Profiles in Superpowers That Seem Good But Might Actually Suck: Brainwave

by King Oblivion, Ph.D.

brainwave.jpgSubject's name: Henry King Sr./Jr.

Subject's powers: Telepathy, telekinesis and image projection

Why this power seems good: Telepathy sounds great, don't it? You get to hear people's thoughts, you can put suggestions into people's minds and you can talk to your girlfriend from 1,000 miles away without eating up all your anytime minutes. And telekinesis! Oh man! You want that juice so bad, but you don't want to get up from your seat to get it! Bam! You got it!

Why it might actually suck: Consider that you're probably not going to have a lot of control over which thoughts you hear and which you don't. That's a lot of thoughts to listen to at once, kind of like watching one of those cable news shows where 20 talking heads all try to shout over each other at the same time. That's my personal idea of hell. Plus, you'll almost certainly have to hear about all the people who think you smell bad.

As for telekinesis, sure, it's nice to be able to do things for yourself with your mind, but doesn't that take all the fun out of ordering henchmen around? I think so.

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