I always thought that Xavier had somehow used telepathy to cause Shaw to stop using his absorption ability and that is why the coin worked.
__________________ Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do. You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man you're a Chicken Boo.
I attributed it more to the fact that Shaw has to move in order to absorb the energy. The kinetic energy strikes him (bullets and explosions, energy) and then as his body moves, he absorbs it. You see his hands and head constant vibrating when tapping into the nuclear reactor.
I'm not all that familiar with Flash, but if Flash can move fast enough to make Shaw a statue, and deliver just a punch to his face, or ram a knife through his eye socket, that should imo work just fine.
I attributed it to the fact Shaw has to consciously activate his power and it doesn't happen automatically. Think: whenever he used his power to absorb something he had time to react and use his power.
Since otherwise even putting the coin through him really really slow would still provide some type of force to be absorbed.
__________________ Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do. You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man you're a Chicken Boo.
Not if he was completely locked down, as Xavier said "I can't hold him for long" you can write that off as either Shaw needed to be held in a motionless state or held in a state of brain inactivity, because it results in the same, a win for Zoom. OFT: What pleases me is that it Shaw isn't written off as unbeatable as was once the case.
But him being motionless was never said to be the reason he was defeated. The entire plan was to get the helmet off Shaw so Xavier could get into his head. It wasn't "hold him still so he can't move". He absorbs energy. Motion wouldn't really come into it, it never does in the comic versions either. So the coin, even going slow, would still need to produce some energy in order to pierce his skull.
I think him being held motionless was a result of his mind being strong enough to actively fight against Xavier, so instead of controlling him fully he could merely hold him in place and keep him from using his powers.
__________________ Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do. You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man you're a Chicken Boo.
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