xamritx is
undecided.
ehh...here's a thought.
So Neeru mentioned how time travel is a sticky situation and that a person can change what was supposed to happen. So therefore one would have to believe that everything is predetermined. In that case, it can be said that time travel was supposed to be discovered, and everything a person changes was supposed to be changed, and things still happen the way they were supposed to happen...kind of. Plus, I like the idea of time travel, because you still learn from the mistakes you make, but you can go back and fix them.
Posted on: 12-18-2007, 12:53 PM
That's the common phrase and I stand by it. If it's always easier to make decisions after the fact, the ability to reverse those would prove the most beneficial.
Although this hinges on the ability to act quickly in mortal situations.
Posted on: 01-25-2008, 6:47 AM
Replied to: Teleportation, hands down
Who needs something as simplistic as teleportation when you can simply stop time and take all your sweet time to walk to the destination you wish to get to?
Of course this is just one benefit of the overall amazing super power. Bad grade in math? Just stop time travel and do it over! Wishing to relive a moment? Go back! Need time to move a bit faster, travel to the future! Wishing you didn't waste your time reading Neeru's post on teleportation...well you can't really do anything about that unfortunately. (just kidding)
You can't really beat that guys...it's a beautiful super power.
Posted on: 12-17-2007, 1:21 AM , Last edited: 12-17-2007, 1:24 AM
Beneficial? As far as crimefighting or daily life?
Daily life, I'd have to go with flying. Although it does require you bundle up a little more than otherwise, and no more wearing skirts.
As far as crimefighting goes, I'd go with telepathy, with some caveats. You could read opponent's moves before they made them, pinpoint where someone is just by thinking about them and isolating their brainwaves, and depending on your power set and how well you can train, you could make people think they're hearing things, or seeing things. Telepathy is a big, big power.
However, if I were a superhero, I'd want to be like Negative Man/Woman from the Doom Patrol. I love the idea of going out of body to fight evil. I think I wouldn't want Negative Man's distance limitation, though, and it'd be cool to be able to change forms. (Like have a hand turn into a mace or hammer.)
Posted on: 01-02-2008, 1:39 PM
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You bring up good points Suhail, and while very exciting and convincing in theory, I can't help but think of the more serious pragmatic consequences that come with time travel (rent all the Back to the Futures over break :) What if you were meant to get that bad grade in math (not that you or I would ever know what that feels like, right? heh jk), because the math tutor you eventually end up getting turns out to be the woman you're supposed to fall in love with and marry...? Messing with time is a sticky situation, though I still concur, it IS a tempting one for the uninformed..
(I bet you'll think twice before calling the superpower of my dreams 'simplistic' again eh :)
Posted on: 12-17-2007, 1:31 AM
Replied to: Teleportation, hands down
I think we all have a superpower, and it's the best one too. It's the power to be kind and loving and to be humble and forgiving. The problem is we don't always use it. I'd take those powers over teleportation and time travel any day.
Posted on: 01-02-2008, 1:17 PM
kplumley is
undecided.
Re: Teleportation, hands down
Replied to: Teleportation, hands down
It would be even better if we could control the fabric of space and time, like Hiro. Being able to stop time, and also teleport when needed along with being able to go to different times and see how they lived would be pretty cool.
Posted on: 12-17-2007, 1:20 AM
Neeraja is
undecided.
Re: Teleportation, hands down
Replied to: Teleportation, hands down
Reading minds. I feel like conflicts are escalated, your mind is tormented, hours are dissipated, misapprehensions exist at a much higher degree etc etc- all because you have no idea what that other person is thinking. Granted, one can argue that ignorance is bliss- and that reading minds would if anything escalate the aforementioned to an even greater extent.. that's why I suppose it's fortunate that superpowers are unattainable, if anything..
Posted on: 12-17-2007, 1:28 AM
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Because of the many things I do, I would prefer super strength. No one would ever disrespect you. I grew up loving comics like the Hulk, and loving Colossus in X-Men because of their great strength. Have you ever seen the way Hulk moves? He can jump so far, screw teleportation! He jumped from island to island to crtoss the Pacific! Take that, WWII Air Force!
Posted on: 12-18-2007, 9:58 AM
I wouldn't want to mess with time travel...it's a sticky situation. Too risky really, with all that stuff we see in the BTTF movies. But teleportation, now that's the super power to go with. What? You're doing spring break in the bahamas? Great, gimme half a second to meet you there. There's a kick ass Coldplay concert in London? Boom, backstage passes! Long Distance relationship becoming too hard, BAM visiting your partner who lives three thousand miles away is as simple as...clicking our heels...or blinking...or however you activate teleportation...
Posted on: 12-17-2007, 11:35 AM
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