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Friday Five meme, 24 June 2022
Jul. 1st, 2022 06:28 pm1. You have superpowers! Are you a hero, a villain, or just trying to get by? Just trying to get by.
2. What's your origin story? On a backpacking trip through Europe, I was in Salzburg, resting on a bench on a hill and looking out at Alps, when a voice from a nearby grove said "Give me the ring you're wearing and I will give you power!" Since it was a cheap RenFaire ring, I decided it was worth the risk. Immediately, I started hearing Mozart in the background.
3. What is your superpower? When I focus on a person or a scene, I hear the corresponding soundtrack. Based on the music I hear, I can tell whether my conversation partner wants to hang out with me, con me, or get in my bed. I can tell that this couple here hates each other even though they're smiling and this couple here is madly in love even if they're not looking at each other. I can tell when a crowd is about to get ugly or when a meeting is starting to go south. I can tell that the footsteps behind me at night are someone who wants to rob me or someone who's just trying to remember where they parked. At its best, when I think of an action, the way the music changes in that moment tells me whether it's a good or bad idea.
4. Every superpowered individual has a weakness. What's yours? Alcohol; it makes it impossible for me to focus on one individual or group and filter out others. The cacophony is debilitating.
5. What is the most mundane use you've put your powers to? Do you use laser vision to cut your hair, for example? When I think about the cover of a record album or CD, I can hear the tracks, so I have a book of album cover art I use instead of Spotify.
2. What's your origin story? On a backpacking trip through Europe, I was in Salzburg, resting on a bench on a hill and looking out at Alps, when a voice from a nearby grove said "Give me the ring you're wearing and I will give you power!" Since it was a cheap RenFaire ring, I decided it was worth the risk. Immediately, I started hearing Mozart in the background.
3. What is your superpower? When I focus on a person or a scene, I hear the corresponding soundtrack. Based on the music I hear, I can tell whether my conversation partner wants to hang out with me, con me, or get in my bed. I can tell that this couple here hates each other even though they're smiling and this couple here is madly in love even if they're not looking at each other. I can tell when a crowd is about to get ugly or when a meeting is starting to go south. I can tell that the footsteps behind me at night are someone who wants to rob me or someone who's just trying to remember where they parked. At its best, when I think of an action, the way the music changes in that moment tells me whether it's a good or bad idea.
4. Every superpowered individual has a weakness. What's yours? Alcohol; it makes it impossible for me to focus on one individual or group and filter out others. The cacophony is debilitating.
5. What is the most mundane use you've put your powers to? Do you use laser vision to cut your hair, for example? When I think about the cover of a record album or CD, I can hear the tracks, so I have a book of album cover art I use instead of Spotify.