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The speaker, Di-Vitus, discusses the challenges of being an underappreciated superhero. He feels that he doesn't receive the same recognition as popular heroes like Batman and Superman. However, he is content with his role and enjoys the respect he receives from the people he helps. Di-Vitus also talks about maintaining his secret identity, feeling unappreciated at times, and his relationship with Batman. He acknowledges that working with Batman has improved his skills and praises his mentorship. Di-Vitus dislikes fighting the Joker, who he finds to be highly intelligent, but enjoys taking on smaller criminals. Overall, he is satisfied with his superhero life, despite the challenges. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the flyer of the show. Don't call me, don't call me, I don't work. This is Di-Vitus and I have a couple of questions for you. And I want to get into the mind of what it's like to be a superhero in this day. What would you say is the biggest challenge you face in your mental state being a superhero day in and day out? I would say the biggest challenge I face is feeling appreciated for all the things that I do. As I say to Ethan every day, I work hard, I do all of these things and I don't get much appreciation for it. They think mostly of guys like Batman or Superman but they don't think of a fly. The dude who does real work, the dude who doesn't always get the recognition and doesn't always make the decisions that he does and needs to be done to save the city and for the good of the people. That's actually very interesting and I wanted to expand on that. What is like the power dynamic? Like how are you treated each and every day going to work in the Justice League? People respect me. I'm humble enough to know that I'm not as popular as the heavy hitters like Wonder Woman or Green Lantern. But I do my job and I'm content with it. I want to be on the local news. They respect me and it's a good environment that I like working in. Why do you think that is? Do you think it's because you're one of the better skill wise superheroes there and you don't care about the recognition or you're just content with where you're at? No, I don't think I'm one of the best. I don't think I'm one of the most prominent. I don't think I'm one of the most famous. I used to try to get here and act arrogant like I'm better than everybody else but I know I'm not. I'm just doing what I do because I think I'm pretty good at it. That's all there is to it. I'm not a special member of the Justice League. I just come here to work hard and save people's lives. Alright, alright, alright. You got me. I want to switch gears though and talk about your secret identity. Is it hard to maintain your identity and hide from people? No, I wouldn't say it's hard at all. Most people don't pay attention to size like I said anyway. You're more of an underrated type of superhero so it's not hard. I wear a mask all the time so most people don't pay attention to my eyes and my nose and my teeth and what they look like so it's okay when I walk down the street. Do you ever really want to reveal your secret identity? Is that something you would want to do? Most days no. Most days I don't feel like I'm revealing my secret identity but some days when I'm having a rough day and I feel unappreciated, I want to. But it's like vice versa. Sometimes when I have my secret identity, I feel the need to want to reveal myself as a Flash because I don't get any recognition or any type of praise in my normal identity. So you would say you're mostly bored during your normal life? Yeah, I would say so. It's like, it's hard to be a normal person. I honestly gotta give a lot of respect to people who do it. Superheroes aren't trying new things but since I was working for normal jobs, it's hard. I want to get into your relationship with other superheroes, specifically Batman. What is the dynamic between you and Batman and how do you tolerate him? Yeah, Batman's kind of hard to deal with. He's a character. He's very powerful and he demands a lot from people he works with and he demands a lot from me, which is good because it leads to my improvement and it makes me work hard. But it's hard sometimes. It's hard to deal with because it's very rigorous training and it's very rigorous working with him. Would you say working with Batman and working with people in Justice League has helped you improve more than you would have on your own? Oh yeah, for sure. Working with Batman has been the best thing that could happen to me. It's made me stronger, faster. It's made me much, much smarter than I already am and able to handle situations that I deal with. Alright, alright. Now this question I have to ask for the viewers. Who is your least favorite villain to fight against? My least favorite villain to fight against for sure is the Joker because he is so much smarter than most villains out there. I mean, I don't think like he thinks and he's always two steps ahead, but he perceives you in a way that he's dumb and insane, but he's very well coordinated and very calculated with his movements. Now who would you say is your favorite villain to fight against or your favorite type of villain to fight against? Well my favorite type of villain to fight against is always going to be the shoplifters or the grab a purse type of people because they don't think things through too much and it's easy for me to, you know, rectify the situation. All I have to do is basically walk up to them. Well thanks for being on the show today. That's all the time we have, but it was amazing to talk to you. It was amazing to get inside your head and what it's like being a superhero. Thank you so much for having me. It was a great pleasure and an honor to be on this podcast.