Is vengeance ever on your mind?

[hyphenate]

You suddenly have all the power in the world. You can do anything--everything, and without anyone knowing it--including eking revenge on anyone you want. You can make "any" death look completely accidental--simply making the comment to have someone die by heart attack, or whatever you wish they should die of.

So while you can take care of a lot of problems, you can also eliminate anyone who you want. Is there anyone you would "suggest" be killed or injured as a result of your powers? Someone who has been a "thorn in your side" for a long time?

Now, before you get all indignant about those Type A personalities who hold grudges, yada, yada, yada, and proclaim that you could never harm anyone regardless of the circumstances, remember this is just a fantasy, and just an inquisitive question about how many people have at least one person in their personal history who they would seek revenge on should the ideal situation arise.

I can start by saying the one person I would get revenge on would be my best friend's son, who treated his mom like shit, and who did some very horrible things to her while she was alive, and did just as many of them to her after her death.

So who's your grudge match?

[Nikia]

1. No, I wouldn't seek revenge

It only leads to bad things and the prevention of peace and reconciliation.
It doesn't mean that it wouldn't cross my mind at all, though.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Duh, I'm Irish.

[pitohui]

4. i'm scots-irish!

i bet i would mass murder even more than you! :-)

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. I don't doubt it

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. I'm sure you would.

:)

[crim son]

22. I'm Scots/German/Slovak/Finnish

I'd kill with ease, in an orderly fashion, and feel a mixture of passion and disdain about the whole thing!

If I had the power to revenge I wouldn't kill, however. In fact I would do nothing to hurt the person in question beyond find the love of my life and live happily ever after, preferably in a mansion with manicured grounds :D

[idgiehkt]

3. people who are cruel to animals would just disappear

kind of like the rapture, but they go down instead of up

[hyphenate]

16. Yeah

that's one group I would also make sure disappeared on a permanent basis.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Forgive?

Never Forgive,
But pretend to forgive.
Say amiably that you forgive.
Convince that you have forgiven.
Thus, devastating is the effect
When at last you lunge
And reach for the throat.

- Mixtzin

[LostinVA]

8. I love hating people -- it totally keeps my stress level down

And yes, I'm serious.

I'm also Sicilian and Irish, so....

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

10. Yeah, same here.

Except for teh Sicilian part.

[hyphenate]

18. I find discovering ways to eliminate

or punish people in my fantasies a sure way to avoid harming anyone in real life. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. I wouldn't go so far as to eliminate anyone...

But I must admit that I'd be tempted to make some people squirm.

[hyphenate]

20. In these fantasy scenarios

I save some really ruthless punishments for some of the most wicked people. Those I want to dismiss get death--those who I really want to eke vengeance on get "life sentences."

I'd reveal some of the scenarios, but people might actually think I'm serious--then they would try to lock me up for being a psychopath!

[AlienAvatar]

25. I think I know just what you're saying

Any revenge fantasies I've ever had always wind up being macabre and shocking. Great, if I'm a screenwriter, but something I wouldn't want to bring up on a first date.

I think it's just good imagination, no psycopathy involved. I bet if you had to give away a million dollars your plan would end up being more elaborate than most.

[NC_Nurse]

12. I like innocent retribution...

where just by being happy, successful and completely myself I vanquish my detractors. Leaving them with themselves and their bitterness.

Well, it's a great fantasy anyway! :D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Exactly...

Why waste the energy?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. I wouldn't cause anyone to die.

But I might consider giving them uncomfortable and unsightly rashes and public flatulence. I might cause their flies to open magically while they are speaking before large and important audiences. I might even make them a little bit incontinent at the most inconvenient times.

So I'm way meaner than just quickly and mercifully eliminating people I don't like.

[Kali]

15. this is how I would do it too.

although there are a few out there I truly wish would just go away. Any way.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. I got a list.

:)

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Not intentionally, but half of humanity would be dead within a week

and 90% within the month, just from reflexive hate.

I wouldn't want that kind of power, because I know I would use it poorly.

On the other hand, it would be a great boon for the earth to be so quickly depopulated, and for humanity to be so quickly depopulated of assholes, idiots, morons, racists, uneducated shitbags, and fuckwipes.

[hyphenate]

21. Amen!

I would have a lot of white male "Christian" politicians pissing their pants after I was through with them! :rofl:

[Generic Brad]

23. Lex Luthor

I can't bring myself to name anyone who is not fictional. Who am I to judge?

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. Accidental?

It ain't no fun if they don't know who offed 'em. :evilgrin:



And, yeah — I got a few. And I've entertained the fantasy many times.

[otherlander]

26. Oh, hell yeah.

Edit: On second thought, I'd better not...