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* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': Shards are this. They give parahumans their powers, but they also [[spoiler: thrive in conflict and often punish their hosts if they try not to use their powers and live a normal life.]] They may also change their host's psyche, making them less able to function in their everyday life.
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* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': Shards In general, shards are this. They this, as they give parahumans amazing powers to their powers, host, but they also [[spoiler: thrive in conflict inevitably push them towards conflict]]. However, some characters have it rougher than others.
** Labyrinth can see different worlds and impose them over the reality she's in, changing whole areas in a few minutes. In a setting in which powers are ranked from one to ten, she is ranked as a ''twelve''. Unfortunately, her mind tends to wander off in those worlds she sees, and the more powerful she is the more disconnected from reality she becomes, to the point that sometimes she goes non-verbal and Skitter, unaware of how her power works, wonders if she is autistic.
** Accord's intelligence increases accordingly to the size of the problem he needs to resolve, although his plans are oftenpunish their hosts if they try not really complicated. Apparently his powers also gives him an extreme form of OCD to the point that he feels homicidal impulses towards people that do things as minor as ending a sentence with a preposition.
** Bitch can temporarily turn dogs into huge creatures with enormous strenght, but she cannot control them the way Skitter does with bugs, instead having to give them verbal commands like any other human would. In order to make it easier for her to usetheir powers her powers, her shards made her mind similar to that of an animal. She is unable to understand sarcasm, has poor control over her urges, misreads social cues all the time and live a normal life.]] They may also change their host's psyche, making them less able to function in their everyday life.
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** Labyrinth can see different worlds and impose them over the reality she's in, changing whole areas in a few minutes. In a setting in which powers are ranked from one to ten, she is ranked as a ''twelve''. Unfortunately, her mind tends to wander off in those worlds she sees, and the more powerful she is the more disconnected from reality she becomes, to the point that sometimes she goes non-verbal and Skitter, unaware of how her power works, wonders if she is autistic.
** Accord's intelligence increases accordingly to the size of the problem he needs to resolve, although his plans are often
** Bitch can temporarily turn dogs into huge creatures with enormous strenght, but she cannot control them the way Skitter does with bugs, instead having to give them verbal commands like any other human would. In order to make it easier for her to use
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* ''Literature/{{Smoke}}'': At first Freddie is happy to be an invisible, uncatchable burglar, then he’s constantly getting bumped into on the streets and such, can’t go out and interact with most people and his girlfriend is grossed out by how he’s invisible during sex.
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* ''Literature/{{Smoke}}'': At first Freddie is happy to be an invisible, uncatchable burglar, then he’s he's constantly getting bumped into on the streets and such, can’t can't go out and interact with most people and his girlfriend is grossed out by how he’s he's invisible during sex.sex.
* ''Literature/WearingTheCape'': High-level Atlas-types such as Astra are often TheAgeless, and by ''Ronin Games'' her doctor has confirmed that she has stopped aging. Since Astra is tiny [[ACupAngst in every way]] and repeatedly mistaken for being below legal age (which causes her some media trouble as people think the heroes are letting a child fight supervillains), she doesn't appreciate this. She doesn't expect to have a chance to really enjoy her immortality; with her extremely dangerous job, most likely she'll spend a decade or two being mistaken for a child before she dies heroically.
* ''Literature/WearingTheCape'': High-level Atlas-types such as Astra are often TheAgeless, and by ''Ronin Games'' her doctor has confirmed that she has stopped aging. Since Astra is tiny [[ACupAngst in every way]] and repeatedly mistaken for being below legal age (which causes her some media trouble as people think the heroes are letting a child fight supervillains), she doesn't appreciate this. She doesn't expect to have a chance to really enjoy her immortality; with her extremely dangerous job, most likely she'll spend a decade or two being mistaken for a child before she dies heroically.
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* Casper of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' is a powerful [[TheEmpath empath]], to the degree that he spends every day almost drowning in the feelings of those around him.
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* Casper of ''{{Literature/Touch}}'' ''{{Literature/Touch 2017}}'' is a powerful [[TheEmpath empath]], to the degree that he spends every day almost drowning in the feelings of those around him.
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* Doli of Creator/LloydAlexander's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain'' comes from a family with the power of invisibility and is infuriated by the fact that he cannot do it. When he finally is granted the power by Prince Gwydion, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he is called to use it so often by his companions that he becomes sick of it.]] But then again, he complains about everything.
