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I'M WEARING A VEST.

I'M HERE TO DO BUSINESS.

I WANT IT TO BE FUNCTIONAL.

I WANT IT TO BE PRAGMATIC.

I'M MORE ABOUT HAVING

SOMETHING THAT'S PROTECTIVE.

I LEARNED THAT PROTECTION

WAS VERY VERY IMPORTANT.

IT GIVES ME PROTECTION,

ALSO HAS PADDING IN IT.

AND IT'S MY STYLE.

MY MAIN INSPIRATION WAS

MANGAVERSE SPIDER-MAN.

I GOT THE INSPIRATION

FOR THE HELMET:

AS WELL AS THE GOGGLES

FROM THE POWER RANGERS.

THE SHADOW, THE GREEN HORNET,

THE QUESTION.

THE GREEN HORNET

AND OF COURSE THE SPIRIT.

MY COLORS ARE INSPIRED

BY SUPERMAN AND ZORRO.

SILVER AND BLACK--

THOSE ARE THE COLORS

THAT YOU'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE

TO EXPECT ME IN.

IT'S HARD TO BE BLACK AND WHITE

IN THE VERY GRAY WORLD

THAT WE LIVE IN.

I DO THIS WEARING

A MASK AND A COSTUME

BECAUSE IT DRAWS ATTENTION

TO WHAT I'M DOING.

AND IN DRAWING ATTENTION

TO WHAT I'M DOING,

IT DRAWS ATTENTION

TO THE PROBLEMS:

THAT I'M FACING

AND I'M TRYING TO WORK ON.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE

I WEAR A COSTUME.

I FEEL LIKE:

I WEAR A UNIFORM.

IT'S MEANT TO BE A TOOL--

A TOOL THAT I CAN USE

TO LIVE A LIFE THAT IS

ADVENTUROUS AND BOLD

AND HELPS OTHER PEOPLE.

"OH, WELL, WHY DO YOU HAVE

TO DO IT IN A COSTUME?"

I SAY, "OH, I DON'T HAVE TO

DO IT IN A COSTUME.

I DO IT IN A COSTUME

SO THAT I CAN BE A SYMBOL

AND I CAN BE,

YOU KNOW, OUTSTANDING

IN MY COMMUNITY."

AND THEN ONE DAY I WAS

JUST HONEST WITH MYSELF

AND REALIZED I DO IT

BECAUSE IT'S HELLA FUN.

Lucid:

I'VE ALWAYS HAD

A FAIRLY ABNORMAL APTITUDE

TOWARDS VIOLENCE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS

MY UPBRINGING OR WHAT,

BUT ADRENALINE:

AND RAGE:

HAVE BEEN A VERY VITAL

PART OF MY LIFE.

IT'S MY CONFLICTION

AND YET MY PASSION.

FOR ME IT'S NOT SO DIFFICULT

TO GET INTO THE MIND

OF A CRIMINAL,

BECAUSE I USED TO BE

A CRIMINAL.

YOU KNOW,

I USED TO SELL DRUGS.

I USED TO WOMANIZE.

I USED TO BE:

BORDERLINE ALCOHOLIC.

YOU NAME IT.

I DO THIS:

BECAUSE IT GIVES ME

AN OUTLET.

IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE

I'M DOING SOMETHING

A LITTLE BIT BEYOND

ANYBODY ELSE.

AND IT TAKES UP:

SOMETHING:

THAT I GAVE UP--

THE ALCOHOL.

YEAH, I GREW UP

IN A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD.

I USED TO BE AFFILIATED

WITH GANGS.

SO COMING INTO THIS,

IT'S LIKE I NEEDED TO MAKE

THE CHANGE.

THAT'S WHY LOOKING

AT THE MASK SOMETIMES,

IT STILL REMINDS ME

THAT I ALWAYS HAD

THAT BAD SIDE,

BUT NOW IT'S TIME

TO TAKE CONTROL OVER IT

AND DO GOOD.

Mr. Xtreme:

WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER

I GOT JUMPED BY GANG MEMBERS

AND IT TOOK ME--

IT TOOK ME A WHILE

TO EVEN BE ABLE:

TO WALK DOWN THE STREET.

I REALLY WANTED:

TO HURT PEOPLE.

AND I WANTED TO FIND SOMEBODY

THAT I COULD HURT.

THAT TRANSLATED TO MUGGERS

AND RAPISTS AND PEDOPHILES,

AND ANYBODY:

THAT SOCIETY SAW

AS THEIR MOST:

HEINOUS OFFENDERS.

AND I REALLY:

JUST WANTED TO GO OUT

AND FIND THOSE GUYS

AND I WANTED:

TO HURT THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW,

ONCE OR TWICE:

I-- I THINK

I WENT A LITTLE--

I WENT A LITTLE OVERBOARD

ON SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW?

FOR REAL-LIFE SUPERHEROES,

THEY MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED

SIGNIFICANT ADVERSITY

OR TRAUMA:

THAT LEFT THEM WITH A SENSE

OF MISSION AND PURPOSE.

OFTEN THE ANSWER THAT

THEY END UP FINDING IS,

"THIS HAPPENED TO ME

FOR A REASON,

AND IT IS SO THAT

I CAN DO GOOD."

I LEARNED TO FUNNEL MY RAGE

IN A WAY THAT'S BECOME

PRODUCTIVE,

A WAY THAT CAN ACTUALLY

BENEFIT PEOPLE:

INSTEAD OF JUST:

HURTING PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE

THROUGHOUT MY LIFE

I HAVE HURT ENOUGH PEOPLE

WHERE I FEEL LIKE I NEED

TO GIVE BACK.

