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What Super Power Would You Like to Have?

post #1 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:18am
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Before you go and say: "Doesn't this thread belong on the comics forum, hear me out. The point of this inquiry is to see what the average Chewer (if there is sucha thing as an "average" Chewer) has to say on this subject. I don't want just the comic book geek take on it. It's more of a social experiment of sorts.

Anyway, I think I'm too old and disillusioned to want some kind of flashy, it'll make me a superhero, so I can save the world kind of power. What I think I'd like at this point would be a power like the one the father in "Firestarter" had (minus the bloody nose/headache side effects, of course). Remember how he used to be able to hypnotically suggest things and "push" people into believing or doing whatever he wanted them to do? How cool would it be to never have to pay for anything, as long as you bought it in person? "Hey, guys! Drinks are on me. Again!" Need to close that deal at work? No problem. And boss, you ARE going to recommend me for a raise, right? "I wasn't driving erratically, officer. Was I?" And of course, it has obvious applications to sex. Who wouldn't be tempted to go there, if you could?

It might not change the world at large, but I think my nifty little power would make its owner's world a lot easier and more interesting. So what would my fellow Chewers select?
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post #2 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:22am
Time Travel/Stopping or Super stretching/shape shifting. For perverted reasons of course, since thats what super powers are for.
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post #3 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:32am
Give me the power the Outsider uses. If not that, then Hiro's time-manipulation powers.
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post #4 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:36am
My snap response was invisibility, and I can't think of any reason to talk myself out of it. Sure, there's the perverted and voyeuristic and, well, Hollow, aspect, but I don't even think that'd be the best part; I am just of the personality type that I think I would be happy being invisible.
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post #5 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:40am
My choice is usually super speed. The type where I could be anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds. It has practical uses also: You could find a job where you particular profession is in demand but live in an area with lower cost of living and taxes! Want to get your loved ones a special gift? The whole world is your marketplace! I would also like the ability to be able to temporarily share that power with me though. Also, it would be great to be able to "speed learn" things, then maybe I would be able to obtain my MBA before retirment age.
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post #6 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:40am
To fly

no lie
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post #7 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:49am
Read minds, could be a curse though.
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post #8 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:50am
a) Shape shifting abilities to make my insanely huge cock even bigger. Plus add more muscles and what not to tag hotties.

b) Stop time so I can tag hotties without them knowing it.

c) Have the power to convince hotties to nail me.
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post #9 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:54am
Immortality.

With a kill-switch in my brain that lets me off myself if I get tired of living or the earth becomes a barren wasteland and I'm the only thing left on earth or something.

I could accomplish a lot over an eternity.
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post #10 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:58am
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Originally Posted by Brendan
a) Shape shifting abilities to make my insanely huge cock even bigger. Plus add more muscles and what not to tag hotties.

b) Stop time so I can tag hotties without them knowing it.

c) Have the power to convince hotties to nail me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M
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post #11 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:59am
I have to go with invisibility. And only partly because you could really get away with just about anything.
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post #12 of 111
1/15/08 at 1:01am
Telekinesis. While useful, also great for pranks!
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post #13 of 111
1/15/08 at 1:07am
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Originally Posted by Trejo
Immortality.

With a kill-switch in my brain that lets me off myself if I get tired of living or the earth becomes a barren wasteland and I'm the only thing left on earth or something.

I could accomplish a lot over an eternity.
That might edge out mind control, come to think of it. But having to work all that time to get by. . . That'd kind of suck.
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post #14 of 111
1/15/08 at 1:08am
I've always opined that Jedi mind control would be awesome - so yeah, Iggy, I'm with you on the hypnotic suggestion/pusher power.

Because it'd be too much fun to make a shoplifter put stuff back where they got it from (neatly), then punch themselves in the face a couple of times before telling them to never come into my store again.

And all the other stuff. But mostly, shoplifters.
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post #15 of 111
1/15/08 at 1:09am
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Originally Posted by Soul Ahn Ice
Telekinesis. While useful, also great for pranks!
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post #16 of 111
1/15/08 at 1:16am
Super Speed...that or the abilities of DC villian The Shade (inmortality, teleportation, control of shadows), which I always liked.
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post #17 of 111
1/15/08 at 1:47am
Invisibility. Largely for voyeuristic purposes, but I'm sure I can come up with benevolent uses.

