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What would you use your superpower(s) for? |
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A little of both |
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Nothing. But, that's only because I'm pretending my power(s) don't exist. |
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Personal gain only |
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And this one's for all the spammers out there! |
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egoist
Joined: 20 Jun 2008
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:35 pm
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Alan45 wrote: | [...]the writer has to be enough smarter than the fans to make it look good. |
Not much of an issue if it's airing in the US then.
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st_owly
Joined: 20 May 2008
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:36 pm
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I picked "a bit of both" but I think really I'd use it for a bit of everything, and largely for personal gain. I don't think I'd want the responsibility of being a superhero. I think I'd like my power to be the ability to manipulate people's actions.
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Saffire
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: Iowa, USA
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:38 pm
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Alan45 wrote: | @ Saffire
Most guys have the ability to see through clothing, it is called imagination. |
It's unfair to judge a book by its cover. You gotta look underneath!
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Alan45
Village Elder
Joined: 25 Aug 2010
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Location: Virginia
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:39 pm
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Reality is never a match for my sweet imagination.
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SereneChaos
Joined: 14 Oct 2011
Posts: 384
Location: Middle of Nowhere, USA
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:09 pm
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Can I go with all of the above? I would try to use them in secret and mainly for personal gain. I'm sure I would help people occasionally, but I'd probably mess with and play pranks on just as many people as I help.
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Surrender Artist
Joined: 01 May 2011
Posts: 3264
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:37 am
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My power would be omnipotence, allowing me to redefine reality so that good and my own personal gain were the same thing, thereby rendering the moral conundrum moot!
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One-Eye
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:55 pm
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I voted nothing, because I think power should be limited and exercised modestly. Also your powers whether used for good, bad or self-interest will attract the attention of the good, the bad and the ugly (media hounds). So, I would prefer limited use and limited attention. As far as powers go I would choose Immortality and regeneration probably like Rin from RIN - Daughters of Mnemosyne had, though I would skip the whole sadism and flesh eating angels part. The immortality power mainly for curiosity as to how the world and humanity will develop down the centuries.
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jl07045
Joined: 30 Aug 2011
Posts: 1527
Location: Riga, Latvia
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:46 pm
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Honestly I can't have an answer if I don't know whether my superpower is a supercharming smile or a nuclear fart.
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Tris8
Joined: 30 Oct 2009
Posts: 2114
Location: Where the rain is.
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:41 pm
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SereneChaos wrote: | I'm sure I would help people occasionally, but I'd probably mess with and play pranks on just as many people as I help. |
This. It really would depend on my power(s), but I'd mostly go for messing with people . I'm sure I'd also do some good here and there, but as others have said, I wouldn't want the responsibilities of being a superhero. People always end up hating you
As for powers, there was one superpower in a book I read years ago that I've always wanted. The protagonist was able to control the bonds of their molecules, manipulating their density. They could expand until invisible, and in this state they could ride gusts of wind and glide around. With this power you would be able to escape from anywhere that wasn't air tight, eavesdrop with no worry of ever getting caught, and be untouchable while in that form.
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manicli
Joined: 16 Jun 2012
Posts: 186
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:41 pm
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I would use them for personal gain, as in following my ideals and morals. There is fine line between what's wrong and right in my mind and althought not everyone would agree. If I had superpowers I would use them to uphold my beliefs to the utmost.
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One-Eye
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:26 pm
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jl07045 wrote: | Honestly I can't have an answer if I don't know whether my superpower is a supercharming smile or a nuclear fart. |
I say go for the supercharming fart or nuclear smile instead.
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darknessblades
Joined: 08 Nov 2012
Posts: 30
Location: EU (im not from the UK)
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:06 pm
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my power: to do all what is posseble and imposseble
step 1 destroy the f*cked-up english dubbed anime
step 2 make anime legal to watch for all ages in every country
step 3 take over the world
step 4 make a utopia
step 5 make a court of people elected by me to rule together with me
step 6 make warp-drive posseble
step 7 take over our solar-system
step 8 take over surrounding solarsytems
step 9 (follow step 1-8 until the universe is mine/ the elected people by me)
is it good or bad
to do this
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Kruszer
Joined: 19 Nov 2004
Posts: 7986
Location: Minnesota, USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:55 pm
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I would probably use a bit of both. Mostly good with the occasional very minor grey area/bad deed if I can get away with it and not hurt anyone since I can be a bit of prankster sometimes. Things such as causing problems for people who annoy me.
As for what power I'd want: The full range of Jedi powers.
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iamalive
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:04 pm
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I chose nothing, but that's only because once everyone has superpowers and uses them frequently, I'll be the unique one.
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Kruszer
Joined: 19 Nov 2004
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Location: Minnesota, USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:56 am
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Nah, mundanes just get killed off if everyone has powers.
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