Dependency

The circumstance in which the user is dependent on the regular usage of drugs, devices, etc. to control/retain their powers, stay cognizant, or even to remain alive. Variation of both Affinity and Aversion. Opposite to Self Sufficiency and Self-Sustenance

Also Called

 * Life Dependency
 * Power Dependency
 * Superhuman Dependency

Capabilities
The user is forced to regularly use something, such as drugs, devices, species, structures, elements, etc. to perform certain tasks in order, remain alive and/or to retain/control their powers.

Associations

 * Blood Empowerment
 * Consumption Healing
 * Disease Suppression
 * Drug Usage
 * Electric Life
 * Emotional Consistency
 * Life-Force Absorption
 * Life Preservation
 * Power Instability
 * Powers Via Object
 * High-Tech Exoskeleton
 * Regulation
 * Soul Absorption
 * Spiritual Meditation

Limitations

 * Limitation Transcendence

Known Users
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Comics/Cartoons

 * Roger's alien species (American Dad)
 * Bane (DC Comics)
 * Mr. Freeze (DC Comics)
 * Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics); Requires use of the Lazarus Pit to regain his youth.
 * Raven (DC Comics /Teen Titans); must meditate daily to keep her emotions and powers in check.
 * Talia al Ghul (DC Comics)
 * Vandal Savage (DC Comics)
 * Galactus (Marvel Comics)
 * Morbius (Marvel Comics)
 * Nina Pryce (Marvel Comics)
 * Sauron (Marvel Comics)
 * Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics); requires his arc-reactor in order to keep metal from reaching his heart & killing him.
 * Skips (Regular Show)
 * Werecats (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island); need to drain life-force from victims.
 * Simone Lenoir
 * Lena Dupree
 * Jacques
 * Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown); via Lao Mang Lone Soup

Television/Movies

 * Sam Winchester (Supernatural); needed to consume demon blood to maintain his demon powers.
 * Monsters (Supernatural); feeding on humans keep them from starvation.
 * Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Reapers (Blade II)
 * Saya Otonashi (Blood+)
 * Amata Sora (Aquarion Evol); originally
 * Joshua (No Ordinary Family)

Manga/Anime

 * Shinnosuke (Ranma 1/2)
 * Alucard (Hellsing/Hellsing Ultimate)
 * Eclipse Virus Infectees (Nanoha)
 * Bounts (Bleach)
 * Utsuro (Gintama)
 * Kouka (Gintama)
 * Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire)
 * Dr. Gero and Android 19 (DragonBall Z)
 * Febrie (A Certain Scientific Railgun)
 * Rea Sanka (Sankarea)
 * The Crystal Alter Form (s-Cry-ed)
 * Koyori (Hand Shakers)
 * Yume Hasegawa (Pupa); must eat her brother's flesh to stay calm.
 * Kojō Akatsuki (Strike the Blood)
 * Sora (No Game No Life)
 * Shiro (No Game No Life)
 * Prisoners at Deadman Wonderland (Deadman Wonderland), must eat candy once every three days to prevent being poisoned

Videogames

 * Clear (Final Fantasy Unlimited)
 * Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
 * Quarians (Mass Effect)
 * Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
 * Samus Aran (Metroid)
 * Volus (Mass Effect)
 * The Beauty and the Beast Unit (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
 * Demigods (Asura's Wrath)
 * Teclis (Warhammer) Teclis is sickly and frail and has to regularly drink special elixirs in order to even stand up.
 * Sauron (Primal Rage)
 * Frank West (Dead Rising)

Literature

 * Count Dracula (Dracula)
 * Reki (Aria the Scarlet Ammo
 * Yoshino (Date A Live)

Other

 * Vampires (Various Media); need to drink blood.}}

Known Objects

 * Arc-Reactor (Marvel Comics)
 * Zombrex (Dead Rising)
 * Lazarus Pit (DC Comics)
 * Candy (Deadman Wonderland)
 * Lao Mang Lone Soup (Xiaolin Showdown)
 * Life Extender Machine (Team Fortress 2)
 * Sustenance (Cybersix)