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I can never see myself.

I can turn your pet into a god.

I can make sweets unpleasant.

I will take your guns away, and you will feel secure.

I can turn the sun into a bunch of rodents.

Who am I?

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  • $\begingroup$ please take guns away from those crazy people! $\endgroup$
    – MartianMartian
    May 9, 2018 at 2:18

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Answer:

a mirror

because

reversing strings. Second line is DOG -> GOD, third is DESSERTS -> STRESSED (?), fourth is GUNS -> SNUG, and fifth is STAR -> RATS. The first isn't a wordplay clue; I think it's just saying that the mirror doesn't appear in itself.

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    $\begingroup$ I have no idea how you did it so fast :) $\endgroup$
    – Dotan
    May 8, 2018 at 16:49
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    $\begingroup$ @Dotan To be honest I thought of mirror straight away from the first line but had no clue how to fit it to the rest of them. $\endgroup$
    – TheLethalCipher
    May 9, 2018 at 9:39
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    $\begingroup$ About the first clue: what if you have two spoilers facing each other? $\endgroup$
    – Daniel Wagner
    May 9, 2018 at 13:27
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You are

A mirror.

Because

I can never see myself

Mirrors cannot ever see themselves.

I can turn your pet into a god

dog → god

I can make sweets unpleasant

desserts → stressed

I will take you guns away, and you will feel secure

guns → snug (from @ManyPinkHats)

I can turn the sun into a bunch of rodents

star → rats

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  • $\begingroup$ Oof, just shy of a minute later. I like your formatting better, though :) $\endgroup$
    – anon
    May 9, 2018 at 7:23
  • $\begingroup$ @NicHartley Yeah, formatting cost me the checkmark and a lot of upvotes. Oh well! :) $\endgroup$
    – Rubio ♦
    May 9, 2018 at 7:26
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Any poison that a dead pet transfers to its owner would fit as well.

I can never see myself

- poison does not have eyes and the pet is dead.

I can turn your pet into a god

- god decides whether you live or die.

I can make sweets unpleasant

- because poison.

I will take your guns away, and you will feel secure

- because you get really weak and can't hold a gun anymore.

I can turn the sun into a bunch of rodents

- person dying with hallucinations.

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  • $\begingroup$ You may feel differently - but I suspect I wouldn't feel very secure in the situation you describe... $\endgroup$
    – Shadow
    May 9, 2018 at 5:38
  • $\begingroup$ Yeah, "because you are drugged and you can't think straight" would be a better fit for that one. I like this one though. $\endgroup$
    – Mr Lister
    May 9, 2018 at 11:03

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