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* Doli of Creator/LloydAlexander's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain'' ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'' comes from a family with the power of invisibility and is infuriated by the fact that he cannot do it. When he finally is granted the power by Prince Gwydion, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he is called to use it so often by his companions that he becomes sick of it.]] But then again, he complains about everything.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' ''Dipper and Mabel and the Time Pirates Treasure'', one ending has Dipper, Mabel and Blendin gaining a potion of Eternal Youth. The result is [[spoiler: Dipper and Mabel never reaching puberty, and are stuck as twelve year olds forever. They outlived　their loved ones into the Time Baby's future, where they open up a museum of the past, with Blendin stuck as the janitor forever.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' ''Dipper and Mabel and the Time Pirates Treasure'', one ending has Dipper, Mabel and Blendin gaining a potion of Eternal Youth. The result is [[spoiler: Dipper and Mabel never reaching puberty, and are stuck as twelve year olds forever. They outlived　their outlived their loved ones into the Time Baby's future, where they open up a museum of the past, with Blendin stuck as the janitor forever.]]
**Another ending has the same trio gain a potion of the Golden Touch. The result is [[spoiler: all three nearly high-five themselves into turning into gold... before they catch themselves and mop their brows in relief... [[AndIMustScream turning themselves into gold]].]]
**Another ending has the same trio gain a potion of the Golden Touch. The result is [[spoiler: all three nearly high-five themselves into turning into gold... before they catch themselves and mop their brows in relief... [[AndIMustScream turning themselves into gold]].]]
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* In ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', the main character, Eragon, blesses a character with suck. He blesses a baby with a spell that he thinks will shield her from harm, but a grammatical error in the [[LanguageOfMagic magical language]] makes her a shield for ''everybody else''. To his credit, he promises that he will remove it and does his best to follow up on that promise.
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* In ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', the main character, Eragon, blesses a character with suck. He blesses a baby A mother asks him to bless her baby, and he does so with a spell that (what he thinks will shield is) a spell to shied her from harm, but harm in the LanguageOfMagic. However a grammatical error in the [[LanguageOfMagic magical language]] makes instead compels her a to shield for ''everybody else''. else'' from harm. As a result she can sense threats to people around her and is physically compelled to prevent as much harm as possible. To his Eragon's credit, he promises that he will remove it swears to fix his mistake, and does his best a reasonable job of doing so. [[spoiler:Although he's unable to follow up on that promise. fully remove the curse, he is able to remove the compulsion to prevent the impending harm, leaving her with just the ability to sense impending danger to others]].
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*** In ''Grave Peril'' he mentions he ''has never had a hot bath'', because he can't keep a water heater without it shorting out. Imagine a lifetime of enforced cold showers, which has to especially suck in a Chicago winter.
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*** In ''Grave Peril'' ''Literature/GravePeril'' he mentions he ''has never had a hot bath'', because he can't keep a water heater without it shorting out. Imagine a lifetime of enforced cold showers, which has to especially suck in a Chicago winter.
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* Madame Weatherberry from ''Literature/ATaleOfMagic'' refers to magic as a gift, despite it coming with...heavy social stigma, to say the least. Magic is also uncontrollable at first and this can have negative consequences; for example, one boy who has a talent for PlayingWithFire causes his mother to have a DeathByChildbirth because giving birth to him burned him so badly.
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* Madame Weatherberry from ''Literature/ATaleOfMagic'' ''Literature/TheTaleOfMagic'' refers to magic as a gift, despite it coming with...heavy social stigma, to say the least. Magic is also uncontrollable at first and this can have negative consequences; for example, one boy who has a talent for PlayingWithFire causes his mother to have a DeathByChildbirth because giving birth to him burned him so badly.
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* ''Literature/{{Smoke}}'': At first Freddie is happy to be an invisible, uncatchable burglar, then he’s constantly getting bumped into on the streets and such, can’t go out and interact with most people and his girlfriend is grossed out by how he’s invisible during sex.
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As there's actually been no official English translation. - https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=85479&type=att#comment-85479
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* Being Literature/ShamanOfTheUndead seems nice at first - you help (dead) people, you have some nice clairvoyance skills and ghosts can be helpful - but you have to lead ''all'' the dead people you're supposed to into the underworld, and if somebody's killed by BlackMagic, they will bother you all the time and you won't be able to get rid of them.
* Having electricity powers might be awesome for combat, but ''Literature/UrbanDragon'''s Arkay has a bad habit of completely frying electronics every time she gets excited. And let's not get started on the static electricity: she wears a heavily-gelled pixie cut for a reason.
* Having electricity powers might be awesome for combat, but ''Literature/UrbanDragon'''s Arkay has a bad habit of completely frying electronics every time she gets excited. And let's not get started on the static electricity: she wears a heavily-gelled pixie cut for a reason.
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* ''Literature/SzamankaOdUmarlakow'': Being Literature/ShamanOfTheUndead the JobTitle seems nice at first - you help (dead) people, you have some nice clairvoyance skills and ghosts can be helpful - but you have to lead ''all'' the dead people you're supposed to into the underworld, and if somebody's killed by BlackMagic, they will bother you all the time and you won't be able to get rid of them.
* ''Literature/UrbanDragon'': Having electricity powers might be awesome for combat, but''Literature/UrbanDragon'''s Arkay has a bad habit of completely frying electronics every time she gets excited. And let's not get started on the static electricity: she wears a heavily-gelled pixie cut for a reason.
* ''Literature/UrbanDragon'': Having electricity powers might be awesome for combat, but
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* Winter Celchu (introduced in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Thrawn novels]], and also appearing in the ComicBook/XWingSeries) has a [[PhotographicMemory perfect memory]], which leads to a curious case of both BlessedWithSuck and CursedWithAwesome: the pain of such horrible things as the destruction of Alderaan never fades, but in her work as an Intelligence agent her ability to remember conversations verbatim and maps with a single glance (just for a start) was doubtless of endless use. She's very practical about it all - being TheStoic, it's hard to tell when she's hurting.
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* Winter Celchu (introduced in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Thrawn novels]], and also appearing in the ComicBook/XWingSeries) ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'' comics) has a [[PhotographicMemory perfect memory]], which leads to a curious case of both BlessedWithSuck and CursedWithAwesome: the pain of such horrible things as the destruction of Alderaan never fades, but in her work as an Intelligence agent her ability to remember conversations verbatim and maps with a single glance (just for a start) was doubtless of endless use. She's very practical about it all - being TheStoic, it's hard to tell when she's hurting.
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* In ''Literature/TheLicaniusTrilogy'', Gifted are able to use immensely powerful magic and Augurs can read minds, control people and even see the future. The former are sent to strictly supervised academies and managed by a dictatorial police force, and the latter are just outright executed if discovered.
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* In the epic fantasy ''Seven Blades in Black'' by Sam Sykes, most forms of magic are this. The Lady Merchant, goddess of magic, grants incredible gifts...but you have to give her something in return. Like your ability to have good dreams, your emotions, your ability to ''move'', and so on. And no, you don't get to pick what you get or what you give. While you can theoretically stave off paying the price by not using your magic, most people never get a choice--if they live in the fantasy-Stalinist Revolution territory, or in Haven with the religious fanatics, it's BurnTheWitch time, and if they live in the fantasy-Rome/Italy Imperium, they get forcibly conscripted and forced to use their powers until they're used ''up''. There is such a thing as Prodigy, someone with multiple gifts who doesn't have to pay a price, but, well, see above. They'll still be either dead or a war criminal before they're twenty. Small wonder so many desert from the Imperium to become Vagrants, like the heroine Sal.
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* Creator/TimothyZahn's works often deconstruct this aspect of creating SuperSoldiers. The Cobras of Literature/TheCobraTrilogy are equipped with unbreakable bones, super strength, computerized combat reflexes, and the ability to shoot lasers from their hands and feet in order to make perfect covert guerrilla fighters. But the modifications lead to serious health problems later in life, not to mention that the combat reflexes can't just be turned off even in civilian life. The Copperheads of the Conquerors trilogy receive a direct-brain link to their spacecraft that makes them the fastest and deadliest combat pilots humanity has, but the link is so powerful and freeing that returning to being "merely human" afterwards is traumatic, and excessive use can even lead to borderline catatonia when not "plugged in."
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* When Dracula marries Queen Victoria in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'', many European tried to get immortality as a vampire with the bonus of Dracula's bloodline getting shapeshifting (vampires like Lord Ruthven or Genevieve Dieudonne cannot). The problem is shapeshifting is difficult, often killing or mutilating failures and the further a descendant is from Dracula, the more unstable - so many newborn die shortly after turning. Additionally Dracula's bloodline is corrupt, unlike other vampires, his get need to sleep in their own native soil or eventually start rotting and many suffer from early mental degeneration.
