#power and ability wise

[jasontoddsguns]

Give Wonder woman Billy batson

Wonder Woman with a son, what will she do.

#dc #asks #inbox #wonder woman #billy batson #shazam #captain Marvel #honestly it makes sense #power and ability wise

[purpleshadow-star]

Imagine if Nico could learn to control when he turns into shadows.

Like, in The Blood of Olympus Nico would start fading after shadow traveling too much, and sometimes Reyna and Coach Hedge wouldn't be able to touch him, and one time he even accidentally walked through a tree. Imagine if he learned to control that intangibility.

Imagine if he could just turn parts of his body into shadows. Imagine if, in a fight, someone swings at him, and he knows he can't dodge in time, so he turns into shadows for a second so the weapon goes right through him, and while his enemy is confused he uses the distraction to land the final blow.

Imagine if he could just walk/reach through walls and doors and stuff.

I just think that, for someone with the title of ghost king (and as a child of the Underworld), he deserves more ghost-like powers.

#i might write a fic about this 🤔 #we'll see #i just think itd be so cool #he would be the best at a haunted house #and it would be so useful in fights #maybe now that he's taking better care of himself post tsats he'll have enough energy to not get so tired after using his powers #so itll be safer to start experimenting with smth like this #tbh i think nico has the best potential power-wise bc the underworld is so vast so he could potentially have a lot of different abilities #hazel too tbh #like we've seen that nico can control the earth/rocks so i bet hazel has some contol over the dead and she just hasnt really tried yet #but im getting off topic lol #point is i think nico should have the ability to basically become a ghost at will (but not in the dying way) #nico di angelo #riordanverse #rick riordan #heros of olympus #pjo hoo toa

[anghraine]

I think it's interesting that when Gandalf describes Denethor's ability to "perceive, if he bends his will thither, much of what is passing in the minds of men," he ties it less to his wisdom or general insightfulness (though he possesses both) than to his difference from "other men of this time," his near total Númenóreanness, and as bolded here, the active exercise of his will.

Tolkien also attributes Denethor's resilience against Sauron (by contrast with Saruman) to not only his right to use the Anor-stone, but "great strength of will." He notes that Sauron had no servant with greater mental powers than Saruman or Denethor, and Gandalf remarks that Denethor was "too great" to be subdued to Sauron's will.

Denethor and Gandalf have a strange and unsettling silent confrontation, carried on by their gazes, yet it strikes Pippin as like "a line of smouldering fire" and "as if reading each other's mind." Gandalf afterwards says Pippin was stuck between two "terrible old men," lumping Denethor in with himself. Pippin also sees some kind of kinship between Denethor and Gandalf, as Sam saw between Faramir and Gandalf.

In his letters, Tolkien said that the ancient Númenóreans became barely distinguishable from Elves in appearance and in their powers of mind. In Unfinished Tales, he notes that they loved their horses, and when a Númenórean had a strong bond with a horse, it was said that the horse could be summoned "by thought alone."

In LOTR, Faramir—who has inherited Denethor's Númenóreanness/wizardliness—has a reputation for command over both animals and men. When everyone else is thrown by their horses upon being chased by five Nazgûl, he not only keeps his seat, but mysteriously gets his horse to ride back towards the Nazgûl. And during the retreat across the Pelennor, the soldiers in the city conclude that Faramir must be with the men who are managing to retreat in order, repeating Beregond's remark that he has some undefined command over both men and beasts.

Gandalf suggests that this is a result of Faramir pitting himself against the effects of the Nazgûl in some way, but his abilities (whatever they are) are outmatched. In the event, the effect of Faramir's Aura of Courage commanding abilities remains until he's shot and finally falls to the Black Breath.

Faramir also makes repeated references to perceiving or reading things in Gollum's mind. At one point, he describes Gollum's mind as dark and closed, yet unable to prevent Faramir from detecting that he's holding something back about Cirith Ungol specifically. Noticeably, this only happens when Faramir orders Gollum to look at him (which Gollum does "unwillingly"), and the light drains from his eyes as he meets Faramir's. It seems decidedly reminiscent of the later Gandalf vs Denethor duel-by-eye-contact.

Faramir's exact words about Gollum's secrecy are "That much I perceived clearly in his mind," in reference to his earlier questioning of him. He says that he can "read" previous murders in Gollum and Gollum cries out in pain when he tries to lie to him.

When Faramir gives staves to Frodo and Sam, he says that a "virtue" of finding and returning has been placed on them, with zero explanation of what he means by that. He adds a hope that the virtue will not altogether fail under Sauron's power in Mordor. He describes the people who did the woodwork but not who placed the virtues (it doesn't seem inherent to the wood itself, given his phrasing).

We do know that Dúnedain can potentially embed enchantments into items. The Barrow-daggers carried by Merry and Pippin are specifically enchanted against the Witch-king of Angmar by an unknown Dúnadan of the North, and when Merry stabs the Witch-king, the dagger breaks enough spells for Éowyn's ordinary sword to finish the job.

Meanwhile, Aragorn uses his healing powers to help the city, wishing for the presence of Elrond, because he is their eldest of their kind and more powerful. Aragorn, also, has at least some part of this ability to actively exercise his will and mental powers, perhaps an equal share, though he uses it less often.

In the book, he doesn't physically attack the Mouth of Sauron, but instead holds his gaze (again, eye contact is important!). There's another silent struggle that involves no weaponry or any other contact.

He prevails in some way over the Mouth of Sauron (not a warped creature of Sauron in the book, but a cruel Númenórean who has "learned great sorcery"). The Mouth indignantly says he has diplomatic immunity and can't be attacked like this.

But, I mean, maybe they're all just smart and perceptive, it's really unclear.

#eldritch dúnedain WHEN #because i am very aware that this could be deeply unsettling if presented just a bit differently! #but it is wild to me that tolkien can outright say 'this guy is a númenórean who learned sorcery' #and people are still like 'but can númenóreans use magic. i guess we'll never know.' #or have faramir give his whole speech about what gollum's mind looks like to him and what he can see clearly in it #fandom: idk it's just really unclear #gandalf: denethor can see what happens in other people's minds if he exercises his will #fandom: a great mystery ... maybe he's just very wise and insightful??? #tolkien: the dúnadan who enchanted the daggers would be happy to know his spells worked and helped defeat the witch-king #fandom: númenórean craftmanship is /skilled/ of course but how can we make this about elves #honestly it seems like people don't /want/ númenóreans to have supernatural abilities and i'm not sure why #humans who have elvish-style powers and appearance yet can never escape their humanity is SUCH a concept #(yes i will harp on this until the end of time) #anghraine babbles #legendarium fanwank #legendarium blogging #long post #húrinionath

[rocksanddeadflowers]

Kvasir messes me up so so so fucking much you guys. Like I understand the vikings had a different approach to death and yada yada so forth whatever arguments you wanna make they're reasonable but still it. I just.

You mean this beloved man, known for his wisdom and poem and song, and who went around helping people with his wisdom and poem and song and was dearly beloved by the gods just. You guys he was straight up murdered and his blood stolen for magic fucking mead. There's no revenge for his murder or anything it's just that Odin saved his mead.

"Folk declares that every skald (poet) has a drop of Kvasir's blood in him. ... because a world without it's poets would be too dreadful a place to image."

Messed up or not, he lives on in poets, storytellers, and songwriters alike- all those with the understanding of the power of word, the wisdom to yield it.

In The Bifrost Incident it's still the same. His blood pumping and fueling the machine, running through arcane glyphs. He's always just been used for his blood, and even more irony drawn from it likely being Odin gaining the most use from his blood.

And yet, no matter how miniscule it may seem, Kvasir still lives on in his universe there too, in poets and songwriters and storytellers- somehow, The Mechanisms carry a piece of him in their travels ever since his death and Yddrasil's fall, just as you and I may have his blood in our veins.

