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So I just watched most of the first season of Heroes for the first time. I know there was a thread on this before a while ago, which I didn't really read because at that point I had never seen it.

So I'm making a thread about it and asking which power you would have if you could choose from the ones seen in the show.

I'd choose Linderman's power of healing things most likely. That could do a lot of good. Mind-reading like Parkman's power would also be cool, and so would Micah's power of making machines work. My brother said he'd want Micah's power, and my dad said he'd like to fly like Nathan Petrelli best.

So which would you choose?

Well, my favorite power is the ability to negate all forces on yourself, I dreamed that one up though. If I had to pick from one of the one's from Heroes, I'd pick the cheerleader's power (I don't remember the names very well).

But still, the ability to negate forces, you could be invincible and sort of hover! It would be awesome!

Time travel and stoppage. Definitely.

Taking powers from others, duh...

I want to ability to fast forward, rewind, and freeze time. But straight up time travel wouldn't be bad either. Especially with the added bonus of freezing time.

Time traveling. The other powers are nice, but time traveling gives you so much more power over everything that the other powers are essentially negated.

What's Heroes, by the way?

What's Heroes, by the way?

A TV show

I'm voting fire but I'd love to be able to read peoples' minds. Fire is just cool and you don't need to read someone's mind to light them on fire :).

A TV show

Oh, that Heroes. I've never seen it.

Oh, that Heroes. I've never seen it.

I didn't start watching it until like a week ago.

You know, I almost put "regenerating/healing" and then I almost put "reading minds." But I opted for time travel/freezing.

I dunno, in reality would I really want to be removed from real life so much? Seems like you'd never be able to connect with regular people again.

Regenerating myself/Healing others..
If that was already taken by another superhuman hero thing, I would choose 'walking through things'. That is complete freedom right there, even moreso than being able to fly.

Radiation.

Washington, Washington, ten stories high, made of radiation.

Who wouldn't want to be able to shoot gamma ray bursts into your enemies?!

So I just watched most of the first season of Heroes for the first time. I know there was a thread on this before a while ago, which I didn't really read because at that point I had never seen it.

So I'm making a thread about it and asking which power you would have if you could choose from the ones seen in the show.

I'd choose Linderman's power of healing things most likely. That could do a lot of good. Mind-reading like Parkman's power would also be cool, and so would Micah's power of making machines work. My brother said he'd want Micah's power, and my dad said he'd like to fly like Nathan Petrelli best.

So which would you choose?

Being able to take on the powers of others would be cool. Though the coolest I think I'd like was from the Wild Card series of books, that of the character named "The Turtle"... He was a tiny little wimp physically, but had Dark Phoenix level Telekinesis... He called himself "Turtle" because to protect himself, he traveled around in a Volkswagon beetle hulk with battleship armor attached to the outside that he moved around with his telekinetic power.

Being able to take on the powers of others would be cool. Though the coolest I think I'd like was from the Wild Card series of books, that of the character named "The Turtle"... He was a tiny little wimp physically, but had Dark Phoenix level Telekinesis... He called himself "Turtle" because to protect himself, he traveled around in a Volkswagon beetle hulk with battleship armor attached to the outside that he moved around with his telekinetic power.

Turtle, turtle... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBpwW3i7dc&mode=related&search=)

If we ban the cheap "empathy" power of being able to get any power of any person close to you, I would go with Hiro's power: manipulation of time and space at will.

So I just watched most of the first season of Heroes for the first time. I know there was a thread on this before a while ago, which I didn't really read because at that point I had never seen it.

So which would you choose?

Oh... tough choice.

Micha's power of controlling electronic devices is neat and would make my job easier.

Claire's Regeneration ability is also cool.

but Hana Gitelman's ability was so far the most impressive... the human computer.


but given all that... I'll take Peter Petrelli's ability to steal powers then I can just collect them.

I chose flight..contrary to the immaterialist flight is freedom...

Of the choices, time freezing. Other than that, invisibility.

I'm already psychic. I'd love telekenetic (sp?) powers though...

but given all that... I'll take Peter Petrelli's ability to steal powers then I can just collect them.
agree, but I also want to be able to control them once I get them.....don't wanna go nuclear and have to fly out to space and explode or anything.

although, if I get time travel maybe I can hang out with Hiro.

tell me how to solve my problem

and it's telekinetic

they knows how to spell it...they just wanted you to ask for help...after all they are psychic

I'm already psychic. I'd love telekenetic (sp?) powers though...

tell me how to solve my problem

and it's telekinetic

With sufficient control and an ample power source, assimilating powers would be the best. Practically unlimited talents!! Other than that, I'd say being a high level mage (Dr. Fate, Dr. Strange), or magic imbued hero (Captain Marvel, DC version).

Then there's Hyperstorm. That guy was a mortal made god. Being able to manipulate quantam forces on any level...

