This is an interesting question. And one that should not be taken lightly. Let's just take a quick look at a few favorites before answering this one.
Flying - The obvious answer. Also, completely overrated. Everyone seems to assume that flight automatically means super speed flight and super stamina flight, when really you'd probably only be able to fly about as fast as you can run and about as far without getting tired. That said, let's give you the super stamina because why ruin fantasy with reality? But I just can't give you the speed. That is a whole separate superpower and you only get one. Thems the rules.
Super Strength - What's really the point? You're not going to be beating up bad guys. It's not like without super speed or nifty web slingers or even a really cool super powered car you can get to a crime scene in time. So what are you going to do? Lift stuff? Try punching something and you'll break your whole arm because you'll punch harder than your bones can take. And you'd probably accidentally seriously injure people you care about. It just has disaster written all over it.
Super Speed - Now there's a super power. It's like having 10 super powers in one. You can run fast, make whirlwinds, vibrate your molecules so you can phase through other matter, run so fast that you can walk on water (maybe jesus was a speedster? it would explain the water to wine and fish and bread thing too), and really just crack open any copy of the flash and see the various ways this power can be used. Just make sure you don't hit anything while going so fast. That can be .... erm .... messy ...
Heat Vision - It'd make making toast a helluva lot more interesting? I'm sorry that's the best I can do for this one.
Ice Powers - This'd be pretty cool. You'd never have to worry about having a cold drink. Then again, cold hands might cause problems during sexytime, though. Good luck with that. And I've never understood the whole creating a pathway to slide on mode of transportation. It doesn't really make sense to begin with and wouldn't it make it really easy for bad guys to knock you down?
Immortality - Really? You want this? Do you really believe you won't go insane? Have you looked at humanity lately? The only thing that makes it remotely bearable are people you care about and they're all gonna die on you. At a certain point you will turn evil, then mad, then some place beyond the both of those that we normal humans can't possibly comprehend, but detests yourself for living so long.
I think an underrated power would be the ability to make any song you want play out of nowhere for everyone to hear. Just think of the possibilities. From sporting events to spelling bee competitions. Also, imagine there's a certain song that gets that special lady of yours in the mood .... but you don't have it. No problem, just play it with your special power. Hell, play it whenever she's around hoping for a Pavlovian response. It couldn't hurt.
Anyway, if you could have any superpower, which superpower would you have?
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you forgot invisibility! hahaa cool post
controlling time.
Hmm.... I want metaphormasing... Ability to alter my appearance at will. That, or tele-moving? Moving things with your mind? I want to say telepathy but I think that's mind-reading. Mind reading is just lame and boring =___= I don't really feel like hearing about the next student's procrastination night. But like Matilda, you know? That'd be hella rad!
Being able to control anybody's mind! You can pretty much do anything you want if you had that power. Maybe I should just get a really great boob job and I would already have half of the human race...
being able to change the past :D
My superpower would be to pick food out of commercials and ads and eat it in real life.
I asked my teacher this and he said infinite wisdom. Unfortunately he is the only person wise enough to truly understand what that entails so...
But I want to be able to teleport.
def being invisible and having that shield power from the fantastic four or like in the incredibles!
What about breathing underwater? I think that or flying would be my super power.
telepathy or the ability to see the future.
Telepathy would work nice at work - do what boss wants, haggle customers easier. Ability to see future would make me a kick ass stock broker though.
@TransportPhenomena@xanga - but then you coulda just... win the lottery right?
In my opinion, if I could have any superpower, I would choose the power of.....
Background Lighting.
just think about it. You walk into a room and just whip that bad boy out. Everyone is gonna think you are some sort of important person just because there is light illuminating behind your head hehe.
Telepathy. That way, you can just control someone who has a super power you want. The possibilities are endless.
@ChOcOChObO@xanga - LOLOL very creative
I want my super power to be able to transform into any animal. Wouldn't that encompass flight, super strength, invisibility (if you transform into a fruit fly or something), super speed, super cuteness, underwater adaptations, and [insert something useful]?
I would pick Ice Powers. Something about having the power to control ice is just so--well--cool. Cold drinks whenever you wanted and snow days for the kids, all around good fun really.
As for the cold hands during sex: the "indicators" would be a turn-on, that's for sure, and I don't think she would mind if it got a little bit colder in the room (might make a fog).
And as far as mode of transportation I would create a shield of ice and slide around on it. It would be pretty fast going downhill and it would act as a skateboard otherwise. Pretty clever, eh?
To be psychic with control. I would love to have the ablity to read other's mind (when I want to!)
Yeah, those are all good things but what I want MOST is to be Elasti-Girl. Why? She can stretch to reach everything, she can turn into a parachute, a boat... just about anything and she's STILL got time to cook, clean, care for the kids AND her husband all without going stark raving mad!
Mind-reading. Being able to control it too. That would be awesome. (:
The power to make the hot, gay guys straight. *winks*
FOOD VISION!!!!
@mycontinuity@xanga - mines to have the power to make hot, straight girls into lesbians. ;]
telekinesis could be lots of fun. or shape-shifting. teleporting. etc, etc.
An absorber. Like Peter Petrelli from Heroes. This would only work if others had powers also, so if I was the only one, I think control over space and time would be awesome. That or instant mastery of anything you touch.
Power to absorb any kind of skills and powers. Like a mimic.
I want to be an immortal penguin
so I can fight with the polar bear, sea lion gang, killer whale, and whoever else wants to battle me, in which they'll eventually all die and I win forever*mwahahahahahahahah* :)
@NinjaxBroadcast@xanga -
That's why you pick Sylar's power. =) You can take other powers, but even if you don't have other super-powered people, you have the kickass ability to understand how anything works. I think that would be super cool.I think Matt Parkman's (from Heroes) father's power would be dope. (Matt Parkman's power, but more advanced). To be able to read minds, hear any thoughts around you, control peoples mind and the way people think, and be able to tap into people dreams, trap them in their own nightmares, or make people on the other side of the world see images of whatever you want. Like DAYAM. lol.