I find that the power that it's been attributed to the Flash on this debate contradicts many of his usual showings. I mean a person so powerful would annihilate any villain before the battle even started. Why doesn’t he Speed Steal Darkseid, or throw a million IMPs at Mogul’s face? Why doesn’t he take Doomsday to the end of time? Why do they even bother to fight regular villains when Flash could end it all before it began?
I think that writers are just showing absolute ignorance by throwing around stuff like: “flash is a thousand times faster than light”. Are they even aware of what that means? I’m not going to go into the physical impossibilities of that, for Light IS the fastest thing in existence, and nothing faster can exist. But accepting the fact that he is that fast thanks to the Speed Force. Think of this: A guy faster than light would scape time, which means, the rest of the world would be standing still from his perspective.
Can you really imagine been hit by something that’s standing completely still?
Just take a look at your side. Do you see that bottle of beer sitting on your table next to your computer? It’s like, howmuch, a few inches from you? Do you honestly think it will EVER hit you? Well, a bullet would be like that to the Flash. A perfect marksman with a gun would be like a solid statue to the Flash.
I mean, a guy that can react on Femtoseconds, would NEVER be caught off-guard. Can any of you conceive what NEVER implies? Never is like, all eternity.
And then I go and see that he ordinarily struggles against other villains. He fights, punches people, and coexists in battle with people that would be like stones-on-the-ground to him, on a daily basis…
Facts that can only exist under one of the TWO following alternatives:
Alternative A.) The Flash is not as fast as they make him to be, and those showings where he carries a whole city to safety are just embellished fairytales to make the character look cool. Showings that are not meant to be taken seriously. Or in other words PIS. He really is not that fast.
In which case Superman would beat the Flash.
Alternative B.) The Flash is as fast as they say he is, but he also is a complete moron with no ability whatsoever for battle. A useless idiot that would rather run around slowly than help his fellow Leaguers when they face life-and-death situations.
In which case Superman would beat the Flash.
And for those of you that say: “It’s for the sake of the story. No one wants to read a comic that ends on the first panel.”
I answer: That is not a good enough excuse. If I make Spiderman able to climb walls, I will not make him not climb on walls because, well… It would be to easy for him to get to the roof.
We, as audience, can suspend our disbelieve, as long as it follows a logic. Per example:
I can believe a extraterrestrial from another planet, that physically resembles a man, can fly and have extraordinary powers. Even though impossible, it stands to a logic.
But I cannot believe that that Aunt May one day out of the blue starts flying and lifting 1000 tons, unless I am given a really good explanation.
Which means: Suspension of disbelieve works within certain boundaries. We, as audiences, will believe the impossible if it follows logic.
It does not have to be possible, but it must be coherently thought and exposed.
The Flash been faster than light and coexisting in battle with people that think and react at superhuman speeds is impossible and unbelievable, even for comic fiction.
So, what will it be? Is he not that fast? Or is he really such an idiot that he gets surprised by a “vibrating bullet” that travels and vibrates so many times slower than the speed of light that looks to the Flash like a static object hung on mid air?
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