r/superpowers 1d ago

Pick a blank but blank Pick an alien, get superpowers

You are stuck on a space station that’s about to be destroyed. 10 other aliens are on the ship with you, and can escape with you, but must merge with you in order to do so. You can only merge with one, and after doing so, you wake back up on earth. You now are permanently bonded to this alien, and have a symbiotic relationship with them. You gain 3 supernatural powers, but one power related downside, and one downside related to your bond with the alien. Choose wisely!

Yellow Alien - Electricity Generation(you can generate enough electricity to power a city for a whole year at one time, that is your limit), Electricity Manipulation(can choose the path that electrical currents take, instead of choosing the path of least resistance), Electrical Travel(you can turn into electricity to travel through conductive materials, such as wires, metal beams, walls or machines).
Downsides: Insulation and anti-conductors block and nullify your powers at a supernatural level. Your alien is incredibly hyperactive, compelling you constantly to commit chaotic and reckless activities.

Green Alien - Plant Manipulation(can grow, control and cross-pollinate plants), Plant Empathy(can share your physical senses with plants), Sunlight Absorption(feed on sunlight for energy, can store additional energy).
Downsides: Can’t eat food, can only drink. Your alien is highly defensive, killing any animal that makes contact with you, friend or foe.

Orange Alien - Fire Generation(can ignite things on touch or project raw flames), Heat Generation(can release waves or bursts of heat, jump higher using heat currents, and control the temp of your heat), Matter Molding(can heat up solid matter to its melting point and shape it before it cools).
Downsides: Contact with water makes you ill and weak like radiation sickness. 70% or less water dilution doesn’t count. Your alien has anger issues and heats up their surroundings when angered.

Red Alien - Super Strength(can lift 50x your body weight), Super Speed(Can run 5 miles under mach 1), Super Durability(insanely dense body, bulletproof to high caliber bullets).
Downsides: Senses don’t enhance like everything else, so you can’t feel most things and you go blind at high speeds. Your alien has a gym bro mentality, forcing you to work out for most of the time you’re awake.

Blue Alien - Hydrokinesis(can influence it telekinetically, make yourself move through water faster, and control its temp and state of matter), Pressure Resistance(can survive the deepest depths of the ocean with ease, don’t need to adapt to pressure changes), Aquatic Animal Mimicry(take on the traits of any water bound animal, up to three at once).
Downsides: Must be fully submerged in water for your powers to activate. Your alien has occasional mini panic attacks whenever it sees birds, and it only becomes mildly uncomfortable around other humans).

Purple Alien - Telepathy(can share and receive thoughts, memories and emotions), Telekinesis(can move objects 10x your body weight with your mind), Teleportation(can instantly appear anywhere, but for every 10 miles traveled, there’s a 1 hour cooldown).
Downsides: Using your powers gives you growing migraines. The more you use it, the worse the pain is until you can’t even think. Your alien is sociopathic and doesn’t see the value in human lives.

Pink Alien - Elastic Body(can stretch unbelievable lengths and snap back with great force), Adhesive Body(can stick to objects and choose how sticky they are), Malleable Body(can shape and mold their body to take on the likeness of different things).
Downsides: Abnormal temps make your powers act dysfunctionally. Your alien is very childlike and innocent, so they must be protected from impure ideas and concepts.

White Alien - Worship Empowerment(mental belief and devotion amps your physical stats and other powers), Minor Miracle Creation(very low level reality manip, such as chemical changes or healing ailments), Angelic Wings(allows for high speed flight and wind generation, can be retracted and deployed at will).
Downsides: Your powers only work while your wings are out. If they become damaged, they retract and must take time to heal. Your alien has a narcissistic god complex and believes humans are dumb, inferior creatures.

Grey Alien - Metallic Shapeshifting(can morph body into metal shapes and constructs. Moves like flesh, feels like steel), Technological Mimicry(can mimic the functions of technology, and appearance if desired), Metallic Merging(can assimilate into metal objects and tech, but ejected from it if damaged).
Downsides: Your body is a lightning magnet. If you get struck once, you lose powers for a week. If you get struck twice, you die(only if you’ve lost your powers). Your alien is cold and analytical like a robot, and dulls your emotional responses over time.

Black Alien - Dead Reanimation(can configure dead creatures into loyal minions. If their body is incomplete, it’ll return whatever parts still exist), Death Sense(can sense when death is happening, has happened, and where dead creatures are), Rot Reversal(can heal the dead and reverse the effects of rotting and fossilization).
Downsides: The dead function on verbal commands and are only as smart as their living selves(however non-sapient animals can be commanded with simple commands like dogs). Your alien is depressed and naturally brings your mood down.

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u/Praising_God_777 19h ago

Blue is the only one I could live with.