Originally Posted by Antarctica!

Iron Man... radioactive spider... tie-tay-knee-um... super serum... inventor... The worlds swirled through Kiri's head, leaving behind either confused bafflement or sincere interest. She'd never have imagined that there were so many different kinds of superheroes. Again, most wizarding stories she knew had to do with some old wizard chasing after some golden trinket or something, or a young wizard chasing after a young witch while carrying another golden trinket, such as a diamond ring.

Oh, sure, the superhero formula seemed relatively simple - some guy (Were there any women superheroes? Kiri wondered) either invented something really useful or was hit by something really dangerous that turned out to be useful and then used that to fight similarly powerful enemies - but since it was all new to Kiri, it was all exciting. She'd never heard of a wizard with a secret identity!

Although, since all witches and wizards had to leave in hiding from Muggles, maybe that meant they all shared a secret identity of sorts? That was an intriguing thought. It also occurred to Kiri that some of these powers the superheroes had were reminiscent of things she could do with her wand. Maybe there weren't any superheroes in the wizarding world because it did not occur to anyone to think of these abilities as extraordinary.

A few metres away, the preparations for the storytelling with Professor Lupa seemed to have been almost completed. Kiri grabbed another Chocolate Frog and slid around on her sleeping bag until she could see better. "Here," she said, opening the wrapper and tossing the card to Dylan, "you can have that. And I think the story's just about to start."