Really Underrated Powers
by rydler · 24 comments 5 years ago
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rydler · 5 years ago
Mind control - control of the mental functions, anything thr brain can do, you can control.
deleted · 5 years ago
Reality manipulation. Don't like that thing? Warp it out of existence.
pripyatplatypus · 5 years ago
I always had a story in my head of a team of heroes made up of strange powers. One couldn't die, but still felt pain and aged, one could calculate math in his head (even very complicated stuff) and another could manipulate light to create visions.
creativedragonbaby · 5 years ago
I like the idea of “immovability” where basically your external parts are immovable in command, therefore creating virtual invincibility. What’s more, if you are falling, just immobilise yourself in equal pointe
tarotnathers13th · 5 years ago
Kinetic Dispersal, able to completely rob objects of their kinetic energy, and cause them to halt, and the resume being acted upon by forces ie gravity.. This power is more suited to stopping small objects that require to be propelled by other means, since attempting to disperse a plane in motion, which has it's own means of generating energy to move, would likely result in the plane appearing to lose power, then continue forward in flight. In short, the power does not stop what is generating energy, but stops the object in question of all current kinetic energy. For example, you can't stop a car that has someone with their foot on the pedal, but you can stop a car rolling or otherwise out of control.
tarotnathers13th · 5 years ago
Indications of someone using this power (beyond the obvious) is a wave of kinetic force leaving the object in all directions, causing what feels like a gust of wind to blow off the target.
wetti · 5 years ago
None of this are under rated
tarotnathers13th · 5 years ago
Not anymore
deleted · 5 years ago
Hmm.
My idea is simple, yet effective.
Luck. Why? Think about this. You are in a firefight and it's not looking good, because half your team just got mowed down like grass. So what do you do? You run in and your spray and pray. "The chances of your survival are slim to none!" Someone screams. "That's just my luck." You say, smiling and going anyways.
rydler · 5 years ago
By "underrated" i just mean powers that you don't really think of, and don't necessarily sound epic or useful, until you think them through
All of these are really amazing! MOOORE
edgar · 5 years ago
The power to find hope in even the darkest situations!
Y'all laugh, but that's basically what allows heroes to gather teams about themselves. It literally gives one more superpowers. Optimism for the win!
rydler · 5 years ago
That is a good one
dr_richard_ew · 5 years ago
I have a giant story with about a hundred different characters and powers. One of them is the manipulation of plant cells. This character is able to take a single grass seed, create an entire field of grass with it in a second, and then can use her powers to turn each individual Blade of grass into a different plant and vice versa, whether it be trees, cacti, mutated Venus fly traps, she can even give them genetic specialties like resistance to cold, make them larger, poisonous to the touch, it's nuts
dr_richard_ew · 5 years ago
Another character of mine can jump through the three different dimensions (for continuities sake I don't use the 4th dimension or higher), meaning that he can go through any seem in a wall or something, become invisible to the naked eye just by standing perfectly still, and can potentially slice a man in half because he has no thickness in the 2nd and 1st dimensions, making him extremely sharp to the touch
rydler · 5 years ago
okay, yeah. That's really cool.
The ability to edit the different values of objects, such as density, velocity, speed, size, so on and so forth. Changing age, height, weight and all.
Basically editing the World to what you want. You want more powers? Can do.
dr_richard_ew · 5 years ago
I sort of have that in another character, she can control all 50 something elements on the periodic table from a molecular level, so she can potentially pull an entire planet all by herself. I didn't really count that as underrated though, so I didn't mention it
calvinoot · 5 years ago
The power to never not know what to do in a certain situation. You are never confused or lost, you ALWAYS know what needs to be done to reach your goal.
funkmasterrex · 5 years ago
Mind Control underrated? look at the horrific shit Kilgrave did with it. I think they pretty much nailed it w/ JJ.
Luck/Probability control are both def underrated. There is a reason Scarlet Witch makes every mutant piss themselves... although that's more about her reality control... which is even more fucked up.
The no.1 most underrated power for me would be teleportation. No movie has gotten down all the cool shit you could actually do... X-2's Nightcrawler scene coming the closest.
tarotnathers13th · 5 years ago
Multi-jointed physique. Contortionists, no matter if they creep or gross you out are capable of amazing things. Imagine if every joint on your body was able to rotate 360 degrees, and bend in any direction. Being able to physically redirect your body into any direction could allow for interesting feats, such as robbing the power of blows directed at you, by being able to roll with the punches. You could become a living net, and the greatest grappler on the planet to anything in arms reach, and the gymnastic potential is interesting as well. Paired with a clever mind, you can also make punches feel devastating, such as using your arm like a lever to sling your fist into someone. Pairing the power with martial arts could lead to interesting results.
edgar · 5 years ago
And, of course, Worm showed us how powerful bug control could be