What super-power do you want?
What super-power do you want?
- Invisibility?
- Flying?
- Stop time?
- Read minds?
- Immortality?
Do you ever play this conversation-game? Ask a group of friends this question. It’s interesting to hear different people’s answers, and what they reveal.
When I was a kid, I wanted to fly.
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be invisible. (Probably to sneak into girl’s rooms and watch them undress.)
For the last 20 years, I wanted to stop time. (So much work to do! Never enough time!)
But recently when this game came up with a friend, I realized that for the first time in 20 years, I didn’t want to stop time. I’ve changed. My new super-power is I want to know everything. (Speak every language. Know every fact. Understand the universe.)
A year from now, it may be a different answer.
Whenever I went to a book store in the last 10 years, I’d go to the business section. But this past year, I was more interested in the travel section.
A month ago I found myself wanting to take two years off to go visit 24 countries for one month each. I was quite seriously considering this!
Last week, I found myself in a book store again with a friend. She needed to go to the travel section, so I went with her, but found I had no interest anymore. Something’s shifted. I want to work again. Vacation is done.
Sometimes you don’t notice these changes in yourself until a conversation-game or book store reveals it.
I want to be right here, right now. Easy? not as it seems.
living the "present" is what is helping me the most in my music career.
For now I would like to stop time. Actually to free up more time. Time to love more,live fuller, create music.
Be that as it may I am grateful for what I do have.And when the muse whispers in my ear, I just sleep less.
I'd like to have the power to turn myself into a stranger. you could get in or out of any situation you'd like and always leave a first impression, or just take off without leaving people behind (cause they don't know you)...
...so, you don't know me, even if my ace looks familiar, cheers,
juergen
this is a great question! i would love to be able to peer into the past, divine patterns thru that "peer" and then look forward and apply those patterns to where i (and we) are headed... THAT would be super.
Teleportation. To be able to be wherever I want to be, whenever I want to be there, instantly - and to be able to take folks with me.
The power to never tire and stay fully energized!! I could get so much more done if I didn't have to sleep all the time...until then...g'night!!
I would like to have complete awareness of my thought and feelings (without judgement).
I would also like to be aware of the vacuity of words and, therefore, concepts.
Analysis is not consciousness...
Right now, I would like the power of healing. I would love to be able to heal myself and others fully of heartbreak, illnesses, and behaviour patterns that just don't work so that we can all start life anew in an instant.
I would like to put a stamp above every office building door, job application, tv program, dollar bill, car visor, etc... these words:
"If today was your last day on the planet... what would you be doing?"
*Jared
I have always had this yearning to fly. I envy birds and their effortless ability to just soar through the air.
I would like to have the super power of a super hum that when I hum a note it vibrates in my body and restores harmony and other people hear it maybe consciously maybe not and start humming and soon the whole world is harmonious and peaceful.
I want to power to ignite enthusiasm in other people.
The quiz I took said I am just an average person. After dark I become this different person. Truly my superpower would be learn how to make great decisions in business.
Have a great day.
all knowing would be good
I decided recently that I have all the powers I need. Seems easily envoked just by asking for what I want... That also covers super ones
Thanks for always keeping me thinking!
Immortality would be a nice start. It would allow me to feel I am not wasting valuable time when I am forced into social situations.
just to be able to make a site to sell it for around 25 mill
;)
The power to think, dream, or envision something, and have it manifest instantly. :)
The power to end all wars, remove hatred and cover the earth with peace.
The quiz came up with Telekinesis for me.
i wanted telepathy
Possession. To possess another being, human or otherwise, and be able not only to control direct actions but to influence their thoughts and opinions on matters.
Wind. To be able to control the wind. Travelling is not instantaneous, but at least its fast. Wind can also help to protect by blowing people away. I'm just sayin'.
i would like to have the power of erasing/cancelling an effect/recreating ,so you can control the time and events ,imagine if you where able to erase something like a tornado, a person or to bring a person back to life or to change an event that was or is going to happen. the result for me was a dreamer ,telepathy
i want this super-power
Flying
Read minds
i want ability to control the wind so i can go anywhere and make the wind do the job for me
Help I'm freakin out alright i think I have a running power not cuz of any test but it's crazy and I would never lie but I let my sister get a 5min. Head start this was a race I beat her by a long shot but when I ran it felt like I was not even touching the ground it was on a beach I went back to the exact spot there were no foot prints! Well the was a little bit of a footprint but u couldn't tell anyone had been running I'm srry I just had to tell some one
Well what i wish is to have power to crush all humans and living beings.
keep then under my control and rule this world.