#RAAAAAAA KVASIR!!!!!!! HE WAS THE FIRST POET I'M PUNCHING AIR!!!!!! #as someone who feels drawn to the power of word (i like writing heehoo) he messes me UP #also to clarify my books say that Odin wanted a draught of the mead bc the mead gives the drinker the powers of kvair #and Odin didn't need kavsir's wisdom odin already got that from the well he wanted kavsir's tongue #his ability and fluidity of speech #honestly the Myths really jump around from “Odin is a mystical all knowing otherworldly wise being to be respected” #to “heehoo big smart eye patch man” #which is what happens when you choose to study a religion long since mixed up by cultural changes and views #aka ppl making shit up for personal biases or compromises #the mechanisms #the bifrost incident #the mechanisms tbi

[brain-rot-central]

Someone please throw a rope down the well because I'm deep in here thinking about how AA could very well be how Astarion was pre-Cazador and I'm

#help me #i have rotted my brain right through #ascended astarion #i mean personality wise btw #obv not the literal special powers and abilities

[luxu-loveskh]

High card x persona 5

Gotta draw my fav ship as my other fav ship

#character wise the roleswitch doesnt fit #since finn(yellow) is sunshine boy that is probably more ryuji but uf i go with the card powers #Neo new nambu aka the ability to soummon the gun neo new nambu anytime it fits to akechi #mostly tho because now akechi can shoot hoker anytime since joker seutched with chris and chris ability calorie high is immortality #akeshu #shuake #high card #persona 5 #persona 5 royal #p5 #p5r #akechi goro

[borderlandsmostwanted]

I think the twins had the potential to be the best borderlands antagonists if they were handled properly. Like if gearbox pulled more from reality it could have been a really interesting concept about parasocial relationships, the dangers of blurring the lines between online and reality, and how idolization can turn someone into a faux god

#i also dont think their power should have been draining 'life force' per se #i dont mind the leeching but i think it would have made a more interesting choice if it feed off peoples regular energy you know what i mea #like it wouldn't kill someone but it would steal their abilities still (like with lilith) #like the metaphor still works ig if you are killing people but #like having hoards of emotionless (and really rather pathetic in anything but numbers) husks of bandits? #i think that would have been fun #and have the 'reward' for their most loyal and strongest fans be. giving their power to the twins #in return.. they might look at you #you know like you gotta set that stuff up more. They've gotta be really convincing (yes even to bandits) #anyway am i spouting nonsense yay or nay #borderlands #text #troy calypso #tyreen calypso #this isnt hate to them as they are i just see them in my vision #i could fix them ❤️ (character wise; which would actually make them worse as in eviler) #bl3 #borderlands 3

[da-janela-lateral]

Thinking a lot about Ghost Reigen AU these days.

#like how fucked up could that be #this lonely ten year old boy. one who whose powers isolate him from the world in a way he doesn't really understand yet #besides the certainty that they are bad and made him hurt people he cared about #this child finally meets someone who understands his experiences and can teach him how to use these abilities for good #his trusted master; who seemed to know everything and guide him into a better path #...and that no one else could see #reigen on the other side showed himself as this wise and confident mentor; when in reality he never had an idea of what to do #isn't this what maintained him at this world? the lingering wish to one day become someone? even if he didn't get what it meant? #sorry I'm rambling this might not make sense #there is SO MUCH to explore in this AU I'm very curious to what would be reigen's objectives and dillemas here #mp100 #mob psycho 100

[ninjasmudge]

for the entanglement au, ik you probably have some lore n nice shit going on between "mac escapes LBD" and "Mac n Wukong are now living together in a ship, chaotic hand in tired hand in love", but like, i've been cracking up the past 5 minutes over the idea of Macaque, upon escaping, fully cyborg despite having once been normal, and now being housed w swk, the two of them awkwardly hanging around unsure of what to do, that situation? Macaque decides to solve it by "If i annoy him enough, im sure we can pick up where we left off and pretend everythings alright".