Taking powers from others, duh...

Quite useless if noone else has any powers.

I'd want the ability to copy or swipe others' powers, obviously... then I'd find someone with each of the other powers and collect 'em all.

I'm happy to have no powers. Temptation to use them for personal gain is a fact of life, and some of the most dangerous people in the world have no powers so to speak.

P.S. A fist fight between Thompson and Claude would be an absolute comedy gold mine.

Being a Peter-Petrelli-style super-sponge is obviously the best, since it inherently includes all the others, but excluding that (since I think it's kinda lame), I'd probably go with Hiro's time travel. Especially if I get a sword. :p

I'd like to have the power to move solid objects by applying force of some kind. That would be wild.

Definitely time travel/freezing because then I could fuck with people and they would never know

I'd probably go with some form of biological manipulation. That ends up encompassing healing/regeneration as well as degeneration and disease creating. If you could create a quick spreading disease but control where it was or simply shut down an opponent's vital organs you wouldn't have much resistance after a few examples. Of course, that works in reverse too. Cures for anything from the common cold to cancer to unknown diseases. Healing someone nearly instantly after a heart attack, stroke, or even a bullet would if you know what you're doing.
However there is a flip side that Gauthier brought up. There would be an extreme temptation to use any power. If you're going to get something like this, let's hope you have good self control.

The power I would really want is Teleportation. It would be awesome to not have to worry, ever, about being late to class, or about gas prices, and to be able to travel around the world wherever I wanted whenever I wanted. Also, theoretically, I could lose weight by teleporting everything but the fat in my body somewhere, leaving it to drop messily to the floor wherever it was. (yeah, it's probably a bad idea, but...)

The power I would really want is Teleportation. It would be awesome to not have to worry, ever, about being late to class, or about gas prices, and to be able to travel around the world wherever I wanted whenever I wanted. Also, theoretically, I could lose weight by teleporting everything but the fat in my body somewhere, leaving it to drop messily to the floor wherever it was. (yeah, it's probably a bad idea, but...)

Shame on you, confessing aspirations to possess filthy Mutie powers!

Well of course being able to steal or absorb the powers of others would be the best. However besides that I'd have to go with invisibility like the character played by Christopher Eccleston in a few episodes. Though I have to admit time travel/freezing would be cool too.

Shame on you, confessing aspirations to possess filthy Mutie powers!

Luckily for me, I don't actually possess any treasonous mutations...

...besides PYROKENESIS! BURN! BURN!

I'm a good little citizen I am... good... citizen...

Taking powers from others, duh...That's only useful if there's other people with powers though..

I'm getting old...
For me:
The regenerating superhero is Wolverine
The teleporting Nightcrawler
The power stealer is Rogue
and so on...

Why hasn't anyone proposed X-ray vision yet ? :D

If there was no Taking power from others in the option, i would have chosen Fire and Radiation.

Fire is cool!!! And it is kinda unfair that Peter Petrelli can get all the power without killing and others can't.

So I just watched most of the first season of Heroes for the first time. I know there was a thread on this before a while ago, which I didn't really read because at that point I had never seen it.

So I'm making a thread about it and asking which power you would have if you could choose from the ones seen in the show.

I'd choose Linderman's power of healing things most likely. That could do a lot of good. Mind-reading like Parkman's power would also be cool, and so would Micah's power of making machines work. My brother said he'd want Micah's power, and my dad said he'd like to fly like Nathan Petrelli best.

So which would you choose?
The obvious choice would be Peter's power, which is to have every other power. However, I don't think I would pick that, for fear that I would become a greasy idiot like Peter. Maybe that's the karmic trade off; you get awesome superpowers at the expense of any intellect you may once have possessed.

Among these, time manipulation.

If other powers are allowed, space manipulation and dimensional travel. Traveling to other dimensions would grant me access to artifacts that could easily emulate the other powers.

Peter Petrelli's ability of copy powers is great in the Heroes universe, but not quite so good around here (AFAIK no powers to copy). Time travel is a little scary (it would suck if I accidentally changed time so Hitler won WW2), so I'd pick telekinesis like what the first guy Sylar killed had.

agree, but I also want to be able to control them once I get them.....don't wanna go nuclear and have to fly out to space and explode or anything.

although, if I get time travel maybe I can hang out with Hiro.

Which begs the question - why didn't Peter Petrelli just fly himself into space when he went nova? It was the first Power he acquired. I really enjoyed the series, but that point made the climax rather disappointing for me.

As for non-Heroes Powers, I'd go for the ability to control energy - pretty much encompasses most other abilities (invisibility, flight, teleportation, healing, telekinesis...).

Which begs the question - why didn't Peter Petrelli just fly himself into space when he went nova? I really enjoyed the series, but that point made the climax rather disappointing for me.

