Superpowerful and Yet, Completely Normal

At some point in our lives, we have all thought about what it would be like to have superpowers. Everyone has a favorite and some are more popular than others. However, whether your superpower is super strength, teleportation, or invisibility, I don’t think we would be all that amazing with superpowers. What I mean is if everyone had superpowers and it was a normal everyday thing, we would all be complacent and take them for granted. In other words, if everyone was superpowerful, no one would be. To take an example from entertainment, the anime My Hero Academia deals with everyone in the world having superpowers, which they call quirks. Now the show focuses on training the next generation of heroes, but most of the people in the show are “normal” even though they also have quirks. I think the show provides an excellent look at what a superpowered society would be like. Everyone in the world has some sort of super ability. Some abilities are amazing, while some are mildly useful. Either way, some of the people find ways to be bigger than life and amazing, while some choose to work a 9 – 5 job. I believe this would reflect in the real world too. If everyone had a superpower, some would save lives, or be a villain, while some people would use their telekinesis to get themselves a beer from the fridge. And before anyone disagrees, take an example from the modern world. We have voice-controlled devices that can do just about anything, and yet the only thing some people do with it is check the weather. We have self-driving cars in the making and most people will only use that feature when it wouldn’t matter anyway. We can have face-to-face Facetime calls with people and we still choose to type out our words in text form. My belief is that if there were an actual Xavier Academy for the Gifted, it would just be full of teenagers that only wanted to sleep until noon and play video games. But that is just one man’s opinion. Thanks for listening to me ramble. I appreciate it. See you next time.