History BlessedWithSuck / WebComics

*** A guy wished for what is presumed to be amazing sexual prowess. Now any person who attempts to stimulate his penis in any way instantly gets a mindblowing orgasm and falls asleep, ''including his own hand''. Naturally, he alternates between sexual frustration and blue balls.
** Done literally, but backfired, in the case of a guy who defiled a tomb and was cursed to be the best in the world at blowjobs. The intent was that he either live with hiding his talent forever or use it and be forever known as the blowjob guy. [[ItMakesSenseInContext He uses his talent to become king]]. Bonus points for being a very literal case of being Blessed With [[IncrediblyLamePun Suck]].

*** A guy wished for what is presumed to be amazing sexual prowess. Now any person who attempts to stimulate his penis in any way instantly gets a mindblowing orgasm and falls asleep, ''[[ADateWithRosiePalms including his own hand]]''. Naturally, he alternates between sexual frustration and blue balls.

* ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'': Sal, as the [[TheChosenOne Future High Priestess]] of [[RandomNumberGod Phred]], has access to [[PossessionEqualsMastery unbelievable]] [[ContrivedCoincidence good]] [[BornLucky luck]]. However, its at the price of [[EquivalentExchange equally]] [[DistressedDamsel incredible]] [[HumanShield bad]] [[DoomMagnet luck]]. What good is winning every hand of poker, when you spend [[ButForMeItWasTuesday every Tuesday]] in a new [[DirtyOldMan evil wizard]]'s dungeon?

* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Jadis, the Demiurge of Sloth, is the last of a line of Demiurge philosophers who dedicated their lives to becoming TheOmniscient by seeking the True Shape of the Multiverse. Jadis actually succeeded in this, becoming the SoleSurvivor of the attempt. Becoming Omniscient turns out to be not all it's cracked up to be however: Knowing absolutely everything, all at once, [[MadOracle has driven Jadis completely mad]], and the fact that nothing is hidden from her, including her own future actions, means she [[YouCannotFightFate lives her life according to a pre-written script]] she is incapable of changing. Jadis also has the misfortune of living inside a universe where AchievementsInIgnorance is an actual fundamental law of the universe, and as the only person in the world who ''cannot'', by definition, be ignorant of anything she cannot achieve anything. At this point, Jadis only wants to die, all while being fully aware of the exact moment she will be permitted to die and unable to do anything to hasten the process.

* [[http://www.oglaf.com/snowbound/2/ The Snow Queen]] from ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}''. Extreme control [[AnIcePerson ice and snow.]] [[PowerIncontinence Can't turn it off,]] [[CantHaveSexEver and can't get laid.]] [[TheWoobie Poor girl.]]

*** An ugly woman wished to be beautiful. [[SoBeautifulItsACurse She's now so beautiful everyone thinks she's out of their league and she can't get laid no matter how much she begs]].

* The virtues Fast, Modesty, and Sharing from ''Sins''. This could probably apply to every virtue but Content really.

* ''Webcomic/SuperStupor'': A power that could be succinctly described as [[http://www.superstupor.com/sust11262007.shtml "truth fucking".]]

* Black Mage from ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' gains the ability to learn any spell used against him. However, all the spells he learns with it were cast by [[RealityWarper Sarda]], and therefore were invented on the spot specifically to harm Black Mage. For example, Sarda casts a spell targeting Black Mage that makes BM puke his intestines out. Black Mage then uses that spell while targeting Sarda, which thus causes BM to puke out his own intestines.

* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfShanShan'', [[http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=005&chapterid=1 Shan Shan can see and hear things others can't.]] This is a formula for being massively misinterpreted.
* Austen, the deuteragonist of ''Webcomic/AlwaysHuman'', has a highly sensitive immune system. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a serious problem, but the comic is set in a future where bio-compatible nanotechnology is practically everywhere, and she can't make use of it.

* Webcomic/{{Bug|Martini}} shows us that [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/crummy-gift// receiving a time machine would really be an example of this trope.]]
* Vlad in ''Webcomic/ChessPiece'' did a DealWithTheDevil and got his dying son healthy, armored skin, magic and high heat tolerance (he can walk around in an active volcano!)-the downside? He can't swim, he's supersensitive to cold, [[WordOfGod demons will eventually try dragging him to hell]] (the operative word being ''try'') and he now looks like a demon for the rest of his life. He takes this all in stride, still being a WideEyedIdealist.
* Kuroraki from ''Webcomic/DeverishAlso'' has magic armor gives him a HealingFactor, allowing him to instantly recover from lethal wounds...but the reason he ''gets'' wounded is because people keep trying to mug him and steal his [[ArtifactOfAttraction super-valuable]] {{unobtainium}} armor.
* The titular character of ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' started out as a mere seer, but as the story got deeper and darker, his powers seem to have made him BlessedWithSuck. He keeps constantly getting into conflicts that he wanted nothing to do with, all because he's the only one with the visions that can save everyone. This leads to a nervous breakdown, proving his powers now seem to be more of a curse than a blessing.

* Sal from ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'', as the [[TheChosenOne Future High Priestess]] of [[RandomNumberGod Phred]], has access to [[PossessionEqualsMastery unbelievable]] [[ContrivedCoincidence good]] [[BornLucky luck]]. However, its at the price of [[EquivalentExchange equally]] [[DistressedDamsel incredible]] [[HumanShield bad]] [[DoomMagnet luck]]. What good is winning every hand of poker, when you spend [[ButForMeItWasTuesday every Tuesday]] in a new [[DirtyOldMan evil wizard]]'s dungeon?
* Elliot and Ellen of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' are developing magic powers. The downside is pretty severe PowerIncontinence, which is especially bad for Elliot, as he has to transform into a girl multiple times per day -- a prospect he is ''not'' happy about. Said PowerIncontinence will eventually wear off, and there have been debates as to how bad they have it anyway, but WordOfGod states that the suck outweighs the blessing for now.

* Several characters from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''.

* In ''Webcomic/HaruSari'', elves can use magic better than humans, but are considerably less sane and die when they're about 30.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[spoiler:[[TheStarscream Jack Noir]]]]. When Bequerel, Jade's omnipotent dog, [[spoiler:prototypes himself to save her]], this inadvertently causes the creation of [[spoiler:[[OmnicidalManiac Bec Noir]]]]. He's inherited all the traits of [[spoiler:Bec]] now. ''[[RunningGag All of them]]''. That includes teleportation, near-invulnerability, extra-sensitive sense of smell... [[spoiler:and the inability to kill Jade out of forced love and loyalty]].

* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'' has two examples in Distracterella and Lazer Pony.

* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' appears to be fairly realistic, as webcomics go, with no superpowers. However, it features at least two instances of this trope:

* Father Time from ''Webcomic/NightTerror'' suffers from a pretty extreme version of this trope. He can see alternate timelines... but he can't ''stop'' seeing alternate timelines. And since Night Terror is set in what could, at best, be called a CrapsaccharineWorld, he's forced to see his friends and family die in increasingly painful ways on a daily basis. To the point where he [[spoiler: '''[[EyeScream gouged out his own eyes]]''']] just to make it stop. [[spoiler: And even that didn't work.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', glitter points for being a GoodSamaritan [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-05-20 strike Slick]] as the very opposite of better, despite EverythingsBetterWithSparkles.
* Leif from Webcomic/{{Sire}} shares the artistic genius of his Sire, Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, but also the horrible skin condition. Leif certainly fails to see the blessing.
* One of Aylee's [[ShapeShifter many forms]] in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' had the ability to give off an electromagnetic pulse, disabling any electronic device in the area. However, she couldn't ''stop'' herself from give off these EMP burst, and when one of them erased [[KillerRabbit Bun-Bun's]] ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' tapes, it almost got the entire cast killed.

* In ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'', [[spoiler:Justin]] has the power of regeneration. Unfortunately, he has none of the Badassery that usually accompanies this power, and he is a [[WeirdnessMagnet magnet for supernatural women.]] Because of this, several of his exes did some rather nasty things to him on the grounds that "You'll recover in a minute anyway."

* When Jack of ''{{Webcomic/Zoophobia}}'' was born, his grieving mother decided to seek eternal life for him. Unfortunately, the quickest option she had was [[DealWithTheDevil asking his Uncle Satan for help]]. While it’s true that Jack can’t die and quickly recovers from horrible injuries, he suffers from [[BornUnlucky horrible luck]] as part of the deal that leads to a ''lot'' of “fatal” accidents. And, of course, [[ImmortalityHurts he still feels pain]].

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** [=DiDi=], an Amazonian StatuesqueStunner, can attract men (and not a few women) without even trying, and seems to quite enjoy male company and sex, in principle. Unfortunately, [[SoBeautifulItsACurse her beauty seems to have scrambled her ability to develop ordinary social skills]]. Moreover, her sheer attractiveness induces premature ejaculation in men, she has trouble reaching orgasm anyway, and her social and emotional incompetence stops her from communicating with her lovers properly. As the comic progresses, orgasm deprivation drives her downright crazy.
** Gary, who starts the comic's run as [[NerdsAreVirgins a desperate virgin]], somehow gains the ability to attract large numbers of attractive women through a peculiar combination of dorkiness, charm, [[NiceGuy niceness]], and legendary oral sex technique. The women include a psychotic phallophobe, a {{narcissist}}ic transgender lingerie model, a ruthless {{dominatrix}}, and the deranged [=DiDi=]. It's a shame that Gary never acquired any kind of assertiveness or judgement.

** Done literally, but backfired, in the case of a guy who defiled a tomb and was cursed to be the best in the world at blowjobs. The intent was that he either hide his talent forever or be forever known as the blowjob guy. [[ItMakesSenseInContext He uses his talent to become king]]. Bonus points for being a very literal case of being Blessed With [[IncrediblyLamePun Suck]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'': Raizel never does any hand-to-hand combat. His job is to come at the very last minute and put the finishing move on the enemy. Problem is, every time he uses his power, it eats away at his lifespan.
* In ''Webcomic/HaruSari'', elves can use magic better than humans, but are considerably less sane and die when they're about 30.

* Several characters from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''.
** Zimmy has [[RealityWarper reality-altering powers]]. She also has [[ImaginaryEnemy terrifying hallucinations]] -- ''not'' a good combination. The only way she knows of to control either is to hang out with Gamma, who acts as a living PowerNullifier.
*** When it manifests on a rooftop and drags Antimony (and, they later learn, one of the boys they're with) along for the ride, Antimony suggests the possibility of learning to control it... at which point Zimmy explodes at her. Later, though, Zimmy reassures Annie that "it's only as real as you let it be" -implying that, for once, denial ''is'' an effective coping mechanism.
*** Gamma's ability to nullify Zimmy's power is no better. It doesn't work as well when she's asleep, but she can't bear to make Zimmy suffer, so she tries to stay awake as long as possible and that takes its toll on her.
** Coyote gave Reynardine the ability to [[DemonicPossession possess others' bodies]], then return to his own. Coyote himself could use this ability harmlessly, but for reasons that Coyote implies he doesn't know, Reynardine invariably and unintentionally kills his host upon leaving their body.
** Coyote gave Ysengrin powerful arms made of wood, and with them, [[GreenThumb the power to manipulate trees]]. The downside is that they're apparently ''arthritic''. Coyote freely admits that he screwed up, but Ysengrin insists that he has no complaints. (Ysengrin is fanatically devoted to Coyote, so it's possible that he does have complaints, but he either keeps them to himself or is in denial of them.)
** Andrew "Smitty" Smith has the power to subconsciously create order in chaotic situations; he can, for example, throw a deck of shuffled cards in the air and have them all land in a neat sorted pile. The first major display of his power, however, comes in chapter 23... where he manages, in the space of about an hour, to [[spoiler: ruin a VR simulation game that his friends were looking forward to by causing the objective treasure to spawn at his feet,]] and then [[spoiler: causes the girl he likes (who has teleportation powers of which she is unaware and who [[UnresolvedSexualTension also likes him]]) to subconsciously teleport the two of them onto her bed, along with the teacher and two friends they were with at the time.]] HilarityEnsues. Later issues suggest there is a downside in misfortune befalling others to bring about fortunate events for himself. This is first demonstrated by the girls bringing him in to get a blinker stone close to the shore, which succeeds because his throw strikes a passing bird. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1664 He later describes how]] he could potentially use his powers to cause events that would lead to his girlfriend teleporting to him, but these events could be wholly negative such as her seeking help to assist her mentor who suffered an accident.
** Antimony's [[ElementalEmbodiment fire elemental]] ancestry. The good thing: ''a lot'' of magical power, transferring down the generations ''fully'' -- no dilution or genetic lottery. Packaged with [[HotBlooded very lively spirit]] and general attractiveness. The bad thing: witnessing the parent you inherited it from waste away and die just when things start to get really interesting, and your own life ends early, in exactly the same fashion. No variants. If there are ways to cheat the system without making things even worse, several generations of experts in magic and [[{{Magitek}} Etheric Sciences]] have failed to find any, despite access to a vast variety of very cooperative magic creatures up to and including at least one PhysicalGod.

* Quentyn, the main character from ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'', is (while drunk) accidentally "bonded" to a magic sword. While this normally conveys some few advantages (no one but he can use the sword, he can normally locate it wherever it is by "feel" and, under the right circumstances, summon it to himself), it is outweighed by the considerable number of drawbacks: first, it is implied that in the wrong hands the sword could become a magical conduit back to himself, second, no one else can use the sword 'even if he wants them to'; third, separation from the sword beyond a certain distance causes him chronic and growing discomfort and anxiety; and as a final kicker, the sword itself, while being quite magically potent, is something of a flawed design -- its magical effects, when drawn, are [[UnpredictableResults 'entirely random....']] varying from incredibly deadly to wildly uncontrolled to comically useless.
** For the Duke he helps, this tropes happens to him when Quentyn's defeat of a Fae Princeling leads to the villain's entire treasure trove being poured into the Duke's castle. Though one might welcome having their place flooded with money, [[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0536/ the Duke anticipates correctly that this will be the cause of considerable trouble in the future -- and a councilor regards him as wise beyond his years.]]
* Possible example from the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' prequel book, ''Start of Darkness.'' [[spoiler:Xykon was... slightly less AxCrazy as a human, before discovering that becoming a lich cost him his sense of taste. Apparently, killing minions is the only pleasure that compares to a good (or really ''bad'') cup of coffee.]]
** Another example: when the party drew straws for choosing magical items, Roy went last and got the Bag of Tricks. It holds balls of fuzz that, when thrown, turn into any of a number of small animals "as long as they are completely useless in battle." One exception is when his target deflects the ball of fuzz into the air. Naturally, it turns into a rhinoceros and lands on Roy.
** Earlier in that quest, however, he does find a couple of uses for the bag. One is to make the team's cantankerous loudmouth shut up by flinging a badger into his face. Another is to sneak up on sentries one by one, then summon a kitten to [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy distract the sentry]] long enough for Roy to knock him out.
* One of Aylee's [[ShapeShifter many forms]] in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' had the ability to give off an electromagnetic pulse, disabling any electronic device in the area. However, she couldn't ''stop'' herself from give off these EMP burst, and when one of them erased [[KillerRabbit Bun-Bun's]] ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' tapes, it almost got the entire cast killed.
** Oasis may be the more prominent example of this trope. [[spoiler:Immortal (comes back to life quickly after dying, but ages and takes damage normally, though any injuries are repaired upon revival), pyrokinetic (Hulk-variety PowerIncontinence on that one), and a trained killing machine, but due to an evil mastermind's plot, she is forced to obey any command he speaks into his wristwatch. Said mastermind dies, but any standing orders remain functional, including a compulsion to brutally murder anyone with even the slightest association with Hereti-Corp (she slaughters patrons of a chain of pizza restaurants that uses their logo) and a compulsion to harbor an undying love for the comic's main character, going as far to hunt down his love interest. All of this turns her into a DeathSeeker, and in the midst of this she realizes that she is, in fact, immortal and will come back no matter how many times she dies.]]
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''
** Twenty-Fifth Bam's [[TheGift incredible talent]] with handling [[AppliedPhlebotinum Shinsu]] and his lack of contractual fetters due to his status as an Irregular make him one of the potentially [[PowerCopying most powerful]] characters of the story, but exactly these qualities attract people who want to use him. [[spoiler: And they succeed by breaking his spirit and threatening to kill his friends.]]
** David Hockney sees his ability to see the near future simultaneously with the present as a curse because even though it's very useful, he thinks it's very important to live in the moment without knowledge of the future, and his art requires him to capture a single, frozen moment in his pictures.\\
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Hockney's views on this are so idiosyncratic that, at the far end, they kind of take a u-turn to CursedWithAwesome: he even complains about a time when his foresight ruined a pleasant moment when it saved his life at the same time.
* Darren Danforth of ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' makes every girl (or at least every heterosexual girl) see in him her dream of the ideal lover. Since he's really a dim good-natured klutz this sets them both up for disappointment.

** Rose, as the Seer of Light, is able to predict the future using informed and uninformed decisions, as Light translated roughly to "Fortune" or "Knowledge", meaning that she is effectively "someone who benefits others with fortune". To put it lightly, good things do not [[TheAtoner happen]] [[DoomMagnet to]] [[UnwittingPawn her]]. Also notable is that her {{Grimdark}} state was caused by [[spoiler: asking her crystal ball for an answer - Light representing truth and honesty - and being given the answer, said honesty causing her to go insane]].

** Time players will gain the ability to use TimeTravel, which they must use [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong to prevent their session's doomed timelines]] - that is, timelines where one or more players die when they're not supposed to. That means seeing the deaths of their friends, and even themselves having travelled back from those doomed futures. Dave was shocked at seeing his own dead body having travelled back in time only to be killed (which warned Dave in the present not to do that), but due to the beta session lasting a shorter amount of time than it was supposed to, there were not nearly as many doomed timelines as the troll's session, judging by the many Aradias that were present by the end, plus all the different versions of the trolls seen in the dream bubbles.
* ''Webcomic/SoreThumbs'' recently went through a ContinuityReboot after Jimmy Peterford fixed the world. So far, most of the characters that have been reintroduced since then have had their problems fixed in a decidedly "Blessed With Suck" manner. Cecania is finally a horror show host... but it's on the notoriously stupid [=G4TV=], and they cancelled her show for no immediately obvious reason just as the comic restarts. Harmony is once again an immensely talented brain surgeon and now has the respect and admiration of her peers... which would be good, except she ''hates'' being a doctor. Sawyer is now recognized as a war hero, and his mother is alive and he still has his penis... but his mother turns out to be a shrill, nagging, controlling shrew, and without losing his penis, he doesn't even have the terrible "video game distributor" job he had at the start of the original run -- judging by what we've seen, he's spent his days laying around being nagged to get a job and having any potential girlfriends scared off by Coleman or his mother. It's still better than the alternative (being dead), but...
* The virtues Fast, Modesty, and Sharing from ''Sins''. This could probably apply to every virtue but Content really.

* ''Webcomic/UnionOfHeroes'': Lynn's super-power is to die in the place of other people (and then to come back to life herself). Sure, useful for rescuing people in lethal situations - but dying over and over again, and often quite violently, certainly hurts...
* Val of ''Webcomic/SidekickGirl'' is a Type VI Immortal - she can't be killed, but she doesn't heal any faster or resist injury any better than normal people. As a sidekick to none-too-bright superheroine, such grievous bodily harm is frequently part of the job.
* Yrek's situation in [[http://chaogaogong.livejournal.com/ Interstellar Tea House]] looks to be this. [[spoiler:He's some kind of constructed shapeshifter that can take the forms of two (or more?) different sentient species. But he's being hunted, probably as a result, and once you're a homeless fugitive being a homeless fugitive that isn't quite the same species as anyone else doesn't help things.]]
* Abductees in the Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}. Each of them was kidnapped by aliens as a child and had martian DNA grafted onto their own. This gives a variety of superpowers, most commonly super strength and endurance, but occasionally something more exotic like super speed or spinning like the Tasmanian Devil. The downsides are that A) You are susceptible to alien MindControl, and they plan to use you as an army to take over the world, B) you were abducted multiple times during your life so the aliens could check on your progress, had your memories erased, and now contain a subconscious trigger that makes watching ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' excruciatingly painful, and C) as soon as the secret government agency SEMME finds out about you, they will force you into their ranks to hunt aliens whether you like it or not.
* In ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'', [[spoiler:Justin]] has the power of regeneration. Unfortunately, he has none of the Badassery that usually accompanies this power, and he is a [[WeirdnessMagnet magnet for supernatural women.]] Because of this, several of his exes did some rather nasty things to him on the grounds that "You'll recover in a minute anyway."
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': The magic shoes enable the wearer to outrun death itself and make them immortal... but they have those creepy individual toes.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', glitter points for being a GoodSamaritan [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-05-20 strike Slick]] as the very opposite of better, despite EverythingsBetterWithSparkles.
* In ''Jikoshia'', Shinpai is the Warrior of [[MakingASplash Water]]. Part of being an elemental warrior in this story involves using a magical glove to access one's elemental abilities, complete with element-themed TransformationSequence. Shinpai is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting cat who can transform into a]] CatGirl and therefore hates being wet.
* Leif from Webcomic/{{Sire}} shares the artistic genius of his Sire, Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, but also the horrible skin condition. Leif certainly fails to see the blessing.

* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'' has two examples in Distracterella and Lazer Pony.
** Distracterella can [[DistractedByTheSexy distract any man who sees her and is not mentally disabled]], but [[http://superredundant.com/?p=137 she cannot talk with any man]].
** Lazer Pony can shoot laser blasts from ''[[ExactWords behind]]'' [[ExactWords his eyes]], [[http://superredundant.com/?p=154 resulting in his first blast making him blind]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The procedure also gave him a permanent itch in the butt.]]
* Chuy from ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' is blessed with overwhelming sex appeal, to the point that women in the immediate vicinity can't help but throw themselves at him. This isn't a big deal in the beginning when he's simply a KavorkaMan, but after some CharacterDevelopment, when he starts wanting a real, meaningful relationship, it becomes a huge problem.
* Father Time from ''Webcomic/NightTerror'' suffers from a pretty extreme version of this trope. He can see alternate timelines... but he can't ''stop'' seeing alternate timelines. And since Night Terror is set in what could, at best, be called a CrapsaccharineWorld, he's forced to see his friends and family die in increasingly painful ways on a daily basis. To the point where he [[spoiler: '''[[EyeScream gouged out his own eyes]]''']] just to make it stop. [[spoiler: And even that didn't work.]]
** Darren also suffers from this. He was created to attack and eat the shadow people that torment people with schizophrenia and sleep paralysis. He later developed an addiction to eating them, but if he eats too many, he risks [[spoiler: turning back into his original form, Proditophobia.]]
* Keisuke from ''Webcomic/UndyingHappiness'' has had [[HealingFactor the power to heal from any injury]] since his childhood. However, growing up without fear of injury or the ability to feel pain has left him [[TheKlutz incredibly clumsy and accident-prone]].
* Mage powers in ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent''. Lalli can see all sorts of spirits, but it includes those of PlagueZombie BodyHorror victims. There also seems to be no way for him to shut the phenomenon off. It's starting to creep on Reynir as well, if only because the crew's ''de facto'' psychologist is a FlatEarthAtheist and completely misinterprets his refusal to go into a room full of ghosts or intentions behind giving everyone protection runes.
* ''Webcomic/SuperStupor'': A power that could be succinctly described as [[http://www.superstupor.com/sust11262007.shtml "truth fucking".]]

* [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-126-what-if-the-thing-hes-best-at-is-getting-stabbed/ Discussed]] in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', using X-Men as an example:
-->"Cyclops doesn't get impaled on stuff, because he can't survive it. Wolverine, on the other hand, can. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal So he does]]. Like, all the time."
-->'''Cyclops:''' "Hey buddy, remind me which one of us is the better fighter? I keep forgetting."

* ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'': Raizel never does any hand-to-hand combat. His job is to come at the very last minute and put the finishing move on the enemy. Problem is, every time he uses his power, it eats away at his lifespan.
* In ''Webcomic/HaruSari'', elves can use magic better than humans, but are considerably less sane and die when they're about 30.

* Several characters from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''.
** Zimmy has [[RealityWarper reality-altering powers]]. She also has [[ImaginaryEnemy terrifying hallucinations]] -- ''not'' a good combination. The only way she knows of to control either is to hang out with Gamma, who acts as a living PowerNullifier.
*** When it manifests on a rooftop and drags Antimony (and, they later learn, one of the boys they're with) along for the ride, Antimony suggests the possibility of learning to control it... at which point Zimmy explodes at her. Later, though, Zimmy reassures Annie that "it's only as real as you let it be" -implying that, for once, denial ''is'' an effective coping mechanism.
*** Gamma's ability to nullify Zimmy's power is no better. It doesn't work as well when she's asleep, but she can't bear to make Zimmy suffer, so she tries to stay awake as long as possible and that takes its toll on her.
** Coyote gave Reynardine the ability to [[DemonicPossession possess others' bodies]], then return to his own. Coyote himself could use this ability harmlessly, but for reasons that Coyote implies he doesn't know, Reynardine invariably and unintentionally kills his host upon leaving their body.
** Coyote gave Ysengrin powerful arms made of wood, and with them, [[GreenThumb the power to manipulate trees]]. The downside is that they're apparently ''arthritic''. Coyote freely admits that he screwed up, but Ysengrin insists that he has no complaints. (Ysengrin is fanatically devoted to Coyote, so it's possible that he does have complaints, but he either keeps them to himself or is in denial of them.)
** Andrew "Smitty" Smith has the power to subconsciously create order in chaotic situations; he can, for example, throw a deck of shuffled cards in the air and have them all land in a neat sorted pile. The first major display of his power, however, comes in chapter 23... where he manages, in the space of about an hour, to [[spoiler: ruin a VR simulation game that his friends were looking forward to by causing the objective treasure to spawn at his feet,]] and then [[spoiler: causes the girl he likes (who has teleportation powers of which she is unaware and who [[UnresolvedSexualTension also likes him]]) to subconsciously teleport the two of them onto her bed, along with the teacher and two friends they were with at the time.]] HilarityEnsues. Later issues suggest there is a downside in misfortune befalling others to bring about fortunate events for himself. This is first demonstrated by the girls bringing him in to get a blinker stone close to the shore, which succeeds because his throw strikes a passing bird. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1664 He later describes how]] he could potentially use his powers to cause events that would lead to his girlfriend teleporting to him, but these events could be wholly negative such as her seeking help to assist her mentor who suffered an accident.
** Antimony's [[ElementalEmbodiment fire elemental]] ancestry. The good thing: ''a lot'' of magical power, transferring down the generations ''fully'' -- no dilution or genetic lottery. Packaged with [[HotBlooded very lively spirit]] and general attractiveness. The bad thing: witnessing the parent you inherited it from waste away and die just when things start to get really interesting, and your own life ends early, in exactly the same fashion. No variants. If there are ways to cheat the system without making things even worse, several generations of experts in magic and [[{{Magitek}} Etheric Sciences]] have failed to find any, despite access to a vast variety of very cooperative magic creatures up to and including at least one PhysicalGod.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** The Spark itself. If you have it, you can warp the laws of physics with the contents of the average [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard Store Cupboard]]. Bad part? ''[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity You go insane to varying degrees whenever you do it]]''. The natural result of that is that most Sparks, and Agatha in particular, have to deal with being shunned, used, or attacked by most everyone they meet. And that's if they don't get killed by one of their own creations. Or get the TorchesAndPitchforks treatment.
** Agatha before her breakthrough, when she wore the locket to suppress her Spark. It undoubtedly saved her life as well as her sanity, as she started to develop her Spark at a much lower age than most people, but it also made her completely incompetent and destroyed her self-esteem, as well as cause splitting headaches (As a matter of fact, the locket even kills non-Sparks).
** Moloch almost certainly considers himself to be. He makes the perfect minion. He's intelligent, knowledgeable, sneaky, good leadership skills,, good military discipline, very down to Earth, loyal, forgiving, willingness to take orders, and many other excellent traits. Despite all of this, he just wants to get the hell away from sparks and live a normal life. However, given the future windows we see, he doesn't leave Agatha anytime soon.
* Quentyn, the main character from ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'', is (while drunk) accidentally "bonded" to a magic sword. While this normally conveys some few advantages (no one but he can use the sword, he can normally locate it wherever it is by "feel" and, under the right circumstances, summon it to himself), it is outweighed by the considerable number of drawbacks: first, it is implied that in the wrong hands the sword could become a magical conduit back to himself, second, no one else can use the sword 'even if he wants them to'; third, separation from the sword beyond a certain distance causes him chronic and growing discomfort and anxiety; and as a final kicker, the sword itself, while being quite magically potent, is something of a flawed design -- its magical effects, when drawn, are [[UnpredictableResults 'entirely random....']] varying from incredibly deadly to wildly uncontrolled to comically useless.
** For the Duke he helps, this tropes happens to him when Quentyn's defeat of a Fae Princeling leads to the villain's entire treasure trove being poured into the Duke's castle. Though one might welcome having their place flooded with money, [[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0536/ the Duke anticipates correctly that this will be the cause of considerable trouble in the future -- and a councilor regards him as wise beyond his years.]]
* Possible example from the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' prequel book, ''Start of Darkness.'' [[spoiler:Xykon was... slightly less AxCrazy as a human, before discovering that becoming a lich cost him his sense of taste. Apparently, killing minions is the only pleasure that compares to a good (or really ''bad'') cup of coffee.]]
** Another example: when the party drew straws for choosing magical items, Roy went last and got the Bag of Tricks. It holds balls of fuzz that, when thrown, turn into any of a number of small animals "as long as they are completely useless in battle." One exception is when his target deflects the ball of fuzz into the air. Naturally, it turns into a rhinoceros and lands on Roy.
** Earlier in that quest, however, he does find a couple of uses for the bag. One is to make the team's cantankerous loudmouth shut up by flinging a badger into his face. Another is to sneak up on sentries one by one, then summon a kitten to [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy distract the sentry]] long enough for Roy to knock him out.
* One of Aylee's [[ShapeShifter many forms]] in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' had the ability to give off an electromagnetic pulse, disabling any electronic device in the area. However, she couldn't ''stop'' herself from give off these EMP burst, and when one of them erased [[KillerRabbit Bun-Bun's]] ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' tapes, it almost got the entire cast killed.
** Oasis may be the more prominent example of this trope. [[spoiler:Immortal (comes back to life quickly after dying, but ages and takes damage normally, though any injuries are repaired upon revival), pyrokinetic (Hulk-variety PowerIncontinence on that one), and a trained killing machine, but due to an evil mastermind's plot, she is forced to obey any command he speaks into his wristwatch. Said mastermind dies, but any standing orders remain functional, including a compulsion to brutally murder anyone with even the slightest association with Hereti-Corp (she slaughters patrons of a chain of pizza restaurants that uses their logo) and a compulsion to harbor an undying love for the comic's main character, going as far to hunt down his love interest. All of this turns her into a DeathSeeker, and in the midst of this she realizes that she is, in fact, immortal and will come back no matter how many times she dies.]]
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''
** Twenty-Fifth Bam's [[TheGift incredible talent]] with handling [[AppliedPhlebotinum Shinsu]] and his lack of contractual fetters due to his status as an Irregular make him one of the potentially [[PowerCopying most powerful]] characters of the story, but exactly these qualities attract people who want to use him. [[spoiler: And they succeed by breaking his spirit and threatening to kill his friends.]]
** David Hockney sees his ability to see the near future simultaneously with the present as a curse because even though it's very useful, he thinks it's very important to live in the moment without knowledge of the future, and his art requires him to capture a single, frozen moment in his pictures.\\
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Hockney's views on this are so idiosyncratic that, at the far end, they kind of take a u-turn to CursedWithAwesome: he even complains about a time when his foresight ruined a pleasant moment when it saved his life at the same time.

* Darren Danforth of ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' makes every girl (or at least every heterosexual girl) see in him her dream of the ideal lover. Since he's really a dim good-natured klutz this sets them both up for disappointment.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[spoiler:[[TheStarscream Jack Noir]]]]. When Bequerel, Jade's omnipotent dog, [[spoiler:prototypes himself to save her]], this inadvertently causes the creation of [[spoiler:[[OmnicidalManiac Bec Noir]]]]. He's inherited all the traits of [[spoiler:Bec]] now. ''[[RunningGag All of them]]''. That includes teleportation, near-invulnerability, extra-sensitive sense of smell... [[spoiler:and the inability to kill Jade out of forced love and loyalty]].
** Becoming one of the most powerful forces in the series also brings with it extreme boredom when you don't have an end goal beyond "kill things." And even then, you have to be careful not to destroy ''everything'' because then there'd be nothing left to destroy.
** Aradia may qualify for her incredible psychic powers which come with her [[BornWinner blood]] and also cause her to [[HearingVoices hear the voices of the dead or imminently deceased]] and [[spoiler:die young.]]
** Another mention is Equius Zahhak. He is the strongest troll there is, but [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength cannot control it and breaks almost everything he holds]]. This is why he has to use a broken bow since he never can fire an arrow.
** The classes Mage and Seer are more or less built around this. They have an advanced comprehension of Sburb and their Aspect and can use this in battle, though so far they have all been hurt or damaged by their Aspect in some way, at least until they embrace it and have some CharacterDevelopment, which is par for the course in Sburb.
** Rose, as the Seer of Light, is able to predict the future using informed and uninformed decisions, as Light translated roughly to "Fortune" or "Knowledge", meaning that she is effectively "someone who benefits others with fortune". To put it lightly, good things do not [[TheAtoner happen]] [[DoomMagnet to]] [[UnwittingPawn her]]. Also notable is that her {{Grimdark}} state was caused by [[spoiler: asking her crystal ball for an answer - Light representing truth and honesty - and being given the answer, said honesty causing her to go insane]].
** Sollux is the most obvious example, being the Mage of Doom. "Doom" is often associated with figurative structures and, of course, death, as is Light. He has died many, many times, though has always ultimately survived via some convoluted or obscure measure.
** Terezi is the Seer of Mind, and is thus able to see all consequences of all actions that are made around her. [[spoiler: When she sees that Vriska's leaving to fight Bec Noir would lead him right to her and Karkat, and would thus get them killed, she eliminates the possibility of this timeline by killing Vriska, causing her to die a KarmicDeath and not be revived. This creates a better timeline, but still a doomed one that John eventually saves with Terezi's help, making this both a deconstruction and a reconstruction]]. It also doesn't help that [[spoiler: she was blinded by Vriska, mind controlling someone, who then mind controls Terezi's lusus which is then mind controlling her into staring into the Alternian sun]].
** Meulin is the Mage of Heart, and so far has been shown to be an excellent matchmaker, despite her own love life being very bleak and unsuccessful.
** Time players will gain the ability to use TimeTravel, which they must use [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong to prevent their session's doomed timelines]] - that is, timelines where one or more players die when they're not supposed to. That means seeing the deaths of their friends, and even themselves having travelled back from those doomed futures. Dave was shocked at seeing his own dead body having travelled back in time only to be killed (which warned Dave in the present not to do that), but due to the beta session lasting a shorter amount of time than it was supposed to, there were not nearly as many doomed timelines as the troll's session, judging by the many Aradias that were present by the end, plus all the different versions of the trolls seen in the dream bubbles.
* ''Webcomic/SoreThumbs'' recently went through a ContinuityReboot after Jimmy Peterford fixed the world. So far, most of the characters that have been reintroduced since then have had their problems fixed in a decidedly "Blessed With Suck" manner. Cecania is finally a horror show host... but it's on the notoriously stupid [=G4TV=], and they cancelled her show for no immediately obvious reason just as the comic restarts. Harmony is once again an immensely talented brain surgeon and now has the respect and admiration of her peers... which would be good, except she ''hates'' being a doctor. Sawyer is now recognized as a war hero, and his mother is alive and he still has his penis... but his mother turns out to be a shrill, nagging, controlling shrew, and without losing his penis, he doesn't even have the terrible "video game distributor" job he had at the start of the original run -- judging by what we've seen, he's spent his days laying around being nagged to get a job and having any potential girlfriends scared off by Coleman or his mother. It's still better than the alternative (being dead), but...
* ''Webcomic/DrowTales:'' Faen has the power to feel the emotions of others... which is [[PowerIncontinence quite possibly]] [[MindRape the worst power]] for a FriendToAllLivingThings to have in a CrapsackWorld. She also has the ability to ''control'' those emotions... involuntarily and sometimes to the point of causing death, making her a walking time bomb.
** [[TheCorruption Tainting]] also counts. By infusing their aura/souls with "demons", Drow are inoculated against forceful DemonicPossession and, depending on the strength of the spirits, gain a significant power boost. [[spoiler: Diva'ratrika's daughters]] [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] [[spoiler: their own mother]] thanks to said power boost. Attaching an EldritchAbomination to your own soul isn't free of risk. Going FromBadToWorse, [[spoiler: according to Sha'sana, the one who came up with the practice of Tainting in the first place]], Snadhya'rune's brand of Tainting which apparently uses more powerful demons is dangerously unstable [[spoiler: and her Tainted Drow will have ''at most'' fifty years before their demons overwhelm them.]]
%%* ''Webcomic/PicturesForSadChildren:'' One surprise birthday party is fun. Two surprise birthday parties are kind of kooky. [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=256 Five surprise birthday parties, in five days, is just misery.]]
* Vlad in ''Webcomic/ChessPiece'' did a DealWithTheDevil and got his dying son healthy, armored skin, magic and high heat tolerance (he can walk around in an active volcano!)-the downside? He can't swim, he's supersensitive to cold, [[WordOfGod demons will eventually try dragging him to hell]] (the operative word being ''try'') and he now looks like a demon for the rest of his life. He takes this all in stride, still being a WideEyedIdealist.
* The virtues Fast, Modesty, and Sharing from ''Sins''. This could probably apply to every virtue but Content really.

