Arrow to the Knee: Calling all superheroes

Birthday time is party time!

For Annalene's 29th birthday, we decided to have a superhero-themed party. All the wonderful superhero and comic book hero movies constanty being released make us very happy, and what better excuse to pay tribute to the genre than a birthday celebration?

We decided to make it a 'create your own superhero' theme, to shake things up a bit and move away from just dressing up like Superman or Batman. Marius was Powerslide, a villain who controlled people through his music and shot lightning from his electric guitar, while Annalene was Meteora, an ordinary human being who happens to possess the recipe for an invincibility potion created in a certain little town in ancient Gaul.

Our guests also went to great lengths to come up with costumes and back-stories. We had time-manipulating parallel universe 'twins', a nymph who can control nature, a martial artist who uses ties as his main weapon, a student who fought crime at nighttime, and a brightly dressed asthma-inhaler-wielding hero who eliminates heavy feelings.

From left: Niya Antarie, Meteora, Super Student, Tieman, Lady Huffpuff, and the Hopps (bottom)

As always, we decorated our flat to suit the theme. It helps to be into geeky stuff and superheroes in general, as we could use quite a few items we already had in our possession!

After some snacking and chatting, we played a round of Superfight, which created quite a few laughs as unlikely superheroes with unbelievable powers faced off against each other. We also played Lieswatter, Fibbage and Drawful on the PS4 as part of Jackbox Games, which is a collection of really well-designed party games that allows people to join in using their cellphones.

Here are a few more photos of the party.