Impulse' powers-
Impulse appears to move at close to infinite speed without thinking
relativistically. The only people who are garaunteed to be able to move more
quickly in my opinion and keep to the ideas of Bart's story are Wally West
(the fastest man alive) and Max Crandall (his guardian).
I didn't have Impulse move at more than half the speed of light. 150,000 kps
is more than enough to give the teleporting, the color distortion, the people
as statues, etc. that I put in this fan fic. Vibrating molecules past other
molecules and defeating weak force is very very high speed though, and
Impulse can do that.
Batgirl, Metahuman?
I think the first part of this is whether the Batman, or the Lady Shiva are
metahuman. The greatest martial artist=super power? The world's greatest
detective=super power? Lady Shiva could outfight Killer Croc and Bane at the
same time. The Batman notices more clues than Jo'n Jon'z (sp?), with no real
telepathy or beyond human senses. Does Captain Boomerang's ability make him
'super'? If so then, sure, why not? But that loses the meaning of the word
super power. Like Catwoman's "photographic kenetic memory" where she can
remember any move she's witnessed is somehow super.
However, if Batgirl is truly 'blessed/cursed' with a signifigantly differing
mind, then I say 'yes'. The gift of visual telemetric telepathy, coupled with
absolute biological control makes her truly superhuman.
Furthermore, the D.E.O. specialist felt her aggregate performance was super
human. The concept that humans can head butt through concrete, sprint at
30+ mph, jump 28+ feet...just not all at once. The Batgirl can.
Add that to the truly mythical abilities of being grand master plus skill
level of all nine schools of ninjitsu, both directions of wu-su, etc. and
what do you have? Red Hand Sand alone can stack 12 bricks and choose which
one to break by smacking the top one. The stealth school of ninjitsu allows
for 'cloaking' and 'invisibility'. Some near mind control powers are
'intermediate' in some arts. Seeing the unseen or 'scanning' is held by
people today. Cassandra Cain is portrayed as possessing these abilities as
well. (Like the time she grabbed Shadow Theif's sword.)
Harm's strength?
In the issues that introduced Harm, Young Justice felt he was surprisingly
strong. He did manage to put a non-super tech sword through the Red Tornado's
armor.
I think that in a Super-something comic, Harm would be just 'pretty tough
guy' but in a Bat-something comic he would be super strong. Like Killer Croc
or Mr. Freeze, he could easily flip a car but not toss it into outer space.
The Perspectives?
I tried to move this into a perspective thing. Batgirl has a view different
than Bart, who has a view different than anyone else.
For Batgirl, her learning disability keeps everything in the present. Data
either exists or it doesn't, never history or used to. Even when studying
pre-Shiva, it was total concentration on the learning at hand, and then she
never 'learned' the info, she now knows it.
As for her family, she views it the same way a traditional dojo or Chinese
Opera house was run. There is the Master (Batman) who is a reknowned expert
in all that the school has to teach (martial arts, fire vs. fire morality,
hands on detective work, deductive reasoning, MacGuyvering for lack of a word
to describe the chemical and mechanical/electronic engineering aspects, and
disguise/presentation). There is the Master's Wife who does the
organizational aspects of the school (Oracle). The rest are class mates who
are referred to as siblings based on their expertise-Biggest Brother
Nightwing, Big Brother Robin, herself, and littlest sister Spoiler. If
Huntress was included, then I would have probably labelled her in my head
along the lines of little sister. Robin and Nightwing were placed in my head
above her because of their detective and/or leadership skills in place of
pure martial arts. I took this setup from Jackie Chan's autobiography.
This would be the mentality of the consimate martial artist. Or, at least my
perception of such.
Bart however thinks at warp freakin' speed. The kid would have ADHD if he
slowed down enough to get that slow. Everything is history, including the
words you're saying right now. Every thought has to be out in the open right
now, hence speaking without further thought.
Age questions?
Bart is unrelativistically chronologically -997, relativistically
chronologically 1003, biologically 14, and philisophically ??? How can his
mental age be measured acurrately after the issue where he learns to draw at
a professional level in a single pane? Hence, I view Impulse as an adult who
gets treated like a kid because of his learning disability.
