At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements. 😉
What if you became a super hero, and your super power was making people tell the truth?
(Not every week can be original 🤷)
I would love that super power. I might use it too much though and maybe a bit inappropriately at times, but it could be a good one to have I think.
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Would I ever want to use that power? The truth can be brutal.
ReplyDeleteIt can be.
DeleteLove it. Love everything about it. I would move to DC and abuse the hell out of that.
ReplyDeleteLike Wonder Woman's magic rope? I would probably have to move to a remote mountain location, where everyone tells a degree of truth and gets in bar fights. I would be a spectator, yelling out truths and no one could hear me.
ReplyDeleteWhy? It might be fun to make people around you tell the truth.
DeleteThat is one superpower I would be super careful with. It might be tough hearing the truth sometimes.
ReplyDeleteWell I think that could be interesting in some areas of life but then again...I might not wish to hear the truth from some folks, like what they really think of me!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they'd just spout off truth or if you'd have to ask them a question. I didn't specify that, did I?
DeleteHonesty is the best policy, of course, but sometimes the truth hurts!
ReplyDeleteDepends on what truth.
Delete"You can't handle the truth!" Sorry i just had to put that in:) If I had that super power I would want to stand beside Trump stump and his cronies
ReplyDeleteThat's like shooting fish in a barrel. No one needs superpowers to determine when those idiots are lying.
DeleteTell the truth but not all the truth, is an old adage. So, I guess that superpower might not be as beneficial as it might seem.
ReplyDeleteI guess it would depend on how you use it.
DeleteHeading straight to Washington, DC! It should be fun!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if that would help. Perhaps they believe their own lies.
DeleteIf it was on every single thing that could be pretty awful. Kind lies or gentling the truth aren't always bad things. In court though could be quite handy.
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