What Superpower would you NOT want under any circumstances?

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ABLb0y

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Electricity. As InFamous aptly demonstrated, you can't use guns, you can't swim, you can't ride in cars and people want to use you as a personal car battery. I still liked InFamous, though. One of the best games ever made.
 

Ogargd

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I wouldn't want the ability to troll threads, because then I'd get warned for my posts on the Escapist.
 

Phil Priem

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Super hearing. With ease, I can't see any good applications of this power that can't bite you in the ass.
 

zerobudgetgamer

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Given the fact that most of these "what if" circumstances hinder on a second party offering you said power, I'd hate any power that either didn't or couldn't meet my desired expectations.

This could be stuff like unintended side effects to having powers not work under certain conditions to either not being able to be properly controlled or having unwanted limitations (Like say getting super strength but you wanted push-a-mountain strength but all you got was lift-a-car strength.)
 

Quellist

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Continual Sexual Attraction. It sounds like fun but even if its only for the opposite sex (or whichever sex you are attracted to) being chased around by horny women 24/7 would really start to lose its appeal and make a normal life next to impossible.
 

Magikarp

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Infinite priapism.

Also, the ability to stop your post content from being too low.
 

Scarim Coral

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Wolverine claw is cool (not very useful but cool) however the claw suck without the super healing ability. His claws actually cut through his skin and when he retract the claw his healing kick in to heal it up.
So having the claw without that will be very painful and mess up your hand big time (the reopen wound will bound to cause some infections).
 

Kaiser6012

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Invisibility of any stripe. Not only are there issues with visibility in dangerous situations, but trying to get anybody to trust me would be an exercise in futility - any sort of robbery or such would be easily pinned on me.
 

CM156_v1legacy

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MercurySteam said:
To get an erection every time I sense danger. That would be fucking stupid.
My boner sense is tingling!

OT: Mind reading. I really don't want to know what people have to say about me.
 

SamElliot'sMustache

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Super smell. Because I don't want to be able to smell the people who very noticeably don't bathe when I'm out getting groceries.
 

Zhadramekel

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Spontaneous combustion and subsequent regeneration. I doubt feeling your body blow up then knit itself back together would be a very pleasant experience.
 

snagli

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Being able to control Sloths. I can imagine what that showdown between good and evil would look like:

"You will never get away with this, Slothman"
"Oh no? Say that when you've been ripped to shreds by my sloth henchmen!"
*10 minutes later*
"So eh, are they coming or what?"
"Just give them a moment"
*30 minutes later*
"Look, if it's ok with you, I'll be off now"
"NO! They're almost here!"
"Whatever. See ya"
"Quick! Sloths, after him!"
 

Aesir23

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X-Ray Vision. There are certain things that go on behind closed doors that I simply would not want to know about..
 

LostTimeLady

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My initial reaction was the power that Rouge has in X-men because cricky, the tought of one single touch all but and maybe even killing someone I know and love is a rather horrible one.

I'm noticing a lot of 'no midas touch please' comments as well, and so I think the worst sort of superpower to have is one you can't 'turn off', so as cool as being Nightcrawler is, I'd hate to be blue and demonic all the time, same goes for Mysteque I guess. And as groovy as it would be to have laser vision, if you couldn't turn it off.... oh dear.

Oh, and for all those who say telepathy would drive them mad, all I can say is, Charles Xavier, coolest guy ever.

(Why yes, I watched X-men: First class yesterday how could you tell with all this X-men referencing I'm doing?)