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bruno
@bruno

One of those superhero fiction settings where everyone has a superpower but all superpowers are "magneto but for a different material." Power levels are classified based on how annoyingly specific it is, eg "magneto but for plants" vs "magneto but for hydrangeas".


bruno
@bruno

The Anomalous Power Classification Board having heated debates about whether "magneto but for polystyrene" should be ranked higher than "magneto but for polyethylene"


MOOMANiBE
@MOOMANiBE

I feel like this immediately runs into a situation where if you're magnetic for something highly specific and useful like Penicillium mold or Silk or, idk, fossil fuels, you instantly become incredibly rich or incredibly exploited and meanwhile everyone with more generalized powers are running around like "damn I can make a ball out of all this junk" like the prince from katamari

the person who is magnetic but for hyperspecific poison enzymes makes a killing selling edible death caps


MOOMANiBE
@MOOMANiBE

person can attract/repel all dog-like creatures causes an existential crisis among biologists when they attract a bat one day


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reminds me of Quaser of Stigmata (nsfw), where characters with special powers can each control one element from the periodic table, but then there's one guy who's depressed because he can only control roentgenium

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Turns out their power functions according to how much of the target creature's DNA overlaps with dogs. That is, they exert a magnetic force on all life, but that force affects dogs the most strongly. They could attract or repel a human if they really wanted to, but since the power scales logarithmically, you reach diminishing returns quick.