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LadyButterfly she/her piefed.blahaj.zone LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-10
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gegil sopuli.xyz gegil@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-15
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Time flow control. The ability to fast-forward, slow-down, skip and pause the passage of time.

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sunbrrnslapper lemmy.world sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-10
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The ability to not need sleep.

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speedythefirst lemmy.zip speedythefirst@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-02-21
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Teleportation. Imagine being able to go anywhere in the world on a whim. There'd be no travel time, no transport costs, no barriers stopping you. You could literally go anywhere and do (almost) anything.

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Tywèle piefed.social Tywele@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-08-08
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Shapeshifting

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OliveBrittle piefed.ca OliveBrittle@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-08-11
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I like the thought of telepathy being both a blessing and a curse admittedly.

I'd be able to know what people are truly thinking, how they think, and what they think of their own thoughts.

It's weird. Yes you'd learn things you'd probably be better off not knowing or learn some deep secrets about people that might be intrusive or deeply personal, but on the other hand, you could almost be manipulative in a good way with that knowledge.

Always knowing the right thing to say, always knowing what people struggle with, knowing what they need and how to convince them to access the help they require, and even perhaps pulling at strings to get them access to resources they otherwise wouldn't be able to.

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erotador lemmy.blahaj.zone erotador@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-10-16
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never be too hot or too cold, even in extreme weather

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ZDL lazysoci.al ZDL@lazysoci.al
Joined: 2025-06-06
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The power to reset the universe and start it all over again until it learns to do things right.

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birdwing lemmy.blahaj.zone birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-19
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The power to reset the universe and start it all over again until it learns to do things right.

Pucci? Is that you

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ZDL lazysoci.al ZDL@lazysoci.al
Joined: 2025-06-06
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Pucci? Is that you

Who?

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newbeni lemmy.world newbeni@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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never be too hot or too cold, even in extreme weather

I think this one is my favorite, I would love that so much!

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That_Bitch_Is_Cily lemmy.blahaj.zone That_Bitch_Is_Cily@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-07-27
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Thaumaturgy. Nothing major, just enough to slightly change aspects of my surroundings at will. Someone tailgates me while driving, now their check engine light is on and their engine is making a weird, undiagnosable noise. A man cat calls me, he now has an unscratchable itch. A kid is upset, now they suddenly taste candy. I feel like there's so much good or evil that could he done by making nearly undetectable changes to the physical world.

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Okokimup lemmy.world Okokimup@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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Thaumaturgy. Nothing major, just enough to slightly change aspects of my surroundings at will. Someone tailgates me while driving, now their check engine light is on and their engine is making a weird, undiagnosable noise. A man cat calls me, he now has an unscratchable itch. A kid is upset, now they suddenly taste candy. I feel like there's so much good or evil that could he done by making nea...

I have never heard that term, and I love it, excellent choice.

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Okokimup lemmy.world Okokimup@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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The power to reset the universe and start it all over again until it learns to do things right.

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That_Bitch_Is_Cily lemmy.blahaj.zone That_Bitch_Is_Cily@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-07-27
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I have never heard that term, and I love it, excellent choice.

I only know it from DnD lol but it was always really fun to mess with things at random.

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birdwing lemmy.blahaj.zone birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-19
#16 · (edited) Quote Reply

Who?

Character from Hirohiko Araki's "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", a manga that features all sorts of characters with magical powers. One of them (Pucci) features a character who, through personal growth, eventually can reset the universe.

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velma sh.itjust.works velma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-07
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Thaumaturgy. Nothing major, just enough to slightly change aspects of my surroundings at will. Someone tailgates me while driving, now their check engine light is on and their engine is making a weird, undiagnosable noise. A man cat calls me, he now has an unscratchable itch. A kid is upset, now they suddenly taste candy. I feel like there's so much good or evil that could he done by making nea...

A man cat calls me,

Initially, I read this is a "man cat" calling you and I had a giggle picturing a tom cat giving you a ring on the telephone lol

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That_Bitch_Is_Cily lemmy.blahaj.zone That_Bitch_Is_Cily@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-07-27
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A man cat calls me, Initially, I read this is a "man cat" calling you and I had a giggle picturing a tom cat giving you a ring on the telephone lol

The audacity lol don't call me

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fable (she/they) beehaw.org pranaless@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-23
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fae rules of hospitality. breaking them would incur a proportional, potentially supernatural price. goes both ways ofc

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bloomnolia piefed.social bloomnolia@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-07-28
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

Mentally controlling my placement in space. Think like an advanced teleportation where it can also enable levitation and flight/swimming/space movement. Where I want to be there I am, no gravity. Maybe the only challenge is I have to move with Earth's rotation or I start to fix in a specific point of space and get left behind.

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Nefara lemmy.world Nefara@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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The ability to move and exist outside of time whenever I want. I would love to just hit pause on the entire world, and travel or explore or catch up on projects and chores or just binge a really good video game. If I got lonely or bored I would just slip back into the timeline. It would be a sneaky form of immortality too, because living outside of time could mean not aging unless time was moving. I could get so much done 😫

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LavaPlanet sh.itjust.works LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-29
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I like the thought of telepathy being both a blessing and a curse admittedly. I'd be able to know what people are truly thinking, how they think, and what they think of their own thoughts. It's weird. Yes you'd learn things you'd probably be better off not knowing or learn some deep secrets about people that might be intrusive or deeply personal, but on the other hand, you could almost be manip...

I've been learning about the brain and some psychology, it really helps to be able to see between the lines of what people think or their motivations and insecurities. I've always had a bit of a read people gift (thanks childhood trauma!). But learning it this way also helped me kill the people pleasing side of me that was super toxic (again, thabks childhood trauma).

I don't recommend the trauma pathway, but I do recommend learning about the brain, you could pick up enough skills to see what's happening internally, for someone. I get it now, how psychologists can tell what's going on with people, without them really saying.

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SuperNovaStar lemmy.blahaj.zone SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-11-12
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Time manipulation, like the ability to save/reload or to forsee different timelines. It's such a powerful force multiplier it's insane!

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scuppie lemmy.blahaj.zone scuppie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-05-07
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Teleportation. People don't always need a superhero. Sometimes they just need somebody to be there.

That or "I cast testicular torsion"

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Okami lemmy.world Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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Shapeshifting

Yes. This.

As a trans girlie, shape-shifting is #1 on the list.

#2 is flight.

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birdwing lemmy.blahaj.zone birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-19
#26 · (edited) Quote Reply

Lastingly change people's stances with a fingersnap to whatever I want. Can work on many at a time (even if I've not seen them), but the more, the longer the cooldown up to a few years.

Let the whole world be less misogynist and queerphobic, more peaceful and favouring labour rights, sustainable, friendly, and less corrupt!

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birdwing lemmy.blahaj.zone birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-19
#27 · (edited) Quote Reply

Teleportation. People don't always need a superhero. Sometimes they just need somebody to be there. That or "I cast testicular torsion"

I think you've cast the last one on me :( hurt more than the broken arm or leg cramps I've ever had

(Though it is ironically due to that, that my egg broke quickier and now I'm the gal I always wanted to be. So thanks!)

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scuppie lemmy.blahaj.zone scuppie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-05-07
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I think you've cast the last one on me :( hurt more than the broken arm or leg cramps I've ever had (Though it is ironically due to that, that my egg broke quickier and now I'm the gal I always wanted to be. So thanks!)

Aw good for you, I won't take credit for another one of us coming out though, that was all you. Feels good right?

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