Discussion Main / HeartIsAnAwesomePower

• Batman villain The Ten-Eyed Man is an interesting case. Fans usually interpret this as him having eight additional weak points. But as most people will attest, eyes are pretty useful. Eyes on your hands? Makes you one of the best shooters in the DC universe, due to an unerring aim. Makes it a bit hard to pull the trigger, though... It can make him nearly impossible to sneak up on, as long as he holds one hand behind his back.
  • The Ten-Eyed Man is actually nearly the inverse of this trope, since his early appearances tended to heavily play up the "awesome" of being able to look at things by waving at them and downplay the "heart" of not being able to use his fingertips for anything. This led to ludicrous scenes where jailers at Arkham kept his hands locked in a specialized box, because his power to see in all directions (but only when he has his arms outstretched) apparently made him impossible to contain normally.

This example is arguing with itself. It's also on the page for how heart is a lame power. Which trope is it?

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Is it this trope if there are two characters using powers they deem ineffectual but are much more useful when used together?

The example I'm thinking of is from Zatch Bell!. One enemy has The Paralyzer but is unable to do any direct damage (and is too physically weak to punch and kick normally). He partnered up with someone able to shoot a Painfully Slow Projectile with tremendous destructive power. Both of them discovered their powers weren't very practical, but they met up, partnered, and became a force. The former would prevent his targets from moving, then the latter lined up a shot and opened fire.

I was just wondering, as a suggestion, if we should change the trope's page image to an image of Aquaman commanding the Karathen from Aquaman (2018). The page itself already lists the scene as being close to the page image, so I just thought that maybe we should have the scene as the page image.

I am looking for a trope to describe certain situation but can't seem to find it. Does anybody know if there is (and what's it's name) a trope about geniuine weakness that becomes useful thanks to another weakness?

Adding this to real life:

• For similar reasons, bassists. They are often ignored, but rock songs often sound flat and lifeless without bass.

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I've noticed a handful of examples of this trope that seem to ignore the actual meaning of the trope in favor of a literal interpretation.

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The page image gets annoying when Fridge Logic kicks in and you realize that Cthulhu is not even an aquatic creature, nor does he technically live in the ocean. He's an alien being with incredible power and he's just sealed away in the sunken city of R'lyeh.

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I feel I should point out, as basically trope namer, may want to add more on ma-ti here.

I seem to remember certain things about it, like:

at least once, ma-ti used it on a human to instantly change his mind. dude went from scoffing at his change begging, then after a ring blast turned around, smiled and dropped money.

in the ep with those special gauntlets that where more powerful versions of the rings, it was said flat out ma-ti's power would allow him to literally make people do whatever he wants.

ma-ti could likely do MUCH more with heart power, if he wasn't so gentle and against forcing others.

Ok, guys, what was wrong with the original picture?

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Wondering if all the "works on blood too" powers should be fused into another example. There's quite a few, so it appears to be a pretty common counter-trope.

What does the Dancing Bears trope have to do with anything about Aquaman's 'heart' being an awesome power?

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