A circumstance in which the user needs artificial means to regulate and stabilize their otherwise uncontrollable powers. A variation of Dependency and Aversion.
Also Called
- Stabilization
- Technology Reliance
Capabilities
The user requires artificial means to regulate and stabilize their otherwise uncontrollable powers. Without these regulators, the user's powers could be a danger to themselves or those around them. Said regulators typically take the form of a technological device.
Associations
Known Users
- Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
- required to wear ruby quartz visors and sunglasses to keep his Optic Blasts in check.
- Havok (Marvel)
- He is not entirely able to control this ability, which sometimes makes him a danger to those around him unless he wears a special containment suit to assist him.
- Hazmat (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
- Hazmat needs to wear a thin bodysuit to keep his body from decomposing.
- Jennifer Takeda (Marvel Comics)
- Due to side effect of her powers, Hazmat will need to stay in a containment suit whenever she is outside of a controlled environment (e.g. a room which can isolate her from others who can be killed by her substances).
- Multiple Man (Marvel Comics)
- He requires a special suit to keep himself from multiplying from impacts.
- Havoc (Marvel Comics)
- Requires to wear a special suit to keep his powers in check to avoid accidentally hurting someone.
- Rogue (Marvel Comics)
- Required to keep her skin covered to keep her powers from affecting people.
- Iceman (Marvel Comics)
- Used to need a power-belt to keep his powers under control.
- Surge (Marvel Comics)
- Can't control her electricity absorption, and thus must wear specifically-designed gauntlets at all times to regulate it.
- Torpid (X-Men: Evolution)
- Has to wear gloves, otherwise she paralyzes anyone she touches.
- NRG (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Requires a special suit of armor to keep his radiation from spreading.
- Face (Marvel Comics)
- Has to wear a special firing mechanism to hold back and control his Energy Blasts.
- Blight (Batman Beyond)
- Being a living nuclear hazard, he's required either a special suit to keep from harming everyone or be isolated.
- Ed Stargard (DC Comics)
- Due to his body's design(which is like a baby's), he can't leave his office.
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Requires specialized inhibitor ring bracelets to keep his Chaos powers in check.
- Rei Ogami (Code: Breaker)
- Wears a ring on his left thumb to control his powers, and a glove over the same hand to further restrict himself.
- Moka Akayashi (Rosario + Vampire)
- To minimize her vampire abilities, Moka wears a special rosario to seal away her powers.
- San Otonashi (Rosario + Vampire II)
- Needs to use a sketchbook to communicate, as her voice is dangerous, due to her being a powerful siren.
- Junta (Marvel Comics)
- Uses a belt to regulate his gravitational abilities.
Gallery
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Multiple Man (Marvel)
Outer and Inner Moka (Rosario + Vampire)
Blight (Batman Beyond)
Surge (Marvel Comics)
Rogue (Marvel)
Havok (Marvel)