I'd choose flight. Seriously. Not because it's mythic or heroic, but because it would be so damn cool.
I don't think I have an inflated heroic image of myself either; probably just an overactive imagination and a refusal to act my age. :)
But on the slightly more practical side, no traffic!
Come on. It's *flying*. How can you turn that down?
Posted by Sha Sha on June 9, 2004 2:28 AMI'm with Sha, especially after living in LA for two years... do you know how much it would cut down on my commute time? And it just sounds so much more fun.
Posted by Gwen on June 9, 2004 10:22 AMIs it really that easy for you two to decide? I would have thought Sha's double life as a secret agent would have made invisibility a very alluring choice.
For me, I still don't know what I'd choose. I think there is attraction either way. I mean, don't you find the idea of being able to escape an assailant (or visit loved ones in the hospital even though you may have no legal right to be there) practical? These could be made possible via invisibility.
On the flip side, I'm sure flight could be used maliciously as well. And the very idea of its practicality is based on the fact that you'd be excusing yourself from something we have to pay considerably for now (i.e. airline tickets). In that sense, both of the superpowers are about "cheating" just the same, right?
Posted by Nate on June 11, 2004 8:46 PMDude. Screw practicality.
It's FLYING.
FLYYYYIIIIINNNGGGGGGG.
zoom!
Posted by Sha Sha on June 12, 2004 3:03 AMI would never fall down again! I could prance along the edges of rooftops, and my wings would always catch me! And I could escape assailants by FLYING!
Also, I'm too much of an extrovert to want invisibility. It seems kind of boring. Plus, people would bump into you all the time, and I hate that.
That's a good point. I can't stand to walk behind people in crowds, and I'm sure it would be even worse if invisible, since people wouldn't make space for you then.
Hmmmmm.
I just remembered that I knew this girl Amber once who said that in her dreams, whenever she felt threatened by something, she would simply fly away. Problem solved.
Okay I think you two have convinced me that flying is the way to go. (It helps that I am living in a place right now where consistent, fast, and free transportation would be really nice.)
If only I really *were* choosing between two real superpowers...
Posted by Nate on June 12, 2004 8:15 PMThis is fun! :) I wonder what I would do. Hmm....
Do we get to turn off our invisibility, or would we ALWAYS be invisible? If it was always "on" then I would choose flying. I wouldn't want to always be invisible. Then my loved ones wouldn't be able to see me and that would be sad.
Also, being invisible might depress me, because it would allow me to see everything that goes on and leave nothing to the imagination. Of course I'm speaking in terms of using my invisibility to spy on people. Think about it. There are many things that people do in private that should remain private. If we knew everything they did behind closed doors, we would probably be grossed out. :)
Flying would certainly be exhilarating, but there already exist means of transportation like planes - that fly. And if it is really the *sensation* of flying that is so appealing, just go hangliding! There is nothing that exists in our world that can mimic or provide an alternative to invisibility, right? Unless one of you knows where Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility is!
I choose invisibility. Despite possibly seeing some nasty things.
Posted by Pete on January 30, 2005 3:59 PM