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Westenev said :
They say there is a demon in that cave. He comes in periodically to posses spelunkers and force them to kill their friends, all the while cursed to forever seek the exit for eternity...

... I think there was a thriller based on that.


EDIT: I was just reading Allen's ability, and had a thought- what if someone actually had the ability to duplicate themselves. Not like shadow clones, more like actually duplicating themselves, as in make real copies that shared the same experiences and feelings up until they were created.

Think about that for a moment - if you used such an ability, how would you ever know if you were the original?

I wonder if such a superpower has turned up before.

I've known a few movies that had that.
7th day? starring Arnold Schwarzenegger comes to mind (an evil guy cloned him, then there were now 2 Arnies to kick bad guy butt. They also made clones of other people, their last memories were whatever they were when they were copied. So it was possible to have a business leader or congressman that you just assassinated irl then wake up thinking that they just woke up from the procedure.)
you also ad Michael Keaton in Multiplicity. slightly different approach, but again using technology.

I know these weren't quite what you were looking for.

Sometimes the point of conflict is that the clone may not realize they were the clone ... unless that was the point of the power (copy yourself so that if you did die, you would still technically go on). Sometimes in a power like that, the clones are somewhat aware of who the original was.

30-Jul-2016 00:50:12 - Last edited on 30-Jul-2016 00:53:19 by sir eos lee

Westenev said :
EDIT: I was just reading Allen's ability, and had a thought- what if someone actually had the ability to duplicate themselves. Not like shadow clones, more like actually duplicating themselves, as in make real copies that shared the same experiences and feelings up until they were created.

Think about that for a moment - if you used such an ability, how would you ever know if you were the original?

I wonder if such a superpower has turned up before.

I'm sure you would remember meeting the version who created you.

I'm assuming that your duplicates also have the ability to duplicate themselves?

If so you would eventually multiply and form an army large enough to conquer the world.

Seriously, no army can match you if you can just make clones faster than they can be gunned down. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

30-Jul-2016 00:52:26

NotFishing said :
Westenev said :
EDIT: I was just reading Allen's ability, and had a thought- what if someone actually had the ability to duplicate themselves. Not like shadow clones, more like actually duplicating themselves, as in make real copies that shared the same experiences and feelings up until they were created.

Think about that for a moment - if you used such an ability, how would you ever know if you were the original?

I wonder if such a superpower has turned up before.

I'm sure you would remember meeting the version who created you.

I'm assuming that your duplicates also have the ability to duplicate themselves?

If so you would eventually multiply and form an army large enough to conquer the world.

Seriously, no army can match you if you can just make clones faster than they can be gunned down.

Heroes had that!
There was a side story where that semi-immortal regenerative guy (blonde hair) fought in the American Revolutionary War. He came across a guy in the British Army who had the power to duplicate himself, and his copies could too.
you had a char that could constantly regen vs an eternal army ... I'm not sure who won ... but the generative guy did show up in Season 2 of Heroes, while the cloner did not ...

30-Jul-2016 00:55:42

30-Jul-2016 00:59:00

30-Jul-2016 01:01:25 - Last edited on 30-Jul-2016 01:02:04 by NotFishing

Westenev said :
EDIT: I was just reading Allen's ability, and had a thought- what if someone actually had the ability to duplicate themselves. Not like shadow clones, more like actually duplicating themselves, as in make real copies that shared the same experiences and feelings up until they were created.

Think about that for a moment - if you used such an ability, how would you ever know if you were the original?

I wonder if such a superpower has turned up before.

I actually considered making this the ability. However, in my opinion the side effect would almost certainly be insanity in the created beings. Think about it. If you create things that are definitely going to vanish, and you know that you can do that, there would always be that seed of doubt in someone's head that they weren't the real one, which would lead to the knowledge that you are entirely fated to die.

A clone knowing that would probably end up killing at least the original, and possibly others, just because of how unfair its own existence is. You wouldn't be able to make it do anything that you wanted, and it would render the ability 100% harmful to yourself. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

30-Jul-2016 01:13:23

30-Jul-2016 01:19:00 - Last edited on 30-Jul-2016 01:24:32 by Westenev

30-Jul-2016 01:29:36 - Last edited on 30-Jul-2016 01:35:45 by NotFishing

30-Jul-2016 01:30:12