transform the world, like Nikola Tesla or Ada Lovelace.

 

I think I'm so immersed in the Internet that I lean toward 'technological'. But with its descriptor, I'm not exactly up for a Nobel Peace award; I barely have my first patent (software companies already have the AI I wanted to patent into automating data entry).

If I have to choose further, I want to use priorities as definitive; I want to be first most qualifiable as a responsible dad. Since I have a vasectomy, it would more likely be as a stepdad or a foster dad.

If I'm setting the boot order for my life, that is first. Second up is being 'relatable', or more at being a "relatable adult" with social norms and modesty as high priorities in line with what is normal for the society in my environment and not criminal or unusual.

And even if it saddens me that spirituality isn't foremost for many (I have a very deeply spiritual default aspect of my personality that I mute in favor of something more or less anti-social depending on an outsider's perspective), spiritual needs and prayerfulness are also in the top of priority even if I hide it in favor of a more socially permissive personality trait.

With that in mind, as a hopeful for "dad" and as socially "relatable", I think I fall under "Everyday Hero".

 

I'm reaching for mythological there!

As light as a Jonathan Livingston Seagull feather!