The ability to turn off that little voice in the back of your head that says, "Hey, wait a minute, about this plan you're about to follow through on..." whenever necessary.
Charlie: He's a master of Zen sarcasm. And at being spooky.
Kirk: Pontification when needed. Also, hand to hand combat with the right soundtrack.
Knox: Snark-fu. Being a wordsmith far beyond his education. Being a nice guy despite the snark-fu.
Gibbs: Remaining functional despite living in a state of inebriation. And speaking Sparrowese.
Cyborg: He can do a Rubik's Cube in eight minutes. Also, he has all that cyborg super-powery stuff, but he's a lot more proud of the Rubik's Cube thing.
What, really? When I was in high school I could solve a Rubik's Cube in three minutes. I've since forgotten how to get the bottom corners in their places, but I remember taking three minutes. And I did it with no cybernetic augmentation.
Urquhart: can jump very high and never feels pity.
Teja: prophetic dreams, a deep pessimism that lets him prepare aptly for the worst outcome, and deep loyalty and devotion to his friends and his people.
X-23: Stealthy mockery. Dealing with children. Standing firm in the face of overwhelming opposition. But mostly the stealth mockery thing.
Raven: Eating all the food. All of it.
Dean Winchester: Also eating! And being cranky and bitchy even when he is pretty damn happy.
Nynaeve al'Meara: Ear-boxing. You know it.
Galadan: Dealing with Edwardian school-children. And not laughing at Mary when she is being absolutely ridiculous. Also being a subtle mastermind. It takes all kinds.
Flemeth: She is great at undercover crazy!
Michael the Archangel: Pretending to be human! Having the best taste in punk and/or nerd gear.
Wonder Woman: She has great fashion sense. She wrote a book! And she really is unfailingly kind and generous.
Sam Tyler: Being a bit of a stick-in-the-mud. He also has the Power of Paperwork. It solves crimes! No, really!
Gene totally refutes the Power of Paperwork, and would like to venture that Sam's gayboy science does not have its place. Furthermore, that Sam should really start wearing a dress if he's going to be such a girl.
Hey I've been meaning to mention something..."Sarah" is based on or is basically Sekhmet yes? You might be interested in Queen of Kings (http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Kings-Maria-Dahvana-Headley/dp/0525952179) by Maria Dahvana-Headley in which Sekhmet and Cleopatra get into...trouble.
Alex secretly has the ability to manipulate the laws of probability to suit himself and/or the plot. It's the only explanation.
Also oh my god oh my god guys his guardian was going to leave him. HIS GUARDIAN WAS GOING TO LEAVE HIM. I think I honestly need to pause reading Scorpia Rising because I can't deal with the trauma conga line and it's barely even started.
LOVING, TRUSTWORTHY ADULTS OF MILLIWAYS, ALEX NEEDS YOU!
Trowa: The ability to be highly attuned to social signals while feeling no compulsion whatsoever to follow them. Also, gravity-defying hair. Let's just generally go with 'obeys anime physics,' actually.
River: Besides the psychic powers and preternatural combat skills: the ability to make a wide variety of truly epic bitchfaces, and to befriend beings who could squish her with a thought.
Regan: The power of small talk! And she plays a mean game of darts.
Lan: The power of SUPER-STOIC MANPAINY STOICISM.
Piotr: Besides the obvious, he has astonishingly resilient idealism. And apparently the ability to have minimal body fat for optimally showy musculature without trying, but I'm going to blame that one on comic book artists the mutant metabolism. Yes.
Hawkeye: Repression! Also, deadpan snark. Also also, doing paperwork.
Yrael's special power is not getting caught. Also to pretend that his love for his friends is motivated by selfishness.
Sunshine's special power is to recruit and hold under her thumb a massive army of people who would fight for her, without them being truly aware of it, by the power of her baking skills alone. Also, she's very good at not dying when she's supposed to.
Zelgadiss's special power is determination in the face of all odds! And lock-picking. And navigation. ...And he makes a decent ship's anchor.
Tyler's superpowers are these (technically speaking they're not real powers, and he is VERY okay with this) a surplus of common sense such that you'd find it in an adult 4 times his age; calm quiet determination under fire (you're allowed to scream if you're dropped off of one plane and onto another!); despite having been raised on a moon base, was born with a lucky horseshoe in his diaper; and above it all...running. Really. Running. Lots of running.
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TelepathyIrrefutable, logic-and-sanity defying, loyalty.
