I mean, right? I'm surprised this doesn't come up more in these megaproductive hypothetical threads of ours. Everyone draws party lines at Flight and like, strength or some shit. Laser eyes, I don't know.
My point is, why isn't this EVERYBODY'S first choice for a superpower? The implications are far-reaching to the point of absurdity, you would effectively be omniscient. And who among us, even the most our-choices-make-us-who-we-are self-determinist, doesn't have that one thing? that one nagging, inescapable thing that we'd give anything to go back and change, or undo, or re-do. it's got to be more than just me.
and so what of the minutia? the mechanics of it all, so to speak. would you rewind like a VHS tape, retracing all your steps until reaching the moment you were looking for? perhaps fast-forwarding for a quick peek at what's to come before snapping back to make use of it. Or would it happen in flashes, like selecting a chapter on a DVD, an instant jumping-to? or would you merely exist outside of time, and be able to stroll into any moment at will?
and freezing time, what would that entail? would you also freeze the laws of physics in place? if a piece of paper caught in a draft were frozen in time, could you, outside of this frozen state, be able to pluck the paper from the air as though it were being handed to you, or would it be as if welded in place to the frozen aired molecules? Ooh! would AIR freeze in time too? would you need to breathe? could you bring others, conscious, into this frozen time state as well?
let's put some bogus science to this, shall we?
My point is, why isn't this EVERYBODY'S first choice for a superpower? The implications are far-reaching to the point of absurdity, you would effectively be omniscient. And who among us, even the most our-choices-make-us-who-we-are self-determinist, doesn't have that one thing? that one nagging, inescapable thing that we'd give anything to go back and change, or undo, or re-do. it's got to be more than just me.
and so what of the minutia? the mechanics of it all, so to speak. would you rewind like a VHS tape, retracing all your steps until reaching the moment you were looking for? perhaps fast-forwarding for a quick peek at what's to come before snapping back to make use of it. Or would it happen in flashes, like selecting a chapter on a DVD, an instant jumping-to? or would you merely exist outside of time, and be able to stroll into any moment at will?
and freezing time, what would that entail? would you also freeze the laws of physics in place? if a piece of paper caught in a draft were frozen in time, could you, outside of this frozen state, be able to pluck the paper from the air as though it were being handed to you, or would it be as if welded in place to the frozen aired molecules? Ooh! would AIR freeze in time too? would you need to breathe? could you bring others, conscious, into this frozen time state as well?
let's put some bogus science to this, shall we?
You'd have to figure out they have it before they figure out you have mind control and thus are a threat.
