TBH, speed and intelligence to me are similar, in that they're broken (and are actually related).
We all (Carver and I) agree that prep means characters can beat others.
What is speed if not (short term) prep? I can see your fist coming for my face in slow mo, so I prepare for it. Either by dodging, or in Leo's case, I feel confident that I can tank the meter long claws heading for my face.
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Yes it is. Hulk does various calculations all the time to figure out that angles, distance and speed all equal SMASH. WB Hulk for example was in full math mode. That was calculated perfectly.
"Hulk is Hulk" is actually a mathematical equation that Hulk only uses when he's sure he can be full Hulk based on the amount of innocents and buildings around. Very rarely does he miscalculate the Gamma Gospel.
Only when he finds 9 as a solution he's ready to unload.
The maths protects the heroes, too.
For someone of Hulk's strength level, if he wasn't holding back, if he wasn't making significant distinctions between what, say, Captain America or Hawkeye or even Spider-Man could take, versus what Hulkbuster IronMan Thor, or Sentry could endure, they'd be dead.
Hulk is an historically kind KO artist.
At least according to Greg Pak.
To some degree this is also true of Weapon H, which I plan to show in just a bit.
'Golly, these claws are penetrating my skin and they keep going! With my super vision, I can even see the claws slicing through the different layers of skin, through the muscle, to the bone!
Pope Carver the 9th travels around the world teaching Gammaism to 3rd world nations.
When little *clickclickboop* asks Carver about whether or not metal can be ripped, Pope Carve's eyes light up when he gets to show the whole village his tinfoil experiment.
This is their newest hymn after Immortal Hulk's incarnation. The lyrics came to Pope Carver in a vision:
"He's the wolf screaming lonely in the night
He's the blood stain on the stage
He's the tear in your eye
Been tempted by his lie
He's the knife in your back
He's rage
He's the razor to the knife
Oh, lonely is our lives
My heads spinning round and round
But in the seasons of wither
We'll stand and deliver
Be strong and laugh and
You can’t give Weapon H full capabilities and give him credit for things he hasnt done. Also to make him do things not in character. Yet here some are basically apply CIS & PIS to Superman and putting the restrictions on him. Not sure why it’s beyond him to use his speed and try to dodge some attacks?. Especially after the first “hit” or perceived hit.
Superman doesn’t even need to go all out and use his full speed ie. light speed. Now that would be out of character
I get all that. This is a forum fight. Some peeps just like to bring in more from their in comic portrayals.
I just don't understand why when character A moves at lightspeed a handful of times and is a far departure from other speed showings is gospel when compared to him lifting/destroying planets through strength(far departure from majority) is automatically high end.
This is a generalization by the way and is more complicated, but one should get the picture.
This goes for any character.
Weapon H. Christ is our Lord given mortal flesh and blood. Just because he is a creation of our Lord, that doesn't mean he doesn't share almighty power like his Gamma Father. Our Lord gave him additional powers to fit into the mortal realm better, not so he couldn't use them.
Dost thou dare doubt the power of Gamma? Art thou poisoned by the lure of Asgard? Wilst thoust be seen as a heretic in the ever reaching green glow of the Worldbreaker? Recant naive one and accept the destroyer of the Sasquiathans into your life and you shall be spared world ending rage.
Try going through an entire day by blinking slowly. Slow yourself down. Doesn't matter what happens - dry eyes, a bug flies in, a new Thor comic is released - if it makes your eyes tear up, slow those blinks down.
I bet that soon you'll forget, and pretty soon your blinks will be back to your uncontrolled, high speeds.
If I suddenly put an ice cube down your shirt, your instinctive reactions would be at high speeds.
Strength? Much more controllable. I can pull my punches so as not to hurt a friend. Or not go at my full max strength when at the gym. Sure, I can also hold my speed back, but that goes out the window when instincts kick in.
Like, say, if a punch hits or a giant claw starts piercing my soft skin.