Yes, I think if you wanted something that was more centrally about helping people have the confidence to explore their own desires I should make a variant power. Would you like me to think about it?

That would be wonderful. Please do.

Okay!

She moves on to Fated Lovers and also catches a glimpse of Fated Friends.

I'm interested in the difference between Fated Lovers and Fated Friends. Does Fated Friends specifically not introduce you to people you might grow to love?

Fated Lovers focuses on people you could have close, emotionally intimate, long-term relationships with, and keeps providing more until you're fully satisfied in that area, then rests for as long as you're satisfied. Fated Friends isn't as narrowly focused and will look for any social relationship that would benefit you, and it never fully stops working, only slows down somewhat when you're more socially saturated.

How does it help to have both?

If you have both then they can work together to bring you more and better-quality social connections, but you might also find that you end up with too many good social connections and have to prioritize. Time Enough For Love helps a lot but even with Time Enough For Love some people prefer to spend only a certain amount of their time on social relationships and combining Fated Friends with Fated Lovers will generally leave you with more social relationships than that.

That makes sense. Thanks for explaining.

I think from that it sounds like I probably want to choose and the choice is between fewer deeper connections or a larger number with greater breadth in the type of connections. I think I'm currently leaning towards the larger number.

She checks Fated Friends.

The perks for being forgiven for unkindness don't appeal to her.

Sense of Style seems entirely unappealing, at least before reading Bonus Style Points.

Would it be possible to get something like Bonus Style Points that isn't focused around people looking good for me but instead more centrally about being themselves?

That's a pretty tricky one; I can look into it, but I can't promise anything. I'll try though!

Yeah, that makes sense. It feels like most of these powers are centrally about me and that's pushing a power into being less about me.

I see what you mean, and that's a good way of putting it!

Thanks, I'm glad I'm understanding things.

She keeps reading next up is Self-Reflection

Are there worlds where I'm likely to run into more people who are me? Or worlds where I would end up making more of myself or something like that? This feels a lot more specific than most powers.

It's surprisingly common for people who travel the multiverse a lot to meet more of themselves. It doesn't happen to everyone, but it happens a lot! And some people like to make more of themselves on purpose, too.

Interesting. I don't think that's too important to me and if I want to keep in touch with another me that I care deeply about I think Eternal Love would let me do that. Am I right to think Eternal Love could work like that?

Yes, Eternal Love will help you keep in touch with the people you care about even if they're you. Self-Reflection is for people who want to be in close contact with themselves even across vast distances.

She nods then writes

Makes sense

Next up is Popular and Famous.

For the next two reputation powers how well do they work with Nullified?

Still pretty well! Coincidence management can go a long way, especially for Popular. Famous is a little trickier and with Nullified it usually has to resort to giving you opportunities to do lots of cool stuff so people can hear about it.

And if I'm understanding right it would be cool stuff I would want to be famous for. That actually sounds pretty nice.

She checks both.

Yes, Famous will always lean towards picking the kinds of things you would want to see yourself get famous for if they're available, and it can do quite a bit to see about making them available if they aren't.

Great.

The next power is Undiplomatic Immunity. She thinks about it for a moment but if she wants to change society being immune to the law isn't precisely counter-productive but it feels weird. She skips that one. The Friends in places powers she checks.

"On to drawbacks then."

Decorative would separate her from other people in a way that feels uncomfortable.

Beauty Is A Curse feels like it would be grating. If she really needs one point she might consider it but for the moment she's not checking that.

Plain Jane feels like a trap... it actually feels really out of character for the Notebook.

I'm confused by Plain Jane being here I don't understand who would take that unless they didn't understand what it would do to them and that feels out of character for The Spirit.

I do try to warn people away from it, because it's pretty rare for someone to be okay with it, but some people want to take it even with the warnings.

It's good that you try to warn people.

Style of Sisyphus again doesn't appeal. She's especially worried that it would rewrite her opinions on nudity.

There's Another one feels like something she needs to consider more but it feels like it's at least a strong possibility. She checks it.

Great Responsibility is the same kind of thing as My Ears Are Burning but it is more specific. Maybe it's okay?

She looks over at Tom.

"No."

"Are you sure?"

"Only if you are changing what you're going for. Right now you don't really have powers focused on helping individual people. And you're specifically going for being really prominent it just doesn't match your plans."