Cue, wukong, like 2 or 3 days later, lap full of metal that likes causing problems for a living, going: Why do I have the vaguest sensation I've been duped

(Macaque still does not get out of the awkward and emotional conversation, kudos for the try tho)

ANON YOU GET IT

#lego monkie kid #monkie kid #mk #entanglement au #maqs so emotionally driven and he filly lets himself be driven like that because it proves to him that hes still a personnot a machine #due to some stuff lbd put him through he has problems with that #macaque in this au is actually very fun because hes extremely powerful in universe bc he can track these signals that EVERYONE wants #and on top of that swks power is actually becoming unstable although he hasnt told anyone that #so theyre closer on like.. not fighting power but ability wise theyre closer than macaque knows #anyway that you for putting this so well jddbdmdjdkdjddk #shadowpeach

[cleric4vampire]

& please share why/why not in the tags (if you so desire)!

#I don't think this is spoilery because larian talks about it a lot and you find out pretty early on #but if you think I should tag it as a spoiler just let me know #PERSONALLY. I will mostly be giving in. my tav (Aune) doesn't like to hoard power for power's sake #but she does believe that power keeps other people from enacting their will upon her. and power ensures survival #meta-wise I don't really have her use the powers in dialogue all that often; she's charismatic enough. but she does use them in battle #so I'm interested to see how that will turn out especially once more of the abilities are unlocked... 👀 #also my bad if someone else has already done this poll #HOWEVER I AM SO SCARED ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES #bg3 #baldur's gate 3

[also-fours]

#spider man ps4 #spider man 2 ps5 #insomniac games #gwen stacy #eddie brock #...look. i love gwen too #but #i just feel that she has less to offer gameplay-wise as opposed to venom #since she doesn't have any unique abilities and yes she mainly uses a symbiote in the comics last time i checked but we already have that #with black suit peter #they could make it different i guess but i dunno i'd rather just have venom be a playable character in the next game and he throws cars and #stuff #there'd be nothing wrong with adding a playable female spider character but i just think it should be someone with a more unique power set #than gwen and not something that would blend in with stuff these games are already doing

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

If there is at least one thing I can credit FE for doing better than Tales in localization, it's not trying to actively go out of their way for an entire game to avoid subtext or direct text between two men that is romantic or implied romantic. Funny when it's so present that the attempt doesn't even work; infuriating that it was attempted to begin with.

So as much as I often have issues with some of FE's localizations, at least they have a leg up on loc Tales for that.

#DCB Comments #imagine changing entire sentences and vocal tones just to try to avoid it #if anything I'd say at least in FE the locs just... keep what's there like #they could've toned Soren and Houses Yuri down and they didn't. they just kept their lines or in some cases #especially with Houses Yuri I'd say leaned into them #have to specify bc Houses Yuri got to keep his bi agenda. Vesperia Yuri had the unfortunate issue of #the loc not wanting to keep his gay and trying reeeeally hard to avoid it #including altering entire sentences to avoid any woe is them misunderstandings about men having feelings for each other #meanwhile Houses Yuri is free to call men cute and lo and behold everyone loved that for him #they removed and altered a LOT of Vesperia Yuri's personality traits #(including any ability to express real sadness or fear bc woe is them if he's not a cool edgy man) #but they also really changed his tone toward Flynn PLUS some of what they say to each other #and twisted it to make it sound like Yuri was either angry or wasn't actually emotional abt him #forget the way they brought Grant George in for the DE release and made him sound just completely DEAD with zero personality #like. I can tolerate playing Houses dubbed despite my gripes with it (story based stuff) #it didn't feel like they were trying to alter LBGT+ aspects and they even for some rly leaned into it #basically if you haven't played Vesperia Yuri is... really gay coded. the loc pretended not to notice #in fact he's queer + gay coded bc and doesn't fit male gender norms and the gacha games LOVE that with his hair/outfits #Rays mind you is JP only bc it was shut down very quickly in the west and Vesp Yuri's story in Rays is uh #basically it centers around Flynn he loses his shit to protect Flynn and they do the usual like #don't-admit-it's-gay-outright in fictional media by using the ''Yuri's important person'' shtick #but he activates a special power in the middle of utterly raging to get Flynn back from their enemies #funny thing? that game never made it to that arc. I was told in about five months the western ver would've gotten that #but in some way I'm glad it didn't bc who knows how they would've tried to spin that #It's BAFFLING to me how you can get characters in Tales like JAY but the locs shake in their boots at the idea of queer gays #but given how allergic fictional media is to admitting a male character is gay -gestures to Ike and Vesp Yuri- #I'm not surprised I'm just actually angry that the locs try to censor homosexual relationships as much as possible even when they barely ca #if anyone does know Vesp Yuri and is confused on why I'm calling him gay coded despite what the dub did with Judith feel free to ask #bc I do ship them a little bit myself! but I just recognize that canon wise I really can't see him as anything but gay-demiromantic #but again at least FE locs don't shake in their boots anymore abt same sex pairs including men (side eyes Lucius/Raven)

