My name is Zemo, a passerby in a superhero movie

Captain America: Civil War

My name is Zemo, and I am a passerby from a superhero movie.

The world I live in is full of superheroes:

In the world of superheroes (especially those PG-13), there is an unwritten political correctness called "superheroes never hurt the innocent." But, "Never hurt the innocent", do you believe it? Ha ha. "Does not hurt the innocent", the legend was set by a robot more than 20 years ago. This robot, in order to later run for the governor of California, used "do not hurt the innocent" to establish his own great image:

This father used to walk the rivers and lakes with all kinds of weapons of mass destruction, wherever he went, the bad guys didn't keep the chickens and dogs, but the common people somehow froze that none of them could die. From then on, "do not hurt the innocent" has become a "rule" in the arena. Later, various superhumans, aliens, and robots appeared on the stage, and the team of superheroes became larger and larger, but no one dared to break the rules until 2007, more than ten years later. That year, a group of alien silicon-based creatures that we later called "Transformers" fell from the sky. They are divided into two groups, good and bad, and come to the earth to make appointments. If the universe is so big, it's just a matter of choosing to frame it on the earth; if the earth is so big, it's a bit unreasonable to choose to open in the center of a prosperous metropolis, right? Just a year before the Transformers started, the carbon-based creature "Superman", also from an alien, also made an appointment with his rival, Luther. At that time, the scene of the fight was quite big. Luthor made a piece of land in the sea near Manhattan (Superman called it "Metropolis"): In the real world, of course. It will trigger a tsunami, drowning at least half of the people in the city, but in our unreasonable world of superheroes, the result is only a few shaking of the Manhattan building. Later, while watching Superman lift the piece of land and throw it into space, we applauded him: "It's a fairy~!" So, that one fight was like an old-school superhero. The old-school superheroes started to fight in a gentle and drizzle manner. The fights belonged to fights, but they didn't throw anything at all. They rarely hurt the flowers and plants on the roadside, let alone hurt people. At that time, when the first of us were in a fight with a superhero, we immediately rushed to the roof of a skyscraper, hot pots of tea, and watching the big show while eating melon seeds—it was not dangerous anyway. In such a big scene, the number of civilian casualties is zero. I heard that almost a hundred years ago, Chinese warlords fought in a melee. Soldiers just shot in the sky, but not many people were killed. After a battle of tens of thousands of people, ten or twenty people died. At that time, the Chinese people. Just help the old and the young, rush to the battlefield to watch the excitement. Those of us passers-by did the same thing back then. Heroes fight, we passers-by watch the excitement and enjoy themselves. At that time, superhero fights were really undead common people. This is the "rules". But the group of Transformers that fell from the sky a year later did well. We used to watch the excitement on the roof, but now they are playing directly on the roof. The prelude to the demolition of the superhero to the demolition brigade begins.

In the past, when the rules were not broken, the demolition captains were all super bad guys. For example, there is one of the mutants called Magneto, who is a small demolition expert: In the 1960s, he demolished the stadium: Demolished the White House: In the 21st century, he demolished the Golden Gate Bridge: This kind of thing that only bad guys love to do, after the rules broke, they became superheroes and super bad guys to do it together. For example, Superman, who was gentle and drizzle, did not hurt the flowers and plants, but in 2013, a few years ago, his temperament changed drastically. He had an appointment with his fellow villager General Zod, and yes, he had an appointment in New York. The last one was just a few cracks on the ground; and this one, the whole city was broken into powder:

For example, when Iron Man first made his debut, he was very concerned about protecting civilians. After all, protecting civilians was the reason Stark turned himself into Iron Man: But later, the Avengers vs. Aliens Zhan, together with the Hulk, blasted the whole of New York into scum: On the surface, the superheroes at this time still put the lives of civilians first. During the frantic demolition of buildings and walls, Captain America did not forget to command several passersby to take refuge: When Iron Man defeated the mad Hulk, he demolished a tall building under construction, and even scanned it before the demolition. I checked if there was anyone in the building: In order to protect a few passersby, Superman broke the neck of the only one of his kind in the world, General Zod: It seems Passerby's life is still priceless, no different from the past. However, before this, did he think of how many innocent passers-by had been bombarded into dregs along with the shattered city? They just didn't break into dregs in front of him. This is the paradox. For so many years, you have watched these superheroes demolish buildings and walls in densely populated cities, but you have not seen any innocent corpses. Most of the time, when we passers-by appeared in the camera, we were avoiding all kinds of broken bricks and tiles thrown by these superheroes and super villains. If these broken bricks and shredded tiles were thrown out by a super villain, it would still kill a few people. But as long as they are thrown out by superheroes, how can they be said, they are very "knowledge". Every piece of "justice" that enters the camera is very accurate and smashes into the gap in the crowd-the righteous side. Breaking bricks and shingles means you can’t hit people: Or, when the fragments are about to hit a person, the superheroes will save the person in time: But, everyone thinks Think, is this logical? It was only recently that people finally realized that in those few building demolition battles, our passerby was actually killed and injured. Many people say that superheroes are gods. So, if God can hurt mortals, how should we mortals face God? Mortals are divided into three categories. The first category is called "god worshippers". For them, "superheroes are gods" are not a metaphor, but a reality. < Picture 28> The second category is called "God-fearers". They were terrified of the power of God, so they threatened to limit the power of God. Superman was summoned and held accountable by the U.S. Congress; more than 100 countries signed the "Sokovia Agreement" to restrict the Avengers. God-fearers vowed to have a good talk with God, but they were actually cautious and bowed their knees. Even if God reaches an agreement with them, it is not because the two are equal, but because of God's self-consciousness and charity. Respect for God and fear of God are actually two sides of the same body. The psychology behind it is nothing more than the extreme fear of unimaginable superpowers. What's interesting is that the two paths people take to eliminate their fears are different, but they all lead to the same goal. The former surrendered to the super power, and surrendered in exchange for the protection of the super power, thereby regaining inner peace. The latter imagined that God would abide by the agreement with mankind, and mankind would be free from the danger of being harmed by them. However, no matter what kind of situation, God still has the power to live and kill them, as long as they want to do it at any time. Therefore, respecting God and fearing God are both psychological comforts for self-deception. Therefore, only this remaining third and most difficult path can allow mankind to regain spiritual independence and freedom under the shadow of God. We on this road choose to become the third type of people-"God Killers". The first to choose this path was our good friends, Batman, Master, Bruce Wayne. In the demolition battle between Superman and Zod, his relatives and friends were killed by the flying bricks and shreds. Batman realized that no matter whether Superman is evil or good, as long as he possesses the power of destroying the world, he is a great threat to mankind. So Batman decided to kill God. God-fearers vowed to have a good talk with God, but they are actually cautious and bowed their knees. Even if God reaches an agreement with them, it is not because the two are equal, but because of God's self-consciousness and charity. Respect for God and fear of God are actually two sides of the same body. The psychology behind it is nothing more than the extreme fear of unimaginable superpowers. What's interesting is that the two paths people take to eliminate their fears are different, but they all lead to the same goal. The former surrendered to the super power, and surrendered in exchange for the protection of the super power, thereby regaining inner peace. The latter imagined that God would abide by the agreement with mankind, and mankind would be free from the danger of being harmed by them. However, no matter what kind of situation, God still has the power to live and kill them, as long as they want to do it at any time. Therefore, respecting God and fearing God are both psychological comforts for self-deception. Therefore, only this remaining third and most difficult path can allow mankind to regain spiritual independence and freedom under the shadow of God. We on this road choose to become the third type of people-"God Killers". The first to choose this path was our good friends, Batman, Master, Bruce Wayne. In the demolition battle between Superman and Zod, his relatives and friends were killed by the flying bricks and shreds. Batman realized that no matter whether Superman is evil or good, as long as he possesses the power to destroy the world, he is a great threat to mankind. So Batman decided to kill God. God-fearers vowed to have a good talk with God, but they are actually cautious and bowed their knees. Even if God reaches an agreement with them, it is not because the two are equal, but because of God's self-consciousness and charity. Respect for God and fear of God are actually two sides of the same body. The psychology behind it is nothing more than the extreme fear of unimaginable superpowers. What's interesting is that the two paths people take to eliminate their fears are different, but they all lead to the same goal. The former surrendered to the super power, and surrendered in exchange for the protection of the super power, thereby regaining inner peace. The latter imagined that God would abide by the agreement with mankind, and mankind would be free from the danger of being harmed by them. However, no matter what kind of situation, God still has the power to live and kill them, as long as they want to do it at any time. Therefore, respecting God and fearing God are both psychological comforts for self-deception. Therefore, only this remaining third and most difficult path can allow mankind to regain spiritual independence and freedom under the shadow of God. We on this road choose to become the third type of people-"God Killers". The first to choose this path was our good friends, Batman, Master, Bruce Wayne. In the demolition battle between Superman and Zod, his relatives and friends were killed by the flying bricks and shreds. Batman realized that no matter whether Superman is evil or good, as long as he possesses the power to destroy the world, he is a great threat to mankind. So Batman decided to kill God.

