If you were a mutant

[The Alma Mater]

Maybe don't buy an aircraft carrier, just in case a mountain of pennies erupts from your pockets.

Drowned by your own power. What a way to go.

Perhaps they can also have the swimming power of Scrooge McDuck

[Ifreann]

Maybe don't buy an aircraft carrier, just in case a mountain of pennies erupts from your pockets.

Drowned by your own power. What a way to go.

She died the way she lived.
Buying an aircraft carrier.

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Oh! Or just be a Vampire. That'd be awesome, too.

Would it? The drawbacks of being a vampire don't seem worth it.

Depends on which specific set of vampire rules one is adhering to.

[Northeast Kazakhstan]

I would just want to become a bee that can live without air, food, or water, and goes around stinging people for a living. I would also not have to die when I do sting, so yeah...

I am addicted to bees by the way.

[Erinkita III]

There's a Marvel supervillain called the Purple Man (aka Zebadiah Killgrave). He's a sociopathic sadist and sexual predator with mind control powers. Someone with a purple theme saying they want to control minds evokes some terrible things for people familiar with the character.
He was recently portrayed in horrifically disturbing fashion by David Tennant in the Netlix series Jessica Jones, which I both highly recommend and place a huge trigger warning on.

I did not know that. I am not really a fan of the whole superhero genre in general so like I really don't keep track of these things. The only reason why I know of the mutants is because of that one X-men cartoon that was on cartoon network ages ago.

Anyway now that I have learned about this I will say that the coincidence is most fortuitous because it plays well into the theme I have going. Therefore I would encourage everyone reading my posts on this topic to make the same connection from now on.

Well, I mean... it's not scary if you say you're deliberately trying to be scary. Characters like Killgrave don't have to try. They're nightmarish by nature.

Would it? The drawbacks of being a vampire don't seem worth it.

Depends on which specific set of vampire rules one is adhering to.

If we're talking Twilight rules, then sure. There's literally no downside to being one of those vampires. Hell, half of them have mutants powers on top of their normal vampire stuff. It takes away all the interesting pathos that makes vampire characters fun to read about, but if it was real, sign me up.

[Purpelia]

Well, I mean... it's not scary if you say you're deliberately trying to be scary. Characters like Killgrave don't have to try. They're nightmarish by nature.

If that is so permit me to return into character with a conundrum for you. Is predation really all that if the victim wants it to happen? And is the predator to blame if he advances onward knowing full well the fact of desires present in the victims heart? And he does know, I assure you. For he is the one who placed them there.

[Calladan]

Control of time, basically having the ability to stop and start time at will.

I essentially want to give myself extra hours to do things. :U

Do you not watch The Twilight Zone? Do you not realise how that could go wrong?

[Ethel mermania]

Two small powers that I am unashamedly stealing from a friend of mine:

Parking Luck. No matter where or what time of day, a spot opens up right in front of where you're going just as you get there.

Exact change. Whether I want to buy a pack of gum or an aircraft carrier, the exact amount of money I need appears in my pocket whenever I make a purchase.

The more I think about it, the more I think the parkING thing is a remarkable idea.

[Dread Lady Nathicana]

Shapechanging and mind powers. Like, any and all. Because reasons. Although in pondering, the power to heal any malady, pain, disease, or injury would be pretty boss. Would it be greedy to have all of that?

(Yeah. I can live with greedy.)

[Erinkita III]

Well, I mean... it's not scary if you say you're deliberately trying to be scary. Characters like Killgrave don't have to try. They're nightmarish by nature.

If that is so permit me to return into character with a conundrum for you. Is predation really all that if the victim wants it to happen? And is the predator to blame if he advances onward knowing full well the fact of desires present in the victims heart? And he does know, I assure you. For he is the one who placed them there.

The premise defeats itself. You might as well attempt to justify the use of rohypnol and date rape. Impairing mental faculties is not the same as acquiring consent.

[Kubra]

The ability to make anime real

[Erinkita III]

The ability to make anime real

My god. You'll kill us all.

