I think it's more fun to play a hero with an edge.
I read the comics long before I was ever involved with the films.
The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters.
I'd take telekinesis. I could move things with my mind, and with telepathy I could control other people's minds and make them do whatever I wanted.
You get bored if you do the same thing too much.
Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Ursula Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings.