Learning to lift

 

That's why the power of flight/levitation is an absolutely essential requirement for using super strength, unless its merely squeezing something. Mega bear-hugs. Otherwise, she's gotta anchor herself some way. 

When I gave my Arions superstrength but not flight, they were terrifically limited compared to the flight-capable Velorians. They tried to make up for that with Tech and fighting techniques (closing in to wrestle, pheromones, etc.) but the difference in combat ability was extreme. 

A mistake on my part, in retrospect. The nearly unlimited ability to fly and levitate is such a GIGANTIC advantage, tactically. 

Shadar

F=ma. Force = mass x acceleration.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Not to mention the coefficient of friction.

That's a problem I have run up against in writing the Janelle character in Kiraling. I handle it by trying to forget my college physics, hell, my high school physics, and hope no one will notice.

Why not cheat the physics? Superman Flight as a power is just magic anyway with no basis in physics. Just have her lift the tank or comment on how the ground needs to be sturdy.

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Why not cheat the physics? Superman Flight as a power is just magic anyway with no basis in physics. Just have her lift the tank or comment on how the ground needs to be sturdy.

I think every author or artist has different approaches to "plausibility" in stories or picts. Some are Ok with magic or with "it just is". Others enjoy developing a pseudoscience foundation (which can sometimes get very involved) to explain superhuman things.   

Both are fine, and good stories can come from either camp, but I love the intersection of science fiction and comic superheroes, bound together with pseudoscience.

Shadar



 

Magical Realism, just enjoy the story and keep going. In the end of the day is just to have fun