I want to rule the entire universe.
I want to be the strongest of all.
THATS ALL!!!
Immortallity, super healing(heal any and everything), and many more those are powers that I would really live to have. But to share them with people that are close to me..
Super healing would be my first pick. I'm sure the fact that I have a busted foot has nothing to do with that. Also because I believe things like superstrength and speed (not superman or flash though) would come with it, possible even super intillect.
After that:
Teleportation
Invulnrability
Dephasing (only term I could think of, walking through stuff)
Different vision types (predator mask anyone?)
And obsorbing energy from other beings (anyone heard of the wraith?)
That's me.
I would want to have the power of teleportation
i want to have the power to transform into a demon so i can take my revenge on people
Si pudiera elegir un superpoder entre los de la lista, elegiría detener el tiempo para poder ir a mi ritmo, pero prefiriría mucho más poder guardar y cargar mi vida como si de un juego se tratase, creado checkpoints en momentos cruciales para poder experimentar todos los caminos posibles.
when I was 5-15 years old i wanted to fly, then few years i wanted to be a samurai, lol. I'm almost 20 now and I'd want to be immortal so i can learn about everything and make the world a better place with my art. .... i will get bored of all this, I bet. I think we are fine just as we are in the end :P
powers i want :
-immortality
-powers that ninjas have like what you call shadow clones,can run fast and above waters (i dont really like flying so that would be enough for me) and also their power to hide themselves(hiding in the dark and shadows)
-super strength and super fast movements
-super sharp senses(5senses of human)
-knows all kinds of martial arts,ninjutsu and knowledge and mastery to all kinds of weapons.
-can memorize everything the first time i saw it
-power to heal any kinds of injuries and sickness(so i can heal others)
-super body regeneration (easily heal my body with any kind of injuries)
-unlimited stamina(so i can operate for a very long time) and above average intelligence(so i can plan&strategize efficiently and has very high analytical skills)
-can breath underwater and doesnt affected by water pressure
ah i really really wish i could have those... But i guess thats really really imp0ssible xD
I desire unlimited strength and the glory of invincibility.
look i dnt no wat my power is callede i can set things on fire and change the weather huh. i guess you could call me the fall of the weathers lol-fish if you dont believe me visit youtubbe now
telecinesi
i want the power to fly
i changed weather before i said let it snow let it snow and i started to snow
i want all powers
I have the most beautiful girl you have ever seen, but she has MS. So WANT the power to take away her pain and heal her. Even if it takes away a year of my life. It hurts me to see her in pain, to know she's in pain. She's 25 year old
Having power is great! using it to help people is greater, I want power to help myself and people.I've always wanted power to read minds but what i wanted now, is a super retentive memory..yeah.!
O poder de poder controlar os humanos, não gosto nada da maneira como as pessoas pensam e agora o que vemos? Gente que não gostamos, fome, pobreza e tudo por causa de nós querermos ser os melhores e claro que também quero isso, se uma pessoa controla-se um grupo de pessoas da forma certa e depois esses serem lideres e controlarem da mesma forma, aí tudo sería diferente !
O poder de poder controlar os humanos, não gosto nada da maneira como as pessoas pensam e agora o que vemos? Gente que não gostamos, fome, pobreza e tudo por causa de nós querermos ser os melhores e claro que também quero isso, se uma pessoa controla-se um grupo de pessoas da forma certa e depois esses serem lideres e controlarem da mesma forma, aí tudo sería diferente ! E além disso, já passei por momentos feios na minha vida devido ás outras pessoas por isso sabe.me sempre bem ver os outros a sofrer !
I want Air,Water,fire,earth,and Sky 5 powers.
i would want to fly and get fire balls.
i want all powers thats really cool.
how do i get all powers
guess I would like to do cool things with sand.how about a 10 metre tsunami?
I'm in my mid-20's now and I'd choose the superpower of mind reading.
About 10-15 years ago I think I just wanted to know everything. I actually believed that would be possible, although adults keep saying otherwise.
I want the power of telepathy over great distances, so I can make someones head explode if they are total Trolls and stuck up assholes with no respect in the internet :)
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I realy lyk to read ppl minds,i wana know what people think and what they want to do,can you please help me
I really wanted to have power that can allow me to go back in time. I want to tell my mother that I love her very much and prevent her from dying. I want to save her. I want to hug her so much...
