we begin to see some hints of his limits.
seems he gets all the powers but not as powerful as the original. for now it passes as him not having mastered the power. he can't make more than one clone, he has a weaker psychic bond with his wolf, he can't choose his host, could have less control or energy output from the "green stuff"(TM)... also, having the wolf out drains him, so it's probably the same when he uses the other powers, and he gets limited like that. a bit like some kind of mana reserves. though he doesn't seem tired when drained.
Amber's invisibility might be related to her emotions. maybe she gets visible the better she feels. so a big orgasm will make her stay visible for a few days though she masturbates often, so it might have to be with a partner. some kind of feeling of being loved ? feeling seen ?
To be honest, I suspect that the main reason his current version of the powers he's gotten is noticeably weaker than the originals is more a factor of his lack of experience and practice with them than anything else. MC has had powers for all of 1-5 days at this point (depending on the power in question). There's no way he's going to be as good at controlling any of them as people that have had their power (and only their power) to learn and practice with for years. Especially since he hasn't really actively practiced with them yet.I like this idea. So the more powers Jack tries to copy at the same time the less powerful said copies become and the less control he has over then. That could be a nice way to implement a limit to his powers. And it makes sense, he was able to use the green fire and call that black wolf without any training, but now with more powers he seems to be having less control over them.
This could also open up the possibility of Jack having to choose which powers too keep, which in turn could change how some situations unfold.
About Amber, i don't think it was anything to do with orgasm. She is a stalking voyeur creep, so i doubt she haven't masturbated A LOT.
But it may have some emotional/anxiety component to it.
Even in the future, I suspect the fact he has more powers than anyone else to try to learn means he's probably not going to be as good at any of them individually simply as a factor of time limitations, even if there isn't an inherent limitation to his absorbed power. It'd be like trying to learn to be good at every instrument in a band vs focusing on just one.
Of course, if "time limitations" is the main factor, if he gets and can control Lucia's time power he potentially could go DBZ-style Hyperbolic Time Chamber and compress years of training into weeks or days. And he does have a potential head-start if people are willing to train him in how to use their power, which could cut off a lot of time in the learning curve (for example, I suspect he'll have Evelyn's power under control within a couple days, whereas it took her months to learn).
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