TVGuide.com put up a video, from Comic-Con, asking celebrities and people in costume which superhero power they would want. I have given this thought over the years. Especially since starting to read Harry Potter. A lot of HP fans like to discuss which magic power they would want.
Lee Pace and Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) would both like to fly. As would Jensen Ackles from Supernatural. In fact, most people said they would want to fly, but Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) had the right idea when she said she would want to teleport. I think my favorite was Che McBride (Pushing Daisies) who would to be able to stop people from Bullsh!tting.
A young woman dressed as a playing card queen (all of them I think) would like to be able to time travel, so she could go back to the 1900s and buy stuff to sell to steampunk fans.
Things I have considered include:
FLYING – not a big fan of heights, but I think it would be cool to fly around. I wouldn’t do it the dorky Superman way with one fist in the air. I want to fly like Hancock. Although, I would work on the landing. But what good would flying do me? It snows here, and I think flying through the snow would suck.
TELEPORTING – this would rock. I would never have to be late for anything. I could leave for school just before I had to be there. I am always running late for things, so it would be great to just think about where I had to go and be there. However, after reading about how painful apparition (HP) is I don’t know. I also read once about teleporting. Your molecules would all have to break down and then be put back together. That doesn’t sound very good either. I still like the idea of teleporting.
PRECOGNITION – how cool would it be to know stuff in advance? Not so good I think. I suspect it would be a huge burden. I might like POSTCOGNITION so I could remember where I left things I have lost.
TIME TRAVEL – I like this one. Again, because of the losing things problem, but also because how cool would it be to meet your parents and grandparents as children? Or see the pyramids or S being built? See who shot JFK or be in the theater when Lincoln was killed? Go to the premiere of The Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind. I would like to be able to change things, but I know that would change the future, so maybe just the chance to see things as they happen.
MARAUDER’S MAP – I don’t know if there is another name for this, but I would love to be able to see where people in my life are at any given moment. It would be a little stalkerish, I suppose, but it would come in handy.
There are plenty of other powers I have considered, but these are my favorites. I’ve also thought about the wondertwins’ power to change into things (did you watch The Justice League in the 80s?), ability to swim underwater for a long distance, see through walls, hear things I shouldn’t hear (I seem to already have that one), read people’s minds, be invisible, etc.
Which superhero power would you want?