( drill buzzing )

Robin S. Rosenberg:

THERE'S SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL

RESEARCH ON MASKING

AND PEOPLE REPORT

FEELING MORE ANONYMOUS

IN THE SENSE:

THAT THEY FEEL:

LESS LIKE THEIR:

USUAL SELVES,

SO IT'S EASIER,

IN A SENSE;

THAT BY DONNING:

THE COSTUME,

THEY ARE ALLOWING

THEIR ALTER EGO,

IF YOU WILL,

TO COME OUT:

MORE READILY.

TO TAKE:

A TRAUMATIC EVENT

AND FIND MEANING

FROM IT:

BY WANTING THEN:

TO DO GOOD FOR OTHERS

IS A WONDERFUL GIFT

BOTH TO ONESELF AND TO

OTHER PEOPLE.

Master Legend:

MY DAD PUT ME IN

THE KU KLUX KLAN.

AND I WAS PUT:

INTO A RING:

WHERE I USED TO:

HAVE TO FIGHT PEOPLE,

HAD TO FIGHT MY FRIENDS

AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND ME AND MY FRIEND

WOULD HATE IT,

BUT WE WERE FORCED

TO DO IT.

IF I DIDN'T WIN THE FIGHT,

I WOULDN'T GET NO DINNER

THAT NIGHT:

AND I'D BE LOCKED

IN A CLOSET FOR THE NIGHT.

I NEVER CHOSE THAT--

THAT LIFE,

BUT I WAS FORCED

INTO IT.

IT WAS BY THE GOOD GRACES

OF MY GRANDMA--

MY GRANDMA:

HAD TAUGHT ME:

ALL THE THINGS OF BEING

A GOOD CHRISTIAN MAN.

AND I REALIZED THEN

THAT EVEN THOUGH I WAS TAUGHT

BY PEOPLE OF HATRED,

THAT MY POWERS WERE

TO BE USED:

TO DO GOOD THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I DO.

( gulping )

AH!

ALL RIGHT, DELICIOUS.

WE'RE GONNA DO

THE BEST WE CAN HERE,

IF SECURITY HASN'T

STOPPED ME FROM MY ANTICS.

PEOPLE GET A LITTLE

WORRIED, IT SEEMS.

HEY, WHY SHOULD

THEY BE WORRIED?

IT'S MY LIFE.

UH-OH.

WE'RE GONNA DIE.

EH, ALL RIGHT.

NOW YOU DON'T WANT THIS

DOOR TO CLOSE ON YOU,

JUST IN CASE WE CAN'T GET

THROUGH THE OTHER DOOR.

SO I'LL USE THIS SHIRT.

( grunts )

UH-OH.

THIS IS THE OVERALL VIEW

OF ORLANDO.

THIS IS THE TOWN

THAT I DEFEND,

THAT I LOOK UP:

AND TRY TO DO MY BEST

TO HELP THE PEOPLE

OF THIS CITY.

THAT COURTHOUSE THERE IS

ACTUALLY A PLACE OF EVIL.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS

THROWING HOMELESS PEOPLE

IN JAIL,

AND PEOPLE FOR PETTY

LITTLE CRIMES:

LIKE SHOPLIFTING

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

JUST TRYING TO GET

A MEAL TO EAT.

AND THEY THROW THEM IN JAIL

JUST TO MAKE MONEY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT

COURTHOUSE DOES.

IT'S A COURTHOUSE

OF EVIL,

JUST SO YOU KNOW.

MASTER LEGEND TOLD YOU.

ALL RIGHT,

LET'S GO IN HERE

AND IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND,

I'M A LITTLE THIRSTY.

IF YOU DON'T MIND,

LET'S HAVE OURSELVES A DRINK.

HEY THERE.

I'M MASTER LEGEND

- AND A REAL-LIFE S--

- DO YOU HAVE A CARD?

NO, I'M SORRY.

- I DON'T HAVE

NO CARDS WITH ME.

- AWW.

- I CHANGED MY NUMBER RECENTLY,

SO MY CARDS AREN'T NO GOOD.

- OH, GOT IT.

BECAUSE OF CONSTANT

THREATS AND ALL THAT,

- YOU KNOW, BEING--

- OH NO.

YEAH, YOU WOULDN' BELIEVE IT,

- BUT AS BEING

A REAL-LIFE SUPERHERO...

- ( laughs )

...YOU RUN INTO

THAT KIND OF STUFF.

- YOU DO.

- I BET YOU DO, YEAH.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU KNOW, A SUPERHERO

WORKS UP A WHOPPING THIRST.

YEAH, ARE YOU HERE

FOR THE--?

OOPS.

( laughs )

DO YOU LIVE HERE

IN FLORIDA?

I DO.

I GO TO SCHOOL HERE.

OH, YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL.

AND WHAT ARE YOU TAKING UP?

I'M A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR.

PSYCHOLOGY?

I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME

THAT PSYCHOLOGY:

IS PROBABLY ONE OF

THE GREATEST WEAPONS

AGAINST EVIL:

AND ALL THAT THERE IS.

- I'M GONNA WRITE DOWN

A FEW THINGS HERE.

- OKAY, COOL.

- I ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP

SOME PAPER HANDY.

- OH, THAT'S REALLY SMART.

I HAVE:

A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

KNOWN AS TEAM JUSTICE.

OKAY, COOL.

AND WE'RE NOT ASKING

FOR DONATIONS,

BUT AT LEAST:

WE'RE LEGITIMATE.

OH, WELL,

IT'S NICE MEETING YOU,

MASTER LEGEND.

- I SURELY LIKED

MEETING YOU TOO.

- THANKS.

YOU'RE A VERY PRETTY LADY.

AND LET ME SEE-- TERESA?

- WHAT WAS IT?

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