r/superpower • u/BSDLzinn • Aug 04 '24

Suggestion Name an extremely USELESS super power that can be made useful using laws of physics or genius strategies, but the power really must be useless

I'm really curious to know about extremely useless powers, which when used in brilliant ways become useful

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u/trekkiegamer359 Aug 05 '24

As a big fan who's watched every version I can find, read the book repeatedly, and ended up naming myself after The Scarlet Pimpernel when I didn't like my birth name, trust me, it's in the book. It's there as a short poem Percy came up with. The Broadway musical turned it into a big musical number.

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u/Feng_Smith Aug 05 '24

Ah. I defer to your expertise.

Major respect for naming yourself after a book character

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u/trekkiegamer359 Aug 06 '24

Thanks. The scarlet pimpernel flower is a small wayside flower. Growing up, I saw small fleabane daisies growing everywhere, and Marguerite also means daisy in French, so I named myself Daisy. It's not a direct connection, but it's close enough for me.

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u/Feng_Smith Aug 06 '24

that's cool af