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And sneaking up on Batman.
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Except, uh, diametrically opposed when it comes to the law!
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The ability to turn off that little voice in the back of your head that says, "Hey, wait a minute, about this plan you're about to follow through on..." whenever necessary.
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But only sometimes.
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Kirk: Pontification when needed. Also, hand to hand combat with the right soundtrack.
Knox: Snark-fu. Being a wordsmith far beyond his education. Being a nice guy despite the snark-fu.
Gibbs: Remaining functional despite living in a state of inebriation. And speaking Sparrowese.
Cyborg: He can do a Rubik's Cube in eight minutes. Also, he has all that cyborg super-powery stuff, but he's a lot more proud of the Rubik's Cube thing.
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Teja: prophetic dreams, a deep pessimism that lets him prepare aptly for the worst outcome, and deep loyalty and devotion to his friends and his people.
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Raven: Eating all the food. All of it.
Dean Winchester: Also eating! And being cranky and bitchy even when he is pretty damn happy.
Nynaeve al'Meara: Ear-boxing. You know it.
Galadan: Dealing with Edwardian school-children. And not laughing at Mary when she is being absolutely ridiculous. Also being a subtle mastermind. It takes all kinds.
Flemeth: She is great at undercover crazy!
Michael the Archangel: Pretending to be human! Having the best taste in punk and/or nerd gear.
Wonder Woman: She has great fashion sense. She wrote a book! And she really is unfailingly kind and generous.
Sam Tyler: Being a bit of a stick-in-the-mud. He also has the Power of Paperwork. It solves crimes! No, really!
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Dinah: Not taking any Batcrap. Or Arrowcrap. Or Lanterncrap.
Maybe a little Supercrap.
Will: Hawk-like linear focus on his
treasurefamily.Renee: Making Huntress squirm.
Lawton: Not giving a crap. About anything.
Sophie: Lying.
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Kain can leap. Astonishingly. Sometimes despite ceilings.
Karis also has Psynergy, of a different element. She's got a particularly analytical mind, as well.
Fluttershy has, as she put it once, "the ability to communicate with the animals on a different level".
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Non-canonically, giving vampires a stomachache and a headache, not dying even if you kill her, and giving you the munchies if you pray to her. :D
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Vext: Universal woobie
Fade: Most Awesomest Swords dude around.
the Fool: Charm.
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Raph: Is a surprisingly good carpenter.
Ida: The willpower to not destroy all life on earth.
Aang: Being the Avatar is enough, don't you think?
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Also oh my god oh my god guys his guardian was going to leave him. HIS GUARDIAN WAS GOING TO LEAVE HIM. I think I honestly need to pause reading Scorpia Rising because I can't deal with the trauma conga line and it's barely even started.
LOVING, TRUSTWORTHY
ADULTS OF MILLIWAYS, ALEX NEEDS YOU!
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Aegnor, champion of doom! :)
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Moist-lying, forging and stealing with a bit of damn fine in bed too
Demeter-she helps things grow and makes people blush
Jane-writing and being passionate about her life
Sameth-making things sometimes with magic, sometimes without, decent swordsman, good friend, amazing Charter Mage and at times a decent prince too
William-worrier, one of the best, a focus when he's angry, clever
Tumnus-another one who's loyal, quite a good knowledge of Narnia and a gift with music
The Pirate King-he sings, he dances, he steals
Mine ended up sounding more like rather odd personal ads. I blame the fact I slept really oddly last night, now I'm going to go shopping.
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River: Besides the psychic powers and preternatural combat skills: the ability to make a wide variety of truly epic bitchfaces, and to befriend beings who could squish her with a thought.
Regan: The power of small talk! And she plays a mean game of darts.
Lan: The power of SUPER-STOIC MANPAINY STOICISM.
Piotr: Besides the obvious, he has astonishingly resilient idealism. And apparently the ability to have minimal body fat for optimally showy musculature without trying, but I'm going to blame that one on
comic book artiststhe mutant metabolism. Yes.Hawkeye: Repression! Also, deadpan snark. Also also, doing paperwork.
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Sunshine's special power is to recruit and hold under her thumb a massive army of people who would fight for her, without them being truly aware of it, by the power of her baking skills alone. Also, she's very good at not dying when she's supposed to.
Zelgadiss's special power is determination in the face of all odds! And lock-picking. And navigation. ...And he makes a decent ship's anchor.
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Dixie's, of course, would be the power of the quip.
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