"I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it"
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The “for good” framing matters. Berry doesn’t reach for vague benevolence or world peace; she offers a specific, localized good with real consequences. That specificity sidesteps the usual celebrity “if I had powers” daydream, which often reads like a branding exercise. Here, the brand is Southern California itself: a place where climate anxiety is ambient, where weather is politics, and where “we could do with it” is the casual, communal voice of someone who lives with the shortage.
There’s subtext, too, about control and responsibility. Storm’s power is literally climate manipulation, and Berry’s wish mirrors a wider cultural temptation: treat ecological crisis as something a single extraordinary intervention could solve. It’s both comforting and quietly revealing. We want a superhero because structural solutions are slow, boring, and contested; rain is instant, cinematic, and feels like grace. Berry’s offhand delivery makes that longing legible without preaching, which is exactly why it sticks.
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Berry, Halle. (2026, January 16). I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-like-to-be-able-to-use-storms-powers-for-good-120738/
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Berry, Halle. "I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-like-to-be-able-to-use-storms-powers-for-good-120738/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/id-like-to-be-able-to-use-storms-powers-for-good-120738/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.






