- "Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do."
- ― Selenia, dark angel, Lightning Blast, Magic: The Gathering
- "Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light."
- ― Lion Turtle (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- "Light can do a lot of things. It can illuminate. It can welcome. It can warm. As it turns out, it can also make laser beams that slice through protosteel"
- ― Toa Takanuva, BIONICLE
- "Light is the symbol of truth."
- ― James Russell Lowell
The power to manipulate light. Opposite to Darkness Manipulation.
Also Called
- Ictiokinesis
- Light Element Control
- Lumokinesis/Luminokinesis
- Photokinesis
- Photon Manipulation
- Visible Light Manipulation
- Visible Radiation Manipulation
Capabilities
The user can create, shape and manipulate visible light, commonly referred to as light, is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight.
Primary properties of visible light are intensity, propagation direction, frequency or wavelength spectrum, and polarization, while its speed in a vacuum (299,792,458 meters per second/186,000 MPS) is one of the fundamental constants of nature. Visible light, as with all types of electromagnetic radiation (EMR), is experimentally found to always move at this speed in a vacuum.
In common with all types of EMR, visible light is emitted and absorbed in tiny "packets" called photons and exhibits properties of both waves and particles. This property is referred to as the wave–particle duality. The study of light, known as optics, is an important research area in modern physics.
Applications
- Absolute Light
- Bend and/or shift light particles:
- Color Manipulation
- Light Absorption
- Light Attacks
- Light Contact
- Light Generation/Color Generation
- Light Negation
- Light Solidification
- Manipulate the properties of light.
- Move at light-speed.
- Photo-Telekinesis
- Photokinetic Constructs
Techniques
- Light Aura
- Light Boundary
- Light Defense
- Light Empowerment
- Light Healing
- Light Mimicry
- Light Portal Creation
- Light Transmutation
- Light Warp
- Photokinetic Combat
- Photokinetic Invisibility
- Photokinetic Regeneration
- Photokinetic Surfing
- Photoportation
Variations
- Conceptual Light Manipulation
- Dark Light Manipulation
- Death Light Manipulation
- Demonic Light Manipulation
- Empathic Light Manipulation
- Esoteric Light Manipulation
- Laser Manipulation
- Life Light Manipulation
- Light Energy Manipulation
- Light Magic
- Optical Phenomena Manipulation
- Primordial Light Manipulation
- Pure Light Manipulation
- Psychic Light Manipulation
- Sacred Light Manipulation
- Spiritual Light Manipulation
- Ultraviolet Manipulation
Associations
- Big Bang Inducement
- Day Embodiment
- Electromagnetism Manipulation
- Elemental Manipulation
- EM Spectrum Manipulation
- Energy Manipulation
- Emotional Energy Manipulation - through empathic light.
- Fox-Fire Manipulation
- Holo-Technology
- Life-Force Manipulation - light is often associated with life force.
- Light Boundary
- Light Embodiment
- Light-Darkness Manipulation
- Light Form
- Light Weaponry
- Lightside View - by manipulating the bright areas of one's mind and soul.
- Mental Manipulation - by learning to control light of mind and soul.
- Perception Manipulation - by controlling people's visual perception of reality.
- Photokinetic/Blindness Immunity
- Rainbow Manipulation
- Reflection Manipulation
- Solar Manipulation by manipulating sunlight.
- Spark Manipulation
- Tachyon Manipulation
- Truth Manipulation - light is associated with truth.
- Twilight Manipulation when combined with Darkness Manipulation.
- Vision Manipulation - light grants the sense of sight.
Limitations
- Photokinetic Immunity
- May be unable to create light, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
- Distance, energy mass, precision, etc. depend upon the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user, and their power's natural limits.
- Users light is affected by everything that all light is, unless they are powerful/skilled enough to overcome these limits:
- Glass Manipulation and/or Reflection Manipulation bounces back by a reflective surface.
- Gravity Manipulation bends light.
- No matter how powerful the light is, it will pass through anything completely transparent.
- Could be overwhelmed by Darkness Manipulation.
- Since light is a constantly existing element, the user will have to keep any light constructs in check to keep them from going on forever.
- Weak against Light Boundary/Light Absorption.
Known Users
See Also: Light 'em Up.
