History PlayingWith / CursedWithAwesome

** The wizard intended it to be a lesson to the person he cursed, which eventually the cursed person [[HeartwarmingInHindsight later understands why]].

* '''Straight''': Bob is cursed to be the cleverest person in the world.

** "She was required by the rules of magic to place a curse upon her son... [[LoopholeAbuse but nowhere did it say that the curse had to be a terrible burden,]] and she did love him with all her heart."

** Bob is cursed to be the cleverest person in the world... but "cleverness" in this case means being able to see through every argument, and not being able to shut up, so that it really is a curse.

* '''Straight''': He's cursed to be the cleverest person in the world.
* '''Exaggerated''': He's cursed with [[PhysicalGod omnipotence.]]

** The AgonyBeam curse cripples our hero with horrible pain, but afterwards he trains his body to fight through it and becomes a more vicious warrior as a result.
** The curse is a destined and unavoidable horrible death. However this means nothing else can kill them resulting in invulnerability - very useful for those who want to do something at the cost of their life but still a terrible thing.

** Or it ''was'' intentionally a curse, but the hero bends it to be a power.

** He's cursed to be the cleverest person in the world... but "cleverness" in this case means being able to see through every argument, and not being able to shut up, so that it really is a curse.
** Alternately, he's cursed with a demonic form with Super Powers... that are preventing him from using his normal, more powerful Super Powers.
** The superpowers would normally be a blessing, but WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility... Eventually, he has a nervous breakdown because no matter how hard he tries, he can't save everyone. ''This'' is the real curse, the burden of the mighty, the guilt of a hero. Consumed by his failures, he cries himself to sleep at night, alone in his tiny apartment, with no time for friends, too busy scrambling to save the world to hold a steady job.
** The hero's curse works in his favor and it doesn't even have any serious downsides. It turns out, however that the hero's cursed form is weaker than his true form, despite its benefits, and it's ''this'' that is pissing him off so much.

** He's cursed to be the cleverest person in the world... but "cleverness" in this case means being able to see through every argument, and not being able to shut up, so that it really is a curse... but he figures out how to get around the "never shut up" part, and thus, find his curse useful.
** He's cursed with a demonic form of Super Powers that are preventing him from using his normal, more powerful Super Powers... but then he faces the enemy immune to his normal powers and finds out that he is vulnerable to his demonic powers.

** He's cursed by having a hundred dollars added to his bank account. When he asks how this qualifies as a curse, the villain rants about how CapitalismIsBad and [[InsaneTrollLogic the greed will get to his head any moment now.]]

** His powers hurt like crazy while in use.

** The hero has a wizard in his party specifically to place awesome curses on him.
** Knowing that the hero has [[IJustwantToBeNormal crippling esteem issues despite his great power,]] [[DealWithTheDevil the villain offers a deal: the hero gives his 'curse' to the villain]] and [[DePower in return he has the normalcy he desperately craves.]]

** He is the cleverest person in the world, so everyone seems to him as children. He cannot find anyone who would understand him, doomed to be SurroundedByIdiots. It may additionally result in depression after overthinking the meaning of life etc.
** An antagonist who's BlessedWithSuck becomes TheResenter for the hero, [[GreenEyedMonster due to both power envy and]] [[ButYourWingsAreBeautiful feeling the hero is very]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal ungrateful for receiving this "gift."]]

** He's cursed by having a hundred dollars added to his bank account. When he asks how this qualifies as a curse, the villain rants about how CapitalismIsBad and the greed will get to his head any moment now.

* '''Downplayed''': The AgonyBeam curse cripples our hero with horrible pain, but afterwards he trains his body to fight through it and becomes a more vicious warrior as a result.

* '''Parodied''': People start lining up to get cursed by the evil wizard in the hopes of getting wonderful side effects as a bonus.

* '''Conversed''': "Why is that character complaining? He got Super Powers, and none of the usual downsides thereof".

** The curse was a full-blown {{Curse}}, complete with incontinence, more pain than there is possible benefit, the RequiredSecondaryPowers practically being nonexistent, and a possible slow and agonizing death Our hero was fully aware of this when he got cursed, but considers the powers awesome anyway-- but it's ''[[NightmareFetishist precisely because]]'' of all of the curse's problems, not because of what he could do with them.

** The antagonist eventually appreciates that while the curse is mostly positive, it still has it's downsides.

** "She was required by the rules of magic to place a curse upon her son... but nowhere did it say that the curse had to be a terrible burden, and she did love him with all her heart".

** "I try to remind myself, every once in a while, [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation of the downsides of my overly-vast intellect.]] [[BreakTheHaughty It keeps me humble]][[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity ...keeps me sane.]]

* '''Invoked''': "If I play my cards right, I can trick the wizard into choosing a curse that isn't too terrible at all".

* '''Exploited''': The hero has a wizard in his party specifically to place awesome curses on him.

* '''Reconstructed''': "With great power comes great responsibility", and responsibility is meant to be the "true" curse.

* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The hero's curse works in his favor and it doesn't even have the downsides of the deconstruction. It turns out, however that the hero's cursed form is weaker than his true form, despite its benefits, and it's ''this'' that is pissing him off so much.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

** Knowing that the hero has [[IJustwantToBeNormal crippling esteem issues despite his great power,]] [[DealWithTheDevil the villain offers a deal: the hero gives his 'curse' to the villain]] and [[PowerLoss in return he has the normalcy he desperately craves.]]

** Knowing that the hero has [[IJustwantToBeNormal crippling esteem issues despite his great power,]] [[DealWithTheDevil the villain offers a deal: the hero gives his 'curse' to the villain and [[PowerLoss in return he has the normalcy he desperately craves.]]