September 15, 2005
Super Powers
So maybe I’ve had an overdose of watching all these superhero/comic book flicks. My friends and I discussed what super powers we would want to have given the chance to choose.
It seems that the most popular is mental telepathy and/or telekinesis (just don’t ask me the difference between the two, because frankly speaking, I have no idea). Well, I’m actually not surprised, given all the mind games that people play. I mean, wouldn’t everything be so much easier if we can read people’s minds? Or if we could communicate by just thinking what we want to get across, without the complications of interpreting the actual actions of a person?
Personally though, I would prefer having the power to be invisible (to which my sister replied, "Oh, but you already are!"…Very funny. Not!) Pretty much like Violet in The Incredibles or Invisible Woman (duh!) of Fantastic Four. With the matching force field, of course. I’m pretty sure you psychologists out there are ready with all your psychoanalysis stuff already, and I know what you’re going to say – insecurity, passive, introvert…blah blah.
I guess you’re right about that. But I just find it appealing to be able to disappear whenever I want to or just do my stuff without people bothering me. Or when things get out of hand, I can just shut out everyone from my world with a force field. Oh and I’d also like to know what people do when they think no one is watching (and I mean this in the most wholesome manner possible).
But really, where’s the fun in living if we’re more than human? I guess maybe that explains why my favorite "superhero" has always been Batman. He is "just" human, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to be more than that.
It seems that the most popular is mental telepathy and/or telekinesis (just don’t ask me the difference between the two, because frankly speaking, I have no idea). Well, I’m actually not surprised, given all the mind games that people play. I mean, wouldn’t everything be so much easier if we can read people’s minds? Or if we could communicate by just thinking what we want to get across, without the complications of interpreting the actual actions of a person?
Personally though, I would prefer having the power to be invisible (to which my sister replied, "Oh, but you already are!"…Very funny. Not!) Pretty much like Violet in The Incredibles or Invisible Woman (duh!) of Fantastic Four. With the matching force field, of course. I’m pretty sure you psychologists out there are ready with all your psychoanalysis stuff already, and I know what you’re going to say – insecurity, passive, introvert…blah blah.
I guess you’re right about that. But I just find it appealing to be able to disappear whenever I want to or just do my stuff without people bothering me. Or when things get out of hand, I can just shut out everyone from my world with a force field. Oh and I’d also like to know what people do when they think no one is watching (and I mean this in the most wholesome manner possible).
But really, where’s the fun in living if we’re more than human? I guess maybe that explains why my favorite "superhero" has always been Batman. He is "just" human, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to be more than that.
posted by Ladybac, 9:12 AM