On the surface, Batman’s motive for killing God was based on a sense of responsibility for the survival of mankind. But in fact, the real motive in his heart has nothing to do with this. The feeling in his heart is no different from those who worship and fear the gods—the moment he witnessed the superhuman divine power, a huge fear arose in his heart—faced with God, mortals were too powerless.

This kind of powerlessness of being unable to control his fate, Batman experienced once when he was young, and that time, he was weak and unable to prevent his father and mother Martha from being killed.

Superman's supernatural power instantly transformed Batman back into that child with fear in his heart. So Batman's killing of Gods was actually driven by inner fear. Batman almost actually killed Superman, until Superman called out his mother Martha's name at the last minute. Unexpectedly, Superman's adoptive mother has the same name as Batman's mother. Batman shook hands with Superman and made peace. Some people say: Too bloody! Those who say that don't actually understand Batman. It's not because the mother's name is the same, it is impossible to make a move, but to turn the enemy into a friend. People often do this. Many times, it's not that we don't know that we are on a wrong path in our hearts. We are just afraid to admit it, and then avoid it. Until someone else breaks this point at the right opportunity. This is the so-called slogan, awakening the dreamer with one word. And Superman's roar was just a word to awaken the dreamer. The name Martha suddenly appeared at the moment when the mistake was about to be made, and the inner shadows of those who avoided and were afraid of admitting before burst out. The more people's thoughts lie deep in their hearts, the more people are restrained by it, and once they are put on the table, they can often deal with it calmly. So after this bludgeon, Batman was reborn, his mind clear, and his thoughts of killing the gods were wiped out. In Batman, the question of how humans and gods get along is still up in the air. Perhaps with the courage and wisdom of Batman, he can finally find a way to live with gods. and I? I don't have the realm of Batman, and I am still a steadfast godslayer. In the battle of Sokovia, my wife and children, passersby like me, were killed by the broken bricks and tiles thrown by the Avengers.

From then on, I became the avenger of "The Avengers". But, what power do mortals have to kill God? On Superman's side, in addition to Batman who gave up halfway, there is also a determined Godslayer. He is Superman's enemy Luther. Unlike Batman who kills God because of his fear of God, seeing the status of the spirit of human beings being occupied by God, Luther feels not fear, but anger. In Luther's view, the dignity of man as the proud son of heaven has been damaged by the appearance of God. So he was not afraid of God, but hated God. He is one of the few mortals who is spiritually equal to God. Luther knew that he could not compete with God by human strength. He said, if people can't kill God, then let the devil come. He killed the gods by the hand of the devil, but unfortunately he fell short.

How could Luthor's clever head never expected it? Apart from the devil who can kill the gods, there are actually the gods themselves. I am a mortal, why should I fight the gods of the Avengers? The only thing I can do is to provoke a war between God and God and kill God by the hand of God. Under my plan, Captain America and Iron Man fell into a trap obediently, and the Avengers therefore embarked on a road to a break. Maybe you have to say, I am the most ambitious villain in the superhero world. Maybe it is. After all, I am just a passerby who was injured by a superhero, but it is a passerby like me who made the empire of gods to disintegrate from the inside with one person. The dusk of the gods opened in the hands of the passerby. This is the great cause of mortals. Text: Wei Zhichao

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