What is your super ability?

[thormagni]

I've been watching Heroes and thinking about an upcoming Aberrant/superhero game and it got me wondering: What would your super ability be? I'm not talking about which superhero you would want to be in a superhero world, though.

I mean, in the world of Aberrant there is a strong tendency for people to develop super abilities based on an aspect of their personality or of their self-perception. Some of them are powers that are not "useful" in any standard comic booky sort of way. If an event happened tomorrow that gave us superpowers, what part of your personality would be amplified to the nth degree and become your superpower?

For me, I think I would have to get a shapeshifting/morphing kind of power.

 

[Fyrestryke]

I would probably get the same as I've always thought that would be a really cool ability. Otherwise, it would be a sympathetic healing power. When people talk about their pains or I see injured people, I would "absorb" their hurt and they would get a little bit better.

 

[thormagni]

Now, if we were talking about powers I would like to have, or that I think would be just cool to have, I'd probably say Flash-style superspeed. There is nothing in my personality though that would lead me to develop superspeed in our hypothetical world.

 

[Fyrestryke]

Well yeah, it'd be cool to fly too, cept I'm skeered of heights.

As for the above and actually happening, it'd be the latter.

Why do you think you'd be a shapechanger?

 

[Bob_Probst]

I'd have the superpower of soundtracking. Everywhere I went, my theme song would play for everyone to hear . . . or I could adjust the music to fit the environment or action.

Of course, I'd also be able to add sound effects to things and cause other sound sources to fade out; plus, if someone says !%$#@#, I could make it sound like "Fool you, Mother-fooler!".

 

[Grimhelm]

If I was to pick the strongest part of me and amplify it, it would have to be... creation. I think I would have some power that would form stuff out of the formless. Plus, it would be very cool.

 

[chachi]

I think that I would be photosynthetic. That seems like a suitably useless superpower, unless I was in very specific circumstances. Like starving in a meadow. I derive a lot of energy from the natural world. It kind of recharges me after sitting in front of a computer all day.

This seems a lot like therapy.

 

[thormagni]

Why do you think you'd be a shapechanger?

I think part of being a journalist is being a social chameleon, able to blend in and fit in well enough to get people to open up and talk to you. Even when I'm talking to people diametrically opposed to my personal interests or viewpoints, I find ways to build the bridges. I mean, I think local Republicans think I'm a Republican and Democrats think I'm a Democrat, for example.

 

[Fyrestryke]

Ah, very cool. Bring on the super powers! =)

 

[Grimhelm]

I think that I would be photosynthetic. That seems like a suitably useless superpower, unless I was in very specific circumstances. Like starving in a meadow. I derive a lot of energy from the natural world. It kind of recharges me after sitting in front of a computer all day.

This seems a lot like therapy.

I am the same way, which brings me to this: Bob, Craig, and I are going on a canoe trip in July. Think you might be interested to go? It starts on a Saturday, overnights, and we come back on Sunday.