Mattherobot

Well everyone, I just read Watchmen. It was my first graphic novel ever and I think that I started out on the right foot. Now watch as I tangentially slide to another topic, seamlessly. Did you miss it? If you could have any superpower, what would it be? For the purposes of this discussion, I think you should limit yourselves in that omnipotence is not a superpower, so don’t pick “being God” as your choice of superhuman ability. Please include reasons, as that will be probably the most interesting part.

For me, there are so many to choose. Flight is something that would be exciting and enjoyable, but would likely provide little gain compared to some other choices, such as say, telepathy. That could be useful and interesting, but would likely create some moral issues not raised by being able to lounge around in the night sky above a sleeping city.

Choices, choices, choices. Would you want to be able to use your abilities for financial gain, or for revenge? Superhuman strength might come in handy there, or maybe the ol’ Gambit trick. I think this is an interesting question, so please, step forth from the shadowy domain of Internet anonymity — I know you’re out there, reading this — and tell me your thoughts. If you wanted to go even further and create some kind of superhero persona for yourself, I would not actively discourage that.