Cassandra Cain is chronologically 17(?). However, after over a decade of
assassination, and having centuries of expertise (Red Sand Hand alone
requires at a bare minimum 5 years of training to become 'competent' at and
she's the equivalent of a double Grand Master), and the work she does every
night I can not say that she's not an 'old soul'. Therefore I consider her
very much an adult, but a foreigner to real life.
Superboy?
I've come to understand that Superboy had met Batgirl in the comics. My bad.
However, I'm placing Young Justice around the time that Cissie King-Jones
retires. With that, Match is pretending to be Superboy currently and does
some very pointed things in canon to disrupt (kissing Wondergirl being one
of them).
Also, Cassandra Cain would have met Superboy but not Match. Match moves like
Superboy, hence she would think them to be the same person. Match didn't
understand she met Superboy, hence moves as he would if he had never met
Batgirl. With her estranged mentality and her ability to read body movement
before speach or even her own memories, she would naturally assume this is
the first time she's ever meeting 'Superboy' (who's really Match).
Put that bullshit explanation in your pipe and smoke it. It makes a lot more
sense than how Superman stopped being Energy Two Supermans.
What I don't like?
I think I'm getting Max Mercury a little not right. I can't place my finger
on why it's a bad characterization, but I don't know...
I wanted to get the Flash Family reaction to Bart dating one of "them...you
know...Bat-people". But it just didn't make sense to me to reveal the not so
secret identity to anyone but Bart. It seemed to make Batman...less bad ass.
Also, I'm not as familiar with Jesse Quick and the rest of that side as I am
with Detective comics.
I meant this to be a lemon, but not lose the fact that these two are super
heroes. Hence, a bit of them doing heroic things (saving people as a matter
of course, etc.). I think the Harm bit went a little over-plot to this fic.
Future of this fic?
If I get enough reviews, I will continue this. My plans are to compensate for
the Harm plot with another Cassandra/Impulse date, followed by some events
that I have yet to think of that culminate with Superboy vs. Batgirl for the
annoyance Match causes Batgirl. And lots of fallout (Batman's "You didn't
obey me.", Superman's "You brought me Batman problems boy."). Along with the
real question-
Who would win, Batgirl or Superboy? I don't know if "The Dark Knight Returns"
would reflect on this battle.
Impulse appears to move at close to infinite speed without thinking
relativistically. The only people who are garaunteed to be able to move more
quickly in my opinion and keep to the ideas of Bart's story are Wally West
(the fastest man alive) and Max Crandall (his guardian).
I didn't have Impulse move at more than half the speed of light. 150,000 kps
is more than enough to give the teleporting, the color distortion, the people
as statues, etc. that I put in this fan fic. Vibrating molecules past other
molecules and defeating weak force is very very high speed though, and
Impulse can do that.
Batgirl, Metahuman?
I think the first part of this is whether the Batman, or the Lady Shiva are
metahuman. The greatest martial artist=super power? The world's greatest
detective=super power? Lady Shiva could outfight Killer Croc and Bane at the
same time. The Batman notices more clues than Jo'n Jon'z (sp?), with no real
telepathy or beyond human senses. Does Captain Boomerang's ability make him
'super'? If so then, sure, why not? But that loses the meaning of the word
super power. Like Catwoman's "photographic kenetic memory" where she can
remember any move she's witnessed is somehow super.
However, if Batgirl is truly 'blessed/cursed' with a signifigantly differing
mind, then I say 'yes'. The gift of visual telemetric telepathy, coupled with
absolute biological control makes her truly superhuman.
Furthermore, the D.E.O. specialist felt her aggregate performance was super
human. The concept that humans can head butt through concrete, sprint at
30+ mph, jump 28+ feet...just not all at once. The Batgirl can.
Add that to the truly mythical abilities of being grand master plus skill
level of all nine schools of ninjitsu, both directions of wu-su, etc. and
what do you have? Red Hand Sand alone can stack 12 bricks and choose which
one to break by smacking the top one. The stealth school of ninjitsu allows
for 'cloaking' and 'invisibility'. Some near mind control powers are
'intermediate' in some arts. Seeing the unseen or 'scanning' is held by
people today. Cassandra Cain is portrayed as possessing these abilities as
well. (Like the time she grabbed Shadow Theif's sword.)
Harm's strength?
In the issues that introduced Harm, Young Justice felt he was surprisingly
strong. He did manage to put a non-super tech sword through the Red Tornado's
armor.
