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Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
 
...what would it be?

I think flight, personally. Or possibly the ability to stop time temporarily (like in The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything).
 

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Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
Most definitely telekinesis. That would be a blast.
 

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Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
 
I'd say teleportation. Just being able to instantly go anywhere would be awesome.
 

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Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
 
USSR
 

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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
Matter transmutation.
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
The ability to manipulate gravity would be cool...

Or, you know, Charles Xavier kind of telepathy. Where you can influence people to do what you want. But of course, I would only use that for my own personal gai-uh, I mean, to help the...people...

-pH
 

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Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
 

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the ability to stop time temporarily (like in The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything).

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Come on, admit it. You know the real inspiration for this power was really Out of this World
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I loved that show! And have, ever since, wanted to be able to do that.
 

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Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
 
I'd like to stop time too. Think of all the procrastinating a person could do...
 

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Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
 
Teleportation, as long as it was 100% accurate and free of getting stuck in other matter.

Stopping time would be great, but I'm such a procrastinator that if I had that power I'd barely ever turn it off.

--Enigmatic
 

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Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
 

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Originally posted by IanO:
USSR

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Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
 
*blinks* Someone actually *liked* that show?

huh.
:grin:

It would be cool to have that power, though. You'd be able to sleep as much as you want, read as much as you want, and still have as much 'real' time as there can possibly be.

Only downside, I guess, is the possibility that you might die earlier. That you might be ageing 'faster' than everyone else, since you might have spent commutatively years in 'no time.'

Reminds me of Treason and the Kui Keie (or however you spell it.)
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 

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Originally posted by IanO:
*blinks* Someone actually *liked* that show?

huh.
:grin:

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In my defense, I was a teenage girl.
 

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Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
 
I was kidding. I mean I watched enough of it to remember that power, after all. Took a few minutes of racking my brain to remember the name of the show, though.

Still thought it was up there with Charles in Charge and the other lame syndicated teenager shows of the late 80's (the spawn of Saved by the Bell).
 

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Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
 
I'd want the ability to smack someone up the back of the head without being anywhere near them. What would that be, telekinesis?
 

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Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
 

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Originally posted by starLisa:
...what would it be?

I think flight, personally. Or possibly the ability to stop time temporarily (like in The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything).

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I think that you do have a superpower; telepathy. Your post was exactly what I was thinking! Anyway, I'll give my top 5.

1) Flight, because it would be the most fun.

2) Freezing time (or moving so fast that it looks to me like time is frozen), because it's the most useful. I could literally procrastinate everything until the last second and not have to worry!

3) Telepathy, because it'd be almost as useful as freezing time in day-to-day life. There are times when life would be much simpler if I knew exactly what people were thinking.

4) Invisibility, for fun.

5) Telekinesis, once again, it'd just be fun.

Oh wait, as an honourable mention; pyrokinesis (ability to start and control fires at will). I can't actually think of many constructive uses for it, but it would be cool!
 

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Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
 
Telekinesis is an awesome power. I wrote a set of stories about a guy with telekinesis and how he used it to do various things (like jump higher, go slightly faster, etc.). Amanecer can vouch for the stories, although anything she says about how crappy they are is just lies.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
I used to love that show when I was a kid. And I'm a boy, and I don't feel bad about it.
 

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Posted by Theaca (Member # 8325) on :
 
And you shouldn't feel bad about it. You can't help being a boy. *patpat*
 

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Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
 
Couldn't you use telekinesis to make yourself fly?
 

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Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
 
Possibly. Depends on how strong your telekinesis is.
 

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Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
 
That depends on what "rules" of telekinesis you're going by.
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
Either invisibility or teleportation. Invisibility because that can be used for so many different things, especially on those days when you just want to fade into the background. Teleportation is similar in that it's endlessly useful.

Both are very useful for personal safety.

I'd only like such powers that I could extend to another person as well as myself- so I could make someone as well as me invisible, or take someone as well as myself to wherever I was teleporting to.


 

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Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
 
Most stories I've seen involving teleportation have allowed the person to take others with them. Although it varies by the person. Some have to actually grab a hold of the other person to bring them, others just slight contact will work, and still others can just do it without contact. Still it'd be cool.
 

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Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
 
I can't pick just one, so I'm going to give my top 4:

1) Telepathy
2) The ability to play with time
3) Invisibility
4) Teleportation
 

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Posted by Rico (Member # 7533) on :
 
<---- Already has super power

Being super awesome counts, right? How about super geeky? No? Hello?
 

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Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
 
I'd want the ability to speak any language in the world fluently without any trouble.
 

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Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
 
Oh that'd be an awesome superpower, like the instant translators on Star Trek ships.
 

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Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
 
This isn't one of your garden-variety superpower, but I'd love it if I had the power to not have to sleep unless I wanted to, without it adversely affecting me physically or mentally.
 

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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
I'd love time manipulation. And the sort where you don't die early, because you can slice time so that there is duration but no time. Or simply move circlularly through it.
 

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Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
 
Territory.

That's where you make the rules for your territory, and the rules are absolute for everyone who enters your territory.

You could disallow violence within two miles of yourself, with whatever consequences you chose for those who attempt to violate it. I'd freeze those attempting to commit violence, if that were the rule.

It also might be fun to have a 'no lies' territory. If someone tells a lie, you would know rigt away because they wet themselves or something.

Yes, I could have a lot of fun with Territory.
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
If I ever got a job at a comic book, I knew what super-power I would introduce--Storytelling. The Storyteller would begin his story, and those listening would be transported into the story where the story-teller would have god-like powers directing the actions of the listener chracters, but only until the story ends.
 

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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
I don't think I'd want invisibility as much as the ability not to be noticed (such as Baba Yaga in Enchantment) Basically I would want the ability to be in class, but not have to answer questions thrown at me by the teacher and still get credit for being at the class. Does that make any sense? Telekenisis would be awesome as well. Think of the havoc you could wreak with it.
 

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Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dan_raven:
If I ever got a job at a comic book, I knew what super-power I would introduce--Storytelling. The Storyteller would begin his story, and those listening would be transported into the story where the story-teller would have god-like powers directing the actions of the listener chracters, but only until the story ends.

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