Originally posted by OneDumbG0
SAY IT ISN"T SO!!!!!! NUUUUUUUU~~~~~!!!!!!!
An absolutely baseless assumption. And a being who can move, think and react faster then human beings, someone like Superman, can finish thoughts and sentences in their head in nanoseconds. So you and your self-serving assumptions of what the writer was trying to do utterly fails, especially considering that Surfer's character isn't human and isn't prone to using hyperbole in his speech. Your assertion fails. If the Surfer was the kind of character who bs'es a lot and exaggerrates himself, you'd be justified in assuming it was hyperbole. Until then, you're arguing against a clearly presented scan with a baseless assumption.
The scan depends on the writer's intention. Since I wasn't the one to introduce the scan as proof then it is not I that have the burden of proof.
I proved that it is possible that the scan is hyperbole. There is no proof
to say otherwise (except the writer's confession). Now we should only accept a character's words as hyperbole if and only if it contradicts everything that has been shown for them. And since Surfer has never been shown with nanosecond reflexes then here his words are hyperbole.
Now it is common sense that SS didn't stay in the device for a nanosecond. Whether he bust through it in a nanosecond is entirely different. Thus relating the two is faulty. For example, Superman can be trapped in a block of ice for 2 seconds, then afterwards, he busts out in nanosecond time. So this example doesn't prove that he is able to break free out of something in a nanosecond. Do you understand?
The caption describes it as instantly racing . A telepathic bolt, by its nature, travels at the speed of light. Get your "speed of thought" junk out of here. I never subscribed to applying the speed of electrical signals between synapses inside the human body to simulate the speed of a comic book bolt of telepathic, telekinetic or psionic energy travelling through space. It's patently ridiculous, because of what it would mean: Someone moving past that speed would not be able to be contacted telepathically. They'd outrace the telepathy. I certainly hope you don't subscribe to that result because you're essentially saying that J'onn could never contact Flash telepathically when he moves at high speeds and that obviously isn't true. Then again, the entirety of your post that follows suggests that you might consider J'onn contacting Flash via telepathy as PIS...
A telepathic bolt is not telepathy (which includes communication or detection) my friend. For all we know a telepathic bolt could be a bolt made of intense fire traveling at 30m/s in which was created by the mind. When true telepathy is used it is invisible and intangible (no mass or energy to it). But this bolt was clearly made out of visible mass/energy (fire and gaslike).
Also the writer said the bolt "instantly racing towards" and not "instantly traveled across". For I can instantly race towards the door if I want to.
That doesn't mean I moving light speed. Its amazing how you went from "instantly racing towards" to "instananeous travel".
The feat hardly contradicts the entire history of Thor. This feat isn't an abberation, it's just the most clearly described battle speed feat I have shown thus far. Thor has fought with the Surfer more then any other hero in Marvel. So please... stfu.
The bolt didn't necessarily move very fast and Surfer doesn't fight very fast either. So if the bolt moved anywhere near lightspeed then it contradicts Thor's entire history and is thus PIS.
So SPVFL PIS is the lynchpin of your entire debate. NOBODY uses SpvFL PIS as proof of ANYTHING. That is the god damn forum rules. NO PIS. And you're using the purest, most premier example of PIS to serve your entire argument, in clear violation of forum vs. rules. Christ almighty, you phail.
You are so true. But I don't think Spiderman vs. Firelord is PIS (actually it is SvFL and not PIS). But SvFL isn't a rule anymore (look it up). I think of some of the beings that Spiderman was capable of hurting when he's mad proves that it is exceptible that Spiderman is able to hurt and ko Firelord with a long series of strikes.
I have no good reason to believe that any herald is faster than Spiderman in close combat. There status as "herald" proves nothing.
Plus have you ever heard of a combo? Did you ever play Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat? If one can continously land another hit after the previous hit before the victim can recover then the hitter can continue in this fashion until the victim is koed. The victim would be forever helpless against this because he could never recover in time from each hit. Otherwise, it isn't a combo at all. Spidey comboed his butt until ko with the "Maximum Spider". Spidey is so cool! 😉
I'm not implying a damn thing. You're simply equivocating and have avoided my request for examples of Superman beating a herald level being in a nanosecond. You STILL have not shown any support for your baseless assumption that Superman can end this kind of fight in a nanosecond. The rest of the debators here simply dismiss your claims as retarded. I've at least given you reasons and scans and proof. You need to start doing the same and not relying on SPvFL PIS as the lynchpin of your entire argument in clear violation of forum rules.
You just proven that you are either lazy (not reading all my posts thoroughly) or not very smart (I believe it's the former though). For I have said several times before that I didn't mean "nanosecond" literally. So what do I have to prove? I know Supeman can instantly accelerate very quickly (close to the level of flash himself). And I know (from history) that Firelord can't respond to very fast speeds. Thus putting two and two together I get that Firelord can't respond to Superman's speed.
You were equivocating "Herald lvl being" with " a Herald" as they are the same thing. Classic Juggernaut is a herald level being (by popular opinion) but he is slow as sh*t. So herald level doesn't automatically come with uber reflexes and battle speed (neither does being a herald as well). Lastly, putting SvFL aside, Firelord hasn't shown he is capable of dodging very fast attacks. Thus one can not say that he can. And since they can't say that he can then they can't say that he and Terrax can beat Superman.