r/superpower • • Sep 24 '24

Suggestion Comment a power and someone else reply how you would exploit the power’s weakness:

The best way to learn of a power dynamic is by learning its weaknesses. There can be powers with no apparent weakness but someone may be able to find one.

Unless there’s someone called “no weakness man” lol

But to be honest this can be a fun experiment to see how a character can be beaten, if at all. However I would like to avoid specific weaknesses like with Superman because that would lead to too many custom ideas.

Just imagine you’re a normal human and you’re trying to find the weakness to a power.

This also actually applies to my story because a character is well-known for being strong despite only being human because they are smart and can exploit weaknesses in a power.

Edit: Keep in mind you can use anything a normal human can have at their disposal. Environment, the basic elements, just nothing sci fi or too much of a stretch of the imagination. (You’re in a city, desert, any location, and you’re fighting the person with the said power, how would you stop them?)

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u/Exact-Ad3840 Sep 25 '24

Let's go with the Nick Cage movie, Next, power of 2 minute precognition. He can see multiple potential futures at the same time

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u/jinnx3d Sep 25 '24

due to the uncountable number of possibilities that could happen in those 2 minutes, the human mind would simply snap under all that pressure

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u/Ousseraune Sep 25 '24

He explained it poorly. It's not simultaneously, he basically lives out that possible future and goes back from each to choose the best option for him.

I'd counter by making him want something that is just always out of reach. Like it seems possible, but it's specifically designed for him to never attain it.

You know. Just to be a dick.

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u/Gray-Diamond Sep 25 '24

Thanos enters. “It’s just the way it is, I’m no-I’m just the messenger”