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If you could have just one magical power, what would it be?

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Malia :)

The power to never sleep! Life is too short to waste it unconscious!

The power to have all powers!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mrs. Niall Horan wrote: "The power to have all powers!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ha! Well I guess that's a way to get around the "just one power" dilemma.

Michael wrote: "I'd change the color of traffic lights at will."

Oh yeah, that would be a cool power. I hate waiting at lights. I would also love to have the ability to fold up my car and put it in my purse. Especially when I go downtown and can't find parking or have to pay to park my car. :)

Silence - at least the ability to silence people:) Or invisibility:)

I always thought I'd like the power of insight. To know all of the nuances of every social encounter, to understand other people's viewpoints and know, accurately, what they were thinking would be pretty awesome, I think.

I'de like the power to make unreal things real.

I'd like to get the power of other people - think Rogue in X-Men.

Abigail wrote: "I'd like to get the power of other people - think Rogue in X-Men."

Oh yeah. That was also a power for one of the guys on the NBC show "Heroes" that was on a few years ago. That way you would always have a different power, but only one at a time. :)

Yeah - but Rogue KEEPS hers. :)

The power to know what people are thinking. And to not know if I don't want to!

The power to look at a book's cover and instantly know what's written inside. Then I wouldn't have such a huge to read list and could concentrate on writing :D

And what could I do with all that knowledge

David wrote: "The power to look at a book's cover and instantly know what's written inside. Then I wouldn't have such a huge to read list and could concentrate on writing :D

And what could I do with all that kn..."

Then you need to go to the poll and click on the ability to absorb any written word in seconds. :)

Abigail wrote: "Yeah - but Rogue KEEPS hers. :)"

So then she has her power and someone else's? Oh, I didn't know that. Then you would always have 2 powers. Nice!

Florence wrote: "The power to know what people are thinking. And to not know if I don't want to!"

Yeah, you would definitely want the ability to turn that power off when you needed, because you might "hear" some things you never wanted to hear. :)

Malia Ann wrote: "Mrs. Niall Horan wrote: "The power to have all powers!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ha! Well I guess that's a way to get around the "just one power" dilemma."

YA!!!!!!!!!

Malia Ann wrote: "If you could have just one magical power, what would it be?"

Immortality. All the rest can be dealt with in time.

Teleportation, I would go anywhere I wanted without paying an airplane ticket.

The ability to stop time, a very handy power to have

My magical power would be immunity to polls.

The power to work out the meaning of life, the universe and everything in the hope that it would turn out to be more significant than 42.

Dean wrote: "My magical power would be immunity to polls."

Well it's definitely not working yet. :)

Hence my craving.

The power to own a ps4.

This is simple..you said magical power...and I would go for just that ...magic

The power to avoid idiots:)

Summon cake:)

The power of shapeshifting. I could eat & drink whatever I want, then just shift back to a tolerable size. ;)

Resurrection - then I would bring my daughter back www.kdenos.com

The power to read people's minds would be amazing ... and utterly horrible. ... Shocking in every way, I would imagine.

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "The power to read people's minds would be amazing ... and utterly horrible. ... Shocking in every way, I would imagine."

There are dark places you just do not really want to go

Either to live forever or to read people's minds. I hate not knowing (both what's to come in the future and what others are thinking).

The power to take myself seriously.

Dean wrote: "The power to take myself seriously."

I dunno. Might be too late for that. :)

sigh

I would want the power to travel back in time and return at will. I'd do some serious stock market investing, I can tell you that for sure!

Are you serious......? I'm with Grampy all the way....I'd like to teleport on demand...! I have a few specific dates in mind.

So difficult to choose. I'm thinking that maybe the power to age gracefully over say, a couple of thousand years!

The fascinating thing about other people's minds is that I'm sure we have absolutely no idea how other people feel and what goes on in there. Not even a clue. We just think we do.

Edward wrote: "Resurrection - then I would bring my daughter back www.kdenos.com"

Aww. That is the most worthwhile post here. Moved that you shared that with us.

Edward wrote: "Resurrection - then I would bring my daughter back www.kdenos.com"

That's a beautiful site, Edward. xx

Don't hate me, but hear me out. My special power would be everything I already have. Every day is the chance to discover hidden potential. I believe each one of us is given a taken-for-granted gift. Often I surprise myself. I’m not so great with kids, but somehow I can get my own kids to laugh at a joke or even hug me. I’m no gifted speaker, but I can lay out thousands of written words. I’ve run away from attacking dogs, but once I ran toward them to get my kids safe. I’ve seen others, younger and smaller, with still more courage than this.

In the words of the unlikely hero, “Anyone would have done what I did.” But only the right moment can bring those words to light. I think it’s better to have the great magic locked deep within us, to be discovered by the moment. Great inspiration gathers here. And so does great magic.

I would choose the power of flight. Not wings or anything, more like Superman.

I have a sub plot in the book I am currently writing that involves technology-enabled flight, but it is showing me what the power entails from investigating to fight or flee to enjoying the view from on high. Yep. Definitely flight!

I gave my heroine three powers. I'd take any one of them if I could. www.emandyves.com

Victoria wrote: "The power to never sleep! Life is too short to waste it unconscious!"

Theres an episode of X-files on that. Be careful what you wish for....

The power to have magic.

The power to "do over." Maybe. Hmmmm. Maybe not. Some of life's hardest learned but most valuable lessons would then be missed. So, maybe that just means I would be doomed to continue to repeat the same mistake over and over again because I'd never learn from it. ??? Okay, then the power to 'do over' along with the memory and understanding of what went wrong the first time." ???

Btw, this is a wonderful question!

I'd want to be super smart like the guy in that movie Limitless (without the drugs) or I'd take that mind control telepathy thing that Professor X has.

To turn back time.