The Spoon

Some Heroes have all the fun

As I watched Heroes last night, I couldn't help but feel left out. Seemingly ordinary folks like you and me were learning how to cheat at cards (Hiro), avoid the law (Nikki), and pick up women (the mind reading guy can sooo do this) using their emerging super powers. I wanted some of that action.

But while I'm very familiar with my desire to use superpowers to cheat, lie, and pick up women, I'd really like to know what you, my dear furry readers, want in your greedy little hearts. Do you want to use your mind-reading powers to always win in strip poker? Maybe you'd like to save on airfare for your vacation? I'm intrigued beyond safety regulations.

For convenient fantasizing purposes, I've put twelve powers together for your perusal. Vote for which one you'd most like to have and I encourage you to explain exactly (and in great detail) what you'd do in the comments section.

Spoilers may reside in the following poll. Sneaky bastards.

Which Heroes' superpower would you most want to have?

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  Read people's minds


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  Paint the future (brushes and other accessories sold separately)


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  Fly


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  Split personality that can do anything and get away with it


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  Manipulate time and space


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  Be invulnerable/fast healing


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  Temporarily move through permanent objects (like walls, locker room doors, etc)


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  Burn things


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  Super learning ability


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  Absorb other people's powers (this one's speculative)


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  Manipulate machinery and technology (also speculative)


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  Physically visit the past (admittedly, a wild guess)


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  No powers for me, thanks. I already have a job

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