Superheroes are one of the best fantasies to break from mediocrity. A normal person is gifted with extraordinary powers and suddenly their normal life has become chaotic and new. That normal person could be you or me.
What’s the best power to have? How would you get your power? Through a genetic mutation in your DNA? Through a chance encounter with some infected creature or substance? The how isn’t so much as important as the what. Let’s just imagine that we’ve been chosen for greatness. What is your personal pick for super power?
Before we proceed, I believe we can all agree that Jubilee’s power of shooting lame ass fucking fireworks out of her hands is the most worthless power ever.
A lot of people say they wish they could fly. That’s pretty passive and dull to me. Just flying? BORED NOW. If we are going to get into the fantasy world of super powers I’d want something more interesting. Flying should be a secondary to another, more awesome power, like super strength or weather control.
Invisibility is also lame. So you can go places without being observed. After the pervy thrill wore off what fun could you really have with invisibility? Not much.
If you had the chance to pick superpowers you have to decide what kind of life you want to lead. Do you want to be a hero and wear the cape and fight the bad guys? Or would you prefer to maintain a low profile and keep your current lifestyle.
If I were to keep my current life I would want one of two powers:
Psychic/Telekinetic powers- Moving objects with your mind. How much easier would your job be if you could hear what asshat co-workers and bosses were thinking? If you could move things by thinking about it, it could save a lot of time.
Transportation Powers- I’ve modified my ideas about this power a few times now. Instead of teleportation to a place you can see or think of, I’ve decided that teleporting to a picture thats in your line of sight is my personal pick. This way you could visit imaginary places like Middle Earth, Tatooine, and Mainframe.
If I were to become a superhero I would need more offensive powers. Something I could do more damage with. I’m afraid that I’d be a bit greedy in this event.
I would want Elemental Powers. That is, I’d want control of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Gravity.
If I could only have one of those however, I’d choose gravity. With gravity I could fly, crush the spines of my enemy, launch people into the atmosphere and even navigate traffic jams with ease.
If I were to be TRULY greedy, I would want Elemental Powers AND Adamantium Wolverine Claws.
How could anything be more badass? There aren’t a lot of practical applications for Wolverine Claws. They’re just awesome and I want them.
What powers would you choose?
***Marvel owns pretty much all of the cool superheroes and I clearly don’t wish to infringe on their awesomeness. Though I do wish they’d reclaim the movie rights to X-men, Fantastic Four, Spiderman and ect, since Fox and Sony seem hellbent on ruining these franchises. Also, no one at this site owns or has any rights to DC properties either. But then why would we want to?
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