Growing up means disappointment. Growing up means having to accept that magic is not really real, that humans are not really special, that superheroes don’t really fly around selflessly helping others with their time and their powers. Growing up means understanding that parents are imperfect, broken, no matter how hard they try. Growing up means that loved ones will disappoint you, enemies will try to bring you down, and the simple things that made you smile will no longer mean much in a cruel world that is exactly the opposite of what you had hoped for.