Don't get me started on all the ways that the finale episode was a pile of crap...

Taking powers from others, duh...

Why does nobody else see this? Taking powers from others(as I understand it, I don't watch Heroes) basically means you get all the poll options and moar.

Why does nobody else see this? Taking powers from others(as I understand it, I don't watch Heroes) basically means you get all the poll options and moar.
Yes, but in the Heroes universe you would have to be a desperately ugly, catastrophically stupid, and socially inept loser who manages to fail at pretty much everything despite having every single superpower you want.

Have I mentioned that Peter Patrelli sucks?

Taking powers from others, duh...QFT, duh.

Which begs the question - why didn't Peter Petrelli just fly himself into space when he went nova? It was the first Power he acquired. I really enjoyed the series, but that point made the climax rather disappointing for me.

As for non-Heroes Powers, I'd go for the ability to control energy - pretty much encompasses most other abilities (invisibility, flight, teleportation, healing, telekinesis...).

this is something I have discussed at length with my husband who is apparently a professional Heroes apologist, the current excuse/theory/BS is that maybe he couldn't control other powers while out of control of the nuclear explosion thingy happening to him.....

whatever.

I do hope he and his brother really did blow up though. Also, I hope Hiro is very important next season, because he is hawt.

Yes, but in the Heroes universe you would have to be a desperately ugly, catastrophically stupid, and socially inept loser who manages to fail at pretty much everything despite having every single superpower you want.

Have I mentioned that Peter Patrelli sucks?

Wouldn't that mean that all the people who want the time control stuff would have to be little asian guys?(I know which one Hiro is from teh Smunk)

Wouldn't that mean that all the people who want the time control stuff would have to be little asian guys?(I know which one Hiro is from teh Smunk)
Why? I didn't list "white dude" as one of the power-sucking-dude's features.

Peter's ethnicity is the only neutral thing about him, really. Everything else about him is either beyond awesome (his superpowers) or beyond awful (all other features).

Why? I didn't list "white dude" as one of the power-sucking-dude's features.

Peter's ethnicity is the only neutral thing about him, really. Everything else about him is either beyond awesome (his superpowers) or beyond awful (all other features).

Can't I just get the cool power stealing stuff and not be made of fail? Please?

Especially if I end up having to save the world, regeneration. Also, Claire Bennet is my favorite character.

For me it would be to create virtual instances of myself. the possibilities! :)

agree, but I also want to be able to control them once I get them.....don't wanna go nuclear and have to fly out to space and explode or anything.

although, if I get time travel maybe I can hang out with Hiro.well, practice. he had to practice to gain control over the powers he had. Ken's power he just tried to contain.

and Unfortunatly, Peter is back in Season 2. (or so it seems.)

Luckily for me, I don't actually possess any treasonous mutations...

...besides PYROKENESIS! BURN! BURN!

I'm a good little citizen I am... good... citizen... COMMIE-MUTIE-TRAITOR!!! :eek: ;)

Which begs the question - why didn't Peter Petrelli just fly himself into space when he went nova? It was the first Power he acquired. I really enjoyed the series, but that point made the climax rather disappointing for me.because he was focused on trying NOT to go nuclear

As for non-Heroes Powers, I'd go for the ability to control energy - pretty much encompasses most other abilities (invisibility, flight, teleportation, healing, telekinesis...). Molecular Control (Molecue Man)

this is something I have discussed at length with my husband who is apparently a professional Heroes apologist, the current excuse/theory/BS is that maybe he couldn't control other powers while out of control of the nuclear explosion thingy happening to him.....
Pretty much. after all, can you cook a meal and drive at the same time? Remember his "training" he was getting from Invisiblity man... he has to concentrate to access each power. so he had to stop trying to contain the nuclear power in him to access flight.


whatever.

I do hope he and his brother really did blow up though. Also, I hope Hiro is very important next season, because he is hawt.
*looks in the mirror*

... damn! :( :p

Well, my favorite power is the ability to negate all forces on yourself, I dreamed that one up though. If I had to pick from one of the one's from Heroes, I'd pick the cheerleader's power (I don't remember the names very well).

But still, the ability to negate forces, you could be invincible and sort of hover! It would be awesome!

Surely if all movement requires two forces , the body exerting a force on the ground, and the ground exerting a force on the body, if you negated all forces, then you wouldnt be able to move at all?

Why hasn't anyone proposed X-ray vision yet ? :D

Why would I need X-ray vision if I could freeze time around me...I could do/take/ whatever I wanted from anyone and then be half way around the world before I unfroze time...

Seeing the future. That way I'd know which stocks to buy.

Reality manipulation. Sort of like Jean/Phoenix from X-Men but bumped up a few notches. Second choice would be appearance manipulation such as Mystique's.

I would like the power to become a certain cheerleader outfit.:cool: