Thread: If you could have one super power, what would it be?

I'm hoping these idea's you give will help with a project I'm working on.

If I could have one super power, I'd want the ability to travel through time.

Shadowmeld, pyrokinesis, accelerated regneration, hydrokinesis, or chronomancy/time manipulation (NOT travel)

Immortality.

I,d like to change myself into someone else as i wished and feel and see the world as they see and feel it. ( hmmm i think that makes sense !! )

Teleportation.

Invisibility -- then I'd head straight to the girl's locker room.

The ability to be, physically, the person I was 50 years ago.

It's a bird, it's a plane -- no, it's GARZA -- the amazing 20 year old guy!!!

The ability to slow and stop time, myself included.

For example, during a robbery, I could stop time to make up a strategy, and then use slow motion to make sure the execution is absolutely flawless. I could daydream for hours without wasting time and have a nearly unlimited amount of time to solve exams. I would never be taken by surprise; any time I would normally waste being shocked would be reduced to none at all.

Since my power would also affect my own body (only my consciousness would be affected), there would be limitations, but for a normal lifestyle, it would be very handy to have.

Originally Posted by elite

The ability to slow and stop time, myself included.

For example, during a robbery, I could stop time to make up a strategy, and then use slow motion to make sure the execution is absolutely flawless. I could daydream for hours without wasting time and have a nearly unlimited amount of time to solve exams. I would never be taken by surprise; any time I would normally waste being shocked would be reduced to none at all.

Since my power would also affect my own body (only my consciousness would be affected), there would be limitations, but for a normal lifestyle, it would be very handy to have.

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Right. Good point. You'd be subject to relativistic effects if you used that power often enough.

I think I would like superspeed, like the Barry Allen Flash. That's an almost unlimited power. It confers quasi-omniscience because you can be everywhere at once, semi-omnipotence because ditto and same for invulnerability. You can travel in space and in time by adjusting your vibratory rate.
Limitless power. (Here comes Marvelzombie reference)
(wait for it)
And he's a DC character, so he doesn't necessarily have limitless responsibility. Tra la.

Originally Posted by moderan

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Right. Good point. You'd be subject to relativistic effects if you used that power often enough.

I think I would like superspeed, like the Barry Allen Flash. That's an almost unlimited power. It confers quasi-omniscience because you can be everywhere at once, semi-omnipotence because ditto and same for invulnerability. You can travel in space and in time by adjusting your vibratory rate.
Limitless power. (Here comes Marvelzombie reference)
(wait for it)
And he's a DC character, so he doesn't necessarily have limitless responsibility. Tra la.

Converting one second into one hour wouldn't even get near light-speed levels though. Time wouldn't really stop, but slowed down to the point where it feels like it stopped completely. It would be like very high speed thinking, and since my body would also be "slowed down," then there wouldn't be any inconsistencies.

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That isn't quite what I'm getting at, though. You'd age more slowly because you keep stopping time. That's the relativistic effect.

Originally Posted by moderan

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That isn't quite what I'm getting at, though. You'd age more slowly because you keep stopping time. That's the relativistic effect.

It's only my consciousness that's going faster, though. Everything else, my body included, is also slowing down and stopping.

Joe - Even at 71 I'm in pretty good shape taking into account all the incidents, accidents, upsets, and misfortunes my body has endured since I was 21. Now consider that, of all the 'super' powers wished for, mine is the only one that, with effort, almost can become a reality. An improved diet, a better exercise plan, regular physical check-ups, and I may not make it all the way to the shape I was in at 21, but I'll come closer to my goal than those who want the impossible.

The possibilities of the real world are far more interesting than the what-ifs that can never be.

I think x-ray vision could be pretty cool.

I was going to say reading minds at first, but then I thought, I don't think I'd want to know what everyone is thinking about me.