IP: hey you're not a failure, no one is, just because you don't have any fancy shmancy powers doesn't mean you can't do anything cool! Like hey, what's your talent?
IP: Look at my friend Jem, he has no powers, no nothing, yet he has done some pretty cool stuff! You could do some pretty cool stuff too! And besides I don't think you're a nobody, you're pretty cool in my opinion!