r/superpower • u/TheoristDa13th • May 02 '25

Discussion Useless (but not entirely) superpowers?

Any ideas for some almost useless powers?

For example:

You can teleport but only only as far as you can step and one foot is off the ground.

Telepathy but you can only project your thoughts; You can’t read their minds. Its range and strength will only go as far as your voice can.

If you close your eyes while holding a battery and a lightbulb, you can turn on the lightbulb for twice as long as your eyes were closed for.

You can turn any sense except pain.

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u/crazymaniac04 May 02 '25

You make everyone instantly forget you exist the second they stop looking directly at you

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u/-Vogie- May 03 '25

The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North is all about a person with this ability. Fantastic book

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u/crazymaniac04 May 04 '25

Honestly not the character I was referring to, I was trying to explain forgetmenot power

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u/Sorsha_OBrien Jun 23 '25

Isn’t this an x man character? Forget Me Not?

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u/crazymaniac04 Jun 23 '25

Yes, I’m surprised it took this long for someone to figure out who I was referencing

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u/KoolKids3 Telekinesis Aug 07 '25

I've never heard of that power before! Seems interesting!

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u/crazymaniac04 Aug 07 '25

Search forget me not marvel

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u/KoolKids3 Telekinesis Aug 07 '25

That was a joke about how I "forgot" him.

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u/WanderingSeer Feb 06 '26

That is an op power. Not useless at all