What Happens to Your Heroes When You Grow Up? →
Your heroes don't ever fully vanish. You hack them into pieces and absorb their better qualities (along with some of the bad ones, maybe — thanks a lot for the Bushmills, Tom). You're Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, shuffling down the yellow brick road wearing Michael's one glove, Robert's art-fro, and Tom's steampunk goggles. Talismans of power turned dusty old knick-knacks that you can't quite bear to throw away.