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A nonspecific, intentionally vaguely defined ability of a character. While distinct upgrades in power or the acquisition of new ones isn't rare in a series, the Green Lantern Ring's defined base ability never changes. The user simply gains new insight on it or becomes aware to try something they didn't think of before. The base rule does not change. Named after the most famous example of this, the Ring of DC Comics' Green Lantern Corps, which is said to be limited only by the user's willpower and imagination. Expect Forgot About His Powers to occur on multiple occasions.

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  • Green Lantern Ring/Sandbox
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  • A nonspecific, intentionally vaguely defined ability of a character. While distinct upgrades in power or the acquisition of new ones isn't rare in a series, the Green Lantern Ring's defined base ability never changes. The user simply gains new insight on it or becomes aware to try something they didn't think of before. The base rule does not change. Named after the most famous example of this, the Ring of DC Comics' Green Lantern Corps, which is said to be limited only by the user's willpower and imagination. Expect Forgot About His Powers to occur on multiple occasions.
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  • A nonspecific, intentionally vaguely defined ability of a character. While distinct upgrades in power or the acquisition of new ones isn't rare in a series, the Green Lantern Ring's defined base ability never changes. The user simply gains new insight on it or becomes aware to try something they didn't think of before. The base rule does not change. Much like its comic book origin, this is convenient to plots because it allows extreme flexibility for the writers without the resulting complaints from fans that they've pulled a new power out of a character's ass. It still has a semblance of rules. However, this also depends on how creative a writer can be about it. Named after the most famous example of this, the Ring of DC Comics' Green Lantern Corps, which is said to be limited only by the user's willpower and imagination. Expect Forgot About His Powers to occur on multiple occasions. Compare Green Rocks (which do this stuff at the whim of the writers, rather than serving a specific character), New Powers as the Plot Demands (for cases where new powers are the result of Ass Pull), Re-Power (for situations when a character has their powerset either expanded upon in a "nonlinear" way, or reimagined entirely from the ground up), Adaptive Ability, Swiss Army Weapon and Adaptive Armor. When a weak-sounding power has this, then it's Heart Is an Awesome Power.
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