First Class Powers

Sometimes I am under the delusional notion that I have superpowers.

Yesterday afternoon, my friends and I went out to celebrate a certain birthday . Of course, mobile birthday celebrations always include watching a rad movie, which in this case we decided to be X-Men: First Class. I've remained a loyal fan of the franchise right from its first movie. Secretly, even, I believe I am a mutant myself.


X-Men: First Class is the second prequel (the first is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released two years ago) to the X-Men series. It follows the story of young Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender), who goes by the moniker Magneto, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy, who also played the part of Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), Raven, later called Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) and Hank McCoy/Beast (Nicholas Hoult). The steering wheel for this movie is Erik's thirst for vengeance against his mother's murderer, Dr. Schmidt.

The theatrical poster. You gotta love Charles.
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I may also be a boy in the sense that I love epic war-slash-superhero movies. Though I still laugh every time I see pretty-boy Lucas Till from The Hannah Montana Movie as the cowboy who rides ponies instead of the I am Number Four-ish Havok who shoots plasma from his chest, the cast did an amazing job with bringing comic book characters to silver screen life.

Because I mourn my pyscho- and neuro-typicality, I sporadically imagine myself as a genetically abnormal outcast of the society with goons hunting me for show money. If given the chance to reverse the current timeline to seventeen years ago, I'd ask God to give me:

1. Telekinesis I admit I am a lazy bum, and I think I speak for all the flat butts I know and don't know when I say telekinesis is the ultimate weapon against the unfortunate obligation of having to do household chores.

2. The ability to transform into Edward Scissorhands Swiss knives are typically yesterday's thing. I always forget to bring a pair of scissors to class, so this uncanny ability is something worth wishing for for memory antagonists like me. Plus, you can use this when people are invading too much of your personal space.

3. Pyrokinesis I used to be a girl scout and an unsuccessful one at that (I was the only one who didn't get any medals). Fire is a very essential part to living comfortably and to culinary exploits, so if ever I'm chosen to represent my city in a modern-day version of the Hunger Games (killing kids and rats in abandoned buildings), I'd already have the upper hand. It's also handy against roaches.

So tell me about whatever superpowers you think you have! I'd like to know. It makes me feel normal.