* Omnipresent Man from ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions''. He's ''everywhere''! at once! Including places he'd ''really'' [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2010/4/21/how-to-explain-a-fictional-technology-or-superpower.html rather not be]]!
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' appears to be fairly realistic, as webcomics go, with no superpowers. However, it features at least two instances of this trope:
** [=DiDi=], an Amazonian StatuesqueStunner, can attract men (and not a few women) without even trying, and seems to quite enjoy male company and sex, in principle. Unfortunately, [[SoBeautifulItsACurse her beauty seems to have scrambled her ability to develop ordinary social skills]]. Moreover, her sheer attractiveness induces premature ejaculation in men, she has trouble reaching orgasm anyway, and her social and emotional incompetence stops her from communicating with her lovers properly. As the comic progresses, orgasm deprivation drives her downright crazy.
** Gary, who starts the comic's run as [[NerdsAreVirgins a desperate virgin]], somehow gains the ability to attract large numbers of attractive women through a peculiar combination of dorkiness, charm, [[NiceGuy niceness]], and legendary oral sex technique. The women include a psychotic phallophobe, a {{narcissist}}ic transgender lingerie model, a ruthless {{dominatrix}}, and the deranged [=DiDi=]. It's a shame that Gary never acquired any kind of assertiveness or judgement.
* [[http://www.oglaf.com/snowbound/2/ The Snow Queen]] from ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}''. Extreme control [[AnIcePerson ice and snow.]] [[PowerIncontinence Can't turn it off,]] [[CantHaveSexEver and can't get laid.]] [[TheWoobie Poor girl.]]
** Pretty much everyone who had a wish granted by [[JackassGenie the Wish Dolly]]:
*** An ugly woman wished to be beautiful. [[SoBeautifulItsACurse She's now so beautiful everyone thinks she's out of their league and she can't get laid no matter how much she begs]].
*** A teenager wished to be able to see through clothes. All cloth became invisible to him so now he has no way of knowing if he is ''dressed'' or not ([[FridgeLogic being apparently too stupid to check by touch]]). Any attempts to wish this away are implied to only make things worse.
*** A guy wished for what is presumed to be amazing sexual prowess. Now any person who attempts to stimulate his penis in any way instantly gets a mindblowing orgasm and falls asleep, ''[[ADateWithRosiePalms including his own hand]]''. Naturally, he alternates between sexual frustration and blue balls.
** Done literally, but backfired, in the case of a guy who defiled a tomb and was cursed to be the best in the world at blowjobs. The intent was that he either hide his talent forever or be forever known as the blowjob guy. [[ItMakesSenseInContext He uses his talent to become king]]. Bonus points for being a very literal case of being Blessed With [[IncrediblyLamePun Suck]].
* ''Webcomic/UnionOfHeroes'': Lynn's super-power is to die in the place of other people (and then to come back to life herself). Sure, useful for rescuing people in lethal situations - but dying over and over again, and often quite violently, certainly hurts...
* Webcomic/{{Bug|Martini}} shows us that [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/crummy-gift// receiving a time machine would really be an example of this trope.]]
* Val of ''Webcomic/SidekickGirl'' is a Type VI Immortal - she can't be killed, but she doesn't heal any faster or resist injury any better than normal people. As a sidekick to none-too-bright superheroine, such grievous bodily harm is frequently part of the job.
* Yrek's situation in [[http://chaogaogong.livejournal.com/ Interstellar Tea House]] looks to be this. [[spoiler:He's some kind of constructed shapeshifter that can take the forms of two (or more?) different sentient species. But he's being hunted, probably as a result, and once you're a homeless fugitive being a homeless fugitive that isn't quite the same species as anyone else doesn't help things.]]
* Sal from ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'', as the [[TheChosenOne Future High Priestess]] of [[RandomNumberGod Phred]], has access to [[PossessionEqualsMastery unbelievable]] [[ContrivedCoincidence good]] [[BornLucky luck]]. However, its at the price of [[EquivalentExchange equally]] [[DistressedDamsel incredible]] [[HumanShield bad]] [[DoomMagnet luck]]. What good is winning every hand of poker, when you spend [[ButForMeItWasTuesday every Tuesday]] in a new [[DirtyOldMan evil wizard]]'s dungeon?
* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfShanShan'', [[http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=005&chapterid=1 Shan Shan can see and hear things others can't.]] This is a formula for being massively misinterpreted.
* Kuroraki from ''Webcomic/DeverishAlso'' has magic armor gives him a HealingFactor, allowing him to instantly recover from lethal wounds...but the reason he ''gets'' wounded is because people keep trying to mug him and steal his [[ArtifactOfAttraction super-valuable]] {{unobtainium}} armor.
* Abductees in the Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}. Each of them was kidnapped by aliens as a child and had martian DNA grafted onto their own. This gives a variety of superpowers, most commonly super strength and endurance, but occasionally something more exotic like super speed or spinning like the Tasmanian Devil. The downsides are that A) You are susceptible to alien MindControl, and they plan to use you as an army to take over the world, B) you were abducted multiple times during your life so the aliens could check on your progress, had your memories erased, and now contain a subconscious trigger that makes watching ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' excruciatingly painful, and C) as soon as the secret government agency SEMME finds out about you, they will force you into their ranks to hunt aliens whether you like it or not.
* In ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'', [[spoiler:Justin]] has the power of regeneration. Unfortunately, he has none of the Badassery that usually accompanies this power, and he is a [[WeirdnessMagnet magnet for supernatural women.]] Because of this, several of his exes did some rather nasty things to him on the grounds that "You'll recover in a minute anyway."
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': The magic shoes enable the wearer to outrun death itself and make them immortal... but they have those creepy individual toes.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', glitter points for being a GoodSamaritan [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-05-20 strike Slick]] as the very opposite of better, despite EverythingsBetterWithSparkles.
* In ''Jikoshia'', Shinpai is the Warrior of [[MakingASplash Water]]. Part of being an elemental warrior in this story involves using a magical glove to access one's elemental abilities, complete with element-themed TransformationSequence. Shinpai is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting cat who can transform into a]] CatGirl and therefore hates being wet.
* Leif from Webcomic/{{Sire}} shares the artistic genius of his Sire, Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, but also the horrible skin condition. Leif certainly fails to see the blessing.
* [[ElementalPowers Those with powers]] in ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'' shouldn't use their powers excessively, because [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH01P038.html it'll shorten their lifespans.]] In addition to this, those with [[PlayingWithFire the power of fire]] also have another problem: [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH01P194.html they overheat]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH01P195.html if they get too angry]].
* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'' has two examples in Distracterella and Lazer Pony.
** Distracterella can [[DistractedByTheSexy distract any man who sees her and is not mentally disabled]], but [[http://superredundant.com/?p=137 she cannot talk with any man]].
** Lazer Pony can shoot laser blasts from ''[[ExactWords behind]]'' [[ExactWords his eyes]], [[http://superredundant.com/?p=154 resulting in his first blast making him blind]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The procedure also gave him a permanent itch in the butt.]]
* Chuy from ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' is blessed with overwhelming sex appeal, to the point that women in the immediate vicinity can't help but throw themselves at him. This isn't a big deal in the beginning when he's simply a KavorkaMan, but after some CharacterDevelopment, when he starts wanting a real, meaningful relationship, it becomes a huge problem.
* The two unfortunate people from the "Common Men" chapter of ''Webcomic/{{Accidentals}}'' both have the power to [[spoiler: turn people to stone by looking at them, which is probably the origin of the Medusa myth]].

* Austen, the deuteragonist of ''Webcomic/AlwaysHuman'', has a highly sensitive immune system. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a serious problem, but the comic is set in a future where bio-compatible nanotechnology is practically everywhere, and she can't make use of it.

-->"Cyclops doesn't get impaled on stuff, because he can't survive it. Wolverine, on the other hand, can. So he does. Like, all the time."

** Zimmy has [[RealityWarper reality-altering powers]]. And she has [[ImaginaryEnemy terrifying hallucinations]]--''not'' a good combination. The only way she knows of to control either is to hang out with Gamma, who acts as a living PowerNullifier.
*** When it manifests on a rooftop and drags Antimony (and, they later learn, one of the boys they're with) along for the ride, Antimony suggests the possibility of learning to control it... at which point Zimmy explodes at her. Later, though, Zimmy reassures Annie that "it's only as real as you let it be"-implying that, for once, denial ''is'' an effective coping mechanism.
*** And Gamma's ability to nullify Zimmy's power is no better. It doesn't work as well when she's asleep, but she can't bear to make Zimmy suffer, so she tries to stay awake as long as possible and that takes its toll on her.

** [[ElementalEmbodiment Fire elemental]] ancestry. The good thing: ''a lot'' of magical power, transferring down the generations ''fully'' -- no dilution or genetic lottery. Packaged with [[HotBlooded very lively spirit]] and general attractiveness. The bad thing: the life starts with witnessing your predecessor waste and die just when things start to get really interesting, and ends early, in exactly the same fashion. No variants. If there are ways to cheat the system without making things even worse, several generations of experts in magic and [[{{Magitek}} Etheric Sciences]] failed to find any, despite access to vast variety of very cooperative magic creatures up to and including at least one PhysicalGod.
* Sir Thane from ''Bloomin' Faeries'' was blessed/cursed by the faerie queen to be irresistible to any woman he comes across, eternally erect and to spout non stop foul language during sex. He considers it a curse since he causes 'every' woman he meets to uncontrollably want to have constant sex with him regardless of how old, married or giant Orcish they are. However, he has used this to his advantage since a side effect of the curse also causes any woman who sleeps with him to become busty, beautiful and amorous no matter how they looked before. Even the old hideous Orc he was with went from looking like, well, and Orc to looking like She-Hulk.
* The titular character of ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' started out as a mere seer, but as the story got deeper and darker, his powers seem to have made him BlessedWithSuck. He keeps constantly getting into conflicts that he wanted nothing to do with, all because he's the only one with the visions that can save everyone. This recently led to a nervous breakdown, proving his powers now seem to be more of a curse than a blessing.

* Quentyn, the main character from ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'', is (while drunk) accidentally "bonded" to a magic sword. While this normally conveys some few advantages (no one but he can use the sword, he can normally locate it wherever it is by "feel" and, under the right circumstances, summon it to himself), it is outweighed by the considerable number of drawbacks: first, it is implied that in the wrong hands the sword could become a magical conduit back to himself, second, no one else can use the sword 'even if he wants them to;' third, separation from the sword beyond a certain distance causes him chronic and growing discomfort and anxiety; and as a final kicker, the sword itself, while being quite magically potent, is something of a flawed design -- its magical effects, when drawn, are [[UnpredictableResults 'entirely random....']] varying from incredibly deadly to wildly uncontrolled to comically useless.

** Gary, who starts the comic's run as [[NerdsAreVirgins a desperate virgin]], somehow gains the ability to attract large numbers of attractive women through a peculiar combination of dorkiness, charm, [[NiceGuy niceness]], and legendary oral sex technique. The women include a psychotic phallophobe, a {{narcissist}}ic {{transgender}} lingerie model, a ruthless {{dominatrix}}, and the deranged [=DiDi=]. It's a shame that Gary never acquired any kind of assertiveness or judgement.

* [[PunnyName Shrinking Violent]] in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'': She [[HulkOut hulks out]] whenever [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1895759/who-nose/ struck on the nose]]. She has a fairly easy [[CooldownHug off-button]] ([[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1895762/sugar-sugar/ large dose of sugar]]). Unfortunately, she's also a Type I Diabetic, meaning a [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1895766/who-are-these-people/ day or two in a hospital bed]] every time she transforms, at best.

* [[http://www.oglaf.com/snowbound/2/ The Snow Queen]] from ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}''. Extreme control [[AnIcePerson ice and snow.]] [[PowerIncontinence Can't turn it off,]] [[TheWoobie and can't get laid. Poor girl.]]

* When Jack of ''Webcomic/Zoophobia'' was born, his grieving mother decided to seek eternal life for him. Unfortunately, the quickest option she had was [[DealWithTheDevil asking his Uncle Satan for help]]. While it’s true that Jack can’t die and quickly recovers from horrible injuries, he suffers from [[BornUnlucky horrible luck]] as part of the deal that leads to a ''lot'' of “fatal” accidents. And, of course, [[ImmortalityHurts he still feels pain]].

** Slightly more subtly, Gary, who starts the comic's run as [[NerdsAreVirgins a desperate virgin]], somehow gains the ability to attract large numbers of attractive women through a peculiar combination of {{adorkable}} charm, [[NiceGuy niceness]], and legendary oral sex technique. The women include a psychotic phallophobe, a {{narcissist}}ic {{transgender}} lingerie model, a ruthless {{dominatrix}}, and the deranged [=DiDi=]. It's a shame that Gary never acquired any kind of assertiveness or judgement.

** Done literally, but backfired, in the case of a guy who defiled a tomb and was cursed to be the best in the world at blowjobs. The intent was that he either hide his talent forever or be forever known as the blowjob guy. [[ItMakesSenseInContext He uses his talent to become king]].

** 25th Baam's [[TheGift incredible talent]] with handling [[AppliedPhlebotinum Shinsoo]] and his lack of contractual fetters due to his status as an Irregular make him one of the potentially [[PowerCopying most powerful]] characters of the story, but exactly these qualities attract people who want to use him. [[spoiler: And they succeed by breaking his spirit and threatening to kill his friends.]]