The ability to steal the skill/talent from others. Technique of Talent Manipulation.
Also Called
- Skill/Specialty Theft
- Talent/Skill/Specialty Absorption
Capabilities
The user can steal the physical and mental skills, talents and specialties of another person. In some cases, the user gains that skill or talents for themselves while in other cases they simply remove the talent from someone else.
Applications
Associations
Limitations
- May only be temporary.
- May only be able to take a specific type of talent.
- User may not have the physical, mental or emotional capabilities to put their stolen talents to use.
Known Users
- Lord Shyamalan (Channel Awesome)
- Nerdlucks/Monstars (Space Jam)
- Rogue (Marvel)
- Bryan (Thunderstruck)
- Talent Suckers (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi)
- Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Tinker Bell (Winx Club)
- Meltlilith (Nasuverse)
- Victor (Worm)
Gallery
Lord Shyamalan (Channel Awesome) preparing to steal a victim's talent.
The Nerdlucks (Space Jam) are small aliens who steal the talents out of several famous Basketball stars...
...storing it into a basketball, and using it to become...
...the monstrous Monstars.
The Talent Suckers (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi) are a rock band composed of vampires that can literally suck the talent from others, taking their talent for their own.
Rogue (Marvel Comics) along with memories and powers, can temporarily take the talent from those she touches and incorporate them into her own skill-set temporarily.
Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) steal ponies' cutie marks that is related to their talents.