(ReacTor) Five Vastly Underrated Superpowers

[James Nicoll]

Five Vastly Underrated Superpowers

These abilities might not help you fight crime, but they're still
pretty awesome.

https://reactormag.com/five-vastly-underrated-superpowers/

[Bobbie Sellers]

Post by James Nicoll
Five Vastly Underrated Superpowers
These abilities might not help you fight crime, but they're still
pretty awesome.
https://reactormag.com/five-vastly-underrated-superpowers/

TV's Perry Mason's infallible power of detecting lies, even
innocent ones so that he never defends the guilty parties.

Popeye's durability granted to him by the hen.

bliss

[James Nicoll]

Post by Bobbie Sellers

Post by James Nicoll
Five Vastly Underrated Superpowers
These abilities might not help you fight crime, but they're still
pretty awesome.
https://reactormag.com/five-vastly-underrated-superpowers/

TV's Perry Mason's infallible power of detecting lies, even
innocent ones so that he never defends the guilty parties.

Usotoki Rhetoric features a woman who hears chimes when people
consciously lie, which as she has discovered a few times isn't
the same as knowing when people are telling the truth.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by James Nicoll
Five Vastly Underrated Superpowers
These abilities might not help you fight crime, but they're still
pretty awesome.
https://reactormag.com/five-vastly-underrated-superpowers/

"Worm"
https://parahumans.wordpress.com/

"An introverted teenage girl with an unconventional superpower, Taylor
goes out in costume to find escape from a deeply unhappy and frustrated
civilian life. Her first attempt at taking down a supervillain sees her
mistaken for one, thrusting her into the midst of the local ‘cape’
scene’s politics, unwritten rules, and ambiguous morals. As she risks
life and limb, Taylor faces the dilemma of having to do the wrong things
for the right reasons."

Recommended, very dark.

I like "Taylor Varga/Luna Varga" much better. Highly recommended if you
like snarky lizards.

https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-varga-worm-luna-varga.32119/

Lynn

[Jay Morris]

Post by James Nicoll
Five Vastly Underrated Superpowers
These abilities might not help you fight crime, but they're still
pretty awesome.
https://reactormag.com/five-vastly-underrated-superpowers/

Man I've wished for years (decades?) that I had touch-based language
acquisition.

[David Duffy]

Post by James Nicoll
Five Vastly Underrated Superpowers
These abilities might not help you fight crime, but they're still
pretty awesome.

_Super Supportive_ is another web novel where underrating is central to the
plot.