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Blessed With Suck is one of those tropes that comes in a few distinct flavors. Generally, it's when a character is given a special ability that seems to cause nothing but trouble:

# Often the original "blessing" turns out to be a curse when you [[FridgeHorror stop to think about it]], thanks to ExactWords, or not taking into account the intrinsic consequences. For example, Midas' touch. This is usually a FantasticAesop.

This is OlderThanFeudalism, and it's a perfect way to teach the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor. Supertrope to WhoWantsToLiveForever, SoBeautifulItsACurse, ImmunityDisability and DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength.

Compare/contrast with AwesomeButImpractical (which it is often mistaken for by the looks of most of the tropes), SuperLoser, SuperZeroes, PowerIncontinence, BadPowersBadPeople. See also {{Curse}}. Contrast a CurseThatCures, when a {{Curse}} cures a character of an illness or disease they already had.

* Moses from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' is God's Chosen One, but he is forced to be the instrument of the 10 Plagues of Egypt.

# By far, the most common variation is that the writers have seen fit to give you a special power that is, to be frank, [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway stupid]] or {{useless| superpowers}}.

* ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'': A teenage Hercules has superhuman strength but is very clumsy sometimes; Megara saved her boyfriend's soul, but is Hades' slave (also, said boyfriend dumped her shortly after that)

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', everyone's got a Semblance, a special power that only they can do (super speed, creating illusions, etc). However, it's later established that not all Semblances are cool and useful: your Semblance can be, for instance, to cause misfortune to the people around you.... The character in question does note that it can be useful when in a fight because it causes bad luck for their opponent, but it also means that they have to keep away from family and friends. [[spoiler:The character in question is none other than Ruby's uncle Qrow.]]

* ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'': A teenage Hercules has superhuman strength but is very clumsy sometimes; Megara is apparently immortal, but is Hades' slave

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', everyone's got a Semblance, a special power that only they can do (super speed, creating illusions, etc). However, it's later established that not all Semblances are cool and useful: your Semblance can be, for instance, to cause misfortune to the people around you.... The character in question does note that it can be useful when in a fight because it causes bad luck for his opponent, but it also means that he has to keep away from family and friends.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', everyone's got a Semblance, a special power that only they can do (super speed, creating illusions, etc). However, it's later established that not all Semblances are cool and useful: your Semblance can be, for instance, to cause misfortune to the people around you....

!!Examples

* BlessedWithSuck/FanFic
* BlessedWithSuck/{{Film}}

* BlessedWithSuck/NewspaperComics
* BlessedWithSuck/NewMedia
* BlessedWithSuck/ProfessionalWrestling

* BlessedWithSuck/{{Webcomics}}

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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', Simmons talks about terrible superpowers: the ability to fly, but only north, and being able to teleport only one foot at a time.

* ''WesternAnimation/JinxyJenkinsAndLuckyLou'': At the beginning of the short, Lou is clearly tired of the almost-perfect life caused by her good luck.

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This is OlderThanFeudalism, and it's a perfect way to teach the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor. Can encompass WhoWantsToLiveForever and SoBeautifulItsACurse as well. The more general form of DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength.

[[caption-width-right:300:Ah. Damn. Well, it could be worse: [[FridgeHorror you could've hugged your daughter or petted your dog earlier]].]]

This blessing may take form of AppliedPhlebotinum, privileges, or special abilities. For artistic cases (real or (self-) imagined), see MuseAbuse.

# By far, the most common variation is that the writers have seen fit to give you a special power that is, to be frank, [[What Kind Of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway stupid]] or {{useless| superpowers}}.

-->-- ''So Long and Thanks For All the Fish'', ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''

# By far, the most common variation is that the writers have seen fit to give you a special power that is, to be frank, [[WhatKindOfLamePowerisHeartAnyway stupid]] or {{useless| superpowers}}.

BlessedWithSuck is one of those tropes that comes in a few distinct flavors. Generally, it's when a character is given a special ability that seems to cause nothing but trouble: