Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd today more powers but
this time heroes who have them and hate them, not all powers are a blessing or at least
aren’t viewed that way by the people who have them.
I’m Sasha and these are the Top 10 Top 10 Superpowers Superheroes Have They Wish They
Didn't Let’s get started
Number 10 Cyborg – Low because being a cyborg skirts the lines of being a power and a modification
we draw distinctions here on top 10 nerd but only when it suits us just like a real comic
book writer.
Cyborg first appeared in DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980) and was a member of the
new teen titans since the new 52 he was promoted to justice leaguer and has stayed there.
Victor Stone aka Cyborg had everything going for him until one of his father’s experiments
went awry killing his mother and nearly killing him however his father couldn’t let that
happen so he took drastic measures to save him measures that turned him into Cyborg and
in the new 52 included apokaliptian tech cause why not.
Victor is horrified by the modifications changes he never agreed to and feels disconnected
from humanity for a long time.
In fact part of his rationale for joining the Titans initially is how much he feels
like a freak and an outcast.
This wasn’t helped by the fact that his old friends and girlfriend rejected him for
awhile he wished he were dead however over time Cyborg has come to embrace his new life
and his new friends and seeks to modify himself.
He now knows what a vital member of the teams he’s been on he was and that his life is
worth living still there are definitely moments where Vic Stone has wished he wasn’t a Cyborg.
Number 9 – Angel Warren Worthington the 3.
But only in certain versions.
Angel is one of the original X-Men debuting in The X-Men #1 (September 1963) Now angel
has changed a lot over time including that drastic 90s archangel storyarc which occurred
largely because the writers themselves felt he was a mary sue.
However one thing that has come through in adaptation especially is Angel’s resentment
over his wings and how they other him and have set him separate from the rest of society
and his family.
Now in the 90s animated series this self hatred was actually how he became archangel.
In that series Angel was one of the mutants who went and sought out a cure only for it
to be revealed the cure was a fake a front so that Apocalypse could fashion his horsement
which of course led to Warren becoming Death and ending up worse off then when he had started.
And of course X-Men the last stand a lot was happening in that movie and Angel had a plot
in it too.
Despite consistently being on the greatest x-men of all times list Angel flies under
the radar for a lot of people pun fully intended.
Number 8 – Beast let’s keep going with the X-men and another original member though
classic Beast bore little resemblance to the beast of today.
Initially he was a man who was slightly misshapen and monkeyish however he was revamped in 1972
to make him more distinct and to cash in on the at the time ongoing werewolf craze how
this was explained was that Beast had ingested a mutagenic serum to to disguise himself to
stop people from stealing his research on said mutagenic serum which would allow anyone
to have powers for a short period only he forgot the golden animorph rule and got stuck
in his newly more mutated form.
The transformation would slowly escalate until he came to look more like the beast we know
today.
This was a source of great sadness for a time to Beast it hindered his love life and put
him even further at odd with his intellect.
Not that he couldn’t access it but it made him more of a person people would be surprised
to find out was smart.
In the X-men films specifically X-Men first class it is his inability to accept his in
that film really minor mutation that leads to him concocting a serum that makes him The
Beast.
Since then for beast there has always been the fear that has at times been played with
that he could continue to mutate uncontrollably.
Then there was the whole young x-men being brought to the past now they’re relaunching
everything we’ll have to see where beast ends up when the dust settles.
Number 7 -Deadpool He’s low on here cause most of the time Deadpool has managed to come
to terms with his abilities but there have been instances outside of his appearance and
the constant pain he lives in that they have gotten him down.
That’s a factor that’s often ignored with Deadpool he’s just in constant pain cause
his healing factor is constantly healing him from his cancer.
But on top of that he can’t get drunk this bothers Wade sometimes as he likes a good
wallow.
He also can’t die thanks to Thanos cursing him with immortality that was the initial
reason, because Thanos was jealous that death liked Deadpool better than him.
So Deadpool can’t be with her and well at times that bums him out.
Deadpool first debuted in The New Mutants #98 (February 1991) and is a different character
than his first appearance for sure and how his speech bubbles work and the like has also
changed.
When he first started out and was given a solo run no one really thought it would lead
to anything and lo and behold now he’s everywhere you can’t escape.
Number 6 Spider-Man Peter Parker with great power comes the wish that you didn’t have
it so you could just show up to a date on time and not have everyone think you’re
a huge flake.
Spidey has a complicated relationship with his powers and has from the start.
