I write them that way, but not only that way. It depends a great deal on how the power manifests in the first place.
* Natal powers almost always match personality, because the two develop together. To a lesser extent this is true of powers emerging at puberty or young adulthood.
* Powers that grow in slowly almost always match personality, because the trigger is something the person just keeps pushing as hard as they can, for years. It's how Olympic athletes or quantum physicists power up, for example.
* Hereditary powers may or may not match personality -- you get what your family has to give -- but like ordinary talents, the support and familiarity are all around, so most of the time it's a match, barring the occasional black sheep.
* Whereas hereditary powers tend to be specific at least to a cluster of related abilities, there are a lot of different genetic predispositions that can add up to what's called "latent potential." Terramagne is not like Marvelverse with a single X-gene. This creates a very malleable core that can manifest in different ways, depending on the activating factor(s).
* Traumatic manifestation almost always matches the problem. That is, you get what will help you survive. This is often, but not always, well suited to your personality.
* Abilities bestowed by a higher power always match the entity's own sphere of influence, and they strongly tend to choose recipients with similar interests. But not ... quite ... always.
* The lowest rate of compatibility is with abilities bestowed by an object or substance which creates a specific imprint.
Some of these are limited and can only activate people with a compatible potential, as with Miradoir's artifact: it can unlock a variety of superpowers, but if you don't have the potential for any of those, it can't help you. If you have the latent potential for Super-Immunity, then the Aegis vaccine base will activate that on first contact; most people don't even notice it happening.
Others can staple their powers onto anyone, which is very rare -- like the glop Derrick and Blitz crawled through which gave everyone Telepathy. More often the effect is erratic: a lot of people get sick, a handful die, a few gain superpowers. What happened with the berettaflies is a good example. Within that range, however, the powers often refract along the lines of personality: Ashley the goth with deadly venom, Tsubasa with soul powers, and the more gregarious Adalina as the queen with Hive Mind.
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Date: 2016-02-29 10:32 pm (UTC)* Natal powers almost always match personality, because the two develop together. To a lesser extent this is true of powers emerging at puberty or young adulthood.
* Powers that grow in slowly almost always match personality, because the trigger is something the person just keeps pushing as hard as they can, for years. It's how Olympic athletes or quantum physicists power up, for example.
* Hereditary powers may or may not match personality -- you get what your family has to give -- but like ordinary talents, the support and familiarity are all around, so most of the time it's a match, barring the occasional black sheep.
* Whereas hereditary powers tend to be specific at least to a cluster of related abilities, there are a lot of different genetic predispositions that can add up to what's called "latent potential." Terramagne is not like Marvelverse with a single X-gene. This creates a very malleable core that can manifest in different ways, depending on the activating factor(s).
* Traumatic manifestation almost always matches the problem. That is, you get what will help you survive. This is often, but not always, well suited to your personality.
* Abilities bestowed by a higher power always match the entity's own sphere of influence, and they strongly tend to choose recipients with similar interests. But not ... quite ... always.
* The lowest rate of compatibility is with abilities bestowed by an object or substance which creates a specific imprint.
Some of these are limited and can only activate people with a compatible potential, as with Miradoir's artifact: it can unlock a variety of superpowers, but if you don't have the potential for any of those, it can't help you. If you have the latent potential for Super-Immunity, then the Aegis vaccine base will activate that on first contact; most people don't even notice it happening.
Others can staple their powers onto anyone, which is very rare -- like the glop Derrick and Blitz crawled through which gave everyone Telepathy. More often the effect is erratic: a lot of people get sick, a handful die, a few gain superpowers. What happened with the berettaflies is a good example. Within that range, however, the powers often refract along the lines of personality: Ashley the goth with deadly venom, Tsubasa with soul powers, and the more gregarious Adalina as the queen with Hive Mind.