2nd choice: flying. Not for practical reasons, I just think it would be marvelous to zip around through the sky.

Shapeshifting would be a wonderful trait in a sex partner.

"Baby, I want you to start off as Seven of Nine, then morph into Rosario Dawson, and for the final stretch flip back and forth between yourself and Marg Helgenberger."
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post #18 of 111
1/15/08 at 2:07am
A bigger penis. I won't lie.
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post #19 of 111
1/15/08 at 2:13am
Damn this is a difficult thing to figure out. I know having the powers of The Doctor would be cool. Unparalleled intellect with the ability to live a long time and regenerate into new people while traveling the cosmos.

Fuck it, I think I'll go with that.
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post #20 of 111
1/15/08 at 2:54am
Telepathy, and a complete mastery over it.

Think Charles Xavier hooked up to Cerebro...ALL THE TIME. Yeah...yeeeaaahhhhh...blows your mind, doesn't it?

Of course it does.
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post #21 of 111
1/15/08 at 2:59am
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Originally Posted by FreeRobotSex
The ability to consume plants!
You want to be a vegetarian?
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post #22 of 111
1/15/08 at 2:59am
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Originally Posted by EdHocken
Damn this is a difficult thing to figure out. I know having the powers of The Doctor would be cool. Unparalleled intellect with the ability to live a long time and regenerate into new people while traveling the cosmos.

Fuck it, I think I'll go with that.
None of that will get you laid.
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post #23 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:02am
That chick Evie from Out of This World - I want her fingertip time freeze thing. That makes up for every other super power - either directly or indirectly.
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post #24 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:06am
Freezing time is for suckers, I want the ability to boil time.
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post #25 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:21am
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Originally Posted by innsmouthlook81
Plastic mans power, you could transform into any shape you wanted. No question, thats the one I want.
With hardcore telepathy, you could make everyone else think that you were plastic man.

Perception wins!
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post #26 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:27am
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Originally Posted by innsmouthlook81
You could punch Godzilla with Plastic Mans power, who knows if telepathy would even work on Godzilla.
Why wouldn't it?

Besides, with telepathy, you wouldn't need to worry about Godzilla. You'd know where he was going to be before he got there and you could just make sure that you were somewhere else.

Goodness.
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post #27 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:38am
When did Godzilla enter into this? I assumed we were framing this question in the realm of the real world. If Godzilla exists, I would have to change my vote. My super power would be that I'm Godzilla.

On second thought, Godzilla seems to reproduce asexually. Fuck that.
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post #28 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:43am
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Originally Posted by innsmouthlook81
Yeah, but if someone were to be around to take a picture. You can't take telepathic pictures of you punching Godzilla, and I don't know about you, but I'd want a record of that.
So basically, this whole thing really revolves around your unrealized fetish for punching Godzilla in the face.
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post #29 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:47am
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Originally Posted by innsmouthlook81
King Kong has Queen Kong, just a suggestion.
Yeah, but only in a really, really bad movie. I don't want to have to wait for that kind of ineptitude before getting some sweet monkey ass.
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post #30 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:48am
The powers of "The Doctor" from The Authority would be pretty amazing.

The Doctor is a name of several fictional characters in the Wildstorm universe. There is always only one Doctor at any given time, who is the latest in a long line of shamans protecting the entire planet. Each doctor is as powerful as the sum of all preceding Doctors, each of whom was also as wise and powerful as the sum of all preceding Doctors, hence, each new Doctor is more powerful than his immediate predecessor. The Doctor's vast magical abilities can do almost anything, as long as he can conceive and believe in his abilities in poetic terms, although more powerful feats can take their toll both on the Doctor and the planet's ecosystem.

When a Doctor dies, their spirit goes to the Garden of Ancestral Memory, where they can be visited by the current Doctor, and advise him.


The cool thing about 'Magic' as a power, is that it doesn't abide by any laws of reality.

For instance, if you had super speed, you would rip your skin off if you burst into action too quickly or take off your arm if you bumped into something travelling super fast.

If you were invisible, you wouldn't be able to see.

If you could fly, you'd have to have a pressure suit on to adjust yourself, slowly, etc etc.

Magic is the big 'Fuck you' to the limits of reality.
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post #31 of 111
1/15/08 at 3:53am
...I still say Telepathy. I can make everyone else believe whatever reality I wanted.

I could make everyone in LA think Godzilla is attacking. I could even make em think he's wearing a WGA badge during the attack.

