I just finished watching the first season of Heroes, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I used to think The Office was the best TV show in existence (not including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), but I believe I was wrong. Anyway, after watching the first season, it got me thinking about what superpower I would like to have. I decided not to use any that I had seen on the show, so I had to use my mind to conjure up a good power. Out of them all, I settled on my two favorite:

1. The ability to change one’s weight at will

 At first, you’re probably thinking that this power would be as useful as dirt-based soap. Well, it’s not. Think about it for a minute. One second you could weigh a healthy 150lbs. Then, instantly, as if every cell in your body turned to concrete, you weigh a staggering 3000 lbs. No one could so much as move you, yet you could walk around like normal. Imagine the possibilities! You could make yourself weigh as much as pencil and climb to the highest tips of trees without worrying about the branch bending. You would, however, need to worry about the wind blowing you down, but hey, just make yourself next-to-weightlessness and flutter like a feather back down to earth.

The only restrictions I have placed on this power (in my mind) is that one cannot be totally weightless, and one cannot exceed a weight of 10 tonnes or something like that. Just a safety precaution so you don’t sink through the earth like it’s water and disintegrate in the Earth’s core.

2. The ability to manipulate gravity

This one is a little bit more self-explanatory.  The ability to manipulate gravity would be more of a heroic ability compared to #1, which I would use mainly just for fun. It would be real-life Prince of Persia. You could run along walls, jump mind-staggering gaps, and literally bounce around like you’re in space. SPACE. My childhood dream of having trampolines installed instead of sidewalks would almost be true. You could put up anti-gravity ’shields’ around yourself rendering any object thrown, shot, or hurled at you completely harmless; if the gravity in this shield was, let’s say, 100x that of earth, any projectile would simply fall to the ground the second it broke through your shield. I find myself smiling just typing this because that’s how awesome this power would be.

So, that’s my two superpowers. The granting of either of these would probably be the best thing that could happen to me. Just the thought of climbing to the very tips of trees or getting blown around haphazardly in the wind almost brings a tear of joy to my eye.

If only, if only…