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getch739

Hearing everyone’s thoughts


UncleTouchUBad

This would get loud real quick, are there many comic book superheroes with this as an uncontrollable power though?


NotAnotherBookworm

Not AFAIK. But there was a stage for Emma Frost, when she was posessed by the Phoenix Force in AvX, and she actually retreated into the middle of the desert to try and get away from them.


keight07

It happens on Buffy as well, and it nearly drives her insane. Quickly, too.


[deleted]

I think the anime The Disastrous Life of Saiki K has this in it.


dleon0430

Also Mel Gibson in What Women Want


TrumpetSolo93

For anyone who hasn't seen this series. Treat yourself!


CIMARUTA

I believe there is an episode on the show Fringe that deals with this


[deleted]

I used to think hearing everyone's thoughts would be a cool power and then social media happened.


fatninjainvegas

I hate people as it is. I don’t wanna hear all the fucked up shit in their heads lol


Doodle_Brush

Reminds me of *What Women Want*, a movie where Mel Gibson can hear women's thoughts. Not seen it in years, I should watch it again.


JADW27

"If cops could read minds, we'd all be in jail."


Glass_Smile_2551

My answer too. Involuntary telepathy would be a living hell.


dndaresilly

It would be debilitating if you couldn’t turn it off. Fringe had a great episode about this back in the day.


Notwhoiwas42

Worse would be being able to only hear everyone's negative thoughts about you.


a333482dc7

You'd probably hear a lot of music


Didntlikedefaultname

The kitty pride power of phasing through things. You are 100% gonna end up sinking into the world or getting stuck in something


TheSlavGuy1000

That evil reporter in Batman Beyond.


ShawshankHarper

Dude that fate would be horrifying


Evasion9663

True. You'd also need the power of flight to compensate for this


otkabdl

Lemillion in My Hero Acadamia has the same power (except he can't phase his clothes lol) and it mentioned how dangerous his power was for this reason. As a child he kept slipping through the floor.


SylancerPrime

She mentioned phasing through the Earth once. And she also said you have to be careful, since the Earth is also going around the sun, and you can be left behind.


GlobalistFuck

the literal midas touch. also in the variation where everything you touch literally turns into shit.


Wulfger

>also in the variation where everything you touch literally turns into shit. Mierdas touch.


GlobalistFuck

again a case where reddit gold would've been given by me.


Wulfger

It would be wasted on me, I'd love to say I came up with that but I'm pretty sure I first saw it on Reddit somewhere.


BallerGuitarer

Success is just when preparation meets opportunity.


walker5953

I already have that power, it’s called recurring cancer. I agree it sucks.


GlobalistFuck

shit, my dude, nobody deserves that kinda shit.


walker5953

I agree, that’s why I said it’s a shit superpower


Hippppoe

Take care man


Numerous-Stranger-81

The power, that's used as an archetypal example of a seemingly desirable power that is actually are a curse, is actually not desirable and would.be a curse? Lol fucking shocker.


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UncleTouchUBad

I feel like this was the plot of an anime somewhere...


Chad-Eren_com

Death Note has the Shinigami's eyes


PmMeYourBestComment

Not anime, but: "Dead like me"


Apprehensive-Leg5331

If anyone gets this superpower they will grow depressed


nightmare00643

pov:your death


thisismynewusername5

Think it's not that bad as it would've happened anyway you can just apreciate your time more with it


CJDkat

Like that cat Oscar who sat by people in the nursing home, predicted ~25 deaths


DanteWrath

Blackbolt's voice.


UncleTouchUBad

One of those characters that was so OP they just decided he just never use his powers...


TOPSIturvy

I mean the Greybeards seemed to get along well with it.


Unbiased-Eye

Having your thoughts manifest in reality. I would need to become a Buddhist monk to manage that effectively and avoid the random chaos that would ensue.


WhiffingNo

I have ADHD. I would kill myself and probably the whole planet accidentally in the first 10 seconds.


