In the fictional world, the use of superpowers has fascinated audiences with its charm and use in combat. According to many people, it reflects the aura of the character in science fiction and popular culture. The superpowers mostly include the phenomenon of speed, teleportation and inner strength. On popular demand and to add more charm to the shows and movies, unusual and new abilities and strengths are incorporated into the fictional characters. These powers may not be used during the fight response but can be entertaining for audiences of all age groups.
We’ll delve into ten different and thought-provoking superpowers as incorporated into the popular culture of media:
10) Omnilingualism:
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The power of Omnilingualism refers to the ability to speak and understand any language without any hindrance. It makes a valuable asset of a fictional character. This power is referred to as “All Speak” by Thor. It helps the character to communicate effectively without any hindrances with people from diverse backgrounds. It also facilitates ease of traveling from place to place.
Without this power, it would have been very difficult to navigate the vast world and understand or decipher the foreign culture. In the fictional world, many characters like The Traveler, Shazam from Rise of the Guardians, Jason Bourne and Alex the Alien from The Invincible possess this power of Omnilingualism.
9) Indestructible Digestion:
Indestructible Digestion comes from a powerful and extraordinary digestive system that can ingest almost anything, without harming the body’s function. This power is mostly acclaimed in the comic books.
The comic universe of Matter-Eater from Superheroes DC possesses this power or a stomach that can ingest almost anything, without any harm. Other cartoon characters for instance Daffy The Duck from Warner Brothers, Scooby-Doo and The Hulk possess this ability. In various episodes, they’re shown to ingest explosives without causing any damage to them.
8) Liquid Transmutation:
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Liquid Transmutation is the weirdest and most fascinating power. It can be best described as punching a robber in an attempt to escape during the robbery. Instead of getting wounded, your fist goes through their body and they turn into a puddle of mud. Weird? Right! This is the power of Liquid Transmutation. The bodies of enemies or villains are turned into a liquid-like substance. This power possesses a unique ability of flexibility and strength.
The characters that possess clay-like faces or adapt to mud-like areas usually have this power. In the X-men universe, Mercury, Plastic Man and Brainiac possess this unique power.
7) Technothapy:
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Technothapy is a very interesting superpower. It is the superpower used to manipulate and control the technology. The fictional character that possesses this superpower can exploit the technology according to their interests. In the 21st century, it is a very valuable asset of fictional characters. With this superpower, they can also change the world.
Many fictional characters possess this intriguing super-power like Viral from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Neo from The Matrix, Ultron from The Marvel Universe and Brainiac from DC Superhero Universe.
6) Density Manipulation:
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Density Manipulation is a unique superpower that few fictional characters possess. This unique superpower allows the characters to change the density of their bodies. It means they can make their body light, strong or heavy according to the forces of nature or villains. The characters also have the additional advantage of being invisible to combat the villains and enemies.
The characters that possess this power are Firestorm from DC, Big Bertha from Marvel and Duck Zhang from Gone.
5) Reactive Adaptation:
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Reactive Adaptation is a very interesting and powerful superpower. It possesses the ability for individuals to respond to forces of nature, by adapting to one’s physical form or characteristics in response to a specific threat or fight response. This power allows individuals to transform themselves completely to survive in certain circumstances. This power’s triggering stimuli are any environmental change, emotional change, physical threat or instinctive response.
The Hulk from the Marvels and X-Men have together brought this power instantaneously into the fictional characters to keep the audiences intrigued.
4) Dimensional Storage:
Dimensional Storage power can be best understood by the Doraemon’s character. Doraemon has a belly pocket that stores almost anything. He can put an infinite amount of weight, from small gadgets to heavy machines in a pocket that is smaller than the objects that he puts inside. So, it is the ability to access and store objects in an extra-dimensional space or a pocket. This power helps the fictional characters store the objects and retrieve them easily.
This power is seen to be possessed by The Spot from Marvel, Green Lantern from DC, Doraemon from Adventures of Doraemon and Nobita and Lion from Steven Universe.
3) Empathic Influence:
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Empathic Influence might be one of the most useful superpowers. I can bet even humans in today’s world would love to have this power to sense, understand and feel the emotions of their loved ones and people around them. This superpower can sense and bond emotionally. These spiritual powers can be used to heal others through a profound sense of trauma and pain. They can help understand an individual and try to surround them with positive emotions, eradicating the negative aura. It can also help to extract important insights about the enemies through emotional manipulation. These can also be seen in the form of telepathy or by reading one’s thoughts.
The notable example of this superpower is Mantis from Marvel’s Universe and Empath from the comic character of Marvel Comics.
2) Conditional Powers:
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Conditional powers are the superpowers that usually remain dormant during favorable conditions. As the threat sparks or uncertain circumstances are met, these superpowers are activated. These superpowers can be triggered by emotional states, mental states or situational conditions. Examples of these powers may include super speed when scared or anxious condition and shape-shifting when an individual is touched.
The fictional characters that possess these conditional powers are Ben’s Omniverse from Ben10, Spider-Man from The Marvels, World Twins from DC Universe and Samson.
1) Reality Changing Muscles:
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The Reality Changing Muscles is a superpower that refers to only one of the characters from the DC Comics Universe i-e Flex Mentallo. This power can alter reality. This concept of fictional power is quite complicated as it possesses abstract concepts. It contains the ability of the brain to perceive things and re-organize them. It is closely related to the placebo effect. It is a human capacity to formulate reality.
This character is only possessed by Flex Mentello from the DC Comics Universe and is only activated when Flex is met with a physical attack. If he gets injured and tired through his superpowers he can be able to revive again, without any physical injury. The interesting fact is that the specific trigger for these superpowers is still oblivious. This factual question leaves audiences and fans around the globe with creative ideas and interpretations of his superpowers. This creativity keeps the audiences intrigued and open to all the possible implications.
Conclusion
These superpowers don’t exist in the real world. These powers are only limited to one’s own utopian state or science fictional world. Just like spices add flavour to the food, these superpowers work in the same way to create engaging content for its audiences to keep them intrigued.
