Superpowers

A cool question among the geekier amongst us is this:  If you could have any superpower what would it be?  Super-strength, flight, the ability to shoot lasers out of your eyes, etc. etc?

I’ve toyed with several.  A neat one would be the ability to freeze stuff.  Water, the air, drinks. Want that keg colder?  No problem.  Want to see the annoying fat guy in the next cubicle slip on his ass?  You got it.

How about invisibility?  The problem here is unless you develop some sort of invisible fabric, the most effective way of using your powers is when you are naked.  Weather becomes a factor and let’s not even go into the whole see-through digestive tract thing.  Yechh.

Telekenisis would be cool, but would probably require a lot of concentration.  Mentally raising the car to get underneath and change your oil and then suddenly distracted by a squirrel.  Not good, my friend.

Forget about telepathy.  The last thing I want to know is what other people think of me.

The power to heal is intriguing.  Not self-healing like Wolverine, but the ability to heal other people.  Cancer, heart disease, pain, wounds all can be healed by my touch.  Where would you go with this?  Set up shop someplace and charge money or just do it for free.  Become some sort of military weapon and heal soldiers in battle in an instant.  The quasi-religious implications are also fascinating.  To me, seeing someone in distress or pain and being able to heal them and give them back their lives is the reward.

My son has a unique condition and for awhile was in great pain.  Taking prescription pain medicine wasn’t enough (and we tried everything short of a morphine pump).  It wasn’t until he underwent an experimental procedure that he was pain free.  If at any point, I could unburden my son of his pain with a simple touch, I would have.  Super-power indeed?

Great fun at keg parties!