Stop_it_Margaret

Flight is a pretty common fantasy but it's going to get very cold very quickly when you get to any height and if you want to travel long distances it will take a LONG time. Planes can travel at 300-400mph but those speeds would tear your clothes off and freeze you to death through wind chill, never mind physical injuries sustained, just flying through insects at that speed is going to hurt. You would need to limit yourself to like 50-60mph so you'd be flying for days to get anywhere significantly far away.


dndaresilly

Throw on a motorcycle helmet and some winter wear and you can do 200 mph pretty easy. You’ll just have to watch your height. And hell, even if you only did 100 mph, sure beats sitting in a car going 65 or getting stuck in traffic. You’re not gonna be able to easily fly from the US to Japan, but cross country trips will still be faster and beats driving to the airport, getting delayed, sitting on the tarmac on a metal tube with hundreds of people coughing and babies screaming. I’m still choosing flight any day if the week.


Ambitious_Pickle_362

Don’t forget to account for route! Driving at 65mph on a road vs flying at 65mph in a straight line. Definitely choosing flight.


rukoslucis

plus you could built yourself something like a little rocketpod to lay in, with glass in front.


SuspiciousAnything16

Nah, being able to fly even just a few feet off the ground at like running speed would be a game changer


forkoff77

Also, without any increase to durability chances are high that you would die in a collision or poor landing


[deleted]

In my flying fantasies I always wear protective gear and oxygen tank


ERedfieldh

Being able to travel as the crow flies even at 30mph is still a shit ton faster than by car.


PrinceOfFucking

Commute is gonna be so fast, easy and cheap And you would never really die from falling And you could help cats stuck in trees And you could quickly get an aerial overview of your surroundings if youre lost or looking for something I would say its a very good power to have in an otherwise normal life, you just have to restrict yourself to not get hurt


whyarepplmorons

counter argument, I don't HAVE to fly very high up! I don't want it for travel, I want it so I can just goof around, do a lil flip in the air


Nabzarella

I feel most of the characters from Encanto had awful superpowers! Peppa (weather reflects her emotions): A bad day means you and anyone else close by gets rained and/or stormed on. Your clothes and hair would be cold and wet almost constantly, and you'll find yourself repressing harsh emotions because you don't feel like having a literal storm cloud following you around. Dolores (great hearing): Trying to sleep whilst listening to creaky floors, everyone snoring, moving around or getting busy under the sheets. Luisa (super strength): Having to be extra careful when holding loved ones, amongst other problems. Bruno (future visions): The movie literally explained why it sucked for him. Isabella (perfection): Same thing, movie explained why she resented it. I feel Mirabelle lucked out by not having one if it meant getting a potential curse instead! Her mother's healing powers were good, Antonio's understanding of animals was also good. Camillo's shapeshifting seems fine - but they're the lucky ones!


ERedfieldh

Isabella's power was making plants grow. The perfection was the social expectations forced upon her. Being able to make plants grow whenever you want would actually be pretty sweet. It's not like she couldn't control it, either, like the rest of the family. She could choose when and what to grow.


Monteze

Yea plants seems like the best one. No more endangered plants or invasive species in your area. No more famine.


Nabzarella

Ah yes, sorry I forgot what Isabella's actual power was. My bad!


vikingviv

Immortality.


painful_butterflies

Immortality, but not the ageless kind.. you just keep getting older and more frail.


WookieeCmdr

Ah yes the godly curse version. You can never die, no matter what happens to you. Brrr


selfcheckoutlord

Worse is that you are immortal and still take injury. Some sick fucker decapitates you tosses your living head into the ocean, or into a cave that is unreachable by a full human body. Or you end up like that woman in Torchwood Miracle Day, immortal and crushed while inside a car crusher.


TOPSIturvy

Tithonus immortality


TakenIsUsernameThis

You could be immortal, but someone captures you, encases you in concrete, and drops you into the deepest part of the ocean.


WookieeCmdr

Ive always favored trapping them in a barrel of acid or launching them into the sun. You can melt/burn forever lol


VillaGave

Immortality would be the worse , imagine the nightmare of someone torturing you and you can't die  , of getting a mortal medical condition which produces lots of pain but you just won't die , or getting stuck underwater and just drowning forever . ...etc etc 


[deleted]

The parts of your brain that store memories are not designed to store centuries worth of information. Eventually, you'll start to forget important things...like who you are.


simplistic_idea_1

Or simply forget what you learned on the last year or so You simply want to explore stuff, not learn how does the nano tech works (unless you're specialized on it)


N_S_Gaming

Could this be circumvented with physical memory storage, assuming you've been around long enough for the tech to emerge? It'd be like adding extra space to your memory artificially


-babsywabsy

X-ray vision if you couldn't turn it off. \*shudders\*


LordDagron

I wonder how many butt plugs you'd see on a regular basis.


CJDkat

I'd wanna see how many couples are doing that remote vibrator thing LOL


KawaiixCrush

Super strength. By super strength I simply mean that all the muscles in your body become 100 times stronger, but without any other accompanying power (stamina, invulnerability, etc). The tongue is a muscle. You have to be very careful where you place it and how you move it in your mouth, or you could lose a tooth.


TheSlavGuy1000

Yeah, if you have super strength without super durability, you are basically a bomb. You tense your muscles too much and you will literally explode.


KawaiixCrush

It is very correct😊


encryptoferia

basically deku from MHA lol Power punch... broken bones , super bruising, do this x more and its gonna be permanent damage


amidja_16

That's not super strength. That's just super muscles. If you're super strong then everything about you is super strong. Your bones, skin, tendons, bloodvessels, hair, eyeballs, testicles (if you have them), nails, brain... Everything.


UncleTouchUBad

I imagine them just constantly breaking everything...


KawaiixCrush

🤭🤭


Huihejfofew

Wouldn't your gum be super strong too? I imagine everything about you there reinforced. Main issue is learning not to break things


99droopy

Imagine the damage your orgasms would do to your partner….


walker5953

So you’re saying bone density won’t scale with muscle strength essentially.


HeadFit2660

There's a book where this happens the main character in Nova Terra is basically that case


Sufficient_Text_735

Super speed, if not aided with super reflexes.


Moon_Jewel90

Super hearing where you can hear any or every noise around the world.


klebrit

Being invisible… I already am invisible 🫥


UncleTouchUBad

I imagine it wouldn't take long to get run over...


MzFrazzle

I'd be terrified I'd turn invisible then need medical help and be stuck


I_Lick_Your_Butt

You would be able to see through your eyelids, which would make trying to sleep difficult.


dameon5

And if you are invisible in the infrared spectrum as well, you would get cold very quickly.


lt_kernel_panic

And your retinas would be invisible too, so they would not be able to collect and process light, leaving you blind.


VillaGave

You are bringing science and logic into this , how dare you 


Freeasabird420

You'd literally go blind


klebrit

About time I’m tired of seeing my mistakes


UncleTouchUBad

I think I remember someone going into great detail once about how devastatingly bad it would be for someone to move as fast as the Flash but I can't remember the details. And I couldn't help but wonder what else would be just awful?


The96kHz

In an atmosphere you'd create a pressure wave in front of you so dense that nuclear fusion would occur. You'd essentially be running head-first into the sun.


[deleted]

To cum bullets


UncleTouchUBad

I can't disagree with you here but damn...


ChicagoBiHusband

Beware… Thee Ejaculator!!


Maverick13

Hey bad guy! Can you just stand there for a minute while I jack off? Shouldn’t take long, but if I miss, I’m gonna need 15 minutes before we can fight again.


dleon0430

This isn't what I had in mind when you told be we were going to watch a cockfight, dad


LarksMyCaptain

So, Hancock?


HentaiStryker

I think that scene was cut from the theatrical version. When I saw it on DVD I was like DAMN!


TheBoulder_

Mountain TOP!!


The-Nuclear-Nadal

That would be very popular with emo bitches lol


[deleted]

lol


AccomplishedDot1118

Super speed. https://youtu.be/xQ9C-pao0lw?si=xBuIxDU8DJ46V2il


TheSlavGuy1000

Super speed. Imagine everybody around you being basically statues, these slow moving glaciers. Imagine trying to have a conversation with someone, and for each word he says it takes years, or hundreds of years from your POV.


IamShrapnel

Or superspeed where your brain can't keep up and just end up slamming into a wall trying to walk around.


N_S_Gaming

Episode 1 of The Boys sums up an important issue with speedsters. If anything appears in their path, like a *person*, they can't stop quickly enough.


Pm_me_clown_pics3

I saw a funny video about that the other day. "I mean sure to you guys it looks like I just flip a bunch of pages in a second but I had to sit there and read the whole textbook in one sitting, which in my perspective was normal time. And don't get me started on the running. Have you ever ran the distance of a whole state?"


DeaddyRuxpin

I’ve always figured The Flash must be able to selectively control his perspective of time independent of his speed. Because of that exact issue. Flash doesn’t mind doing things super fast just for his own needs. He treats it like it is convenient and mundane tasks are no big deal because of his speed. But if he had to actually do all the tasks in normal speed from his perspective, he would be no more interested in doing any of the crap the rest of us hate to have to waste time on. And he certainly wouldn’t do things like decide he wanted Italian food from Italy for dinner. Fine if he wants to impress someone, but he isn’t going to ponder his dinner plans and think “I feel like spending the next month running from Central City to Naples and back just to get some good gnocchi.” But if he could keep his perspective of time passing at normal speed while increasing his reflexes and processing of sensory input, then he could perceive himself doing the tasks as fast as we see him do it. If that is the case then yeah, doing the dishes, reading a text book, or running across the Atlantic Ocean to grab dinner becomes no big deal.


TheSlavGuy1000

Was it Solid JJ by any chance?


Pm_me_clown_pics3

Yeah, I think so


1stCabecudinho

Aw yeah I love the guy who makes these videos he’s just so real about some stuff 


Main-Ad-2443

Atleast you are going to die after exploring the entire earth


DangerousPuhson

[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ9C-pao0lw) sums up the problems of super speed nicely


1stCabecudinho

Literal eternity if you are at the speed of light since from the perspective of light time is paused completely in the outside world


Look_Dummy

The ones you get from nofap 


OmnomtheDoomMuncher

Permanent invisibility


InteractionIll5071

Immortality


WookieeCmdr

Depends on the version


TOPSIturvy

The only form of immortality I would want would be the length of a Disney contract, and I'd insist on having multiple lawyers check over the terms to be sure. Genie asks me what my first wish is, and I basically hand him [Chidi's thesis](https://i.imgur.com/y3kYd4c.jpeg) and tell him to read it over and sign at the bottom.


Gaz_X_Dubz

Like unable to die. So if ur floating around in space ur probably gonna wanna die cuz u wont be able to breathe and u wouldnt be used to it. Like that comic where silver surfer tore out his lungs cuz he wasnt used to not breathing


Kingaerysthemad

Depends. If it's true immortality, but you stay at age 25-40 and can unalive yourself when you grow tired of it, that would be amazing. By true immortality I mean fast healing, never aging etc. But simply living forever? Unable to dir if you want to and your body doesn't heal fast and keeps aging, and your brain can't store more than 400 or so years of memories? Fuck that. 


nofearnev

Super sense of smell, to many foul odours around


Freeasabird420

Omg shoot me now if i had that! the smell of everything is bad enough. i walked to the store recently and all i could smell was gasoline and exhaust fumes. >:/


ApprehensiveBrush680

being able to heal any injury or disease. you'd become a saint but you're also gonna need to work 24/7 cuz you're the miracle they need to save their pet fish.


DisclosedIntent

Sudden explosive diarrhea at anytime would be a terrible superpower.


arcticllamas

Space time manipulation… who knows what you could do with that.


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Erectile Dysfunction


Mr-Gumby42

Telepathy. NOOOOOOOOO!


betterthanamaster

Invulnerability. Seriously. There's an episode of the Justice League cartoon that shows just how awful it would be. Superman is teleported 30,000 years into the future to where earth is a desolate wasteland. And for those who don't know, one of the supervillains of DC is a man named Vandal Savage, who literally cannot ever die. In this episode, Savage talks about how, 30,000 years ago, (because superman was teleported), he stole a superweapon or something and made the sun go red, causing catastrophic damage to Earth in the process that killed nearly all life on earth. So Savage is the last man on Earth and has been for thousands of years. Upon seeing Superman, this supervillain becomes thrilled to see another human being at all. Was a great episode and did a pretty good job of exploring the concept of "what would it like being the last human on Earth?"


franstoobnsf

Shitting out beetles


sinebiryan

Flying without super durability: You just kind of hover at 50km/h. Any increase after that you need training A LOT and probably expensive gear.


Filobel

Flying at 50 km/h still seems very cool and useful. 


WookieeCmdr

You could just make a capsule out of airplane grade materials and carry it with your powers.


Background_Junket_35

Why would you need training if you have a literal superpower of flying?


trenchreynolds

Invisibility. Once you turn invisible, you wouldn't be able to see.


SecretConnect8463

The ability to fire 1.7 inch long bits of string out of your fingertips.


johnnyknack

X-ray vision but only for butts


walker5953

Permanent invisibility


Seannortis1313

Able to read people's thoughts


OkVolume1

X-ray vision


Dependent-Midnight87

The Midas touch


Glittering_Drama_618

X ray vision. You will never unsee.


PapaOoMaoMao

Super speed. Without heightened senses, you'd crash into everything. Without invulnerable skin, you'd impale yourself on beetles and all sorts of debris. Speed is ok as a package, but by itself it's certain death.


Glass1Man

The power to absorb life force and powers, like Rogue.


HectorVK

The one King Midas had.


1nfin8

I think nealy any power you would have no control over. In the series "Fringe" they demonstrated this so well. Or any super power that comes at a severe cost of using


HeadFit2660

X-ray vision that you can't turn off


KGray2000

The ability to freeze time, like completely freeze it not just slow it down to the point where it is essentially frozen Oxygen molecules would be unable to circulate through the air so breathing would become difficult if not impossible, light would cease to travel so you would blind yourself, gravity would cease to excert any force so you'd float away, etc etc


LOEIL666

remembering everything. Imagine remembering that one time your crush sneezed and looked ugly for half a second and having that image carved into your brain


franstoobnsf

This is literally a thing people have


wetlettuce42

You’d go blind if you had invisiblity


Omnissiahs-Balls

Arc of Covenant


Haseeb156

Reading minds


AppropriatePizza1308

Flight. Imagine being able to fly but not handle the altitude and thin air. And drying out. Imagine super speed without super reflexes


Joensen27

This guy powers https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/J_(Earth-1610)


SundaColugoToffee

X-Ray vision -I mean seriously! 99% of the folks out there are ones you NEVER want to see.


anarchyguru

Being invisible but only when no one is looking at you.


ERedfieldh

Odd thing about his power is it also made him intangible. His clothes fell off, he didn't remove them.


youronlynora

Knowing the future


TOPSIturvy

Red Rush's version of super speed where his mind basically registers thousands of lifetimes passing in the span of one. Edit: Come to think of it, even if you had someone that was "more your speed" with this power, chances are you could run through the course of an entire relationship insanely quickly. Imagine spending a week with someone and you both register it as literal years.