I think that in a Super-something comic, Harm would be just 'pretty tough
guy' but in a Bat-something comic he would be super strong. Like Killer Croc
or Mr. Freeze, he could easily flip a car but not toss it into outer space.
The Perspectives?
I tried to move this into a perspective thing. Batgirl has a view different
than Bart, who has a view different than anyone else.
For Batgirl, her learning disability keeps everything in the present. Data
either exists or it doesn't, never history or used to. Even when studying
pre-Shiva, it was total concentration on the learning at hand, and then she
never 'learned' the info, she now knows it.
As for her family, she views it the same way a traditional dojo or Chinese
Opera house was run. There is the Master (Batman) who is a reknowned expert
in all that the school has to teach (martial arts, fire vs. fire morality,
hands on detective work, deductive reasoning, MacGuyvering for lack of a word
to describe the chemical and mechanical/electronic engineering aspects, and
disguise/presentation). There is the Master's Wife who does the
organizational aspects of the school (Oracle). The rest are class mates who
are referred to as siblings based on their expertise-Biggest Brother
Nightwing, Big Brother Robin, herself, and littlest sister Spoiler. If
Huntress was included, then I would have probably labelled her in my head
along the lines of little sister. Robin and Nightwing were placed in my head
above her because of their detective and/or leadership skills in place of
pure martial arts. I took this setup from Jackie Chan's autobiography.
This would be the mentality of the consimate martial artist. Or, at least my
perception of such.
Bart however thinks at warp freakin' speed. The kid would have ADHD if he
slowed down enough to get that slow. Everything is history, including the
words you're saying right now. Every thought has to be out in the open right
now, hence speaking without further thought.
Age questions?
Bart is unrelativistically chronologically -997, relativistically
chronologically 1003, biologically 14, and philisophically ??? How can his
mental age be measured acurrately after the issue where he learns to draw at
a professional level in a single pane? Hence, I view Impulse as an adult who
gets treated like a kid because of his learning disability.
Cassandra Cain is chronologically 17(?). However, after over a decade of
assassination, and having centuries of expertise (Red Sand Hand alone
requires at a bare minimum 5 years of training to become 'competent' at and
she's the equivalent of a double Grand Master), and the work she does every
night I can not say that she's not an 'old soul'. Therefore I consider her
very much an adult, but a foreigner to real life.
Superboy?
I've come to understand that Superboy had met Batgirl in the comics. My bad.
However, I'm placing Young Justice around the time that Cissie King-Jones
retires. With that, Match is pretending to be Superboy currently and does
some very pointed things in canon to disrupt (kissing Wondergirl being one
of them).
Also, Cassandra Cain would have met Superboy but not Match. Match moves like
Superboy, hence she would think them to be the same person. Match didn't
understand she met Superboy, hence moves as he would if he had never met
Batgirl. With her estranged mentality and her ability to read body movement
before speach or even her own memories, she would naturally assume this is
the first time she's ever meeting 'Superboy' (who's really Match).
Put that bullshit explanation in your pipe and smoke it. It makes a lot more
sense than how Superman stopped being Energy Two Supermans.
What I don't like?
I think I'm getting Max Mercury a little not right. I can't place my finger
on why it's a bad characterization, but I don't know...
I wanted to get the Flash Family reaction to Bart dating one of "them...you
know...Bat-people". But it just didn't make sense to me to reveal the not so
secret identity to anyone but Bart. It seemed to make Batman...less bad ass.
Also, I'm not as familiar with Jesse Quick and the rest of that side as I am
with Detective comics.
I meant this to be a lemon, but not lose the fact that these two are super
heroes. Hence, a bit of them doing heroic things (saving people as a matter
of course, etc.). I think the Harm bit went a little over-plot to this fic.
Future of this fic?
If I get enough reviews, I will continue this. My plans are to compensate for
the Harm plot with another Cassandra/Impulse date, followed by some events
that I have yet to think of that culminate with Superboy vs. Batgirl for the
annoyance Match causes Batgirl. And lots of fallout (Batman's "You didn't
obey me.", Superman's "You brought me Batman problems boy."). Along with the
real question-
Who would win, Batgirl or Superboy? I don't know if "The Dark Knight Returns"
would reflect on this battle.