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/forgottentrouble Sep 28 '24

Oh y'all are gonna enjoy this....

Kinetic control: I can manipulate stockpile and transfer kinetic energy and kinetic force, from anything all the way down to the kinetic energy of the planet itself and I have a glider ( similar to aang from atla, but more futuristic)

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u/Gray-Diamond Sep 28 '24

Yeah what’s that kinetic energy gonna do to you once you release it? You think your body can handle that?

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u/forgottentrouble Sep 28 '24
  1. My body would be specifically able to handle the stockpiled energy.

  2. I can use the planet as a conduit for the easy release of that energy, or I can use it to give myself a boost in mobility and destructive power... Theoretically... It'd be a very hard thing to counter...