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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sir Patrick Stewart on Extras. Making women's clothes fall off..

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I can't think of a fictional character that has this, but the ability to know, and convey the answer to ANY question.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Geass from Lelouch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

One single superpower, or a suite of powers that exists within a single character?

Assuming that we're talking conventional media (e.g., not religion), and we're talking about powers that exist within a single character, I'd probably take the powers of a witcher, from Sapkowski's novels. They're not immortal, but they live multiple times longer than a normal human. They're not invulnerable, but they're able to take more physical abuse and heal than any normal person. They're able to use magic in a limited way. They move faster and are stronger than humans. So they're not so far outside of humanity that they can't still blend in with and appreciate humanity.

I feel like most other super powers would quickly lead to intense alienation, because you'd be so far outside of the normal human experience that you'd lose the ability to empathize.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Immortality.

Don't even try all the lame excuses about why it is a bad thing. You know who comes up lame excuses? People who are mortal.

  • I will never get bored
  • I will accept that everyone I know will eventually die
  • I am not worried about being trapped in a hole or something because fuck it I will just carry around a collapsible shovel
  • I am not worried about heat death because I will just solve entropy Asimov style.
  • If they sentence me to life imprisonment I will just wait them out. Also point out to the judge who sentences me that eventually I will get out since no civilization lasts forever
  • And if humanity goes extinct I will just remake humanity from my cache of stored fertilized eggs and artificial wombs that I had like a billion years to get working.
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Can I get hit by a truck and go to a better reality? The bar is set pretty low.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Use 100% of my human brain capacity, instead of this stupid 2% that we have now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Magic mushrooms. You'll understand why you gotta cool down.

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