Poll: What do you call a person with powers?

[Xpwn3ntial]

Looked it up on le olde searchbar, couldn't find it.

So, in fiction, there are often people with extraordinary abilities that defy generally-held notions of reality. I want to know which title you use when referring to them.

Yes, the first two are pretty straightforward, but this can technically refer to powers outside extrasensory perception and the like.

This is in a nondenominational way, meaning there is no context of situation.

Examples of context: Psyker in Warhammer, ESPer in anime, Mutant in X-Men, etc.

 

[mrhappyface]

Conduit. Cookies for the reference.

 

[Icecoldcynic]

I suppose I would have to go with 'Superhuman'. ESPer to me conjures up images of people specialising in mind powers specifically, so that's out. And mutant likewise seems too specific since that implies it's due to their genes which may not be the case.

 

[Disaster Button]

It depends on how they recieved their powers or what type of powers they have, but I would use Superhuman as a blanket term.

 

[Rynozeros]

Biotic

 

[God's Clown]

Superhuman would be a catch all, really. So Superhuman it is.

 

[Blueruler182]

Super, special, meta-human, post-human, god, deity, demi-god. Steve.

Generally speaking, it's superhuman, but there are a lot of names for individual medias. X-men has mutants, Bio-Shock has biotics, Incredibles has supers, and Wheel of Time has Aes Sedai. But the general term for people with powers is superhuman.

 

[Truehare]

I don't know what I would call them, but I would take special care it would not be anything offensive...

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Conduit. Cookies for the reference.

I'm rather liking Conduit, but that's for specific types of powers, nominally ones that require channeling of some form or another. I would call them GAPs, or something like that, for Genetically Altered Person. Also would symbolize how they are apart from the rest of us (across a Gap, you see).

 

[DethVanXan]

It depends of what powers they have.
A psychokinetic person I would probably call them a psyker - also, is Psyker a trademarked name for Warhammer 40K or is it a generic term?
Otherwise, I'd probably go with post-human or Homo Supremus or the like.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

Freaks.

j/k.

I believe the generic correct term is Meta-Human anyway.

 

[Czargent Sane]

you know, I'd probably call them by their NAME.

 

[Daipire]

Super, special, meta-human, post-human, god, deity, demi-god. Steve.

Generally speaking, it's superhuman, but there are a lot of names for individual medias. X-men has mutants, Bio-Shock has biotics, Incredibles has supers, and Wheel of Time has Aes Sedai. But the general term for people with powers is superhuman.

That sounds like a crappy game show.

WHEEL. OF. TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright contestants, we've passed the Aes Sedai part of the show, now it's time for the *thunder* LIGHTNING ROUND!"

 

[mrhappyface]

Conduit. Cookies for the reference.

I'm rather liking Conduit, but that's for specific types of powers, nominally ones that require channeling of some form or another. I would call them GAPs, or something like that, for Genetically Altered Person. Also would symbolize how they are apart from the rest of us (across a Gap, you see).

Yeah, but inFAMOUS did cover a wide range of powers. Telekenesis, Electrical Manipulation, Invisibility, Telepathy, Spontaneious Robotic Crab Production, etc.

 

[Blueruler182]

Super, special, meta-human, post-human, god, deity, demi-god. Steve.

Generally speaking, it's superhuman, but there are a lot of names for individual medias. X-men has mutants, Bio-Shock has biotics, Incredibles has supers, and Wheel of Time has Aes Sedai. But the general term for people with powers is superhuman.

That sounds like a crappy game show.

WHEEL. OF. TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright contestants, we've passed the Aes Sedai part of the show, now it's time for the *thunder* LIGHTNING ROUND!"

In this series the lightning round would generally consist of lightning being thrown at an army. By the Aes Sedai. It's a good series, and the title is actually an incredibly important part of the actual series.

 

[octafish]

Meta-Human, beyond human, that seems good to me.

 

[Kron_the_mad wants to be deleted]

There is only one description for a person with powers, Chuck Norris!

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

I'd use Superhuman (or meta-human, I saw that posted a couple times) as the general term. Some of the other choices were too specific with what they encompass.

you know, I'd probably call them by their NAME.

HA! *good-joke-High-five*