Mythology/Folklore
- Aether (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Iris/Arcus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Apollo/Phoebus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Hyperion (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Helios (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Amaterasu (Shinto Mythology)
Literature
- Lone Star (The Cloak Society)
- Alice Quinn (The Magicians)
- Children of Apollo (Percy Jackson series)
- Knights of the Borrowed Dark (Knights of the Borrowed Dark series)
- Denizen Hardwick
- Vivian Hardwick
- John Smith/Number Four (Lorien Legacies)
- Sam Temple (Gone)
- Alina Starkov (The Grisha Triology)
- Brooke Richardson (The Eidolon Saga)
- Isarians (Los Hechiceros del Dragon)
- Shadows (Red Queen)
- Elane Haven
- Stralian Haven
- Cynthia Andrews (The Young Guardians)
Live Television/Movies
- Alice Quinn (The Magicians)
- Lost Galaxy Rangers (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy); via Lights of Orion Armor
- Karolina Dean ("Marvel's Runaways")
- Antonio Garcia (Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai)
- Whitelighters and Elders (Charmed)
- Leo Wyatt (Charmed)
- Paige Matthews (Charmed)
- Cordelia Chase (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood)
- Lexa Pierce (Mutant X)
- Fairies (True Blood)
- Luminax (Krsytala TV Series)
- Nikolas Beauchamp (Witches of East End)
- James Freeman (Bomb Squad)
- Will Freeman (Bomb Squad)
- Light-talent Fairies (Disney Fairies)
- Illumi
- Iridessa
Comics
- Ray Terrill/The Ray (DC Comics)
- Kiran/Solstice (DC Comics)
- Dr. Light (DC Comics)
- Ion (DC Comics)
- Martians (DC Comics)
- The Predator (DC Comics)
- The Butcher (DC Comics)
- Parallax (DC Comics)
- Ophidian (DC Comics)
- Adara (DC Comics)
- Proselyte (DC Comics)
- The White Entity (DC Comics)
- Lucifer Morningstar (DC/Vertigo Comics)
- Luz (Marvel Comics)
- Northstar (Marvel Comics)
- Aurora (Marvel Comics)
- Dazzler (Marvel Comics)
- Sentry (Marvel Comics)
- Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
- Karolina Dean (Marvel Comics)
- Mandarin (Marvel Comics)
- Genis-Vell (Marvel Comics)
- Polaris (Marvel Comics)
- Living Laser (Marvel Comics)
- Photon (Marvel Comics)
- The Angelus (Top Cow Comics)
- Chase (UN Comics)
- Noora the Light (The 99)
- Richard Spender (Paranatural)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Maya Yotsuba (Irregular at Magic High School)
- Makarov Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
- Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail)
- Loke (Fairy Tail)
- Maki Ichinose (Bleach)
- Borsalino/Kizaru (One Piece)
- Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency); via Light Mode
- J. Gail/Centerfold (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders); via Hanged Man
- Lobomon/KendoGarurumon/Beowolfmon/MagnaGarurumon (Digimon)
- Angel Digimon (Digimon)
- Masaomi Heike (Code:Breaker manga)
- The Light (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Sartorius/"The Light of Destruction" (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
- Moonlight (Soul Eater)
- Deng Dinka (Soul Eater)
- Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)
- Sekirei Number 8: Yume (Sekirei)
- Haos Bakugan (Bakugan)
- Cure Happy/Miyuki Hoshizora (Smile Precure)
- Cure Sunshine/Itsuki Myoudouin (Heartcatch Precure)
- Masaki Kurusu (Getbackers)
- Rano (LESSA)
- Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins)
- Goddess Clan (Seven Deadly Sins)
- Pegasus Kouga (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Sagittarius Seiya (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Aria (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Athena (Saint Seiya Omega)
- Benimaru (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken)
- Uriel (Bastard!!)
- Sigmund (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Haruko Amaya (Maken-Ki!); via Murakumo
- Cao Cao (Highschool DxD); via True Longinus
- Azazel (Highschool DxD)
- Angels (High School DxD)
- Seji Date/Sage Date (Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors)
- Light (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
Video Games
- Roxas (Kingdom Hearts)
- Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
- Ventus (Kingdom Hearts)
- Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
- Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight (Dark Souls); before using all of his strength to further his Age of Fire
- Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
- Mickey Mouse (Kingdom Hearts)
- Queen Minnie (Kingdom Hearts)
- Eraqus (Kingdom Hearts)
- Princesses of Heart (Kingdom Hearts)
- Muerta/Herrscher of the Light (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Luminous (Fantasy War Tactics)
- Dante (Devil May Cry); via Beowulf Gauntlets
- Vergil (Devil May Cry); via Beowulf Gauntlets
- Beowulf (Devil May Cry)
- Palutena (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Io Euclase (Granblue Fantasy); SRR Version
- Baldur (God Of War)
- Jak via his Light Jak form (Jak and Daxter series)
- Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy/Dissidia)
- Satya Vaswani/Symmetra (Overwatch)
- Tsubaki Yayoi (Blazblue)
- Sunny Milk (Touhou)
- Lux (League of Legends)
- Shana (Legend of Dragoon)
- Light Skylanders (Skylanders)
- Luminous (Skylanders)
- Galeem (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
- Razeluxe Meitzen (Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy); via his light ring
- Chip/Light Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Necrozma (Pokémon)
