Stephen King and X-men?

I've been thinking about this for about five minutes so, of course, I have to write it down. I was thinking about Stephen King's sequesl to "The Shinning," which is called "Dr. Sleep." It's not a bad book but there's one thing in particular that rubs me the wrong way and that's how the Shining is used. In the original novel, the Shining is a form of empathy. It allows young Danny Torrence to be influenced by the ghosts in the hotel. But it's not a power, if anything it's a weakness. The hotel wants Danny for some malevolent purpose that is never truly explained. Danny, a child, is at the mercy of the whims of the hotel and his parents are unable to do anything about it, or in Jack's case, becomes complicit. Skip to the sequel and the Shining is just another word for "telepath." A girl with the Shining pops up in adult Danny's life who not only has more power than him but can use it like hands or forces that can push people. In fact, that's how the villain is defeated by pushing her off an edge. It always bugs me, and this is something I'm guilty of myself, when the power or magic is purely offensive. Take the X-men for example. They all have super powers that they were born with but most have an offensive ability like Wolverine's claws and healing factor and Cyclops' eye beams. But one of my favorite characters is Nightcrawler (whose name escaped me for a moment) who can teleport himself or others. It's not a beam of energy or super strength kind of power but one that he has to use creatively. If he can teleport behind you or teleport something on top of you, Nightcrawler might have a fighting chance. It's a power one has to use creatively to exploit all the possibilities. It reminds me of how I play certain video games where you can dig your heels and charge through an enemy or you could be like a bullfighter and get out of the way of the charging monster. And that's what I hate so much about "Dr. Sleep." It turns this problem into a power, from a great idea to a generic concept. It boggles my mind that King didn't see this in early drafts but he's a man who follows his gut no matter where it takes him. I can't fault him too much for that.