https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qv7k4x/origin-story

In the age of endgames, saturated with superheroes yet still short on tangible hope, it seems a high time to examine one particular origin story. That's exactly what this timely and barbwire sharp speculation from Lia Swope Mitchell does—I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. -the ed

Give us a hero, the people said. So for everyone's sake, the genius tried.