Relative Appearance Alteration

Relative Appearance Alteration
Galactus (Marvel Comics) as he appears through the eyes of several different sentient species.
Power/Ability to:	Appear in a form that pertains to another's perception.

"In that room, my mother came to me. But it was not her. It was something else." "Ah. My son, I suspect. We can take many forms. The shapes we embody are merely a reflection of the life force around us."

― Anakin and The Father (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

The ability to appear in a form that pertains to another's perception of what one would look like according to personal tastes.

Also Called

• Subjective Appearance Shift
• Eyes of the Beholder

Capabilities

The user can appear in a form that pertains to another's perception of what the user would look like according to personal tastes. Their appearance and behavior is perceived as being altered according to how another views them and what appeals to their tastes according to personal experiences. The perceived appearance varies from person to person, and can include changes in race, voice, and mannerisms to present anything from an ideal figurehead to someone most hated by viewer. This power even works through television broadcasts, and can effect potentially millions of people at once.

Applications (All perceived by Others)

• Malleable Anatomy
  • Gender Transformation
  • Skin Color Manipulation
• Personality Alteration
• Self Perception
• True-Self Deception
• True Love Visage

Associations

• Shapeshifting
• Social Cloaking

Limitations

• User does not know what they will appear to be by another
• Though the user's appearance and mannerisms can be perceived as different, their true mind or identity can be uncovered as inconsistent from their appearance through Telepathy.

Known Users

• The Contemelians (Ben 10)
• Goddess of Destiny (Brave Story)
• Buick 8 (From a Buick 8)
• Honest John (Marvel Comics); limited to appearing as one's definition of a great leader
• Galactus (Marvel Comics); limited to appearing as a being perceivable to one's species
• Aphrodite (Percy Jackson series); limited to appearing as one's personal description of beauty
• Nemesis (Percy Jackson series); limited to appearing as whoever one wishes to get revenge on the most
• Yuuko Kanoe (Tasogare Otome × Amnesia); limited to appearing as one's greater fear
• Most Deities (Greek Mythology)
• Mother of Creation (Image Comic)
• The Endless (DC/Vertigo); limited to appearing as a member of one's species
• Xion (Kingdom Hearts)
• Meggan (Marvel Comics); via empathy
• Chandra (Top Cow); limited to appearing as one's description of the most beautiful women
• Wilfred (Wilfred)
• Gaea the goddess of Earth (Marvel) appears in the form of however image she was worshiped as by whatever race on earth even simultaneously
• It (Stephen King's It)

Gallery

Xion's (Kingdom Hearts) appearance varies depending on who perceives her, with Roxas and Axel seeing her as a black-haired girl...

...and Xigbar seeing her as Ventus.

Honest John (Marvel Comics) is able to appear to others in the form of what appeals to their individual tastes of what they consider a great leader.

How Yuuko Kanoe (Tasogare Otome × Amnesia) can be seen depends on the person who perceives her.

Gaea the goddess of Earth (Marvel) has been known by many names in 616 earth history she appears in the form of however image she was worshiped as by whatever race on earth even simultaneously

Pennywise/It (Stephen King's It) often changes appearance depending on who is viewing It and what the victim is afraid of most...

...while the form of a giant spider is the closest approximation the human mind can comprehend to Its true form.