Originally posted by psycho gundam
yuck, i hate that word.how does it even work exactly? objects at 99% lightspeed gain "infinite mass", but since the speed force allows that, shouldn't the "for every action, there is an opposite and equal re-action" law come into play?
i mean, he makes contact with the object he intends to hit but only the object receives the kinetic energy transfer? wtf?
way to cherry pick dc
Originally posted by Starscream M
dood, you know better than to expect actual physics to be applied in comics
It's one thing to not expect actual physics; it's another thing to see no internal consistency with whatever rules are being set. If the speedforce protects the Flash from relativistic effects (throwing real physics out the window), that's fine. But then--as a matter of internal consistency, something the best fantasy epics like LOTR respect--he should not be gaining in mass.
Of course, one could say (though I've never seen it said) that the Flash can exempt part of his body from the speedforce, allowing his fist to gain mass, but then his fist should also undergo Lorentz contraction and time dilation...unless, of course, the Flash can allow only those relativistic effects he actually wants.
Again, I've never seen this indicated in anyway. So it isn't just real physics being ignored, but the very set of rules regarding the speedforce.
Yeah, I agree: cherry-picking of the worst kind.
In any event: strongest puncher would be enraged Hulk or Superman.