[depressedhatakekakashi]

I love anime

I hate anime fandom because power-scaling arguments are BS and need to die

But i love anime :)

#who am i kidding #powerscaling is not just an argument for anime #it’s everywhere #but still #it’s a stupid ass debate that’s 95% based off of headcanons and favorism #not actual fact #‘naruto could beat Goku’ sit your ass down Naruto universe doesn’t even touch DBZ universe power wise #they’re on a whole ass different level #‘itachi could beat obito’ no he couldn’t sit down #‘Obito surpassed Kakashi’ Kakashi got an eye that gave him cool powers but also hindered him a lot #obito got a whole bunch of hax abilities and power up’s with no real draw backs #like Hashirama cells #one vs one with just their base skills #they are actually even #‘itachi could best Sasuke’ no???? no!!!! the only person who’s not an actual alien god in some way that can beat Sasuke #is Naruto

[flavia8]

Raybearer is so good! I loved it. It's a bit weirdly paced and has it's fair share of traits that define it as a young adult book (Things that are common in books aimed at that demographic) It's very creative and thoroughly enjoyable, I enjoyed the magic system and the world.

#eta #raybearer #I enjoyed it so much more than Blood and Bone or Blood Scion #or a song of wraiths and ruin #Those books are not bad!!! (Well. I think they're quite average.) #I just think Raybearer is better XD #my Issues with the other ones are that they are -generic- plot and character and even sometimes magic wise despite drawing on inspirations #not often highlighed in books published in the US #(Blood Scion at least is Somewhat memorable so it ranks a middle distant second to Raybearer) #But if you held a knife to my throat and told me to say ANYTHING specific to A Song of Wraiths and ruin ( 1 MC suffers from migraines?) #or Blood and Bone (Legit cannot remember anything about it) #(Other than like tropes) #Enemy prince love interest #mc is the chosen one with unique powers #Actually thats a thing I really enjoy about Raybearer!! The reason the MC has her abilities is well realized and makes perfect sense #It's a very good feminist story!

[sevinite]

my power as an artist is such that i could draw therem harth rem ir estraven in one of the outfits pictured below and no one could feasibly do anything about it

i’m not going to. BUT I COULD. and he’d eat if i did i think

#the ability to bring your imagination to like via waving a stylus around is incredible #i choose to wield this power wisely #and y’know maybe i’ll change my mind on this like maybe i Will draw estraven in those fits #maybe i’ll draw genly in smth absurd as well #who knows #sev.txt #tlhod

[furyisms]

#visuals. ❖﹙ been knocked out been beat down ⋄ ain't nothing you can tell us now. ﹚ #visuals. ❖﹙ been knocked out been beat down ⋄ ain’t nothing you can tell us now. ﹚ #i’m honestly glad that there’s a mod for the n7 fury armour that I can use for Liss #because her original design (combat-wise anyway) was based on the N7 Fury from the multiplayer #bc it was one of my fave classes to play #so while i can’t do it in single-player (boo) I do headcanon that she does the little biotic flip-teleport shenanigans #you blink and she’s gone through a wall or cover and is punching something #(and yes. that does mean annihilation field is her primary ability. modders give me power to us that in single player pls thx)