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* When Dracula marries Queen Victoria in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'', many European tried to get immortality as a vampire with the bonus of Dracula's bloodline getting shapeshifting (vampires like Lord Ruthven or Genevieve Dieudonne cannot). The problem is shapeshifting is difficult, often killing or mutilating failures and the further a descendant is from Dracula, the more unstable - so many newborn die shortly after turning. Additionally Dracula's bloodline is corrupt, unlike other vampires, his get need to sleep in their own native soil or eventually start rotting and many suffer from early mental degeneration. Finally some of Dracula's get share his weakness to holy water and crucifixes, something that non-superstituous vampires are usually immune to.
** In general, being a vampire isn't all that great though [[StrongerWithAge getting older corrects some of these issues]]: there's the only food a vampires can accept being blood, getting burnt by sunlight while a vampire is "young" and etc. Some of the benefits aren't that impressive, a vampire that is weak before undeath won't get much of a strength boost after being a vampire and vampirism doesn't always correct pre-existing health issues (if a vampire has a disease like syphilis - the disease just mutates).
** In general, being a vampire isn't all that great though [[StrongerWithAge getting older corrects some of these issues]]: there's the only food a vampires can accept being blood, getting burnt by sunlight while a vampire is "young" and etc. Some of the benefits aren't that impressive, a vampire that is weak before undeath won't get much of a strength boost after being a vampire and vampirism doesn't always correct pre-existing health issues (if a vampire has a disease like syphilis - the disease just mutates).
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* ''Literature/TheStressOfHerRegard'' and ''Literature/HideMeAmongTheGraves'': It's great being a Nephilim's lover. You develop astounding skill with language and words, and you'll be [[MadeOfIron protected from anything that could ever hurt you]], [[WhoWantsToLiveForever even old age and death]]. And all it wants is all of your love. [[KillEmAll Oh, and the deaths of everyone else in your life.]] [[AndIMustScream And you won't be allowed to love anyone else. Not even yourself.]]
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* ''Literature/GhostRoads'': Routewitches are fundamentally nomadic; they get their power from traveling and have a deep need to be on the move. As queen, Apple is immensely strong, eternally young, gifted with extra powers, able to commune directly with their goddess...and can't go anywhere. Well, she ''could''--there's no actual physical barrier or geas preventing her--but things usually go haywire if the monarch leaves the Ocean Lady and she's much too responsible. So, until she steps down, Apple can only experience travel through the tribute of her subjects.
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*** Although Harry occasionally mentions how it's okay, because some of the things he sees are absolutely beautiful -- Murphy as a shining wounded angel, for instance. Also, the Sight gave him something he could never have had otherwise: [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments a perfect, unfading memory of his mother.]]
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* Johnny Smith in ''Literature/TheDeadZone'' sees visions of past, present, and/or future [[{{Psychometry}} when he touches people or objects]], but he can't turn it off, and the person on the other end may feel anything from an odd zap, to a draining sensation, to a sudden instinctive sense of revulsion. In a coat room, looking for a hanger for his coat, he brushes against the coat of someone who is going insane, and spends the rest of the dinner worrying about who among the other diners it is. Every time the press get ahold of another incident, he's flooded with letters and packages from people wanting him to touch things for him, he loses his beloved teaching career because of the publicity, and when he's asked to help find a serial killer, he has to see the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl ''from the killer's point of view''!
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* ''Literature/DevilsAndThieves'': Jemmie's extreme magical sensitivity is unique and useful, giving her a powerful edge over others...if it weren't for the fact that just being around enough kindled makes her feel like passing out, and makes it almost impossible to even use her own magic
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** Leo, in addition to his technological talent, has fire powers. Great for fighting monsters, right? Yeah, except for the fact that said powers are difficult to control and extremely dangerous. Just ask Leo's mom. Oh, wait, you can't: she died in a fire ''started by accident by her son''. And Apparently the last son of Hephaestus with the ability started the Great Fire of London. So that should give you an idea of what we're dealing with here.
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** Leo, in addition to his technological talent, has fire powers. Great for fighting monsters, right? Yeah, except for the fact that said powers are difficult to control and extremely dangerous. Just ask Leo's mom. Oh, wait, you can't: she died in a fire ''started by accident by her son''. And Apparently apparently the last son of Hephaestus with the ability started the Great Fire of London. So that should give you an idea of what we're dealing with here.