I'd like to have cryokinesis, pyrokinesis, flight, superstrength, heal all wounds and diseases, and invulnerability. Also, films like those of Disney have made want to have the power to talk to animals.
I dont want the power of immotality as its a curse to live longer than your loved ones
I dont want the power to control time as each second of your life is what you want and will be a lie
I dont want the power of extreme knolledge as once everything is known, theirs nothing left to find out and further living would be meaningless
All the powers you could get is selfish and one sided, we would never learn to live,
All i want is the power to change the system,currency,values,ideals,nations,law, i want the power to move the world into a better place, even if only its achiveable in my lifespan and hopefuly try to make it continue
I want the ability to obtain an infinite amount of power which can be used in any way.
A power within me, or a power coming from the universe which i can channel more and more with hard work and training, thus making it turn into ANY form of power.
In other words a kind of omnipotency, however not an obsolete one, but one conditioned to bringing balance to the universe, for balance is the ultimate source of existence.
"Heaven" cannot exist without "Hell".
I am 19 years old and my dream all my life has been to obtain the title "Guardian of Balance" trough Training, encounters, events and hard work. Its kinda sad to reach the point where you have a lot of responsibilities, and you dont have time to even think about what you want, let alone do what you want, and then ask your self: " Is what I want pointless? Is what I want impossible? Can I no longer pursue my dream? ".
I have come to the point where my question is:
"How to make what I want come true?"
Well guys doing this obviously wont do the trick, so work hard to make your dreams come true, because I will, regardless of what you think, regardless of what you do, and regardless of WHAT IS POSSIBLE!
PS: FUCK YOU REALITY!
immortality :P
I always thought a cool superpower would be the ability to know what people really think of you and say about you behind your back, good or bad. It would either kill you or make you a much better person. It would also allow you to know who your true friends and arch enemies are. In a movie version of this you could also have the the hero ethically not use this power on the girl he likes, but then in order to save the day, he has to use it on her at the end of the movie and finds out... well, i guess you will just have to see the movie.
The power of 'inception'.
Sneak into a person's sub-conscience, implant an idea.
Of course, I'll use my ability only for the good!
Hey Derek,
This is such a lovely post :)
I suppose my ideal superpower would be the ability to obtain and retain information. I abide by the principle that knowledge is true power, and the pursuit of knowledge is one of the most worthwhile endeavors.
Cheers,
Naitri
Love this public post. But isn't the quest for the grail in knowing the right question to ask. Not sure that I know the right question, but I would hazard to say that my super power would be to know or realize that I do. That each of us in our thoughts and words may generate and have the power to forge 2- and 3-order effects that influence much. But of course this scenario would only work if we are alone on this planet ( I.e., that there are no other higher powers involved). And for that I am not so sure.
Apparently I want super-power from the quiz you shared Derek. At the moment though I'd have to pick the power to know it all. Jumped out the most from your list of powers. And if I may have one of my own, I'd have the power to heal the world.
To be able to sleep at will...
I would want the power to create an control. The thoughts and ideas and imagination could could created by inducement of fellings. I would create dimensions home to Theme Parks, Different worlds and create a system that everyone could understand. (money, tax etc). I would not want selfish things like things would only Benifit me. I would share my creations.
I want the power to freez, heat, and control water with a different motion of my hand
the ability to create anything out of nothing. could use it to turn a glass of water into a potion to give me any kind of other power. :)
think about it :-)
hear my thoughts for they may give you ideas for other powers. and remember be creative.
i don't need power i wwant to be theSTONGESt one in all entires universes (i want power likee this that what power i think i can have but even strronger .
I'd like to be able to have perfect control over my dreams and be self-conscious within them. (I.E. dreams would be exactly like real life but I could control my dream and do anything I wanted in the dream)
I want all kind of super natural powers!
Please provide me god........................
Because I do something creative in world best..........
if u really want superpowers then read swami vivekananda book "rajyoga" in these he
explains how the superpowers are present in man itself. it is hard to follow but if anyone want these superpower then read all books of swami vivekananda
I would love to change the world,
but they won’t give me the source code
Heat-beam waves and shapeshifting
When am in power,I will have money.
I want power to end this world
Granted! — Derek
i just want the power to control everything and being the strongest person. I want to be the king of king.
i want power to keep our peace
Have you seen Jumper? It is movie, where some people can teleport anywhere they want. It's fantastic, i do want have this power.
