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|caption = Aphrodite (The Heroes of Olympus) is deemed as the personification of all beauty, grace and desires.
 
|caption = Aphrodite (The Heroes of Olympus) is deemed as the personification of all beauty, grace and desires.
 
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|Row 1 info = Embody the desire.}}
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|Row 1 info = Become the embodiment of desire.}}
{{Quote|Desire smells almost subliminally of summer peaches, and casts two shadows: one black and sharp-edged, the other translucent and forever wavering, like heat haze … Desire smiles in brief flashes, like sunlight glinting from a knife-edge. And there is much else that is knife-like about Desire … never a possession, always the possessor, with skin as pale as smoke, and eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine: Desire is everything you have ever wanted. Whoever you are. Whatever you are. ''Everything''.|Sandman #21: "Season of Mists", preludium)}}
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{{Quote|Desire smells almost subliminally of summer peaches, and casts two shadows: one black and sharp-edged, the other translucent and forever wavering, like heat haze … Desire smiles in brief flashes, like sunlight glinting from a knife-edge. And there is much else that is knife-like about Desire … never a possession, always the possessor, with skin as pale as smoke, and eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine: Desire is everything you have ever wanted. Whoever you are. Whatever you are. ''Everything''.|Sandman #21: "Season of Mists", preludium}}
Power to '''be the embodiment of desires, aspirations, and impulses'''. Variation of [[Desire Manipulation]] and [[Emotion Embodiment]].
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The ability to '''become the embodiment of desire'''. Variation of [[Desire Manipulation]] and [[Emotion Embodiment]].
   
 
==Also Called==
 
==Also Called==
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==Applications==
 
==Applications==
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*[[Absolute Beauty]]
 
*[[Desire Manifestation]]
 
*[[Desire Manipulation]]
 
*[[Desire Manipulation]]
 
*[[Desire Inducement]]
 
*[[Desire Inducement]]
*[[Passion Manipulation]]
 
 
*[[Desire Form]]
 
*[[Desire Form]]
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*[[Meta Lust Inducement]]
 
*[[Passion Manipulation]]
   
 
==Variations==
 
==Variations==
* [[Greed Manifestation]]
 
 
* [[Lust Embodiment]]
 
* [[Lust Embodiment]]
 
* [[Wish Embodiment]]
 
* [[Wish Embodiment]]
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==Limitations==
 
==Limitations==
 
*The user will cause others to be jealous and envious because they embody their desires and aspirations.
 
*The user will cause others to be jealous and envious because they embody their desires and aspirations.
*Users of [[Indomitable Will]]/[[Psychic Shield]] (highly resistant) and [[Apathy]]/[[Psychic Immunity]] (impervious).
 
   
 
==Known Users==
 
==Known Users==
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[[Category:Embodiments]]
 
[[Category:Embodiments]]
 
[[Category:Enhancements]]
 
[[Category:Enhancements]]
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[[Category:Fighting Power]]
 
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[[Category:Non-Fighting Power]]
 
 
[[Category:Emotion-based Abilities]]
 
[[Category:Emotion-based Abilities]]
[[Category:Rare power]]
 

Revision as of 01:39, 29 August 2020

"Desire smells almost subliminally of summer peaches, and casts two shadows: one black and sharp-edged, the other translucent and forever wavering, like heat haze … Desire smiles in brief flashes, like sunlight glinting from a knife-edge. And there is much else that is knife-like about Desire … never a possession, always the possessor, with skin as pale as smoke, and eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine: Desire is everything you have ever wanted. Whoever you are. Whatever you are. Everything."
― Sandman #21: "Season of Mists", preludium

The ability to become the embodiment of desire. Variation of Desire Manipulation and Emotion Embodiment.

Also Called

  • Aspiration Embodiment/Incarnate/Personification
  • Desire Incarnate/Personification

Capabilities

Users are the personification of all desire and fulfillment. They are given absolute power over their realm. They have power over craving of the unattainable. The force of physical appetite or emotional need. Strong envious desire. In contrast they are also lords over satisfaction, extending to the attainment of one's desire or personal aspirations and fulfillment's.

Applications

Variations

Associations

Limitations

  • The user will cause others to be jealous and envious because they embody their desires and aspirations.

Known Users

  • Adonis (Greek Mythology)
  • Aphrodite (The Heroes of Olympus); passionate desire only
  • Aphrodite/Venus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
  • Kama (Hindu Mythology)
  • Desire of the Endless (DC/Vertigo)
  • Enigma, physical desire only (Kidlat TV Series)
  • Charites (Greek Mythology); different forms for each one but not all desires
  • Lucied (Wild Arms)
  • Lorelei (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
  • Kiara Sesshouin (TYPE-MOON)
  • Kama (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Adonis (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Eros Deities (Yamada's First Time)

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