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People with super powers in general are frequently the source of conflict in stories. Take leech in Film/{{X-men}}, he becomes the focal point of the human/mutant conflict but his powers are hardly \
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People with super powers in general are frequently the source of conflict in stories. Take leech in Film/{{X-men}}, he becomes the focal point of the human/mutant conflict but his powers are hardly \\\"mass destructive\\\" in the literal sense.
Under the old definition, he would have counted well enough anyway as a human who is used like a tool, as a \\\'\\\'metaphor\\\'\\\' weapon usage. Why are tropers so literal minded? The characters with \\\"actual\\\" mass destructive powers in the movie, Magneto and Phoenix, are just a homicidal rebel and a confused schizo no one wants to be on the wrong side of, they\\\'re super powers are not especially notable in the story so {{stock super powers}} is all that is worth mentioning. Even the Sebastian Shaw example seems more like a [[AmbitionIsEvil power hungry]] super villain than, you know, anything worthy of a page beyond stock super powers. He just has {{energy absorption}} {{up to eleven}}.
Under the old definition, he would have counted well enough anyway as a human who is used like a tool, as a \\\'\\\'metaphor\\\'\\\' weapon usage. Why are tropers so literal minded? The characters with \\\"actual\\\" mass destructive powers in the movie, Magneto and Phoenix, are just a homicidal rebel and a confused schizo no one wants to be on the wrong side of, they\\\'re super powers are not especially notable in the story so {{stock super powers}} is all that is worth mentioning. Even the Sebastian Shaw example seems more like a [[AmbitionIsEvil power hungry]] super villain than, you know, anything worthy of a page beyond stock super powers. He just has {{energy absorption}} {{up to eleven}}.
