ok but what if a depowering superhero scenario where they have the "gotta stop this armed robbery without powers" situation and end up talking the person down...and their insights gained into what drives "crime" persist after their powers come back?

like, superhero suddenly realizes that these aren't Criminal enemy types that spawn in the city

but, uh, real people

which...idk, if you HAVE superpowers at a certain level it could get really easy to think of life as a superhero action game

instead: the carceral state!

(hi I'm rewatching OSP trope talks and they always give me ideas)

Oh I'm into this

...also depowering stories are That's Just Disability

which says a lot about how people regard sudden traumatic disability

like, I feel that more depowering stories should stop faffing around and confront...how we treat Being Abled vs Being Disabled

Doesn't The Flash kinda lean into that angle? I vaguely remember someone posted a clip of him talking to one of his rogue gallery at a bar like "Hey buddy, you're off your medication again, aren't you? You know that's not good for you. Why don't you go turn yourself in and get some help after you finish your drink?"

yeah that's in Justice League!

but solo titles usually can't/don't support that kind of response as a regular thing

(also worth noting that most of Flash's classic rogues don't have superpowers. Trickster, from that clip? just a guy. Captain Cold? just a guy. Flash outclasses them wildly in terms of powerset.)

how much Flash/Flash Rogues lean into that angle depends, as always, on the run/writer/editorial

I have a lot of Flash Rogues Emotions