An Odd Thought...

I think it could be funny to make a team of superheroes with the lamest powers that come to mind and try to actually make them useful.

For example, take a character that's sole ability is to change the color of their hair (head and body of course). That's an incredibly stupid power, isn't it? I mean, suddenly becoming a redhead is probably not going to do much against Superman.

But it'd be awesomely useful for a secret agent or a minor villain or something. Especially if the character is a male with facial hair. Because you could totally do the crime as a blond, run for it, duck for cover, change your hair/beard color to brown or black and walk out nonchalantly. Sure you'd end up with a whole:

"Um. Sir. Did you happen to see a blond guy wearing the exact same outfit as you?"

"...same as me? Really? How weird! No, I haven't! Maybe they went the other way!"

Okay, it's probably funnier in my head than on paper. But still an entire team of people like this could be hilarious. Like...the "human jukebox". Someone who can open their mouth and reproduce exactly any song they've ever heard, singers and instruments. Now imagine the sheer potential of having that character open their mouth and very very faintly start to play the most annoying song imaginable. Not even loud enough to hear completely, just to have it dancing on the edge of audio range.

The psychological warfare possibilities are endless!

Or the telepath who could only project a single overwhelming one-word thought into someone's brain and watch their brains fill in necessary connections. "TINKLE" for example. Suddenly the person's running for a rest room. Or "HAM." (A guard protecting something valuable: "I suddenly have this unstoppable craving for Ham! I must get some!" Then at the convenience store, in the sandwich department: "Wait a second. I'm Jewish!".) The best part is that the same one word prompt could have completely different reactions in every single person! "DUCK" --> "I'm hungry, I haven't had roast duck in ages!" "DUCK"--> "Ack incoming!" *ducks* "DUCK"--> "Oh, I love birds!"

Though, I'm not sure what it says about me that the majority of "useful applications" I can think of are either criminal or just really mean.

It still amuses me way more than it should though.