I want to write a comic book about a superhero in his 20s who comes from a very wealthy family but my friend says its stupid. Should I give up? (sopuli.xyz)

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I’m writing a story about a biracial superhero. He’s in his 20s, and his dad is a extremely wealthy Black businessman. His mom is Japanese, and she comes from a wealthy family. I don’t want to give too much away, but there is something about his family’s history that resurfaces, and it connects to his powers. He is basically trying to find out what it is. My friend says the story is stupid and no one would want to read it.

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[-] BlackXanthus@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

As someone who writes all kinds of things because they just come to me, I'd say: "Write It". My advice is backed by two ideas:

Only you can write the story. Your style, your delivery, the twists and turns, they are unique and only you can write it.
Fifty Shades of Grey got published. It's awful, the structure, pacing, research, all of it. If it can get published, then what people like and don't like can't be judged by any useful metric.

As an addition, your writing will improve as you write. Like everything, practice helps. Write the story. Then show it to people. Some people will like it, others won't. That's okay. Maybe take some feedback, edit, and share it again.

The idea can't exists until you make it.

I would also, as an aside, suggest you might want to reconsider your friendship. A friend who doesn't support a creative endeavour is perhaps not a good friend.

Write it. Keep writing. Share it with others so enjoy reading. Enjoy the process.

If you want to see the short stories I write, you can find examples here: https://ko-fi.com/blackxanthus

this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2026

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