Pick a useless super power
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I'd pick one second super strength. I'd just use it on the moment of contact when punching people in the face.DanielBrown said:Slight chance this has already been posted, but I'll throw it out here anyways:
I'll go with the 75% levitation ability. Gasp at my almost levitating powers!
A rage meter. When it's approaching it's maximum, it appears to everyone and starts to flash, when it fills, there's an alarm. And I rage. I don't often rage, so it's merely a trinket that lets people know when they're truly getting to me, or I'm truly in a bad mood. But seriously, how cool would that be?
Huh. I didn't think of that. I figured I'd just get to experience something like skydiving without the risk of splattering all over the ground. Plus, I'd be a shit spy, I believe.Heronblade said:
The ability to change my eye colour at any time... I could scare children and drunkards, but I wouldn't be heralded the greatest new X-man or anything... That and I want purple eyes...
My super power would be to allow others to read/look into my mind. Would make going to the shrink much easier (if ever needed) but also be used to annoy people. *goes in front of a friend* *starts thinking about nasty tentacle hentai* *activates superpower* *contemplates said friend ripping his own eyes out* *than goes to the shrink because thinking about tentacle hentai ruined myself*
Well, the thing is that by definition any "power" is going to be useful in some context over someone who doesn't have it. Now granted it's easy to come up with ones that are of of such limited use that they seem kind of pointless, but that isn't the same thing. Case in point if you could project music into someone's head you could do a lot of things like that, even if it's just driving people insane (in a very literal sense). Selective memory wiping could be usefulBinnsyboy said:
to counter "killer memes" (old science fiction concept) and simular things, not very likely, but it does give you a potential advantage over someone who doesn't have it.
The closest I could come up with is the abillity to change a soft drink into another soft drink of the same type. Basically the power to say transmute say cola into any other kind of cola, like RC cola into Coke, or Coke into
Pepsi, or whatever. Of course that still means you have the advantage of never having to endure a brand of soft drink you don't like, unless you just really hate Cola or Orange Soda or whatever you've got out of hand.
This also reminds me of one of my favorite Xanth novels (I used to be a fan) where most of the powerhouse Magicians and Sorceresses in that world are defeated quite easily by some guy who has the minor magical talent to create a line of sight between two objects.
Maybe it's because I'm unusually stealth-based, but holy shit would that be useful!Scarim Coral said:
Granted, nowhere near as useful as general invisibility, but still amazing as hell.
I'd choose...never having to fight with my brain. If I want to recall something or think of a word, I can, assuming I ever took the time to learn it in the first place. Not photographic memory where I can just glance at stuff and remember it, but if I stop and take the time to remember something, I CAN remember it at will.
