From film to TV, it seems like these days superheroes are everywhere. The newest addition to the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse, hits theaters today, and it got us thinking: what superpowers would indeed come handy in the real life? Neither having huge feathery wings nor shooting bowls of purple energy out of your bare hands looks even remotely practical. But some of the X-Men’s powers can be easily used in the modern world if handled well. Here are the 8 options we’d be totally okay with.

Controlling Social Media

If anything, Charles Xavier aka Professor X’s magnificent telepathic powers showed us that being able to get inside every human being’s mind will most likely cause some irredeemable damage. But the idea of having your very own version of Facebook (which Professor’s Cerebro kinda is) does sound appealing. We’d be happy with just getting the power of controlling and tweaking social media as we like, which in this day and age pretty much means controlling the whole wide world.  

Photoshop Vision

Cyclops’ destruction vision means he probably has a collection of shades to die for (pun very much intended), but that’s too hardcore for us. We’d opt for the gift of fixing anything we want with one glance, whether it’s getting rid of that extra weight by looking at yourself in the mirror or making a potential one night stand a tiny bit more attractive by blinking once or twice. Hope you see our point.

Weather Control

We’re not sure we want the Mohawk Storm’s rocking in X-Men: Apocalypse, but we wouldn’t mind having her powers of controlling the weather. It would be fun to try to arrange a little Sharknado every now and then, but just fixing the temperature on the resort of your choice or spreading LA weather all over the globe would be a nice thing to do… Although we’re sure scientists would disagree with us on that last one.

Shapeshifting

Can we get Jennifer Lawrence’s looks and Mystique’s shapeshifting abilities without having to get completely naked and blue in front of the whole world? If so, wouldn’t you like to become some big celebrity for a day or two? Or take a form of your boyfriend/girlfriend’s ex to see if he/she is really over all of that? Also you’re a surefire winner at any potential doppelganger competition!  

Supersonic Speed

According to X-Men Quicksilver actually has two superpowers: apart from being able to move at supersonic speeds he can also fit into these skin-tight leather pants, which is quite a talent, too. But if we have to pick just one of his gifts, we’d go with being fast, which seems like the most valuable skill in the modern world.  Just think about never having to get to school or work late. Or being able to leave any undesired conversation in a heartbeat: no more tedious Tinder dates where you can’t figure out a way to finally make an exit. And can we also request powers that would allow us to binge-watch any TV show while the rest of the world is frozen? That would be really great, thank you very much.

Talking to Animals

Transforming into a furry blue creature can come in handy only once a year (you guessed it: during Halloween), but we’d love to be able to communicate with animals in one way or another. Impressing your friends with your dog’s tricks? Done. Making your cat pose for an unbelievable photoshoot that will make her (and you) a rich Instagram pet blogger? Done. Or making some forest animals dance and sing around you to make you feel like a true Disney princess? That can be arranged, too.

Conquering the Magnetic Field

Magneto’s ability to do whatever the hell he wants with any metal object is rather impressive and potentially super lethal, but wouldn’t it be cool if you could also bend glass, wood, fabric and plastic to your will? That way you could fix any broken iPhone screen in a matter of seconds, get rid of any type of stain on your brand new dress and finally fix that creaking garage door.

Teleportation

Nightcrawler’s name's gotta stand for something, right? And with looks like his, we have no doubts he’s only truly safe when teleporting at night. So can we add teleportation skills minus the crazy make-up to our superpowers wish-list? That way we’ll never have to wait in line at the airport again, get stuck in the elevator or even learn how to drive. Still no idea how we’d handle the luggage, but hey, there’s gotta be some strong and helpful superhero by our side when we go on our vacation, right?