Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26064215-20150127201253/@comment-25857155-20150419011849

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I think about a lot of things other people would not, or so my coworkers and friends tell me - something about being a writer, I suppose. I can thing of a number of much darker uses for such a power, as well - forcing someone to commit suicide being one of the lighter ideas from that group. Of course, in the hands of the right person, it could potentially bring about world peace, but let's be honest here. What are the chances that someone with that level of power would be able to resist abusing it from time to time, or avoid using it accidentally in a fit of passion?

One thing that should be noted is that I am a self-proclaimed cynic, at least to some extent. If something can be used for either good or evil, and can (almost without exception) be used for the opposite. Of course, sometimes this would require looking into things a bit more deeply than normal. For example, a healing ability that works by accelerating the target's cell growth to close a wound or repair damaged tissue could be used to cause cells to grow at a mutated rate and form a tumor - ie, to cause cancer - or to overwhelm and crush vital organs. Conversely, the ability to cause instant cell death/shrinkage (kill people by killing their brain cells, etc) could be (in theory) used to get rid of tumors. I do my best to find the good and bad in anything, but realize quite well when something is more likely to be used for the bad.