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I would totally take the Hulks powers. Super incredibly crazily strong, being able to toss an Abrams like its a pillow. And be so bloody tough, that bullets and the like just thud and fall off me like rain drops.
Power over gravity, making it less, more or changing its direction.
As a singular power I think it trumps even what Magneto can do.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also as with ther lesson taught in the Greek myth, never ask for Immortality, ask for Eternal Youth, there is a difference.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
The power to completely control the thoughts and actions of others.
Bank Teller: Good Day sir,may I help you?
Me: You certainly can,during your day,fill a large bag with several thousand dollars,then bring the bag to me and go home and forget the whole interaction.
Bank Teller: I hear and obey.
Annoying kid working at McDonald's : Man,I kept you waiting for twenty minutes and still screwed up your order.
Me: Go stick your head in the deep fryer.
Kid: I hear and Obey.
Milla Jovavich: I'd be happy to sign an autograph.
Me: You'd also be happy to be my amorous love slave.
Milla: I hear and I obey.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
Invisibility, telekinesis, teleportation, mind reading, and flight are all the most practical.
But if I could get a Save/Load function for my life like video games, that would be pretty swell.
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
WarOne wrote:I would want the power to close threads at a single click of the mouse.
Hey I can actually make that happen for you. Ready for it? Start your own website. WWW.WARONE.COM! Presto, now use your new found abilities and get me some KFC!
WarOne wrote:I would want the power to close threads at a single click of the mouse.
Hey I can actually make that happen for you. Ready for it? Start your own website. WWW.WARONE.COM! Presto, now use your new found abilities and get me some KFC!
EW, KFC is disgusting
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
Ego-based invulnerability, perfect health, limitless stamina, and a pocket realm from which I can pull out a lot of guns.
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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Mr Methane is the true ill wind, the fresh prince of butt air!
It takes guts (sic) doing what he does, he is a local hero back up in Macc.
Flatulism was part of the old medieval jesters repetoire and was a talen lost since Mr Petomane died over a century earlier.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
The ability to astrally project through time (only backward)/space while sleeping. This would only initially be for voyeurism and instead i would look for knowledge and inspiration throughout the stars and history. Sorry but the rest have either too great a responsibility attached (I would use mine for my own enlightenment only) or the whole immortality thing is not for a human to comprehend. Speaking from experience a bad mushroom trip/weed 'whitey' gives this sort of feeling of 'Foreverness'. That is how i imagine immortality to be, the concept of forever is inherently TERRIFYING and would lead only to an eternity of insanity.
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Mary Sue wrote: Perkustin is even more awesome than me!
Perkustin wrote:The ability to astrally project through time (only backward)/space while sleeping. This would only initially be for voyeurism and instead i would look for knowledge and inspiration throughout the stars and history. Sorry but the rest have either too great a responsibility attached (I would use mine for my own enlightenment only) or the whole immortality thing is not for a human to comprehend. Speaking from experience a bad mushroom trip/weed 'whitey' gives this sort of feeling of 'Foreverness'. That is how i imagine immortality to be, the concept of forever is inherently TERRIFYING and would lead only to an eternity of insanity.
Not neccesarily. If one where to live forever you could keep your sanity, assuming A) You were sane to begin with, and B) you spent enough time in different areas doing different things to keep life varied.
If you were to spend 20 odd years as a mechanic, lets say, and then 20 some years as a vet, and then 20 some years as a soldier, then 20 some years as a scooba diver, and on and on and on. Yeah, you would run out of things to do eventually, but that eventually wouldn't be for a long time, and by then new things would have been invented to keep you busy.
Immortality would be an awesome power, I just don't want it.
Edit: And also: The whole Corruption thing/ power too easy to be abused, thats the point
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I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
I agree with Slarg, why have all this power if you cannot use it to enslave the world and ultimately be evil? Everyone knows that if Superman were real, he'd be an evil dictator.
Plus immortality + evil go well considering that all the best evil geniuses are insane, and that their only real flaw is lack of power and too much mortality.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Avatar 720 wrote:I agree with Slarg, why have all this power if you cannot use it to enslave the world and ultimately be evil? Everyone knows that if Superman were real, he'd be an evil dictator.
Plus immortality + evil go well considering that all the best evil geniuses are insane, and that their only real flaw is lack of power and too much mortality.
By the manner of our Iron Fisted Reign will ye know us!
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
Have you tasted the desolation of insanity? It is not a cackling thrill ride, it is being betrayed by the one thing you hold as constant, your conscience. Immortality would break linear time and near instantly send you insane. There would be only the ephemeral thrill of having cheated death then the realisation that it was what gave you purpose.
Mary Sue wrote: Perkustin is even more awesome than me!
Power over the opposite sex would quickly lose it's appeal. The sense of conquest would be gone and all one would use it for is to humiliate your victims in increasingly depraved ways, as any respect for them would be long gone...
Mary Sue wrote: Perkustin is even more awesome than me!
Waaagh! Skarshak - Back after being lost in the Warp, an' ready to Krump sum 'eads! 
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
