Monday, June 2, 2014

Rejected Superpowers

My sister (the Wild One) just saw the new X-men movie. So of course she asked me what her superpowers should be. I am apparently not good at writing superpowers for teenage girls. Here are the ones she rejected (and one she picked):

  1. Dendropathy - the ability to control wood with your mind
        tWO: <Wood? Really wood>
  2. The ability to cause paintings and objects to speak
        tWO: <No>
  3. Prehensile Hair
        tWO: <What? No>
  4. Shapeshifting into various apex predators
        tWO: <Haha, no. I want a really cool power>
  5. Can cause seismic events with voice
        tWO: <Telepathy, or flying, or water control are cool powers>
        PJR:  <Water control is cool, but not wood?>
        tWO: <Yes.>
        PJR:  <You are ruined by pop culture.>
  6. The ability to turn into shadows
        tWO: <That's kind of cool>
  7. Joy Induction - ability to cause manic episodes in those around you
        tWO: <What are you trying to say?>
In the end, after a few suggestions on her end we did end up going with "turning into shadows" plus dark energy bolts and a paralysing touch. Sounds like a cohesive skillset and some good potential weaknesses. Now we've got to come up with a name, which might be a little more work. (I am told nothing cute, and no girl/woman postfixes. At least she knows what she wants.)


Bonus: What the Wild One guesses our other sister's pseudonym is.

  1. the Killing One
  2. the Blood Drawer
  3. the One Scarier than Most of the People You'll Ever Meet in Prison
  4. the Basilisk
  5. the One I'm sure is a Serial Murderer

    The answer?
  6. her Imperial Majesty

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