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    $\begingroup$ I didn't think of it like that. That does make sense. Since light does have force in a sense, and converting that into 'darkness'... it would make it plausible and how the darkness can manifest in natural daylight. I guess this would be considered a variation of photokinesis? $\endgroup$
    – PlanetJuice
    Commented Sep 2, 2022 at 14:14
  • $\begingroup$ @PlanetJuice It must, it's the light that's being manipulated. Pour the water out of that glass... are you manipulating the absence of water, or the water? Yeah... the water. $\endgroup$
    – JBH
    Commented Sep 2, 2022 at 14:17
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    $\begingroup$ Similarly, a cryokinetic is a pyrokinetic who likes cold rooms $\endgroup$
    – No Name
    Commented Sep 2, 2022 at 18:39
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    $\begingroup$ The amount of mass created is somewhat insubstantial: something around 0.75g of converted mass accounted for the 20 kt blast at Hiroshima, so neutralising any realistic amount of light (by creation of an appropriate number of antiphotons) will result in the creation of only a tiny amount of matter. Of course, the nature of that matter might be interesting... inconvenient... embarrassing... $\endgroup$
    – Mark Morgan Lloyd
    Commented Sep 3, 2022 at 20:18
  • $\begingroup$ @MarkMorganLloyd The amount of mass created is irrelevant. The Q only asks how to scientifically rationalize the superhero ability - not its consequences. In the OP's fictional world wherein superheros reside, it can be any amount wanted. However, you make a wonderful point about what the converted matter could be, since to the best of our understanding, it can be any matter. An author could have a ton of fun with that. Statistically, it's likely to be hydrogen... or it could be the ripe-for-worldbuilding element astatine. $\endgroup$
    – JBH
    Commented Sep 4, 2022 at 22:30