Superpower Ramblings: Speedsters
Superpower Ramblings: Speedsters
Just some ramblings and Ideas of a madman, this time Speedsters.
Speedsters, known for their ludicrous running speed, quick thinking, and occasional enormous appetites, are a classic stable in any Setting. Usually, the jokesters of the group they, while having many badass and emotional moments, are often seen as the least of the group. I think that is mostly to how they are portrayed, usably as the least powerful of the groups they are a part of.
Think about it.
Usually in the group you have the 'Heroic leader' they may or may not be the 'Flying Brick' someone who is seemingly near invincible and willing to jump in front of nearly every attack for their teammates, who while not as fast as the speedster can both take and deal out more damage than the speedster.
Then there’s your second in command/'lancer', usually the brains of the group, their skill set is tactical, be that regular smart or cybernetically enhanced. They are usually a "Normal Badass" as all their skills are enhanced from gadgets they have made, which usually elevates them above their powered teammates.
The rest are an assortment of "Muscle", "Trained Fighter", and "Spellcaster" and/or "Psychic". Speedsters are a niece category and too numerus to count, and while some are more creative than others, they are really dumb. I mean that they, like most others, have not thought threw their power sets to the outer most limits.
There are plenty of creative usages I have seen, such as thinking in superspeed to outwit Psychics, or having "Bullet Time" to investigate an area in the matter of moments, heck the flashes tornados are a particularly good example.
I guess my gripe is that they are normal humans, with normal ways of thinking, that usually unless you are a "Normal Badass" you don't do any training. Think of it, all speedsters fight the same way, with superspeed 'Hit and Run' tack ticks, and with Supervillains that know how to fight (Usually the fastest Speedster among the pantheon) why have tactics not evolved?
I want to blame lazy Wrighters and the status quo of this, which while true is not the entire point. People don't think outside of the Box. Just Imagen that you are a random civilian that has lived in a world with decades of Heroes & Villans, now you have superpowers and decide to join the game, what do you do differently? Absolutely nothing, oh sure you may have a gimmick tied directly to your powers, but that is it, you may have a 'Power Evolution' at some point, but you don’t actively go out of your way to change, and you wonder why you have such a hard time fighting.
Now dear reader, if you had superspeed what would you do? Get dishes done in an instant, Clean all your rooms in record time? Well sure, but you usually have a dishwasher that automatically does that for over an hour or more, and how often do you actually clean your room? Well, what about practicing? Yes I know, people don’t want to, hell I very much don't want to, and without some music or something it can become tedious. But think of it, reps done in a secant, stretching exercises done in the mater of moments, that stupid jazzercise fitness routine done in a minute instead of an hour. Now lets push that forward to its most extreme, practicing a fighting style in the matter of weeks or months instead of decades, sure you need an expert to point out your flawed form when you begin, but as soon as you got it you can do a thousand punches, kicks, or whatever move in the matter of moments.
Why shouldn't there be a Speedster that stands still in the middle of the street weighting for you to attack, and when you do that can Kickbox your ass at supersonic speed, that when you shoot at them with anti-speedster weapons they ‘Dempsey roll’ there way through laser weaponry?
Yes this whole ramble is a plea for more "Boxing Lessens for Superman", so will the rest of my "Superpowers should be more Interesting" ramblings.
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A short story that came to mind after writing the above:
"You wright historical Victorian supernatural murder mystery novels?" I asked, the woman could have been a double for Clara Bow, wearing a real fir coat as she sat at her typewriter.
"To me they weren't historical, but yes, I do." Her voice smooth and seductive, a voce that was confusingly half stereotypical British half vaguely eastern European accent that reminded me of a prowling large cat.
"So due to your vampiric abilities you are able to publish all of these in a year." I stated, the abilities to not get tired was a heck of a thing, then again getting up at six everyday and going to bed dam-near midnight for years was probably more soul crushing than having no soul.
Confused she stopped her work, turning her head "What? God no, I get one done about a year, writing is hard."
"Huuuu..?? You put out 12 full lenght novels last year, any you have for the last 10 years?" I stammered out, that cant be right, your a vampire, you didn't have to worry about making money, having to commute to your work, or cleaning your neo-gothic mansion thanks to your butler.
"Those? Those are just the backlog, not a who lot else to do when your trapped under a collapse consecrated burial ground." She stated going back to work, her finger movements slower, her face scrunching trying to decide on the next word.
"?????"
"I don't know how others are able to do it, Sometimes I wonder if they are actually human, Its like saying that humans have made it to the moon." She said half compilated.
A long moment of stunned silence passed with the occasional ticking of keys, my brain slowly began to reboot. Stupidly the first thing out of my mouth was "… We have… 50 years ago.."
Whipping her head around I could hear the sonic crash as she looked at me as a Deer would look at headlights. "YOU WHAT? I thought that was all Science fiction, Why haven't I herd about this!?" she all but screamed
"We… we left.." I stammered out, stunned by they statement
Slowly blinking, she took a shawl breath that she didn't need to, "You.. Left?.. Why?" She asked, looking about half a mind to jump at me if I didn't answer.
"We.. As in older folks with more power, decided that it wasn't worth the cost, you know the old 'Why should we spend money on useless things when there are people in need here?" I said, the stupid statement, not that the statement was stupid but it was true and that was what was stupid, mostly because that money was embezzled by nameless government alphabet soup.
"So you didn't encounter monsters from beyond the stars?" She asked
"No, Aliens don't… Scratch that, they probably do exist, Vampire & Fae exist, probably do aliens." he said with the new found perspective of 'Yah, its real alright'
"Fae don't exist, what sort of lune do you take me for?" She stated incredulity with the upmost confidence turning back to her work Looking over at the obviously Brownie butler, they look back with a smile only a devil or a used car salesman could have, "I have a job, and she's none the wiser." they said with a shrug of 'What are you going to do. "Would you like tea?"
A Idea that came to mind while reading vampire folklore & Tumbler head-cannon posts, Vampire are usually obsessive, be that at people or things. And we have the trope of them twisting things into grotesque version of there previous interests, such as using blood to paint or twisting human bodies into monstrous statues. What happens to vampire who have more mundane interests/hobbies? What happens when a thousand year old vampire obsessed with candle making do? (Well besides start using a multitude of human bodies as the bace for the candles), Would they do shit like taking ten years to mold & carve a decretive candle in the shape of hyperrealist animal only to toss it into a pile of other previous attempts at a slight flaw?
And that is assuming there hobby is creative, what if the fang barer had something like physical exercise? "Ok, I have my jog around Europe all planed out, It will take three months, ill get back just in time to start laundry, have a quick snack before Elizbeth show's up". I know that they cant cross running water & the sea has a lot of salt so they cant exactly do a "Swimming across the English channel" but between the tips of South America & Africa, but still what sort of cray shit would they get up to?
Then again on the other side, how lazy & bad can they get. The 'I can do it later' mentality but when you have a near endless immoral life you can put stuff off for decades. Imagen trying to get the money for a commission you started in the early 1800's only to find that the entire bloodline is dead, and having to track down any connection, and the only living blood descendent is some HVAC technician living out in nowhere Ohio who knows nothing of his family history other than he was adopted & now has to try and convenes this Vampire that 1)he doesn't want it. 2) cant afford it, and 3) has no room for it in his shack of a house.
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