If you had to choose, what would be most fun and/or useful power from a movie, TV show, cartoon, book, games, or mythos? Include any drawbacks of the power that the source adds into consideration

Separating the silly and serious analyses would also be nice. (see various videos, articles, etc. on how certain superpowers would actually kill you, e.g. stopping time would mean you couldn’t breathe as the air cannot move)

  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
    7·
    5 days ago

    The not-selfish answer would be healing, with no arbitrary restrictions, preferably not attached to some divine power. Oh, you had leg torn off? Let me reattach that real quick. Got poisoned? I can cure that. You went blind? I can fix that…pass me some new eyeballs to attach.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      Loved what Redo of healer did to make healer op. Id reccomend the gain experience/skills of ppl you are healing perk if possible.

  • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    6 days ago

    Path to Victory, from Wildbow’s web serial Worm.

    It’s a two-part power. The first looks into the future to determine the exact set of steps necessary to accomplish any given goal, if it is at all possible to accomplish in any way. The second makes you execute those exact steps with zero chance of deviation or error.

    It only fails when interfered with by another power also capable of seeing the future.

    edit for grammar

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      This would definitely be mine too. Particularly if it was still jailbroken, as in the book.

      In story, it could even cope with a lot of future sight powers. It was only the apex level ones that were on an even field with it.

      The only downside is the erosion of your free will. It’s hard to make your own choices when this power is available to make them all for you.

      • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        I feel like if you avoided giving it long-term goals you could still retain most of your humanity. You could also mainly rely on the divination aspect, and avoid the perfect-execution aspect unless necessary.

        Would still be the world’s greatest crutch, but the sheer power it offers is too tempting.

  • the_armchair_potato@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 days ago

    Snap my finger, and all the narcissists, bullies, psychopaths, scammers, pedophiles, abusers of authority, and general dirtbags disappear and never come back. Imagine the world we would live in. Would be paradise.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
      61·
      5 days ago

      Probably would be better if you just remove those traits from them. Less genocidal and more justice if they can finally understand wtf they were going and feel guilt. Like ghost riders ability.

  • Deestan@lemmy.world
    14·
    6 days ago

    Omnipotence ofc. I will start by recreating logic itself such that it is possible for me to create a rock that is too heavy for me to lift it.

  • redsand@infosec.pub
    8·
    6 days ago

    I want Domino’s luck. All the rest of your powers can get fucked. I’m god’s favorite.

  • tenchiken@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    13·
    6 days ago

    Absolute control of atomic structures / telekinesis and psychic abilities.

    The grandfather in the book Slipt. Amazing story.

    This effectively allows:

    Change chemical structures, transmutation, cure/remove illness

    Cause strokes or embolisms from a distance with no evidence.

    Hey that building full of people I didn’t like is now glowing from extreme amounts of radiation! Almost like the cement became a hugely unstable isotope suddenly. Weird.

    Within a few days, the world would be forever changed.

  • zxqwas@lemmy.world
    12·
    6 days ago

    Don’t know but my dog is rubbing herself against the couch and I’m thinking she is working her way up from godess of static cling to godess of thunder.

  • psx_crab@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    I want whatever Saitama from One Punch Man have. It not just super strength and speed, its also invincibility, mindcontrol-proof, illusion-proof, or any mumbo-jumbo-proof.

    If that’s cheating, i want whatever King have.

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
    3·
    5 days ago

    Maybe a Deathnote journal.

    Less violent option would maybe be mind control at a distance.

    If I could do a combo I’d have an eternal (meaning healthy, unkillable, etc) body with an ability to see up to 10 years in the future. Being able to wander anywhere and know when to be places to see major events or to help someone or be a stabilizing influence.

    Imagine all the skills you could pick up and the places you could go, the things you could do, the experiences you could have. I wouldn’t want to be the one with my name on a discovery, but I’d like being in the background helping it happen.

  • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    I don’t remember if you have to have been to a place before in order to teleport there, but if that isn’t the case, Jumper (movie) would be nice. No more commuting and no more borders/passports.

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Based on the books you need an exact sense of the place. Not just sight, but smell and feel. The place needs to absolutely unique, in your mind. The photos are primarily an aid to recall.