Power Via Gesture

Power Via Gesture
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Power/Ability to:	Manifest/use powers through gestures.

The power to manifest/use supernatural abilities/powers through gestures. Sub-power of Gesturify. Variation of Power Source.

Also Called

• Bodily Gestures
• Powerful Gestures

Capabilities

Users can perform, use and/or manifest supernatural abilities for usage, by performing nonverbal bodily gestures (ex. as hand gestures/seals/signs and motions/poses/stances). The abilities the user would perform could possibly be temporary.

Examples

• Having one’s fingers-crossed; Luck, Luck Inducement
• Index finger on lips; Silence Generation, Muting
• hands together in a heart shape; Love Inducement
• Rotating one’s arms; Tornado Creation, Whirlpool Generation
• Arms crossed over chest; Force-Field Generation
• Flapping one’s arms like a bird; Flight
• Having one’s hands over their eyes; Invisibility
• Using one’s hands as binoculars; Telescopic Vision
• Bawling one's hands into a fist; Indomitable Will, Will Empowerment, Enhanced Strength
• Having Two fingers up; Peace Inducement
• Thumbs up; Path to Victory

Associations

• Affinity
• Enhanced Condition
• Gesture Casting
• Magic
• Ninjutsu
• Gesturify
• Personal Gesture
• Remote Motion Manipulation
• Superpower Manipulation
• Symbol Magic
• Telekinesis
• Supernatural Arts

Limitations

• Removing the ability to use their body will deprive them of their powers.
  • Molecular Immobilization and/or Time Stopping.
• User may need to complete their gestures before the power can manifest.
  • Interruptions will render said power useless.

Known Users

• See Also: Magical Gesture.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

• Natto L. Nerinho (Baki the Grappler)
• Shinigami/Soul Reapers (Bleach)
• Mages (Fairy Tail)
• Vijeeter Ecor (Fairy Tail)
• Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Kang-lim Choi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Ryu (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Various Characters (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Ninja/Shinobi (Naruto)
• Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
• Witches (Soul Eater)
• Cheon Ma (Myst, Might, Mayhem/Nano Machine)

Cartoons

• Benders (Avatar series)
• Discord (My Little Pony Series)
• Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)
• Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
• Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)

Comics

• Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)

Live Television/Movies

• Witches (Charmed)
• Demons (Charmed)
• Whitelighters (Charmed)
• Himself (Chucklevision)
• Sylar (Heroes)
• Q (Star Trek series)
• Force Users (Star Wars)
• Archangels (Supernatural)
  • Gabriel
  • Michael
  • Lucifer
• High Level Demons (Supernatural)
  • Lilith
  • Alastair
  • Crowley
• Mermaids and Mermen (H2O: Just Add Water/Mako Mermaids)
• Merlin (Merlin miniseries)
• Carlitos (Los Protegidos)
• Witches and Wizards (Every Witch Way/WITS Academy)
• Witches and Warlocks (Witches of East End)
  • Freya Beauchamp
  • Ingrid Beauchamp
  • Joanna Beauchamp
  • Wendy Beauchamp
  • Dash Gardiner
  • Killian Gardiner
  • Alex
• Wizards (Wizards of Waverly Place)
• Witches (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)

Literature

• Wizards (Harry Potter)

Video Games

• Gina Foley (Resident Evil Revelations 2); via "Gesticulation"
• Masters of the Mystic Arts (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Pokemon Trainers that use the Z-Ring (Pokemon)
• Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog)
• Urbosa (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
• Symmetra (Overwatch)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Kang-lim Choi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment) casting his through his hand to gain Shinbi's power and...

...vanish him.

Megumi Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Jogo (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Like all shinobi/ninja, Madara Uchiha (Naruto) was able to use jutsu based on hand gestures.

Cheon Ma (Myst, Might, and Mayhem) casting the Art of Four Binding Chains to create a counter barrier in order to prevent Demonic Monk from being destroyed.

Cartoons

Discord (My Little Pony Series) does his many tricks mostly by snapping his fingers.

Leonardo and Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) using hand gestures to perform the Healing Hands technique.

Live Television/Movies

Piper Halliwell (Charmed) needs to raise her hands to use her power to...

...to freeze...

...or blows up things.

Prue Halliwell (Charmed) needs to squint her eyes and/or wave her hands at the object she wishes to ...

...move.

Phoebe Halliwell needs to raise her arms to...

...levitate.

Carlitos (Los Protegidos) has to move his hands to move objects.

Q (Star Trek series)

Gabriel (Supernatural)

Lucifer (Supernatural) exploding Castiel...

...and setting the mood for a beat down.

After absorbing the souls of Purgatory, Castiel (Supernatural) was able to make Raphael explode with a simple snap of his fingers.

Freya Beauchamp (Witches of East End) conjures fire with the snap of her fingers.

To cast spells Alex Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place) needs to move her hand and point to the target.

Video Games

Gina Foley (Resident Evil Revelations 2) has the uncanny skill that allows her to injure and kill others just by doing random gestures near them.

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog) can snap his finger with Chaos Magic.

Videos

Shinbi Apartment - Doomsday (Part One) - The Haunted House Ep.23 (1)-2

Shinbi Apartment - Doomsday (Part One) - The Haunted House Ep.23 (2)-2

Shinbi Apartment - Doomsday (Part One) - The Haunted House Ep.23 (3)-2

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