- Fairy Type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Pokémon that are able to learn Flash, Solar Beam, Flash Cannon, Mirror Shot, Power Gem, and Dazzling Gleam (Pokémon)
- Aurora (Child of Light)
- Eve (Elsword); as Code: Battle Seraph/Code: Sariel
- Ain (Elsword)
- Hel (SMITE); in her light stance
- Ra (SMITE)
- Khepri (SMITE)
- Amaterasu (SMITE)
- Isis (SMITE)
- Delsin Rowe (InFAMOUS: Second Son); via manipulating neon
- Abigail Walker (InFAMOUS: Second Son)
- Lumen Celeritas (Len'en Project)
TCG
- Light-Attribute Cards (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Fairy-Type Cards (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Light Cards (Duel Masters)
- Light Civilization (Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters)
- Lugh (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Light Mystic (Valkyrie Crusade)
Cartoons
- Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
- BoBoiBoy Light/Solar (BoBoiBoy Galaxy)
- Matoran/Toa/Turaga of light (Bionicle)
- Toa Takanuva
- Teridax (Bionicle); The Melding Alternate Universe
- Raava (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
- Glimmer (She-Ra: Princesses of Power)
- Elyon Brown (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Stella (Winx Club)
- Paleman (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Lucifer (Ao No Exorcist)
- Atomix's Species (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Atomix
- Zadavia (Loonatics Unleashed)
- Optimatus (Loonatics Unleashed)
- Queen Angella (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Yellow Princesses (Barbie: Dreamtopia)
- Flora, Fauna, & Merryweather (Disney's Sleeping Beauty)
- White Raven (Teen Titans)
Known Objects
- Toilet Brush of Illumination (Yin Yang Yo)
- Murakumo (Maken-Ki!)
- True Longinus (Highschool DxD)
- Glint-Glint Fruit/Pika Pika no Mi (One Piece)
- Slow-Slow Fruit/Noro Noro no Mi (One Piece)
- Kanohi Avohkii (BIONICLE)
Gallery
Comics
The Angelus (Top Cow Comics) is an undeniable master of light.
Ion (DC Comics)
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The Predator (DC Comics)
The Butcher (DC Comics)
Parallax (DC Comics)
Ophidian (DC Comics)
Adara (DC Comics)
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Proselyte (DC Comics)
The White Entity (DC Comics)
Doctor Light (DC Comics)
The Living Laser (Marvel Comics)
Dazzler (Marvel Comics) shooting a "photon blast".
Luz (Marvel Comics) creating constructs from light.
The Sentry (Marvel Comics) has the ability to generate, control, and emit photon particles of light.
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Karolina Dean (Marvel Comics)
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Sora (Kingdom Hearts series)
Warrior of Light (Dissidia Final Fantasy)
Lugh (Valkyrie Crusade) the goddess of light.
Light Mystic (Valkyrie Crusade)
Chip/Light Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Muerta/Herrscher of the Light (Honkai Impact 3rd)
Symmetra (Overwatch) can bend light in order to warp reality.
Galeem (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) can vaporize fighters with beams of light and use his power to create "Puppet Fighters".
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Heike Masaomi (Code Breaker) can manipulate photons.
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Makarov Dreyar (Fairy Tail) a powerful user of Light Magic.
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Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail) the Light Dragon Slayer.
Rano (LESSA) is able to manipulate light, his use only limited by his imagination.
KendoGarurumon (Digimon series)
Cure Sunshine (Heartcatch Precure)
Cure Happy (Smile Precure)
The Light (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon) is Senshi of Light and can create beams of golden light to attack the enemy.
Escanor (Nanatsu no Taizai) can use his ability Sunshine to radiate intense waves of light and heat capable of easily melting and vaporizing stone.
Haruko (Maken-Ki!) can summon Murakumo that allows her to turn her element into photons around the blade.
Silvers Foxy (One Piece) manipulating "Noroma Photons".
Kars' Light Mode (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
Light (Hardcore Leveling Warrior), The Master Wizard, can use Light-based magic because of his personal attribute.
The Holy Spear of the Setting Sun: the True Longinus (Highschool DxD) have absolute light-based powers that can vanquish Satans and Devils and even destroy an entire world.
Patolli (Black Clover), a user of Light Magic.
Movies
Takanuva (Bionicle) channeling his immense light powers.
Cartoons
Dr. Light (DC Comics) using Light Manipulation.
Along with manipulating light, Noora the Light (The 99) can also see the goodness and darkness in people.
Stella (Winx Club) is the Fairy of the Sun, Moon and Stars and can control any kind of Light.
Iridessa (Disney Fairies) like all light fairies can touch, bend, manipulate, control, and create light for various purposes, such as moving sunbeams into a different position.
Zadavia (Loonatics Unleashed)
Yellow Princess (Barbie: Dreamtopia)
Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
Literature
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Alina Starkov (The Grisha Trilogy)
Live Television
Sookie (True Blood) can manipulate and create light. While using this ability she also channels nature.
Sookie (True Blood) zaps a witch
Cordelia Chase (Angel) uncontrollably generates a large amount of offensive light.
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