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What's a superpower most people think is awesome but actually wouldn't be and what's your reasoning? (jlai.lu)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

According to the early 2000s documentary series The Invisible Man, if you gain invisibility through the use of a Quicksilver gland, the Quicksilver shifts the light so some of it will penetrate to your retinas.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then you wouldn't be completely invisible, at the best, there'd be two floating shadow spots where the light is being absorbed by your retinas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Quicksilver in the show works like a Star Trek cloaking field. It doesn't make the person invisible, it passed the light around them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Then, since light cannot reach you, you are effectively blind.