12 Superhero Powers That Could Be Irritating To Have In Real Life

Super powers are cool, right?

What would you do if you really had them? Would you turn to be a good guy? Or would you be seduced by the dark side and become a supervillain?

Superpowers are not really that easy to deal with, as we think them to be. Just mastering one could take years of practice, if you do not want to harm people, that is. And then there are powers that just look cool, but are simply too irritating if you had them.

Take a look.

1. The spider sense of Spiderman

His spider sense tingles every time there is a danger nearby. The comics and the movies themselves do not specify how grave the danger is when his spider sense tingles.

So if an insect carrying some deadly disease comes to bite him when he is asleep, he will get up with a start, just because of this super sensitive sixth sense.

It becomes a big inconvenience during day to day activities. Crossing a road would be so tense, with every car and motorbike a potential death-bringer.

 

2. Impenetrable skin of Luke Cage

For people not acquainted with Luke Cage, he possesses skin that cannot be penetrated at all. Not even by Adamantium.

In the new Marvel series Jessica Jones, Luke Cage survives a big bomb blast with fire all on his body. The fire does not really harm him, but it does heat his body up to a level humans cannot take.

Providing medical aid is impossible since no syringe can penetrate his skin. So that rules out blood transfusion and medicinal injections. In short – no emergency medical aid.

 

3. Time travel – Hiro Nakamura

While the power of stopping time sounds really cool, and so does going back and jumping forward in it, but messing with time is a seriously risky business.

Humans have a hard time figuring out how their own personal lives will turn out to be after an action, imagine doing shit by going back in time or forward. It not only has the power to change yours, but everyone’s around you.

And that itself is a responsibility beyond our capacity.

 

4. Invisibility – Susan Storm

Invisibility is defunct in today’s time. In the age when thermal imaging is used by every special force in every advanced military in the world, no one is truly invisible.

Invisibility sounds cool to use, but only for small tasks. Do something big and you are going to be hunted and tagged and then experimented on. Also, there is no super strength to back it up with.

 

5. Power absorption – Rogue

You literally cannot make out with anyone. You cannot touch any person, let alone hug them. Loving is only platonic in this case.

This power is a curse in disguise. But hey, if you do not believe in affection, this power is perfect for you.

 

6. Black bolt – voice that can destroy

For those not familiar with Black Bolt, his voice has tremendous power. Talking in just a whisper can kill a man. His screams have destroyed planets.

He cannot ever talk, let alone whisper because the first person he whispers to is dead on the spot.

So you can forget about screaming in frustration after seeing your latest mark sheet, or even uttering a word in your sleep. You will leave chaos everywhere you utter your voice.

 

7. Dr. Mid-Nite, the hero who can see clearly at night

Dr. Mid-Nite can see perfectly in the dark. That’s awesome, right? It is until you see the other side of his ability – which is that he cannot see anything during the day.

He literally sees nothing during the day. So forget about going to the amusement park with the crowd during the day. Amusement parks are shut during the night.

 

8. Superspeed of Quicksilver

It all looks super cool in CGI. But reflect on it. Everything around you is moving at a very slow speed. Imagine the frustration when you are waiting for your courier. It will take forever because you move so quickly, your perception of time changes.

Everyone is slow and boring.

 

9. Healing ability like Deadpool’s and Wolverine’s

Have you seen how Wolverine has turned out to be? Why is he so grumpy and angry all the time? Because he has been in more pain that we can ever imagine. He has been shot with thousands of bullets, his limbs have been cut off, he has seen people die and lived to tell the tale.

The same pain has affected Deadpool, only he has lost it and gone crazy. You literally have to live with your pain for multiple lifetimes.

Outer wounds always heal, but the inner ones never do.

 

10. Immortality of Thanos from The Avengers

Probably the worst power to have after Dr. Manhattan’s, immortality is riddled with pain and suffering unless you are learned and intelligent beyond the extraordinary.

You will have to cope with your near and dear ones dying, not once or twice, but countlessly – over millennia. One may argue that you will grow the wisdom to deal with this, but won’t that make you less of a person you are right now?

Not to mention that you have to keep up every piece of technology and breakthrough through the time. Can your brain take it?

 

11. The theory of everything – Dr. Manhattan

Dr. Manhattan knows everything. He can be at any place at any time, and knows everything that is going to happen in the future, anywhere on the planet, even when he is sitting on Mars.

He loses his affection for his love because he gains this infinite wisdom. He almost lets the world be destroyed too. In short he becomes a dick.

What do you do when you don’t have anything to live for anymore? What do you do when you know how everything is going to turn out to be?

 

12. Scarlett Witch – changing reality itself.

Scarlett Witch can change reality itself. She can also influence a  change in future too, and that makes her the one the most powerful entities in the Marvel universe.

There is a tricky catch to this awesome power. It is based on probability. After she wills it, that change can happen and cannot too. And she has no way of knowing if it happened. Because she cannot see the future.

Pretty deep shit. That’s why she sticks to throwing red globs of energy to kill.

When uncle Ben said the timeless quote – “With great power comes great responsibility”, he wasn’t kidding.

We may think that we can stay inconspicuous with any of these powers and live our lives normally, but we just cannot. Some of these powers are too significant and life changing to be kept in the dark.

What would you do if you had any one of these powers? Do you think they will disrupt your life? Or make it awesome?

Let us know in the comments.

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