If you had powers like Bruce Almighty, what would you be like?

[Saturos]

Think about it. If any of you had omnipotent, god-like powers, would you be a kind and benevolent administrator of the Earth, or a cruel and naughty dictator/overlord?

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Benevolent - but wrathful. :O

 

[Raziaar]

I'd be locally malevolent but globally benevolent.

 

[Narvi]

I'd be indifferent. Doing my godly things.

I figure I'll just make my own, awesome universe elsewhere.

 

[Jintor]

What Raziaar said. I'd be a jerk to people who were jerks to me. Everybody else gets candy and not-global-warming.

 

[[Dragoon]]

Where's the "squander my power doing petty, amusing things" option?

 

[Darkside55]

I would want to be benevolent. I would want only to do good, only to help, to put my limitless power to good use. But I could never keep it up for long. I would be corrupted even further than I am now, for I would have boundless, unimaginable power at my disposal. Such power is not conductive to benevolence. Inside myself I would see only flaws with everything in this world and its people, and all the planets and peoples that dwell on them, and even the universe itself. I would become distant, and unempathetic, and arrogant. And I would become displeased, and in a very short time angry.

And thus I would sweep my hand and destroy all I surveyed, wreaking havoc and ruin in my wake. And I would care not for doing good deeds or helping the worlds and their peoples, but only in ridding them of existence. To rid myself of the displeasure I feel when I look upon them.

And pretty soon everything would be gone, and with the passing of time I may grow lonely, and wish to start over. But it would likely be a vicious cycle until I decided to simply give up and let things progress how they will, and thus I would be neither benevolent nor malevolent, I would simply be absent.

 

[CyberPitz]

Eh, this world is bent enough on hurting each other, I'd like to keep that up.

 

[Phobie]

benevolent 7 50.00%
malevolent 7 50.00%

Ha.

I'd be a bit of both. Mostly nice though ^_^

 

[Saturos]

I would want to be benevolent. I would want only to do good, only to help, to put my limitless power to good use. But I could never keep it up for long. I would be corrupted even further than I am now, for I would have boundless, unimaginable power at my disposal. Such power is not conductive to benevolence. Inside myself I would see only flaws with everything in this world and its people, and all the planets and peoples that dwell on them, and even the universe itself. I would become distant, and unempathetic, and arrogant. And I would become displeased, and in a very short time angry.

And thus I would sweep my hand and destroy all I surveyed, wreaking havoc and ruin in my wake. And I would care not for doing good deeds or helping the worlds and their peoples, but only in ridding them of existence. To rid myself of the displeasure I feel when I look upon them.

And pretty soon everything would be gone, and with the passing of time I may grow lonely, and wish to start over. But it would likely be a vicious cycle until I decided to simply give up and let things progress how they will, and thus I would be neither benevolent nor malevolent, I would simply be absent.

Very poetic and dark, and all at the same time a litte pragmatic. I like it. :thumbs:

Where's the "squander my power doing petty, amusing things" option?

I would have put that option had I though about it. Sorry Dragoon, but yeah, I'd probably waste such powers on miniscule stuff first, until I got bored. I'd be more mischievious eventually than anything, but in the long run, and after much consideration, I just wouldn't be able to live with myself doing such things for long without giving back. For example, I may send a small meteor to blow up someone's house and then laugh at them, but then I would replace it with something better after a few days of basking in their misery. I just would not stand leaving someone like that. Unless of course, they go through some great feats to purposely try to anger me.

 

[Avoidist]

I would do things that make me awe at my own incredible power, standing atop a tall mountain overlooking the sea, summoning lightning and building the waves.

Of course, this little escapade will naturally bring great sadness to a small fishing village that was flooded during my cataclysm. Feeling unfit of these new abilities I would help out the village as if a mere mortal, silently cursing those who granted me such powers.

On returning to the mainland, I then decide to fight crime in secret, with little mercy. My personal favorite mode of death is the levitated force-choke.

So one could say benevolent with a twist, bordering on malevolent to those who I feel deserve it.

 

[Jintor]

I would want to be benevolent. I would want only to do good, only to help, to put my limitless power to good use. But I could never keep it up for long. I would be corrupted even further than I am now, for I would have boundless, unimaginable power at my disposal. Such power is not conductive to benevolence. Inside myself I would see only flaws with everything in this world and its people, and all the planets and peoples that dwell on them, and even the universe itself. I would become distant, and unempathetic, and arrogant. And I would become displeased, and in a very short time angry.

And thus I would sweep my hand and destroy all I surveyed, wreaking havoc and ruin in my wake. And I would care not for doing good deeds or helping the worlds and their peoples, but only in ridding them of existence. To rid myself of the displeasure I feel when I look upon them.

And pretty soon everything would be gone, and with the passing of time I may grow lonely, and wish to start over. But it would likely be a vicious cycle until I decided to simply give up and let things progress how they will, and thus I would be neither benevolent nor malevolent, I would simply be absent.

You're a freaking liar, man. Or a prophet. One of the two.

 

[Eejit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M

This.

 

[15357]

Well, it depends on your way of thinking.


If you think I am not benevolent, then thou shalt go to one of my holy concentration camps.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Vengeful. Supervengeful.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Darkside55]

You're a freaking liar, man. Or a prophet. One of the two.

I think I may, in fact, be prophetic; I wrote that almost two hours ago and just minutes ago I watched a program where a being calling himself the Lord of Perfection was doing exactly what I said I'd do. Spooky, although I'm not spooked.

I know that's how I'd handle that kind of power though. No lie. But out of curiosity, what do you think I'd do with it?

