Fifty fifty.

[katster]

So I've been catching up with a TV show last night, and the season ended with a character asking a question similar to the first one I've asked here to the audience of the show. Because it's a fascinating question, I'm asking it of my LJ friends. So have at it. [Also, I need a geek icon.]

[Poll #815584]

Comments

[stevenehrbar.livejournal.com]

I mean, a superpower? Singular?

Now, if it would give me all the powers and invulnerabilities of Silver Age Superman, in this world without Kryptonite or supervillans or magic, well, I'd be tempted.

[eiviiaru.livejournal.com]

It would depend quite a bit on the circumstances, I think. At the current status quo -- where I have no real incentive to gain superpowers besides "it would be sort of cool," and I have a lot of incentive not to die -- I definitely wouldn't, but it's possible that circumstances in my life would be dire enough to make me want to. The administration method and style of death doesn't matter to me, really; the consequences of death are the same either way, and I'm not nervous about needles.

Also, yeah, what kind of superpowers are we talking? To do it in any event, they would pretty much have to be guaranteed to be good superpowers. I'm not risking my life to be a third-string X-Man.

[chaoswolf]

Answers:
I would take it if I were told what the powers would be. Flight, strength, immortality, things of that nature. The drawback would be another price to pay, such as money of somekind or death...details.

If it were in pill form...I don't take strange meds. I have enough pills at school I don't need to add to my "issues."

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

Not hurting would be a superpower. So would being able to write or walk or breathe without mechanical assistance.

[archangelbeth]

I wouldn't do it for a thrill, but for a life-or-death "screwed anyway" situation...

I would far rather the thing got studied so that they could figure out why it didn't work for some people and did for others, and otherwise find ways to weight the dice.

[crossfire.livejournal.com]

In general, 50% chance of death is not what I'd consider "betting odds." However, I could think of situations in which I would be willing to take the risk.

[happymomof2.livejournal.com]

COnsidering everything I have been through this year to prevent my death and prolong my life, I would have to say not a chance!
I'm not going through chemo just to risk it all for a superpower. The only way I might consider it was if my children's lives were at risk, I would give my life for them.

[valliegirl.livejournal.com]

I don't even really know if I can answer this poll because it depends of the sucess rate vs how dire the circumstances are surrounding said choice. If this was a situation in which thousands were to die unless I took this chance, I would do it, but I wouldn't do it just for the coolness of having super powers.

But clicky. Definitely clicky.