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| Boy dresses like Black Panther hero 'to feel like himself' | Boy dresses like Black Panther hero 'to feel like himself' |
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| "Co-worker made her 11-year-old a costume for his first Comic Expo visit. He was so excited to finally have a hero that looks like him!" | "Co-worker made her 11-year-old a costume for his first Comic Expo visit. He was so excited to finally have a hero that looks like him!" |
| These words have resonated on Reddit in a post which received more than 68,000 upvotes. | These words have resonated on Reddit in a post which received more than 68,000 upvotes. |
| Stephanie Hardy, 31, from Ohio, in the US, made a Black Panther costume after her son had a "rough day at school where he was picked on for his size". | |
| One Reddit user says: "Behind every hero is a supermom." | One Reddit user says: "Behind every hero is a supermom." |
| She told the BBC she made it from his old football kit, some tape, feathers and spray paint to resemble the original character. | She told the BBC she made it from his old football kit, some tape, feathers and spray paint to resemble the original character. |
| Stephanie told the BBC her son felt an affinity with the Black Panther hero M'Baku because they share the same skin tone and they are both bigger than average. | Stephanie told the BBC her son felt an affinity with the Black Panther hero M'Baku because they share the same skin tone and they are both bigger than average. |
| "M'Baku's kind of like me," she reported her son as saying. | "M'Baku's kind of like me," she reported her son as saying. |
| "My son is 5ft 5in and 200lbs. He was born in August but he's a lot bigger than his older classmates," she said. | "My son is 5ft 5in and 200lbs. He was born in August but he's a lot bigger than his older classmates," she said. |
| Mean and nice | Mean and nice |
| Stephanie said the Marvel character M'Baku isn't a perfect superhero, but that her son loves him anyway. | Stephanie said the Marvel character M'Baku isn't a perfect superhero, but that her son loves him anyway. |
| "He's mean and nice like me," he said. | "He's mean and nice like me," he said. |
| She said M'Baku is also physically bigger than the main Black Panther superhero which makes her son like him more. | She said M'Baku is also physically bigger than the main Black Panther superhero which makes her son like him more. |
| Proud to be who he is | Proud to be who he is |
| Stephanie and her son have been going to the Cincinnati Comic Expo for three years but this year was the first time she had made a costume. | Stephanie and her son have been going to the Cincinnati Comic Expo for three years but this year was the first time she had made a costume. |
| "He was so excited to be there. He was proud to be who he is." | "He was so excited to be there. He was proud to be who he is." |
| She said people at the event wanted to take pictures with her son all day and this made him so happy. | She said people at the event wanted to take pictures with her son all day and this made him so happy. |
| "He smiled all day until he went to sleep," she said. | "He smiled all day until he went to sleep," she said. |
| "He was asking me to post all my pictures on Instagram." | "He was asking me to post all my pictures on Instagram." |
| You may also be interested in: | You may also be interested in: |
| Is there a hero for me? | Is there a hero for me? |
| Clearly the mini-M'baku has had an effect on other Reddit users. | Clearly the mini-M'baku has had an effect on other Reddit users. |
| "Any heroes that look like a 38-year-old balding, slightly overweight bearded man...," asked a fellow Reddit poster. | "Any heroes that look like a 38-year-old balding, slightly overweight bearded man...," asked a fellow Reddit poster. |
| By Victoria Park, UGC and social news | By Victoria Park, UGC and social news |