Power corrupts; superpowers corrupt… superly?

[jessaslade]

(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)

Currently working on: Redesigning website
Mood: Baffled

I shouldn’t have a superpower.  I say this because I am fairly certain I would abuse my superpower.  My XY tried to reassure me.  “You’d be a benevolent dictator,” he said.

Sure, that’s what all the dictators say.

Comments

[silvertwi]

I would point out a corollary to the "absolute power corrupts absolutely" quote: "the corrupt seek power." It goes both ways. Some of those in charge are in charge because they were corrupt in the first place.

Having said that, psychic gifts amaze me. I'm intuitive, sometimes, and I can sense and occasionally direct energy flows, but I've spent too many hours watching Charmed and thinking, "life would be so much easier if I could just somehow gain telekinesis and make things come to me." I could open or close my door for my cats without getting out of bed, for instance.

And, lazy as I can sometimes be, I would love it if I could just make a cup of tea float to me from the coffee table instead of leaning around whatever work I have on my lap to grab it. Or any number of other things.

Of course, that would simply make my life more sedentary than it already is. Too many hours doing homework and reading and writing leaves little time for exercise.

I think it's better if I stick to the healing I'm supposed to do and don't wish for more than I'm meant to have. I'd have been born with them, otherwise.