Origins
Examples of ways in which a character has gained the ability to generate an effect.
| Type | Examples | See also |
|---|---|---|
| Inhuman nature | Homo mermanus; Kryptonians | |
| The character belongs to a class of wholly or partially non-Human beings for whom superhuman capabilities are typical and/or natural. This includes, but is not limited to, characters who are aliens, Demons, Gods, Vampires, Werewolves, or hybrids. | ||
| Object-based powers | Iron Man's armor; Green Lantern's power ring; Sauron's One Ring | List of objects in the DC Universe |
| Powers derived from objects (also known as artifacts), such as armor, jewelry, weapons, and wands | ||
| Mutation | X-Men; Captain Comet; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Mutant (fictional) |
| These powers are a direct result of some form of either induced evolution or natural selection, usually manifested during adolescent puberty when other mental and bodily adaptations take place. | ||
Read more about this topic: Reality Warping
Famous quotes containing the word origins:
“Lucretius
Sings his great theory of natural origins and of wise conduct; Plato
smiling carves dreams, bright cells
Of incorruptible wax to hive the Greek honey.”
—Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)
“The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf.”
—Lewis Mumford (1895–1990)
“Compare the history of the novel to that of rock ‘n’ roll. Both started out a minority taste, became a mass taste, and then splintered into several subgenres. Both have been the typical cultural expressions of classes and epochs. Both started out aggressively fighting for their share of attention, novels attacking the drama, the tract, and the poem, rock attacking jazz and pop and rolling over classical music.”
—W. T. Lhamon, U.S. educator, critic. “Material Differences,” Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s, Smithsonian (1990)