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Whatever I assumed he was called Wombat man because of the live show and I thought it made better sense than Wombatmanuel and they called me Bi-Polarman after making me wear Bearman's Polarbear outfit too Geeze

I prefer the term 'Hero support"

I think it depends on what the relationship is...partner, apprentice/side kick, and hero support aren't really synonymous. They describe different relationships. Hero Support strikes me as more of an oracle or similar role, partner is equal partnership obviously, and I don't think apprentice or sidekick is offensive, I mean maybe hero A has a decade of experience and is teaching hero B. Doesn't mean B will always be A's sidekick, but come on, if you're in that situation and you demand to be an equal partner, well it's just a bit silly, you're learning.

Of course, this all depends on what the heroes in question are interested in defining a relationship as.

For a while I considered myself mr. Xtreme's sidekick because well, I was learning from a veteran of many years. And he taught me A LOT. I can't quite recall when I was no longer in that position. Maybe 3 or 4 months?

"hero support" sounds more like when you just have a great battle and loose some partner and need to "talk about it" with someone without other capes calling you sassy names like captain wet-blanket