Traumatic Superpower Awakening: Difference between revisions

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With superpowers, once the bottle is opened, it can't be sealed again. The awakened one will typically need to seek training to control their new powers, so that their every emotional outburst won't trigger a new disaster. A period of [[How Do I Shot Web?]] will follow, and learning to control one's emotions or face inner demons is typical.

This tends to coincide with [[Puberty Superpower~~|Puberty Superpowers~~]]. Puberty is the most likely general time for powers to show themselves, but the specific incidence of the awakening will tend to be a traumatic one. There might be several minor uses of power, resulting from less serious emotional events, before the big push comes that makes the character fully aware of their potential.

This tends to coincide with [[Puberty Superpower]]s. Puberty is the most likely general time for powers to show themselves, but the specific incidence of the awakening will tend to be a traumatic one. There might be several minor uses of power, resulting from less serious emotional events, before the big push comes that makes the character fully aware of their potential.

'''Not to be confused with [[Die or Fly]]''', in which superpowers awaken in response to a life-threatening situation, as a manifestation of a self-preservation instinct. See also [[Angst Nuke]] and [[Came Back Strong]], which are very extreme variations on this. If the superpowers attained are related to the cause of the trauma, it's an [[Adaptive Ability]].