Through unknown means you find yourself with the powers of The Flash. How would you spend the next year?
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Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
By salamander, drake, and the power that was undine
Rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
By those who see with their eyes closed
They know me by my black telescope
Working on how I can control my acceleration so that I can enjoy sex that doesn't make a woman explode from vibrating too much.
And yes, that's actually a serious answer, though I'd probably find time to do a bit of heroing and practising with my other powers. Wouldn't want to rule the world; not with that powerset.
I'd become a one man football team. I'd have more accumulated rushing passing yards than the entire NFL put together. And the fastest victory dance ever to not be seen.
__________________ By silverfish imperetrix, whose incorrupted eye
Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
By salamander, drake, and the power that was undine
Rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
By those who see with their eyes closed
They know me by my black telescope
I'd probably go insane or die of boredom before I learned to control the powers. Perceiving the world around you at the speed of light? It would for all purposes be like time stopped for everything except you. You couldn't even get any reading down, the friction would cause the books to burst into flames.
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Flash has an extended lifespan... But anyways I'd probably learn everything I could and begin running calculations on what I could come up with that I could relatively safely give the rest of mankind without having them use it to blow themselves to kingdom come. After that I figure I'd open a power company and spend 15 minutes a day to power the world and rake in enough cash to eventually dominate mankind. I assume that we have full control. If not try and obtain full control of all of Flash's abilities. i.e. speed force abilities, speed steal the ability to generate a costume which implies at least a minor matter manip capability, vibrating myself through things etc etc.
Matter of fact. You have better mastery of your powers than any character even remotely touched by the speed force. You are not the speed force's vessel/avatar. The speed force is your vessel/avatar. Basically
__________________ By silverfish imperetrix, whose incorrupted eye
Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
By salamander, drake, and the power that was undine
Rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
By those who see with their eyes closed
They know me by my black telescope
Lend speed to the world's most brilliant minds so they can get their shit done quicker.
Dispose of every nuclear/highly destructive weapon on the face of the earth.
Throw all rubbish/pollution I can into space.
Hunt down and destroy every terrorist cell I can find.
I then let everyone enjoy this utopia for 2 weeks, before stealing the energy that allows the earth to rotate, carve a troll face large enough to be seen from space into America and run back in time to the 1950's, living out my days as a superfast Don Draper.