I want to get the super power to command items like money , exam questions to come direct to me. Also the power to understand everything i read b'cos i'm a medical student. I also need the power to know what someone is thinking of and alter their state of mind and actions. pls attend to me ASAP. THANKS!
does it have to be only one super-power? cuz if i could choose any multiple super-powers i want, i'd choose these: invisibility, flying, intangibility (walk through solid objects) telepathy (read minds and send mental messages) super-speed, telekineses ( move solid objects with my mind) shape-shifting, and teleporting. awesome!
i want power to fix everything,
power to made people love me,
I'm very tired of my life, thinking to end it, but to sucide but i have no courage to so, i want power to die.
I want to fly
I want to have a super magic power
OK. — Derek
I don't have a website but I would like powers. I wish it was real but I've searched a bunch of ways since I was 5 and found nothing but cheap junk. I don't know what to do but I would love them. If only they were real.
I want them so bad!!!!
I want to be able to control everything around me telekinetic and telepathicly
i want power mak my own money
my lovely bro has no more. i want to need my brother. he was very intelligent and smart.
I want to have a power to change what is wrong and to control everything....I want to have the power to get everything I want
Mental and physical powers
all my life i want5ed powers like super stregth( when i was a litle boy) in teenager, that is a few years ago i wanted to stop time and walk through dimensions to se if really exists another me doing other stuff in a world on other dimension. but the one i really wish since litle untill now is imortality, i know the problemslike i would see my love ones die, and i really hate that part, but i want to see how this world is going to be, how its gonna be our evolution? and to know the entire world but im not rich so in my lifetime i wont do it. but i want that the most. i wouldnt have the problems of being sick starve or money issues i wouldnt die any way, and i would have all the time in the world to know everithyng in every age, literally all the time in the world XD. thats my most desired superpower.
I'd want to be able to communicate with animals. To have proper conversations with them. It'd be rather interesting to talk to them, and convenient as I go to college, doing animal management. I also very much prefer the company of animals to humans. The exception being my girlfriend.
Its a hard question at least, since their are many superpowers which are really intressting. If you ask to me, which is the most important for me... it would be twice... the first would be the superpower of wolverine from x-men... oh - i dont talk about the claws... his true superpower is superhuman ability to fully and rapidly recover from any injury or ailment... that means he would never die and can never get ill... even if you cut him into pieces he will survive that...
The second one i want, would be to share this power, to important people for me... since the most cruel think of living forever is, to lose everyone you love someday...
After this 2 really egoistic wishes, i would like to get a 3rd one... for 2 purposes, the first one, would be helping the world... but to be honest, the 2nd purpose is not so gentlelike, because i would also act as a mercenary for money - since i have to get money somehow, and if i have superpowers, i dont want to work anymore^^. So the third superpower would be Superhuman Powers in Terms of Speed/Strenght - maybe with Flying, but that was just the last point to my perfect wishes^^. So in Short it would be superrecovery, with Shareoption, additional Super Power and Speed with the option of Flying^^ sounds crazy i know, but since we only talking about wishes, it should be ok^^
To know everything
I would want to be unstoppable and force the world into peace. Taking the hero route would be to time consuming so rather I would be a figure of terror that would force humanity to work together. In the end we would have to come to some sort of compromise. I think giving me a large island or place I could rule would be the end game.
I Want The Supar Power That I Can U Them To Derspera And Do Sex With People I Want And To Be Rich
The absolute power of can know and do everything.
I want to invisible
I want super powers . to visit my girlfriend at Res
I want to teleport
Have infinite patience
I want super speed so I can be the fastest kid in my class
I want to fly and teleport
I always wanted the power to travel into other dimensions that are based off of video games, I also wanted to be a true Female if I did that.
but if I only got one it'd be to shapeshift, I'm so indecisive that I'd want to always change my look.
I wish had the powers to travel at any speed I want, Breath in space, teleport, flying, detecting lifeforms with my eyes from anywhere, live inside black holes stars or anything, and create any object at my will.
I feel very tired and want to find a way to change the status quo. Can you help me with it?
i want to fly
I am 8 years old and I want a flying power
To work with your metaphor of change...
Back in elementary school I wanted the power to never sleep. Not only would I get twice as much done, but I would finally feel I was getting enough done.
I was feeling so much strain in those days; I could relate to the tormented Star Trek villain Kodos the Executioner who cried, "I'm tired!"
Today I am much gentler on myself.
I suppose my super power now would be to somehow understand others, because then I could write a great novel.
The real superpower is immortality that was discovered by Allen Omton and Serge Dobrow