(I wrote this post way back in 2015 but never actually published it. I’m publishing it now even though it could use a few edits.)
I was listening to the Oddfellows Local episode of Jared Axelrod’s Voice of Free Planet X today, and while listening to his voice actors tell the story he had written I was reminded of something I learned long ago, and he touches on in his story.
In Oddfellows Local, the reporter interviews some of the members of the vigilante super group, and also a member of the premier super hero group on Earth. Now, before I lose you with talking about superheroes, for those of you who aren’t into that, it’s the story that actually grabbed me and not the capes and tights.
See, many years ago I was made aware of something that you, dear reader, may already know as well. There are layers of things in this world. We are all people, but some of us are more influential, wealthier, or just luckier than others. (To some extent we make our own luck but that’s not always the case.)
In that, we all deal with our own layer of problems, our own issues. We deal with what we can. In the course of our lives, we move between these layers, usually up, but sometimes down (assuming up is better, but really it’s often just bigger). As a kid, we play on the playground and with our friends, but as we grow, we change how we play. We wouldn’t consider going back to the playground, and if we did, we would be the ones out of place.
Jared’s story highlights that. I don’t know if he did it intentionally, but if he did he did it really well, showing the reader and not telling them. The Oddfellows are doing what they can as costumed vigilantes, sticking up for the people of Clarkville. While the superheroes of the Society of Saviors are protecting the Earth from all sorts of other threats, both on planet and off.
We all deal with what we can, but sometimes can reach higher, if only for a little while.
http://planetx.libsyn.com/episode-10-oddfellows-local
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