[Purpelia]

If that is so permit me to return into character with a conundrum for you. Is predation really all that if the victim wants it to happen? And is the predator to blame if he advances onward knowing full well the fact of desires present in the victims heart? And he does know, I assure you. For he is the one who placed them there.

The premise defeats itself. You might as well attempt to justify the use of rohypnol and date rape. Impairing mental faculties is not the same as acquiring consent.

Does it now? Or are you just too mired in your ignorance of thought.

To control a mind, to truly master it is not a game of a stage acts and damning words. It is not to whisper in ones ear, to scream or command and shout until you are obeyed. It is not to dominate, to override or influence in dictatorial ways. That, my friend, is the purvey of television, of amateurs and quacks.

A true master of the mind is one who enters without warning and leaves without trace. For him an open mind is like clay until a sculptor, viscous, soft and ripe to be shaped in ways limited solely by desire and ambition. I do not give orders. You freely chose to obey. And you believe, to your dying day, that it was your ideal all along.

[Ifreann]

I did not know that. I am not really a fan of the whole superhero genre in general so like I really don't keep track of these things. The only reason why I know of the mutants is because of that one X-men cartoon that was on cartoon network ages ago.

Anyway now that I have learned about this I will say that the coincidence is most fortuitous because it plays well into the theme I have going. Therefore I would encourage everyone reading my posts on this topic to make the same connection from now on.

Well, I mean... it's not scary if you say you're deliberately trying to be scary. Characters like Killgrave don't have to try. They're nightmarish by nature.

Depends on which specific set of vampire rules one is adhering to.

If we're talking Twilight rules, then sure. There's literally no downside to being one of those vampires. Hell, half of them have mutants powers on top of their normal vampire stuff. It takes away all the interesting pathos that makes vampire characters fun to read about, but if it was real, sign me up.

Mmhmm, having to restrain yourself from eating people sounds inconvenient, but other than that it's all positive.

[Erinkita III]

The premise defeats itself. You might as well attempt to justify the use of rohypnol and date rape. Impairing mental faculties is not the same as acquiring consent.

Does it now? Or are you just too mired in your ignorance of thought.

To control a mind, to truly master it is not a game of a stage acts and damning words. It is not to whisper in ones ear, to scream or command and shout until you are obeyed. It is not to dominate, to override or influence in dictatorial ways. That, my friend, is the purvey of television, of amateurs and quacks.

A true master of the mind is one who enters without warning and leaves without trace. For him an open mind is like clay until a sculptor, viscous, soft and ripe to be shaped in ways limited solely by desire and ambition. I do not give orders. You freely chose to obey. And you believe, to your dying day, that it was your ideal all along.

Yeah... none of that addresses the issue. Coercion and manipulation are not somehow morally superior to aggression.
Also, your use of the word 'freely' directly contradicts everything you said before it.
As a villain monologue, I give it 6/10.

[Purpelia]

Yeah... none of that addresses the issue. Coercion and manipulation are not somehow morally superior to aggression.
Also, your use of the word 'freely' directly contradicts everything you said before it.
As a villain monologue, I give it 6/10.

Morality is an invention of the weak, a lens through which they perceive their weakness as virtue so as to feel good about their lack of strength. Strong men need no such crutches.

I was merely correcting an assumption I hear all too often from the uninitiated and one I personally have a problem with. You see, all too many of your kind view the mental arts as something simple, base. I feel television is to blame in this. All too often those effected by control of the mind are depicted as if puppets, passengers along for the ride within their own bodies looking on in horror without any control. And whilst this does indeed paint a frighting visage it diminishes the truth which is far more wondrous.

You see, I could tell you now to go jump in a fire. And you would do it. But it would not be an order for you to obey. It would not be as if your body is acting on its own. I would enter your mind and implant the thought, the switch if you will. And upon that thought you would decide, on your own, to jump into the flames. And as you stand there burning and screaming in pain your final thought would be: "What the F--- did I think this would be a good idea?"

And you would not know. For as far as you are concerned on every level, down to the atomic, that thought was not mine but your own.

