Okay, I need to ask. If not The Strong Force, then would Gravity or Electro-Magnetism work in it's place? Or should I dump the Elementary Forces entirely?

This is going to sound like a cop-out, but Mason's whole design revolves around the wacky kid, with the power that forces him to be stable and rooted.

I don't want to do something cliche like controlling fire or lightning or something like that because that's been done. no offense to people who were going to do that.

I can understand why the Strong and Weak Forces would be out. They are Omni-things that affect tons of things. Because otherwise I'm going to have to go really far afield for an idea I think. To get away from the tried and tired ideas.