[2019-11-25] Flash
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[2019-11-25] Flash
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flash
Okay but just in case anyone was unaware, the Flash can think super-fast. The speed force accelerates every part of their biology that they will for it to accelerate, including neural processing (they could hyper-age if they wanted to. But, uh, generally they don't want to, so they leave cellular reproduction at the normal rate unless they need to quickly regenerate damage they've taken).
Yes, it's super bullshit, but hey, you're reading a superhero comic. It strives to actually make internal sense.
Okay but just in case anyone was unaware, the Flash can think super-fast. The speed force accelerates every part of their biology that they will for it to accelerate, including neural processing (they could hyper-age if they wanted to. But, uh, generally they don't want to, so they leave cellular reproduction at the normal rate unless they need to quickly regenerate damage they've taken).
Yes, it's super bullshit, but hey, you're reading a superhero comic. It strives to actually make internal sense.
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Re: [2019-11-25] Flash
Since when is Flash a 'they'?
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My main thought was: Either the author doesn't know how reflexes work, or he's trolling us
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There are multiple speedsters who have taken the name "The Flash", and there are often multiples active Flashes at the same time. The they is plural, and correct, since they all use the speed force in the way described.
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When there are several of them. I wasn't trying to PC gender-neutral it, I was literally acknowledging that multiple people have gone by the name The Flash, and all of them share the core of their powers (literally all speedsters in the DC universe have variable amounts of access to the speed force). Read more comics.NeatNit wrote:Since when is Flash a 'they'?
Zach simultaneously doesn't know a lot and also loves to troll nerds. That's why my PSA was directed to the audience, not Zach.Klaus wrote:My main thought was: Either the author doesn't know how reflexes work, or he's trolling us
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More interesting than the similarity of function to reflexes (which are too simple for this imho) is the similarity of function to CPGs, which even more-so act as little localized brains for repetitive activity. Locomotion in particular
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_pattern_generator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_pattern_generator
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I had no idea there was more than one. I did interpret the word "they" correctly (I did not think it was some PC nonsense), I just assumed that The Flash was a simple "he" so it was odd.HikaruYami wrote:When there are several of them. I wasn't trying to PC gender-neutral it, I was literally acknowledging that multiple people have gone by the name The Flash, and all of them share the core of their powers (literally all speedsters in the DC universe have variable amounts of access to the speed force).NeatNit wrote:Since when is Flash a 'they'?
You know, maybe I should.HikaruYami wrote:Read more comics.
But if there's many of them, what makes The Flash 'The Flash'? What differentiates him from the others? And what's the point?
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There's a chronological ordering to The Flash. You can start with the first one (Jay Garrick) or the second and most well-known/popular one (Barry Allen) or that one's nephew who eventually became the fastest entity in the multiverse (Wally West, who at one point literally absorbed the entire concept of the speed force).NeatNit wrote:You know, maybe I should.
But if there's many of them, what makes The Flash 'The Flash'? What differentiates him from the others? And what's the point?
Of course, it's also easier for the Flash to time travel than any other DC hero (some incarnations of superman can do it with similar ease, but not all), so chronological ordering maybe doesn't matter all that much.
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this is exactly what I was thinking when I read it but unlike you I'm not goddamned nerd who actually, like, speaksHikaruYami wrote:Okay but just in case anyone was unaware, the Flash can think super-fast. The speed force accelerates every part of their biology that they will for it to accelerate, including neural processing (they could hyper-age if they wanted to. But, uh, generally they don't want to, so they leave cellular reproduction at the normal rate unless they need to quickly regenerate damage they've taken).
Yes, it's super bullshit, but hey, you're reading a superhero comic. It strives to actually make internal sense.
i'm a goddamned silent nerd
EDIT: *cough*ALSO FUN FACT JAY GARRICK IS A METAHUMAN AND NOT JUST A SPEED FORCE CONDUIT SO WHEN HE LOSES THE SPEED FORCE HE CAN STILL GO LIKE 60MPH*cough*
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My eyes rolled so hard I had to pop them out with my tongue.HikaruYami wrote:https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flash
It strives to actually make internal sense.
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So I take it you conveniently forgot about "Yes, it's super bullshit" literally one sentence earlier just so your edgy "point" would seem more valid? Yes, very mature, I can tell you'd be a great person to converse with.hmijail wrote:My eyes rolled so hard I had to pop them out with my tongue.HikaruYami wrote:https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/flash
It strives to actually make internal sense.
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"It's super bullshit, but" is up there with "I'm not racist but".HikaruYami wrote:hmijail wrote:HikaruYami wrote:[
So I take it you conveniently forgot about "Yes, it's super bullshit" literally one sentence earlier just so your edgy "point" would seem more valid? Yes, very mature, I can tell you'd be a great person to converse with.
That you find the point "edgy" is amazing, too.
That you wouldn't find me a great person to converse with makes me think I'm doing something right.
Aaand just to make sure that I'm/we're not missing anything, we're discussing the kind of medium in which retconning is kinda the thing to do every couple of years, just so the latest mutant affected by the latest cosmic force in the latest parallel universe in the latest time loop can be kinda justified to be slightly stronger than the next iteration of the new/resurrected/unleashed/darkforced/possessed Big Boss, so they can once again fist-fight while smirking, right?
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I don't think this "conversation" is going anywhere, you two. Just don't reply. Unless you enjoy having a nice little flame war that makes the both of you look bad, in which case go right ahead!
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ok now kisshmijail wrote:Aaand just to make sure that I'm/we're not missing anything, we're discussing the kind of medium in which retconning is kinda the thing to do every couple of years, just so the latest mutant affected by the latest cosmic force in the latest parallel universe in the latest time loop can be kinda justified to be slightly stronger than the next iteration of the new/resurrected/unleashed/darkforced/possessed Big Boss, so they can once again fist-fight while smirking, right?
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Not helping.AlixeTiir wrote:ok now kiss