Light Manipulation

"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/Photon Arts
Light Element Control
Lumen (The Lorien Legacies)
Lumokinesis/Luminokinesis
Photokinesis
Haos (Bakugan)
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:
- Holographic Projection
- Invisibility
- Visual Illusions
Clarity Manipulation
Color Manipulation
Light Absorption
Light Attacks
Light Contact
Light Conversion
Light Generation/Color Generation
Light Negation
Light Solidification
Lightling Manipulation
Manipulate the properties of light.
Move at light-speed.
Personal Light
- Light Concentration
Photoionization
Photo-Telekinesis
- Photokinetic Flight
Photokinetic Constructs
Photokinetic Immunity

Techniques

Glowing Eyes - When the user's powers are active.
Light Aura
Light Bestowal
- Light Transformation
Light Boundary
Light Defense
Light Deformation
Light Empowerment
Light Healing
Light Mimicry
Light Portal Creation
Light Sealing
Light Teleportation
Light Transmutation
Light Warp
Photokinetic Combat
Photokinetic Invisibility
Photokinetic Regeneration
Photokinetic Surfing

Variations

Associations

Big Bang Inducement
Day Embodiment
Electromagnetism Manipulation
Elemental Manipulation
EM Spectrum Manipulation
Energy Manipulation
- Ray/Beam Manipulation
Emotional Energy Manipulation - through empathic light.
Fox-Fire Manipulation
Holo-Technology
Life-Force Manipulation - light is often associated with life force.
Light-Darkness Manipulation
Light Form
Light Weaponry
- Light Artillery
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)
Bryce Quinlan (Crescent City)
Ruhn Danaan (Crescent City)
Prince Pelias (Crescent City)
Helena (Crescent City)
Queen Theia (Crescent City)
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)
Monkey (The New Legends Of Monkey)
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
Annie January/Starlight (The Boys)
Stella (Fate: The Winx Saga)
Luna (Fate: The Winx Saga)

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)
Various Metahumans (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)
Classic Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
Photon (Marvel Comics)
Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
The Angelus (Top Cow Comics)
Chase (UN Comics)
Noora the Light (The 99)
Richard Spender (Paranatural)
Basuki/Lightman (Lightman)

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Viktoria ("Hero Killer")
Maya Yotsuba (Irregular at Magic High School)
Makarov Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail)
Loke (Fairy Tail)
Maki Ichinose (Bleach)
Ryo Asuka/Satan (Devilman)
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)
Toru Hagakure (My Hero Academia) via her Invisibility quirk
Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)
Sekirei Number 8: Yume (Sekirei)
Haos Bakugan (Bakugan)
Cure Lemonade/Urara Kasugano (Yes! Pretty Cure 5)
Cure Happy/Miyuki Hoshizora (Smile Pretty Cure)
Cure Sunshine/Itsuki Myoudouin (Heartcatch Pretty Cure)
Cure Sparkle/Hiramitsu Hinata (Healin' Good Pretty Cure)
Wisteria Allgood (Witch and Wizard)
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

Jota (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
Belinda (AFK Arena)
Cecilia (AFK Arena)
Eluard (AFK Arena)
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)
Light Heroes (Epic Seven)
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)
Hikaru ("Aragami")
Sora ("Aragami")
The Radiance (Hollow Knight)
Robloxians (ROBLOX); via Lightblox Jar, and flashlights

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
Umbra (Bionicle)
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
Photokinesis Users (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
Zadavia (Loonatics Unleashed)
Optimatus (Loonatics Unleashed)
Various SCPs (SCP Foundation)
- The Light-Bringer/The Morning Star/He-Who-Made-Dark and He-Who-Made-Light (SCP Foundation)
- Doctor Wondertainment (SCP Foundation)
- Robert Bumaro (SCP Foundation)
- Isabel Helga Anastasia Parvati Wondertainment V (SCP Foundation)
The Fragmented One/WAN/he Eternal Network/Fuxi/The Maker of Machines/Hakhama/The Great Voice/Sophia/Mekhane/SCP-001 - TwistedGears/Kaktus Proposal - The Broken God (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-231 - Conquest (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1591 - Fallen Star (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4606 - Deimos (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4971-▽ - The One Who Knows Silence In The Earth (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-5212 - The White Rabbit (SCP Foundation)
Queen Angella (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
Yellow Princess (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)
SCP-1968 - Global Retrocausality Torus (SCP Foundation)
Kougouken Saikou (Kamen Rider Saber)