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 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
Known Users
Comics/Cartoons
- Roger's alien species (American Dad)
- Michael Morningstar/Darkstar (Ben 10 series)
- Al Ghul Family (DC Comics); require use of the Lazarus Pit to regain their youth.
- Ra's al Ghul
- Talia al Ghul
- Nyssa Raatko
- The Sensei
- Bane (DC Comics)
- Mr. Freeze (DC Comics)
- Two-Face (DC Comics)
- Raven (DC Comics); must meditate daily to keep her emotions and powers in check.
- Vandal Savage (DC Comics)
- Johann Kraus (Hellboy/BPRD)
- Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon)
- Violet Parr (The Incredibles)
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Morbius the Living Vampire (Marvel Comics)
- Nina Pryce (Marvel Comics)
- Sauron (Marvel Comics)
- Invisible Woman (Marvel Comics)
- The Human Torch (Marvel Comics)
- Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics); requires his arc-reactor in order to keep metal from reaching his heart and killing him.
- Omega Red (Marvel Comics)
- Black Tom Cassidy (Marvel Comics)
- The Purple Children (Marvel Comics)
- Skips (Regular Show)
- Werecats (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island); need to drain life-force from victims.
- Simone Lenoir
- Lena Dupree
- Jacques
- Vampirella (Vampirella)
- Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown); via Lao Mang Lone Soup
Television/Movies
- Amata Sora (Aquarion Evol); originally
- Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Glory (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Reapers (Blade II)
- Max Guevara (Dark Angel)
- Abe Sapien (Hellboy Movies)
- Darien Fawkes (The Invisible Man)
- Mason Eckhart (Mutant X)
- Joshua (No Ordinary Family)
- Dr. Dayton King (No Ordinary Family)
- Pied Piper (Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural); needed to consume demon blood to maintain his demon powers
- Monsters (Supernatural); feeding on humans keep them from starvation
Manga/Anime
- Bounts (Bleach)
- Saya Otonashi (Blood+)
- Febrie (A Certain Scientific Railgun)
- Prisoners at Deadman Wonderland (Deadman Wonderland); must eat candy once every three days to prevent being poisoned
- Dr. Gero and Android 19 (Dragon Ball Z)
- Utsuro (Gintama)
- Kouka (Gintama)
- Koyori (Hand Shakers)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Kikyo (InuYasha)
- Eclipse Virus Infectees (Nanoha)
- Hidan (Naruto)
- Sora (No Game No Life)
- Shiro (No Game No Life)
- Yume Hasegawa (Pupa); must eat her brother's flesh to stay calm
- Shinnosuke (Ranma 1/2)
- Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire)
- The Crystal Alter Form (s-Cry-ed)
- Rea Sanka (Sankarea)
- Kojō Akatsuki (Strike the Blood)
Video Games
- Demigods (Asura's Wrath)
- Frank West (Dead Rising)
- Clear (Final Fantasy Unlimited)
- Conduits (inFAMOUS series); must drain sources of the element they control to keep their powers ready to use
- Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
- Quarians (Mass Effect)
- Volus (Mass Effect)
- Raiden (Metal Gear Solid)
- The Beauty and the Beast Unit (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
- Python (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Talion (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Kabal (Mortal Kombat)
- Drahmin (Mortal Kombat)
- Sauron (Primal Rage)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
- Arpeggio (Sly Cooper)
Literature
- Reki (Aria the Scarlet Ammo)
- Yoshino (Date A Live)
- Count Dracula (Dracula)
- Elric of Melniboné (Elric Saga)
- Voldemort (Harry Potter)
Other
- Jian (Chinese Mythology)
- Vampires (Various Media); need to drink blood
- Teclis (Warhammer); Teclis is sickly and frail and has to regularly drink special elixirs in order to even stand up
Known Objects
- Sustenance (Cybersix)
- Lazarus Pit (DC Comics)
- Zombrex (Dead Rising)
- Candy (Deadman Wonderland)
- Unicorn Blood (Harry Potter)
- Arc-Reactor (Marvel Comics)
- Life Extender Machine (Team Fortress 2)
- Lao Mang Lone Soup (Xiaolin Showdown)