[Erinkita III]

Yeah... none of that addresses the issue. Coercion and manipulation are not somehow morally superior to aggression.
Also, your use of the word 'freely' directly contradicts everything you said before it.
As a villain monologue, I give it 6/10.

Morality is an invention of the weak, a lens through which they perceive their weakness as virtue so as to feel good about their lack of strength. Strong men need no such crutches.

I was merely correcting an assumption I hear all too often from the uninitiated and one I personally have a problem with. You see, all too many of your kind view the mental arts as something simple, base. I feel television is to blame in this. All too often those effected by control of the mind are depicted as if puppets, passengers along for the ride within their own bodies looking on in horror without any control. And whilst this does indeed paint a frighting visage it diminishes the truth which is far more wondrous.

You see, I could tell you now to go jump in a fire. And you would do it. But it would not be an order for you to obey. It would not be as if your body is acting on its own. I would enter your mind and implant the thought, the switch if you will. And upon that thought you would decide, on your own, to jump into the flames. And as you stand there burning and screaming in pain your final thought would be: "What the F--- did I think this would be a good idea?"

And you would not know. For as far as you are concerned on every level, down to the atomic, that thought was not mine but your own.

Yes, it works that same way for Killgrave. That changes nothing. Coercion is coercion and coercion is force. There is literally no difference between what you describe and pushing someone into the fire. It's dull thuggery with extra pretension.
As your your imitation Ayn Rand morality musing, 4/10.

[Purpelia]

Yes, it works that same way for Killgrave. That changes nothing. Coercion is coercion and coercion is force. There is literally no difference between what you describe and pushing someone into the fire. It's dull thuggery with extra pretension.
As your your imitation Ayn Rand morality musing, 4/10.

But there is every difference. Manipulation is not coercion.

The suffering in being coerced comes from the knowledge of the fact. You know you are being forced to do something therefore you resent doing that something. It is not the act it self you resent but the loss of power and agency. If you know not that you are being coerced, if indeed you believe with every atom of your being that the choice, no the very idea, is yours than you do not suffer. Well unless I tell you to walk into a fire or something. You're going to feel a bit of sting from that.

But otherwise it is no more evil than... well commercials honestly. And I am not even making this up. Your average commercial is literally designed by a panel of experts whose job it is to make it as manipulative as possible to provoke in you the desire to purchase the product or service.


Not that it matters either way, memories being what they are.

[Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft]

I would be able to produce electrical fields to hack any computer system

[Valyrian Freeholds]

i would have the power to reverse time only on foods.

Overcooked steak? ZAP! Back to a perfect medium......

[Internationalist Bastard]

I always wanted to be a shapeshifter. Transgenderism just kinda made want that more

[Purple Empire]

I see I'm not the only one who choosed mind-control and have something with the beautiful color of purple...

[Ifreann]

I would be able to produce electrical fields to hack any computer system

How do electrical fields hack computer systems?

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I see I'm not the only one who choosed mind-control and have something with the beautiful color of purple...

People who like the colour purple are clearly dangerous.

[The Islands of Versilia]

I would be able to produce electrical fields to hack any computer system

How do electrical fields hack computer systems?

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I see I'm not the only one who choosed mind-control and have something with the beautiful color of purple...

People who like the colour purple are clearly dangerous.

Purple is the best colour, the most royal colour.
Believe me, I don't talk FAKE NEWS.
Trust in me, citizen.

[Togeria]

If I were a mutant I would want the power to predict time on an atomic level. For example I would be able to know how many seconds exactly it would take someone to flex their muscles before they go to hit me or how many seconds an it would take for the signal of an alarm to reach where it was going.

[Farnhamia]

Maybe don't buy an aircraft carrier, just in case a mountain of pennies erupts from your pockets.

Drowned by your own power. What a way to go.

Like the commercial where the guy asks a genie for "a million bucks" and suddenly his neighborhood is filled with male deer.

I can't decide. I already seem to be immortal. Invulnerability would be handy, I suppose. Maybe ... the ability to teleport to a destination along with anything I'm touching. That would be nice. Going on vacation? Teleport Herself to the hotel, zip home for the luggage. It would eliminate having someone come in to feed the cat and bring in the mail, too.