Evenly balanced: The powers of a Prototype

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Yes, yes, power-scalers are the blight of any fandom concerning superpowered fictional characters.

But, consider this: what if you were granted the powers of any one fictional character? Which one would you choose out all of them?

Would you, say, choose Franklin Richards of Marvel Comics - a reality warper with near-godlike abilities? Wouldn't having such omnipotence bore you immensely after a while of getting high off of such a power trip, ultimately leading you to relinquish your abilities to live a menial yet humble and simple life enriched with deep meaning and purpose?

Would you rather select 'Ditto' from the Ben 10 series, whose power of duplication, though useful, is nonetheless stagnant in its potential evolutionary use and who lacks any other distinct ability to complement said power?

What I am trying to say, brethren, is that the powers of the Prototype is the most ideal for one to be gifted with if such an opportunity were to be presented in real life to do so:

You start off with an abundance of varieties of abilities (i.e. movement/locomotion, senses, regenerative, combat) that are a little above standard low-level superhuman capabilities (e.g. Luke Cage/Power Man), but with the potential to endlessly evolve with no foreseeable limitation/end point to said evolution, which can be divergent in a multitude of ways as you see fit.

What makes a superhuman interesting/intriguing in terms of their powerset is not so much the level/greatness of powers they possess nor the variety of powers that are already within their arsenal, but rather, the evolutionary potential of said powers given enough time and depending on the circumstantial situations and environments calling for said evolutionary upgrades.

I hope that makes perfect congruent/comprehensive sense to you all.

Posted Feb 28, 2026, 1:13 PM UTC

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