"Look, Godzilla supports the strike!"
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post #32 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:03am
Magic could not only make everyone in the world think that Godzilla was attacking but it could make multiple Godzillas actually attack the world simultaneously.
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post #33 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:05am
With telepathy, I could control your mind and make you use your magic however I wanted.
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post #34 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:08am
With my magic, and especially in the case of the Dr, I'd simply have an anti-mind control charm, and turn you into sand.
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post #35 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:10am
Also, I'd know when you were going to be around before you got there. Your mind would be quite easy to sort out from all the others.

I'd just be somewhere else when you came along, you sand-happy fiend, you.
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post #36 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:12am
With magic, I'd take away your psychic powers. Then I'd have sex with your dog.(without magic).
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post #37 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:13am
I'm pretty sure that would make you a super villain.

Nobody would want to be your friend.
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post #38 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:14am
You know, I'm pretty sure that "I'd have the power of this guy in this comic who's all-powerful and can do anything" is side-stepping the intent of the question.
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post #39 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:15am
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Originally Posted by Greg David
You know, I'm pretty sure that "I'd have the power of this guy in this comic who's all-powerful and can do anything" is side-stepping the intent of the question.
That and nobody would want to be your friend.

You'd be sad.
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post #40 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:25am
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Originally Posted by Greg David
You know, I'm pretty sure that "I'd have the power of this guy in this comic who's all-powerful and can do anything" is side-stepping the intent of the question.
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I apologize for ruining this thread. You're right. I should have taken the question more seriously, and put more thought into it.

To make amends, I'll change my vote.

I would like to be a mutant with the ability to convert sound vibrations into light and energy beams. I would travel around on roller skates with a boom-box, and a shiny disco outfit. I would look like the bass player for 'The Holograms'.

There, that doesn't refer to any particular character now does it?
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post #41 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:35am
Now see, there you go. You'd make all sorts of friends like that!
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post #42 of 111
1/15/08 at 4:46am
I think the way she dresses would earn her a certain amount of attention without the superpowers.
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post #43 of 111
1/15/08 at 5:13am
I thought I was the only one who called it "punching Godzilla".

For me, flight. If flying isn't an option, telekinesis so I can stop traffic at the crosswalks.
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post #44 of 111
1/15/08 at 7:43am
I've always wanted the Human Torch's powers. To be able to control flames? Sweet. To fly? Amazing. But to be on fire!?! THE GREATEST!!!

I mean, think of how badass you would be. "Oh, yeah. I can spontaneously burst into flames whenever I feel like it. No big deal."

Fucking cool as shit.
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post #45 of 111
1/15/08 at 10:07am
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Originally Posted by Phil!
In the world where you can mentally convince anyone to do anything you want, you say you'd consider using it for sex, but you'd still have a boss? Your line in the sand is wavy.
I considered this, and I think I'd use the power as a sort of acoutrement to everyday life. More or less to enhance it, and not to run life by it. Why? Because eventually in this paper trail laden world of ours, someone somewhere could figure out that it was you stealing all that shit somehow, and maybe they'd come for you. If they got the drop on you before you could "push" them, it's over. Which I guess is yet another reason Jared's telepathy would come in handy. If you only get to choose one power, you have to use it wisely.
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post #46 of 111
1/15/08 at 10:07am
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Originally Posted by Quarant
Peter Petrelli.
But wouldn't it suck if no one around you had powers to absorb?
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post #47 of 111
1/15/08 at 10:16am
Invisibility, no doubt. Man, I'd go Kevin Bacon so fast.
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post #48 of 111
1/15/08 at 10:26am
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Originally Posted by Greg David
You know, I'm pretty sure that "I'd have the power of this guy in this comic who's all-powerful and can do anything" is side-stepping the intent of the question.
Shit, guess that rules out me getting the Silver Surfer's Power Cosmic. And I SO wanted to shout "To me, my board!" and have it mean something for a change.

Anyway, I'd love reality-warping powers - something happens and I don't like the result (Bush wins)? Fuck it, I'll change it (Gore wins, everyone loves everyone! Yay!)
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post #49 of 111
1/15/08 at 10:38am
Another one of my favorites would be the ability to significantly alter the levels of probability.
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post #50 of 111
1/15/08 at 12:11pm
Mind control. Instant, effortless and worldwide.
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