From initially trying to use them for personal fame to the constant entanglement with guilt
thanks to the death of his uncle.
Peter feels that he has to be spider-man that he owes it to the world but there are plenty
of times where he wishes he wasn’t and flirts with maybe not being spider-man but he goes
back he can’t resist.
Peter isn’t disgusted by his specific power set or anything like that more he laments
how because of those and his subsequent superheroing he really has a hard time maintaining a hero
life balance.
His reputation as Peter is often in the toilet because of the sacrifices he makes a spider-man
and the city hates him half the time because of that targeted smear campaign.
Spider-man has it rough I would not want to be spider-man/.
Number 5 Mr. Immortal Now Mr. Immortal has turned around on his powers and found use
for them often in a very dark humoured fashion.
He first appeared in West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #46 (July 1989) and he is genuinely immortal
he can’t die and well he can’t he can regenerate from anything and it usually takes
a max of 10 minutes.
He discovered this because he was actually trying to commit suicide and found he couldn’t.
This was a source of great sadness for him for awhile until he decided to make lemonade
out of lemons and demons being bound to you since birth.
So now he fights crime and battles existential dread about the fact that he is going to be
one of the last things left when the universe ends fun times.
Number 4 – Terra from the Teen Titan the new teen titans she’s everywhere ignore
the Deathstroke banging put it away.
Also the fact that it was better handled in the 80s I’ll never be over that.
So Terra has a very different comic origin from other adaptations except for Teen Titans
the judas contract but we don’t talk about that.
So in the 2003 Teen Titans Terra has very little control over her powers and the shame
of it all is what causes her to partner up with Slade aka Deathstroke who we couldn’t
call Deathstroke cause they felt it was too violent for a kids show.
So Terra’s hatred of herself and her abilities leads to her betraying the team and ruining
some of the friendships she had developed except for Beast Boy he is ride or die.
You can play around with Terra a decent amount cause she was a character designed to die
so there’s wiggle room.
Number 3 – The Hulk again classic Hulk this is part of his struggle Bruce banner hates
being the hulk for obvious reasons at the start especially at the start the hulk is
an unstoppable killing machine who oft time murdered innocents in a haze of rage.
He was for a time uncontrollable and could not be reasoned with the thinking rationale
hulk would come later.
So yeah Bruce hated being the hulk and especially hated being tricked into transforming it’s
dirty pool and far too many of the people he knows do it to him.
Over time there’s come to be more of a balance between these two entities but that resentment
burns ever bright.
Some people say they would like to be the hulk I think it would be awful only the she
hulk where you transform and have your mind and are hotter and can wear a catsuit and
not look ridiculous yeah I would be the she hulk.
Number 2 – Rogue -Rogue first debuted in Avengers Annual #10 (1981) and she was a villain
her powers had long kept her separate from people that being the ability to absorb the
abilities thought memories and ultimately entire being on anyone she touched.
It had put her high school sweetheart into a coma.
It would eventually be the catalyst for her turning to good after she absorbed ms marvel
carol danvers powers and part of her consciousness and had to get all of that sorted out.
It would also for a time keep her from something she very much desired a close physically intimate
relationship particularly with her Cajun beau gambit ignore that time with magneto and his
clone.
She wants so much to be able to touch others and depending upon the arc she can sometimes
Rogue can control her powers and it brings her great joy and she macks on gambit however
when you remove that struggle from her character it can make her a little flat so it tends
to be something that is temporary with her lack of ability to make physical contact being
the norm.
Also for a bit she had wonder man’s powers way to be relevant wonder man.
Number 1 – Get ready for it I think some of you know The Thing Ben Grimm from the fantastic
four.
One of that ill fated crew who by the way were exposed to the rays by reed on purpose
just the more you know but it’s ok they got over it.
The Thing got it the worst of the crew and turns into a essentially a rock monster that
strikes fear in the hearts of those who see him.
People assume he’s a villain a lot at first.
And he can’t live a normal life as easily as the others can.
Reed vows to cure him but never can doom cured him once though just sayin’.
One of the things main character arcs is about how much he hates being the way he is his
struggle to accept himself and find love.
Which he does thankfully but it’s still a wound and of course he would love to just
transform on command.
Also back in the day there was some jealousy cause he liked sue and wanted to take her
away from reed but then bam cosmic rays.
Reed is a diabolical genius.
So those were ten heroes with super powers they wish they didn’t have.
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