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* In ''Literature/ErecRex,'' the title character has what he calls "cloudy thoughts:" a suddenly compulsion to do something seemingly random, with him actively having to fight his body if he doesn't want to do it. It always winds up helping someone else, but proves incredibly inconvenient for Erec--for example, running outside in his pajamas to free a cat that was stuck in a trash can. The first book kicks off with one telling him to go find his mother, who is seemingly just at work, only for him to discover that she's been kidnapped in a MagicalLand.
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* In ''Literature/ErecRex,'' the title character has what a magical power which he calls "cloudy thoughts:" a suddenly compulsion thoughts"--sudden compulsions to do something seemingly random, with him actively having to fight his body if he doesn't want to do it. It always winds up helping someone else, but proves incredibly inconvenient for Erec--for else (for example, putting down pillows right before his little sister crashes onto the floor, or running outside in his pajamas to free a cat that was stuck in pick up a trash can. The first book kicks off with one telling him to go find his mother, who is seemingly just at work, only for him to discover can that she's been kidnapped turns out to have a cat pinned under it), but he hates the loss of control, and lives in a MagicalLand. fear that one day they'll make him do something bad instead.
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* Casper of {{Literature/Touch}} is a powerful [[TheEmpath empath]], to the degree that he spends every day almost drowning in the feelings of those around him.
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* At some point, the humans from Tolkien's Middle-Earth universe start considering their "Gift of Men" (meaning mortality) a curse. This was, of course, due to the corruptive influence of [[BigBad Sauron]] on the vastly powerful [[{{Atlantis}} Empire of Númenor]]. In the end, their envy of the long lives led by elves causes them to bring destruction upon themselves. The irony of it is that the Gift is wholly exclusive to Men, and that even the Valar, the most powerful beings in the universe (after [[{{God}} Ilúvatar]] himself), are said to be envious of this gift. Men are the only beings not tied to the fate of the world, and who can leave it one day without having to worry about its future.
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* At some point, the humans from Tolkien's Middle-Earth universe ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' start considering their "Gift of Men" (meaning mortality) a curse. This was, of course, due to the corruptive influence of [[BigBad Sauron]] on the vastly powerful [[{{Atlantis}} Empire of Númenor]]. In the end, their envy of the long lives led by elves causes them to bring destruction upon themselves. The irony of it is that the Gift is wholly exclusive to Men, and that even the Valar, the most powerful beings in the universe (after [[{{God}} Ilúvatar]] himself), are said to be envious of this gift. Men are the only beings not tied to the fate of the world, and who can leave it one day without having to worry about its future.
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* Serena Clarke of ''Literature/{{Vicious}}'' has the power to [[CompellingVoice force anyone to do anything]]. Anything, that is, except disobey her. She quickly grows frustrated with how simple this makes her life. Much of her internal monologue consists of her begging people to defy her.
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** Serena Clarkeof ''Literature/{{Vicious}}'' has the power to [[CompellingVoice force anyone to do anything]]. Anything, that is, except disobey her. She quickly grows frustrated with how simple this makes her life. It also means she can't pursue any sexual or romantic relationships in good conscience, since she can't ever be sure said relationships are [[QuestionableConsent 100% consensual]]. Much of her internal monologue consists of her begging people to defy her.
** Eli Ever has an incredible HealingFactor. Nothing permanently harms him... but he can still feel pain. [[spoiler:So when he winds up in a {{Mad Scientist}}'s lab, he's a prime candidate for experimentation. He's essentially tortured for years on end, with no chance of death freeing him. Not even removing his heart kills him.]]
** To a lesser extent, Sydney Clarke and Dominic Rusher have this problem, too, since their powers are what get them tangled up in [[EvilVersusEvil the feud between Eli and Victor]]. (Though they at least have the consolation of a FamilyOfChoice that genuinely cares about them, even if they're in constant danger.) Sydney's powers also slow her aging, which means she's stuck looking like a child even though she's eighteen by the time of the second book.
** Serena Clarke
** Eli Ever has an incredible HealingFactor. Nothing permanently harms him... but he can still feel pain. [[spoiler:So when he winds up in a {{Mad Scientist}}'s lab, he's a prime candidate for experimentation. He's essentially tortured for years on end, with no chance of death freeing him. Not even removing his heart kills him.]]
** To a lesser extent, Sydney Clarke and Dominic Rusher have this problem, too, since their powers are what get them tangled up in [[EvilVersusEvil the feud between Eli and Victor]]. (Though they at least have the consolation of a FamilyOfChoice that genuinely cares about them, even if they're in constant danger.) Sydney's powers also slow her aging, which means she's stuck looking like a child even though she's eighteen by the time of the second book.