 

[Avoidist]

Well for one, everything you touched would be drained of goodness... and kindness.

That one's kinda obvious though.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Mind rape. That is all.

 

[evil^milk]

I would want to be benevolent. I would want only to do good, only to help, to put my limitless power to good use. But I could never keep it up for long. I would be corrupted even further than I am now, for I would have boundless, unimaginable power at my disposal. Such power is not conductive to benevolence. Inside myself I would see only flaws with everything in this world and its people, and all the planets and peoples that dwell on them, and even the universe itself. I would become distant, and unempathetic, and arrogant. And I would become displeased, and in a very short time angry.

And thus I would sweep my hand and destroy all I surveyed, wreaking havoc and ruin in my wake. And I would care not for doing good deeds or helping the worlds and their peoples, but only in ridding them of existence. To rid myself of the displeasure I feel when I look upon them.

And pretty soon everything would be gone, and with the passing of time I may grow lonely, and wish to start over. But it would likely be a vicious cycle until I decided to simply give up and let things progress how they will, and thus I would be neither benevolent nor malevolent, I would simply be absent.

Pretty much the same way I feel.

 

[Jintor]

If you think I am not benevolent, then thou shalt go to one of my holy concentration camps.

You know, this almost perfectly sums up Numbers.

I know that's how I'd handle that kind of power though. No lie. But out of curiosity, what do you think I'd do with it?

Given how far towards "Idealism" I lie on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsRealism, I'd like to believe that given unlimited power, you wouldn't go Axe Crazy. Obviously you believe differently.

 

[15357]

Jintor, if I ever get to be God, I'll give you Austrailia.

 

[JNightshade]

I would be benevolent for the most part, but I would also make my own life a living paradise :E

 

[Slug Advisor]

I'd be benevolent and manipulate everything from behind the scenes. i would also go on with my life, but change it for the better. For example, everything I would do would be overly dramatic.
Of course, eventualy I would get bored and destroy al of life on Earth, but I would preserve those who deserve to live, and when I already crated a new 'Earth', I would release them, but I would not let them grow arrogant, and they will never forget the boundaries I set them. Those who would defy me would burn in Hell, while those who would obey would hang out with me in Heaven. I would raise mountains, create oceans, weave the pattern of evolution. I would become the God of the New World!

 

[Krynn72]

I'd be benevolent and do great things for the world, helping billions of people live happier and fuller lives, while having a dark and disturbing secret life nobody knows about.

 

[Geogaddi]

I would remove all evidence of my existence but plant the idea in a few people's head and watch the sides duke it out.

 

[Que-Ever]

I'd be benevolent and do great things for the world, helping billions of people live happier and fuller lives, while having a dark and disturbing secret life nobody knows about.

There is a price for krynn's help- your youngest daughter.

 

[ktimekiller]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M

This.

LOL WHAT IS THAT FROM?

 

[Dan]

LOL WHAT IS THAT FROM?

EXTRAS

I already have this power. It's called my imagination.

 

[Avoidist]

Imagining you can set your hand on fire just doesn't compare to the real thing.

 

[Cavalry]

I will kill those that annoy me, but I will bring every soldier out of Iraq with Telekinesis

 

[99.vikram]

Indifferent to the human race, malevolent towards the arrogant/stupid (in my mind).

 

[Letters]

Really quite hard to say... I mean limitless power isn't exactly the easiest thing to imagine having!

BUT! I suppose if I had to say... I would... live underground. Like carve out some of the center of the earth and have it all be encased in "stuff" (and this wouldn't effect the planet in any way 'cause I said so), and I'd make an entire new civilization of... dragons. Yes, I'd transform into a dragon and create a new race of underground dragons that would end up colonizing all different kinds of planets. As for the people left on the surface, it'd be fun to scare them every once in a while... but all in good fun. See, this new race would be very easily amused. I think they'd sleep a lot too... I mean if you're gonna live so long (oh yeah we're immortal too)... there's only so much you can do without going nuts so you gotta sleep... a LOT! You know, just enough so all the other creatures of the universe don't get boring... let them invent those cool new toys for a few hundred years then we can play with them. Might have to transform to be able to use them... there's humanoid dragon form, though not too humanoid as to not be cool looking... always gotta have the scales and the spiky tail...wings... but then there's big monster dragon form, and just whatever else we'd need to kind of fit in, but never sacrificing our badassness.

That's getting a little weird so I'll leave it at that...

 

[Saturos]

Really quite hard to say... I mean limitless power isn't exactly the easiest thing to imagine having!

BUT! I suppose if I had to say... I would... live underground. Like carve out some of the center of the earth and have it all be encased in "stuff" (and this wouldn't effect the planet in any way 'cause I said so), and I'd make an entire new civilization of... dragons. Yes, I'd transform into a dragon and create a new race of underground dragons that would end up colonizing all different kinds of planets. As for the people left on the surface, it'd be fun to scare them every once in a while... but all in good fun. See, this new race would be very easily amused. I think they'd sleep a lot too... I mean if you're gonna live so long (oh yeah we're immortal too)... there's only so much you can do without going nuts so you gotta sleep... a LOT! You know, just enough so all the other creatures of the universe don't get boring... let them invent those cool new toys for a few hundred years then we can play with them. Might have to transform to be able to use them... there's humanoid dragon form, though not too humanoid as to not be cool looking... always gotta have the scales and the spiky tail...wings... but then there's big monster dragon form, and just whatever else we'd need to kind of fit in, but never sacrificing our badassness.

That's getting a little weird so I'll leave it at that...

epic. I love you man. I'd love to make actual dragons a reality. This post wins for me hands down.