Which superhuman's powers would you NOT want?


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Keep what's in your drawers to yourself, Man.

Anyway. as for powers I don't want it's probably Zan's power to turn into a bucket of water. As much as sneaking to be Wonder Woman's bath would be interesting, it's pretty useless, plus I'd be constantly afraid of getting drunk....through a straw.
He could be beaten by an evil sponge!


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Most powers can be useful in some way. Now if you can't control it ever then that makes it a lousy set up. (such as rogue, the hulk or cyclops.) Generally all those characters described as lacking control not that they can't potentially control it due to mental issues. (such as someone who's a bit more well adjusted gets gamma based powers they don't turn into raging maniacs like Samson or She-hulk as simply brings to surface whatever is repressed most.) Or some other defective version of a power set that doesn't have all built in subpowers that all mainstream heroes have to make it function. (such as bursting into flames and it damages you because you're not immune to the effects of your own powers.)

I'd gladly take immortality depends on exactly how works out as other said. If Im falling apart steadily over time but wont ever die regardless how badly I get banged up, thats a raw deal. I just imagine at some point you'd be nothing but a head laying some where for all time. If you're like high lander and basically heal most injuries and remain constantly at the age it triggered (assuming you re not a kid.) That's perfectly cool.

As for mr fantastic or other rubber characters, I dont see why that couldn't be fun. Unless I can't stand being in freezing cold and will shatter in enviroments I could others handled fine I could picture it being a rather fun power to have. (especially for whoever you're dating heh.) As a shorter person I'd be able reach all high up stuff. You'd never have worry about losing your keys since you could use your powers as a lock pick or slide into any open window or crack in a doorway. Not to mention blunt trauma doesn't hurt you any more(besides stuff of really high magnatude.). Stuff bounces you instead of hurting you. Really besides being strange or not as cool as other powers, I'd take it over having none at all.



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Croyd Crenson who's powers change every time he goes to sleep, more likely to draw a Joker than an Ace, and then there's the constant fear of one day pulling the Black Queen.
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I don't know . . . the one I would least want to be is Snotman, or maybe Bloat.


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Black Bolt's... you can't talk without causing widespread devastation. I'd obliterate city blocks every time somebody cut me off in traffic. (not to mention the cost of constantly replacing my car)


 

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THe Savage Dragon villains with super flatulence or vomit. I mean, just gross.

The Spleen.

Invisiblity that only works when nothing is looking and I would have to be nude.

The guy in DP7 who constantly exuded acid. That was pretty bad.


 

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Invisiblity that only works when nothing is looking and I would have to be nude.
Going back to Nightcrawler, doesn't he have some similarly useless power like being invisible in the dark?


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Going back to Nightcrawler, doesn't he have some similarly useless power like being invisible in the dark?
More like a chameleon power in shadows. The same attribute has been applied to the Shadow and Batman actually.


 

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More like a chameleon power in shadows. The same attribute has been applied to the Shadow and Batman actually.
Flashlights! His one weakness!

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Any immortal. Seriously, immortality sucks!
How do you know....seriously, there is no way for any human alive to understand immortality.


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Yeah, I'ma gonna go with that one. Immortality combined with being impervious to all harm might mitigate it a bit, but in the long run what a drag. In the end I think an immortal would be the epitome of d-baggery.

I could see some conversations going like this;

"Yeah I ruled the world as a benevolent god, I got bored then become the anti-christ personified, then decided to drift into obscurity, being a god of any sort is highly over-rated"

"Sex, yeah name it, I've done it all - what the hell did I care, anything somebody described as abberant behavior was forgotten about in 25 years or so. Besides its all boring to me know so just sell me the damn baby oil"

"I lost all faith in humanity when the bastards tried to harvest all my flesh in an effort to find out what made me immortal"

"Yeah, I've only had to live through about 5,647 of the most important people in my life dieing and for some reason you think being number 5,648 makes you special - whatever I'm taking a shower and hitting the road".

"So what, the stupid brat ran out in front of me and I couldn't stop in time... Sure I dont give a damn if I was drunk or not, send me to jail. Last time I went through a bus of nuns and my ride blew up killing them all. Spent five consecutive life sentences in jail and when I got out nobody remembered what I went in for".

"Yeah whatever, I've seen humanity decimate itself probably ten times over, you jerks bomb yourself back to the stone age every god-damned time, then build up your stupid society and argue over the same stupid crap only to bomb yourself back into the stone age again".

"Oh... so you want me to use my super science to restart the sun? Go to hell you bunch of slack-jawed troglodytes, let the damn sun blow up. I'm frigg'n tired of the lot of you anyway".

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What do you want for immortality?

My soul?

My first born?

That is the one power that is potentially the best.

Can I be killed, or am I ageless?

I would never try to rule this mudball. I have better things to do.
Soul ? wtf O.o lol


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Of course, wouldn't the goggles be a dead giveaway for whenever some bad guy wanted to kill you?
You have Supermans powers dude...good luck to the badguys hehe...unless you are legaly retarded like the movie/tv version's you might die but otherwise...you will be unstoppable !


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You have Supermans powers dude...good luck to the badguys hehe...unless you are legaly retarded like the movie/tv version's you might die but otherwise...you will be unstoppable !
I mean if you were wearing the red goggles for doing something you'd want to depower for, such as hanky panky.


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Actually, if you think about it, having supermans powers until you see a specific color is an awesome ability. Wanna have sex without killing a normal human? Red goggles. Wanna save the world? Yellow goggles. Wanna walk around without having to worry about accidentally destroying something due to your enormous strength? Red goggles. Wanna zip over to Europe for dinner? Yellow goggles.
Collosus, Captain Marvel, and the Green Lantern are all super powered characters with an off switch that works a heck of alot better. I'd rather have my powers shut off when I turned them off at will, yelled a secret word or pulled the ring off my own finger. Don't get me wrong those are by no means the worst defects to put up with to achieve power but there's far better packages that get the same perks.

I'd definitely want the option to go all natural.(it is a world made of cardboard after all heh.) I think always being in super mode you'd stop appreciating certain aspects of life (such as hot and cold like Doctor Manhatten talked about in watchmen.) It might start to alienate you from the rest of the planet if you stay that way for too long. Switching it off gives you a reminder of what life was like and what makes have powers special in the first place. (plus it prepares you for the rude awakening of if your powers ever were to shut off against your will.)Just seems like it would help keeping you grounded and mentality well adjusted not being above everyone all the time. That's me though.



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Soul ? wtf O.o lol
Yes I would give my soul for immortality. I am not sure how that would work either lol.


 

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Wonder Twin powers activate!
Form of: a puppy!
Shape of: a damp sponge!

Yeah. I'd pass on those.

I also would hate to be the Hulk. I can have a short temper and would hate to level several buildings just because I lost at a video game.

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The "death touch". IE, Rogue, Wither, ect. Your only power is basically killing with a touch, and you can't control it. No thanks.

Followed closely by super sinces. I work with people who seem to feel the use of old spice or right guard is a mortal sin... a super sniffer would... be... bad...


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Mister Fantastic...that's just silly.
The Ladies would love it though


 

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Yes I would give my soul for immortality. I am not sure how that would work either lol.
I got the paper work for ya if you ever want to find out...muhahahaha.



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Wildfire -- "Hi, I'm a being made of superheated plasma contained in an environment suit." (Legion of Super Heroes)
Mr. Immortal -- He can die, over and over again, in horrific ways.

Basically, any power that made it impossible to have a nice, relaxing easy weekend.


 

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Mr. Immortal -- He can die, over and over again, in horrific ways.
That's precisely who I came in here to mention. Immortality in itself might or might not suck, depending on how it worked and how you adjusted to it, but his version is downright horrifying. He gets to suffer everything right up to death, and then recovers.

The only thing that might be worse is Sidekick Girl from the eponymous webcomic. It's not established that she's immortal, but she's apparently unkillable. No invulnerability, no fast healing, She just doesn't die, and eventually she gets better. Slowly and painfully.


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Super Flatulence (a la Johnny Test)


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Wildfire -- "Hi, I'm a being made of superheated plasma contained in an environment suit." (Legion of Super Heroes)
Oh thank you, I've been trying to remember the name of that character for ages now.


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Or the Spleen, in 'Mystery Men'. "Pull my finger."
I think I actually have that power!

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