Touched by Vorlons: Difference between revisions

 

For the other kind of "touched" see [[Mars Needs Women]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Bleach]]'':

* In ''[[Tenjho Tenge]]'', certain characters possess powers known as "Red Feather Powers." In addition to giving certain characters supernatural abilities that put them on a level far above that of normal humans, these powers have an additional effect known as Resonance, which means that people with powers, latent or otherwise, are stimulated by proximity to other people with powers. This results in either causing people with latent abilities to suddenly awaken their powers or enhancing the powers of people who are already awakened. Furthermore, the more people involved in the resonance effect, the greater its range and potency. This aspect leads the [[Big Bad]] of the series to try and use the resonance effect to awaken the supernatural abilities of every person in the entire world.

* In ''[[Tokyo Underground]]'', the main character Rumina gains the ability to manipulate air, after dying, and being brought back to life from a kiss by Ruri, the "Maiden of Life".

* In ''[[Baccano!]]'', a number of eighteenth century alchemists [[Deal with the Devil|summon a demon]] to grant them [[Immortality]]. The demon complies, tossing in the extra of being able to kill other immortals and [[Ghost Memory|steal their memories]], mostly for the the [[Hilarity Ensues|inevitable lulzy results]] of [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|giving twenty quarreling people stuck on a boat a reason and the means to kill each other]]. He is not disappointed.

* Near the end of ''[[Hellsing]]'', it turns out that the Doctor created Millenium's "vampires" by {{spoiler|infusing people with tiny bits of the corpse of Mina Harker, one of Alucard's aka Dracula's past victims, who survived and died as a human but still carried some of his power inside herself. So all of Millenium's vampires were Touched By Alucard.}} Small wonder that none of them really stood a chance against him.

 

== Fanfic ==

** Ranma early on commiserates that she's not quite a "non-magical" being any more given the changes that constant exposure to supernatural energies has wrought on her, not the least being her [[Rape as Backstory|rape and]] [[Child by Rape|impregnation]] [[Half-Human Hybrid|by three]] [[Divine Parentage|of the Greek Gods]]

** It is shown that both Demons and Gods have used their method of achieving immortality to recruit mortals of random sentient species to their ranks. Currently, the target is human (and assorted subraces) since there aren't many other sentient species that aren't immortal. {{spoiler|and humans have recently stepped up to produce their own immortals}}

{{quote|'''Varx:''' I don't think we have a choice, Shag, unless you want half of our heroes feeling ''real'' inferior to the other half.}}