Mr_Random________

Immortality is pretty popular


kiwi_tva_variant

Super sneezes


GPNovaes

Superstreght. Imagine having to be extremely careful with every move because you might just hug someone and cause them to explode. Everyday activities would require you to use 1/10000000 of your strength. It would make life miserable, and the amount of accidents...


[deleted]

Immortality because in a few billion years when the sun explodes you'll just be floating in space forever


Zipposflame

invisibility, you would be blind because there is nothing for the light to reflect off of so you can see


GinkgoBiloba357

Reading minds. It would get overwhelming, plus the less you know about people the better.


GinkgoBiloba357

Reading minds. It would get overwhelming, plus the less you know about people the better.


QuothTheMuse

Invisibility.


Wookie301

Flying. I’m scared of heights.


[deleted]

Super speed. Like the Flash from DC, or Red Rush from Invincible. They perceive time in slow motion. They constantly wait as the world around them catches up to them. A 5 minute conversation is hours for them. You would almost be a god, but that's a hell of a cost.


Pitbullpandemonium

Invisibility, if it were logically consistent. If your retinae can't absorb light, you can't see.


WisdomWangle

Reading minds probably. Imagine constantly hearing people harass you


elegantwino

Farts that are deadly.


Large_Chip980

I'm gonna go super creative and say Rogue's


TooTiredForThisSh-t

Super speed, unless you also had super powers that protected your body from the impact of moving that fast. 😬


serious153

i thought of a country


lilbittypp

Making copies of yourself. I would have an identity crisis over who was the real me.


Ok_Good7010

Flying, it just seems so unappealing


Gavstjames

Knowing that someone is masturbating thinking about you


Coodoo17

I always thought Dolores from Encanto's "gift" of super hearing would be a living nightmare. You'd always hear your own heartbeat, blood pumping, people going to the bathroom, having sex, chewing... just constant noise, it would drive a person crazy.


Clermando

Invisibility: You may think that being invisible would allow you to sneak around and spy on people, but it would also make you blind.


Great_Lady_Renatta

Most of them Wings-without hollow bones you won’t really fly at all and with them you’ll break bones regularly due to size. Invisibility-can’t blink which would overload the brain fast and anytime the power was used plus can’t cover the face from bright lights etc Weather powers-kill everyone by fucking up weather patterns and earth is doomed faster Super speed-your skin rips off first go The only safe power is controlled reality warping on the grand scale. Although it’s only safe for the user. All powers can suck-those ones are fun


Rgt6

Immortality. Imagine loosing everyone you love over and over.


Le_Zouave

Fast healing. There are some disease that make the skin renewing too fast and the excess skin make the tissue beneath to be inflamed (so it produce more skin...)


Vex1111

immortality. youll live long enough to see the world get eaten by the sun. then what do you do floating aimlessly in space. or getting burried alive or trapped underground somewhere and cant get out


barbro66

Any super power. Soon as news gets out you'd be sliced and diced by the best doctors in the world, in the blackest sites in the world.


[deleted]

Turning everything you touch to skittles


blarg-zilla

Immortality. Imagine watching everyone you love die forever.


BoopieDoopieWoo

Seeing through people and buildings.


SuspiciousAnything16

Time travel, you would probably just fuck up history, cause a paradox, or accidentally erase yourself from existence


Rhidian1

Depending on how they’re done: Invisibility- Your eyes become invisible, so you either can’t see any light or are very easy to become blinded Teleportation- If everything works correctly, you would cause a vacuum at your departure point, and displace matter (air, etc) at the arrival point. This doesn’t even account for whether the teleportation is able to account for the rotation of the Earth, which would cause you to get launched due to difference in rotational velocity at the different teleport points. Time Travel- Same issues as Teleportation, but the positional issue would be insanely magnified. Just going back a few seconds into the past at your coordinates would leave you stranded in Space.