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• Leetah in ElfQuest always uses her healing powers for good, except in one scene in "Kings of the Broken Wheel", where Rayek pisses her off so badly she uses them to blast him with pain, just as she's seen Winnowill do. Probably not a good idea, since he happens to be flying her somewhere at the time. He drops her. She survives. An interesting and continuing thematic between Leetah and Winnowill is that the only difference between their healing abilities is how they choose to use them. The proper name for healing in the ElfQuest universe? Flesh-shaping.

Healing also covers recovery from disease, so it's not only flesh-shaping. Winnowill's misuse of it is what's presented as bad, not the power itself. I don't believe this is an example.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett

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• Sai Akuto of Demon King Daimao. He's a Nice Guy who wants to become a Messianic Archetype and make the world a better place. Unfortunately, as the person destined to become the next Maou (Demon King), Sai is a Person of Mass Destruction whose powers are geared towards causing as much pain and property damage as possible. One example: In chapter 3 of the manga, the students practice infusing their mana into living things using flower seeds. Rice lover Kena grew a rice plant. Junko grew a Mandragora that looks like Sai (which she immediately chopped in half out of embarassment). Sai...grew this.

I take it a guy whose power more or less involves manipulating and tapping into the thoughts and minds of others*

could fall into this trope, assuming the one with said powers looks a bit threatening and isn't trusted due to this.

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The Whateley Universe is just a web original, not a web comic, and shouldn't have an entry under both, right?

Why is Maxwell Lord an example? Wouldn't it make more sense for him to be under Bad Powers, Bad People considering his behavior for the past several years? I'm moving it, because at this point he's unambiguously a bad guy and his powers still fit.

Had a question about a potential example- would Harry Potter himself count on account of having Voldemort's parseltongue ability (and to a lesser degree probably some other powers as well). I know (technically) parseltongue isn't an evil power because (technically) Slytherins aren't Always Chaotic Evil, but in practice, I think it's an example of this trope.

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