What is this story?
My Boyfriend is a Superhero is episodic and lighthearted, taking inspiration from cartoons and sitcoms. It takes place in a world similar to ours, but where superheroes are real, and dominant in culture. It parodies modern superhero stories and romcoms, and celebrates the mundane.
Tariq Al-Amin, a freshman at the fictional Kent University in Denver, CO, is not a superhero, nor does he know anything at all about superheroes. He lives a life plagued by financial troubles, health problems, and indecisiveness about his college major, none of which have anything to do with fighting supervillains or controlling superpowers. When the famous hero Sebastian Yun, better known as Ice Vortex, asks Tariq out on a date, Tariq has no clue how much his world will change, or how many hero hijinks he will witness, or how hard he will fall in love.
There is a variety of representation in this story, but don’t let that be your only focus. :)
What’s the update schedule?
My aim is to send out one chapter every two weeks, on Sunday nights. Because of the episodic structure, each chapter will largely be its own self-contained story, but plot and character progression will of course still happen. Think a villain-of-the-week story, except instead of bringing down the third man who’s tried to destroy the world so far this month, this week’s villain is Tariq’s upcoming biology exam, or his insecurities about being in a relationship with a celebrity, or perhaps his superhero boyfriend getting kidnapped. Again.
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