- "Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do."
- ― Selenia, dark angel, Lightning Blast, Magic: The Gathering
- "Light shows no mercy!"
- ― Xavier (Mobile Legends Bang Bang)
- "Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light."
- ― Lion Turtle (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- "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
- Solarkinesis
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
- Bio-Light Manipulation
- Blindness Inducement
- Holographic Projection
- Light Energy Manipulation
- Light Absorption
- Light Attacks
- Light Boundary
- 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
- Photoionization
- Photo-Telekinesis
- Photokinetic Constructs
- Photokinetic Immunity
- Photonic Defiance
Techniques
- Glowing Eyes- When the user’s powers are active.
- Light Accumulation
- Light Arts
- Light Bestowal
- Light Boundary
- Light Capacitor
- Light Consumption
- Light Conversion
- Light Deformation
- Light Empowerment
- Light Healing
- Light Mimicry
- Light Portal Creation
- Light Sealing
- Light Teleportation
- Light Transmutation
- Light Warp
- Light Weaponry
- Rainbow Manipulation
- Photokinetic Combat
- Photokinetically Enhanced Condition
- Photokinetic Invisibility
- Photokinetic Surfing
Variations
- Conceptual Light Manipulation
- Demonic Light Manipulation
- Esoteric Light Manipulation
- Inner Light Externilization
- Laser Manipulation
- Light Embodiment
- Light Magic
- Light World Manipulation
- 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
- EM Spectrum Manipulation
- Energy Manipulation
- Emotional Energy Manipulation - through empathic light.
- Fox-Fire Manipulation
- Holo-Technology
- Illusion Manipulation - through the bending of light.
- Life-Force Manipulation - light is often associated with life force.
- Light-Darkness Manipulation
- Light Form
- 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
- Reflection Manipulation
- Solar Manipulation by manipulating sunlight.
- Spark Manipulation
- Superior Human Physiology
- 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)
- All Angels (Abrahamic Faiths)
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
- 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)
- Alina Starkov ("Shadow and Bone")
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)
- Basuki/Lightman (Lightman)
Web comics
- Richard Spender (Paranatural)
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)
- Karin Yuuki (UQ Holder)
- 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)
- Francesca Lucchini (World Witches Series/Strike Witches)
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 Project)
- Light Heroes (Epic Seven)
- Lux (League of Legends)
- Shana (Legend of Dragoon
- Xavier (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
- 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)
- Zadavia (Loonatics Unleashed)
- Optimatus (Loonatics Unleashed)
- Queen Angella (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Yellow Princess (Barbie: Dreamtopia)
- Flora, Fauna, & Merryweather (Disney's Sleeping Beauty)
- White Raven (Teen Titans)
Web Original
- 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 Foundatio1111n)
- 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)
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)