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Mei Ling (wonderwomanhero) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-01 15:56:00

Entry tags:

char: flash/barry allen, group: justice league of america, in-joke: crack, in-joke: science doesn't work that way, in-joke: wtf

Speed Doesn't Work That Way
I have a request...if anyone would take it. Does anyone have any scans they could post of the Atlantian Sorceress Gamemnae, the blonde chick who captured Aquaman and died by the hand of Manitou Raven? I'd appreciate it.

And for legality, we have bad science. From "What Were They Thinking?!"

See, here we have Flash looking towards a lightning bolt that appears, as he claims, to hit those two ~~affectionetly intiminte gay~~ "youngsters", who don't look young at all, actually.

Yeah, that’s right – I can “accept” the idea that the guy can run super-fast or that he has super-fast reactions. I’ll even buy the fun super-science idea of a natural inertial damning field and an immunity to the effects of friction. I’m choking on the idea that somehow his eyes can perceive light faster than the actual speed that light travels.

Suspension of disbelief: Fail.

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icon_uk
2009-04-01 03:31 pm UTC (link)

Luckily for Barry, lightning doesn't travel at the speed of light, it travels at the speed of lightning, which is a mere 3,700 miles per second, which is as nothing compared to light, which travels at 186,000 miles per second.

His superfast reactions would mean he could go from "is that a gleam of light" to "Holy crap on a cracker, those two godless catamites are about to receive their justly earned divine retribution" at this sort of speed.

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	gwalla.livejournal.com 2009-04-01 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	Nice fanwank! It works. I like it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-04-01 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	Fanwank? I am offended... I say OFFENDED, sir! (or madam). I'll have you know I spent nearly 14 seconds looking up the speed of lightning in the earths atmosphere on Google! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-04-01 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	Science is never bad in a super hero universe. It just works differently. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sd_mouser 2009-04-02 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	Lightening travels at the speed of electricity. THUNDER travels at the speed of sound. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gwalla.livejournal.com 2009-04-01 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	Now that we have a separate noscans_daily, is there really a point in "for legality" posts? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	darklorelei 2009-04-01 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	Um. Because asking for scans in noscans_daily doesn't really make sense? (Reply to this) (Parent)