Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34304274-20190120041038/@comment-24729606-20190224190024

I do indeed understand and while I cannot point to any given power as an example of a clear evolutionary progression I can make a general observation, give my reasons for it, and let you decide what to make of it. I have spent years studying nature (physically, mentally, spiritually, and so on) and have come to the conclusion that just as natures products (flora and fauna) evolve and adapt as necessity and changing conditions require or permit that so too does virtually everything else. It is possible that I am mistaking the evolution of my understanding and perception for the evolution of the natural world itself but if so then how would one go about removing this bias. In any event most of time in fictional accounts one starts out without powers beyond those that genetics, circumstance, and choice endow one with and lead to (respectively). Then something happens that results in one obtaining abilities beyond what humans normally have. These powers are usually beyond ones understanding or control at the time and thus one has to practice and train using one’s new powers to develop them. As evidence of this I cite the Spider - Man movies. parker was initially unable to use the abilities he would later develop in his career as Spiderman (web slinging being the example I'm citing here). Over time and by the process of trial and error one learns to control and develop one’s power. Along the way one usually develops other abilities that are either based on one’s base power or that one finds necessary or useful to oneself. Even so there is usually a ceiling that one eventually encounters. after all no matter how extraordinary one’s abilities might be (unless those abilities augment ones physical and/or mental capabilities as well) one still has limitations that are usually imposed on the limits of physical being. For example I am a normal (ish) human at this point in time but say that for some reason (that I shall not specify) one day I happen to manifest pyrokinetic abilities (the ability to manipulate fire in other words). At first I would have virtually no control over this and so would seek a place where I could train myself to control this newfound power. One such training regimen might be maintaining a fire in my hands for a long period of time (thus allowing me to learn the source of this newfound power). Another might be starting a small campfire and then gradually learning to control it (its size and its color i.e. how hot it is). Once I’d done this I might start learning to use fire defensively and offensively and learning to transition from one to other with as minimal a delay as possible. Lastly I would focus on making my control of fire as fine as possible. For example being able to manifest and direct a flame within millimeters of a flammable object without having it ignite. Once I'd reached that point my control of and skill with fire would (presumably) be great enough to be able (in principle) to control heat and not merely fire. I would experiment to see if this was indeed so. If it proved so I would continue my training accordingly and if not I would continue my pyrokinesis training even so.