i don't really have any heroes. i respect zaoh taishi and hojo tsukasa for their manga (read the day of revolution and family compo if you want to know why). i hope to one day be as manly as kamina, even though i know that is far beyond impossible

Not sure I emulate them, but am lucky to have a variety of male friends to interact with and learn from. Wide age group, interests and cultural backgrounds. Helps a lot with my perspective.

Working on mannerisms for me is mostly about returning to what came natural before toning myself down to benefit career and blend in better. But I also pay attention to guys around me wherever I go.

For actual heroes, I look at guys who serve their country or people in some way. Most of the guys I know fit that description, too.

In the make believe world, am a fan of Sylvester Stallone and other guys who take a licking and keep on ticking without whining.
Can't stand House....the character or the show.

First and foremost, Marilyn Manson.
Now, gimme a second to explain.

When I was in catholic school, I came across my dad's copy of Antichrist Superstar and hijacked it. I listened to that thing probably a million times, and it was the first thing that gave me any kind of hope at that time. I felt like I was listening to someone telling me "Screw 'em all, you can make it out, and you will". When I got more into him, and learned more about him as a person, I felt like I'd been right in the first place. I've always related to his music, his opinions, him in general. So, he'll always be my hero. He's inspired so much of what I've done, and even though I'll never meet the guy, I owe him a lot.

Secondly, Poppy Z Brite.
Has always been my favorite writer. I found "Lost Souls" when I was about 13 and fell absolutely in love with the gory, corny, gay-tastic-ness of it. I made my way through every single one of Brite's books I could find. I cried, I laughed my ass off, I fell in love with characters. Brite, like Manson, inspired me massively as well. I stopped writing "Safe" things and started just going with what I wanted to say, and how I wanted to. Then, a few months ago, I found out that Brite is also transgendered, and in the process of transitioning to male. I sobbed my eyes out, I've never felt such a weird kind of relief in my life. He has a short story somewhere, I've only found it once, where he wrote about always envying male friends and male everything. I cried throughout the whole thing.

Also, George Carlin. Why? Because hes' hilarious, caustic, offensive, and made some incredibly good points. The thing I loved most about his standup was that when I wasn't wetting myself from laughing, I was amazed that he wasn't some kind of revolutionary or something.

I don't really have a hero exactly, not these days. But when basketball was my main focus I emulated Dirk Nowitzki [of the 2011 World Championship Dallas Mavericks btw ]. Dude's a supreme bad-ass. He has stayed with the Mavericks all 13 years of his career so far and finally got them their first ever championship. I wore his number when I played a year of college ball and definitely mimicked his style on the court.

Hey Kameron, I'm a Mavs fan, also. Dirk is da man. That was some good playoff basketball, huh?

i just remembered i actually do have a couple heroes, kinda. nougami neuro and the prince of planet dogra. both evil geniuses who'd save humanity for their own entertainment

NChaos, can you tell me more about Poppy Z Brite, especially of the story where he talks about his male identity? I've only read Lost Souls (amazing cheesy gory gay gothy stuff, I felt I gained a phantom deathhawk from reading it), Drawing Blood (ending was unrealistic) and Exquisite Corpse (shares the title of a good Bauhaus song, horrifying stuff within, DON'T READ!) by him, as it's what the library's got by him.

Bo, yea the playoffs were sick. I've lived in cali the last ten years so the Mavs destroying the lakers was especially sweet.

My son Joey is my hero...He was in a accident at 6 mo old and they told me he would not walk, talk, and pretty much be a vegetable. But now he is 19 and walks and talk, and beside a few physical and mental disabilities he is just fine...He was a fighter and never gave up to be like all the rest of the kids...His heart is pure and loving.. and even tho he will prob never learn to drive or live on his own..he still dreams big..and never gives up...His mind is younger then what his age but everyday he accomplishes something...And that young man is MY hero.

My dad


Marshall Mathers


I can relate so well to both of these men and they have done more for me than they know. I aspire to be even half of a man as they are. I think you can tell I get my style from some of both (really jus has to do wit where I grow up).

Quote from: TaylorMade on June 28, 2011, 08:52:13 PM
My son Joey is my hero...He was in a accident at 6 mo old and they told me he would not walk, talk, and pretty much be a vegetable. But now he is 19 and walks and talk, and beside a few physical and mental disabilities he is just fine...He was a fighter and never gave up to be like all the rest of the kids...His heart is pure and loving.. and even tho he will prob never learn to drive or live on his own..he still dreams big..and never gives up...His mind is younger then what his age but everyday he accomplishes something...And that young man is MY hero.

he and people like him are also my heros. always.

I'll take the cheesy route. I can't say I have a hero that is a celebrity, because I think they're hard to emulate when we know nothing about the real them. There are a few personalities from shows I like, but in reality, none I'd want to be like.



My hero, is my Grandmaw, I call her Maw. A mix of "ma" in grandma, and mother. It somehow because "Maw", that and I'm a little bit country. So that's how it turned out. She is mother. She is my grandmother. She is everything that has ever made me feel safe in this world. She was always the person I felt safe with, who I could talk to, who I could tell anything. She was the only person that saw more then the angry troubled child. She was the only one that showed me fear, cried tears, and would sacrifice everything to make sure I was happy. She always said "I already buried my daughter. Your daughter is supposed to bury you, not the other way around. Don't make me bury my grandbaby too." She is the glue in my family. The piece that keeps us all together. She raised my older brother when my mother passed. She raised me and my other brother when our birth father was put in jail and the fight for custody left us there. She talks to random people. She's kind. The thing that makes her happiest is seeing the smile on other people's faces. She artistic, creative, goofy, a little bit of a potty mouth, but she's everything I'd ever want to be like. I want to light up someone's life the way she's done for me. To be kind, to help people, to be that person people really enjoy to have around. I, however, have always been a rather angry, disgruntled person until the last few years. Ooops.

Ratchet, that's super sweet :3

Agreed. She sounds amazing, Ratchet, reminds me so much of my own mimi.

Thanks. She really is amazing. She's one of the only people I can honestly say, I'd be a far worse person without her. Nor would I know what to do without her.

Sully Erna would have to be my hero..

My heros are David Beckham and singer Enrique.