Today is a sad day for everyone. Hero fans, roleplayers, movie fans, even just casual culture fans. There's a big loss of an icon for nearly a full century, one of the biggest creators in the entire genre of comics.

Of course, I mean Stan Lee.

No attempts at bad jokes. Stan Lee was one of my personal heroes. A guy who always did what he wanted, a man who believed in heroes and creating, and rising to whatever challenge you had. Even in his latter years, he never stopped smiling. He was a piece of history, an icon for content creators the world over.

The guy who gave me a thing I say on my journals, because I believe what he said about it.

"You know, my motto is 'Excelsior.' That's an old word that means 'upward and onward to greater glory.' It's on the seal of the state of New York. Keep moving forward, and if it's time to go, it's time. Nothing lasts forever."- Stan Lee.

But there's something I do disagree with. Our times together might not last forever. Actually, they won't. No person lasts forever. That's what gives life it's greatness; with every hello must come a goodbye, at least at some point. A small or a big one, we'll eventually part. And we did, today we parted with a hero.

But what he left behind will never die. Someone like Stan, like Bill Finger or Siegel and Shuster, they'll be remembered. They made our myths, the Prometheus to give us light and the Hercules to teach us humility. To a lot of us creating anything in this field, he was the Atlas, holding up the sky so we could have a place to create.

"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility."

I don't think there's ever been a phrase that so perfectly encapsulates a character. A single, simple sentence that gets to the amazing depth that Spiderman can be, and the relatability of what that phrase means for us.

I don't wanna gush too much, i just can't overstate how important Stan Lee was for everyone. This is not a tragedy, this is just a passing. A change, a move towards the next stage. He lived a life longer than most of us will probably ever have. And, aside from the unfortunate parts of his last year, he seemed happy.

I'll still miss hearing from him.

So I'll just say it again. Excelsior, Stan. Keep moving forward, because it's time to go.

Thank you.