Hello, I am a newbie - not only to this forum, but also to the great kingdom of nerdihood (meant in a non-derrogitory, admiring kind of way, so please take it as a compliment).
My question is, if you had the ability to travel to any other reality - as yourself - which superhero's powers would you choose to inherit; if you wanted to be the greatest force for 'good' in all other realities you visit?
This means that the abilty would have to be plausibly achieved by being subjected to the same life altering event that the superhero/villain experiences, and are not relient on DNA/ coming from a different planet/ innate ability etc. I only got into comic books, scifi, video games (esp RPGs) etc in the last 8 years (mid 20s, exGF moved in with xbox, PS2 and lots of comics), but now am a big fan. So, I do realise that most people here have a much greater understanding and knowledge of superhero 'canon' and comic book realities.
Although I had seen films like spawn (which I was more of a fan of the soundtrack - - and had liked the comic along with tank girl and the few 2000AD comics I bought as a teenager up until then), it was not until the 1st spiderman movie, and having just swapped careers from being a chef to studying science (and loving physics, and the idea of infinite parallel universes) - that I started to ponder the fantasy of becoming a superperson and 'saving the day'. I know, slightly embarrising.
So, if you could be bitten by the spider (after Mr Parker - although he's not that powerful it is where the idea started), be subjected to the Intrinsic Field Subtractor Dr. Osterman encountered (yes, I know many people dislike Dr Manhattan... but imagine, you could stop the imbalance of power that was the real 'villain' in watchmen), or the experimental particles experienced by Owen Reece, or any other similar scenario... which one/ combination would you choose... and which would there be problems with?
I could see incompatabe DNA, and the mystical side of spideys powers in later (unread by me) comics being a problem with spidey. I could see not having quite the intellect and methodical mind of Osterman being a possible (though not entirely unavoidable) problem for becoming a Dr Manhattan replacement - as well as becoming a fatalist/losing the want/ will/ power to create change; I could see Molecule Man's succeptability to aging and psychic attack (please correct me if wrong) being a problem there.
My main problem now, is that any time I watch/ read scifi, horror and fiction or play a RPG, I imagine an alternate me- with a superhero's powers - saving the day (I've become a megalomaniac). I keep having to refer to sites like this to determine exactly how powerful/ weak these superheroes would be in comparison to the adverseries and advertisies in stories I get involved with.Oh yeah, I might be a bit drunk as well, so apologies for any spelling and logic mistakes (apart from the glaring IT IS FICTION, aint gonna happen Nick one).
I look forward to your response from a very chilly Melbourne.
Starting out as a human I think being given the powers of someone like the Silver Surfer would be awesome. Don't know if I would want the board... but the power hell ya.
Nova thanks for the reply, so how would you convince Galactus that you were worthy of becoming a herald, without doing great harm to the reality you were in (and without allerting galactus that you would disappear to another reality as soon as you had the power and not serve him)?
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@tolchok said:
" Nova thanks for the reply, so how would you convince Galactus that you were worthy of becoming a herald, without doing great harm to the reality you were in (and without allerting galactus that you would disappear to another reality as soon as you had the power and not serve him)? "
Yeah Nova Prime would be boss. Id like Owen Reece or Sentry (minus the insanity) or the Star Brand.
Ah, the/ a green lantern. I did not know much about this superhero until guessing that was the picture and googling (sorry - as mentioned new to this). Green lantern sounds like a worthy candidate, but how would you get a ring, especially without causing a great deficit in positive superpowers when leaving that reality?
These suggestions are all very good, and I thank you for your responses. However, if one were to travel to the relevent comic book universe how would one gain the power of the superhero/ villain suggested.
I unfortunately don't think I personally would be chosen by a more powerful being as the ultimate champion for good (well, OK maybe if they didn't know me too well and hadn't met any of my ex's); or as a herald of Galactus. I could envision gaining possesion of a super powerful artifact - if in the comic it was lost/ stored for a period of time in a location known to the reader, or was easily stealable (and not so easily stolen back).
This is why I had initially envisioned a 'scientific experiment gone wrong' scenario; where luck of exposure for the protaginist cold be duplicated. An example would be to stop the Nazi spy and get the super-soldier triple treatment after Captain America. A possible workaround to gaining the next level of power could be - after gaining a lessor superbeing's power like this, steal a supervillian's power source I guess.
I'm also interested in what negative consequences this tampering is likely to cause. If the super-soldier scientist never died, would the formula be likely to fall into the wrong hands... even if the hands were the ones it was initially meant for (and throw off the balance of power in the world drastically)?
I don't neccesarily want worst case scenarious, but what do you think - in a non guided (i.e. scripted by writers to make it more interesting) universe the consequences of gaining these powers would be on the now changed realities?
@tolchok: I'd be down with having Juggernaut's action. I mean, he's really got it going on and the ability to be that powerful could let me do a heck of a lot of good in the world.
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I would def want to be Adult Franklin Richards by far. I totally wish he would get his own book, with Galactus as his herald in the book. I would love to have my own freaking Galactus!!!!
I'd travel to an alternate universe where the me had the powers of Franklin Richards. Then when trying to figure out how I got those powers, the other me would kill me. Because I couldn't stand the thought of someone just as powerful as me possibly coming back to kill me later. Even if it's me.
If Franklin counts as a mutant though... Sentry. Minus the insanity. His powers are so vague I'd essentially have all the powers of Dr. Manhattan. And with those powers, I probably wouldn't even age! Invulnerable, immortal, all powerful, booyah. Though I'd probably destroy the Earth trying to figure out the extent of what I can do. Which would suck. But I'd survive it! So awesome. Then I'd be stuck in space for a few millenia flying in a random direction trying to find a new planet with sentient life to call home... This sounds very familiar for some reason.
These suggestions are all very good, and I thank you for your responses. However, if one were to travel to the relevent comic book universe how would one gain the power of the superhero/ villain suggested. I unfortunately don't think I personally would be chosen by a more powerful being as the ultimate champion for good (well, OK maybe if they didn't know me too well and hadn't met any of my ex's); or as a herald of Galactus. I could envision gaining possesion of a super powerful artifact - if in the comic it was lost/ stored for a period of time in a location known to the reader, or was easily stealable (and not so easily stolen back). This is why I had initially envisioned a 'scientific experiment gone wrong' scenario; where luck of exposure for the protaginist cold be duplicated. An example would be to stop the Nazi spy and get the super-soldier triple treatment after Captain America. A possible workaround to gaining the next level of power could be - after gaining a lessor superbeing's power like this, steal a supervillian's power source I guess. I'm also interested in what negative consequences this tampering is likely to cause. If the super-soldier scientist never died, would the formula be likely to fall into the wrong hands... even if the hands were the ones it was initially meant for (and throw off the balance of power in the world drastically)? I don't neccesarily want worst case scenarious, but what do you think - in a non guided (i.e. scripted by writers to make it more interesting) universe the consequences of gaining these powers would be on the now changed realities?
I believe you could possibly get chosen by a higher life form. Think about it. If you were transported to another demension it had to be for ae reason. And destiny that you were going to gain powers. Also since no one in our world has any powers..no matter what you got you'd still be the most powerful being on the planet. That being said. I'd settle for having Spidey's powerset.
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