Current Events > The Flash can run 13 trillion times the speed of light?

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Each time The Flash carried a person, he travelled a distance of 70 miles. Considering he sometimes carried two people, we can say on average he carried 1.5 persons each time. This means he travelled 70 miles 354,667 times, which adds up to 24,826,690 miles. In 0.00001 microseconds.

To do this, The Flash would have to be travelling at 2,482,669,000,000,000,000 (2.5 quintillion) Miles Per Second, which is around 13 trillion times the speed of light.
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If whatothe case then how does he have trouble against any villains? How was he hit so many times in the comics and cartoons?
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Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?
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The Flashs super power is outrunning logic.
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KainWind posted...

Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?

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KainWind posted...

Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?

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KainWind posted...

Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?

yeah but the suit though
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Behaviorism posted...

If whatothe case then how does he have trouble against any villains? How was he hit so many times in the comics and cartoons?

KainWind posted...

Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?

The answer to all flash related questions is "Because Speedforce"
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Behaviorism posted...

If whatothe case then how does he have trouble against any villains? How was he hit so many times in the comics and cartoons?

He shouldn't.
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jeffhardyb0yz posted...

like, how is OP shit like that fun or interesting at all?

To be fair in cases like this I doubt the writer really thought through how fast he'd need to actually be going.
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He can run that fast... in Earth's atmosphere? DC has some explaining to do.

It's funny how braindead the TV show has to be over his speed

*Bad guy walks out of frame*

The Flash: Damn he got away

It happens in nearly in every single episode.
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Darmik posted...

It's funny how braindead the TV show has to be over his speed

*Bad guy walks out of frame*

The Flash: Damn he got away

It happens in nearly in every single episode.

Yeah
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Darmik posted...

It's funny how braindead the TV show has to be over his speed

*Bad guy walks out of frame*

The Flash: Damn he got away

It happens in nearly in every single episode.

It's kinda frustrating
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Darmik posted...

It's funny how braindead the TV show has to be over his speed

*Bad guy walks out of frame*

The Flash: Damn he got away

It happens in nearly in every single episode.

Seriously, lol
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coinstarcad posted...

He can run that fast... in Earth's atmosphere? DC has some explaining to do.

They already have explained it. Speedforce
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YoshitoKikuchi posted...

Darmik posted...

It's funny how braindead the TV show has to be over his speed

*Bad guy walks out of frame*

The Flash: Damn he got away

It happens in nearly in every single episode.

Yeah

And he's gone, well get him next week Barry, let's go get a coffee.
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the narration said speed of light.

superman new 52 pretty much crossed the entire universe in a few weeks.

that's way more impressive
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bulletproofvita posted...

YoshitoKikuchi posted...

Darmik posted...

It's funny how braindead the TV show has to be over his speed

*Bad guy walks out of frame*

The Flash: Damn he got away

It happens in nearly in every single episode.

He isnt at his top speed yet, even that episode where time was basically still wasnt close to his top speed

Yeah

And he's gone, well get him next week Barry, let's go get a coffee.

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Comics are always inconsistent. He runs that fast, but I think he slipped on marbles before.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

Behaviorism posted...

If whatothe case then how does he have trouble against any villains? How was he hit so many times in the comics and cartoons?

KainWind posted...

Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?

The answer to all flash related questions is "Because Speedforce"

This.
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KainWind posted...

Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?

Earth would literally explode if you dropped something at 0.99999999999999% the speed of light.
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charey posted...

The Flashs super power is outrunning logic.

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In addition to it being impossible to exceed the universal speed limit, the absolute maximum land speed is 7.9 km/s. Any faster and you'll go into orbit, completely losing the traction you were using to accelerate.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Behaviorism posted...

If whatothe case then how does he have trouble against any villains? How was he hit so many times in the comics and cartoons?

KainWind posted...

Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?

The answer to all flash related questions is "Because Speedforce"

True but this is exactly why the speed force exists.
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He he can run as fast as the writer wants him to. Realistically if the flash could move 1/10th that fast and existed for real he could build a a railway to all the moons and planets we'd want to go to in the the solar system. Considering he can already fly to other planets, this would seem rather easy.

After that, he could have NASA or Elon musk give him what he needs to create habitable colonies on many of them along with detailed instructions on how to do so thanks to his speed reading. He would probably only need to look at them once or twice anyways before finishing each one. Now all that's left is to h get the flash to install a system to get it to move really fast. That could be done by first examining the flash's suit and reengineering the part that is extremely resistant to temperature and abrasion. After that just have the flash cover the rail train and rail system with the stuff and then have him supercharge a ton of small metal pieces to use to power the rails

After all this was finished, he could stop most crime and possibly all war in a month or two if that. Then just pick up the scraps once every week or two.

Now ,say he planted tons of seeds before anything else he did. Now the millions/billions of acres of food he planted all over the world would likely be ready to go harvest. Within that same day world hungar could be solved.

Assuming he was an American based hero still, nuclear war would now be obsolete and America would be the only nuclear power. He could easily intercept and either stop or redirect any nuke fired to a safe location. Even if he didn't side with only America he could still probably do this all over the world to an extent.

Now that most of the world's issues are solved, what now? Easy. He could have special power plants built for him to power with him and a special treadmill. Or considering how fast he could move, I'm guessing that he could use his speed to cause nuclear fission or fusion in a nuclear plant by a slightly indirect method that wouldn't be stopped by his speed force.

Surely between him and others to work there, it wouldn't be that much of an issue safety wise either considering he could easily just build the plants very high off or in space. Plus if there was a problem he could immediately attempt to stop it, get it somewhere safe, or hell, maybe go back in time and shut down the plant in time.

Maybe we could examine his abilities to understand interdepartmental travel and molecules along with possibly figuring out how to create a similar effect

If a real flash existed the world could make decades of progress in years, maybe less. Also he is a superhero, there's no reason he should not want to help. My examples are just tips of the iceberg too. Between a way for him to go to space, collect any materials needed, bring them back and then use his speed reading ability we could have free resources along with major advances in pretty much every field weekly.

All we'd really need to do is have groups of the smartest, most talented, and most knowledgeable people write books for flash to speed read every 30 seconds or so (iirc that's the time limit on op comic flash but if I'm wrong let me know)
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KainWind posted...

Wouldn't those people evaporate at that speed?

Speed Force, ain't gotta explain shit.
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No. The writer thought and wrote that it was almost the speed of light. And thus that's what it is.
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Why are we using real world logic to critique a comic book character?
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foreveraIone posted...

the narration said speed of light.

superman new 52 pretty much crossed the entire universe in a few weeks.

that's way more impressive

Narration, smarration.

It would take Flash less than 3 days to do that @ 13 trillion x.

And technically speaking, if Flash kept his speed at 99.9999999999999999, he can cross the Universe in a couple of minutes.
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Turbam posted...

Why are we using real world logic to critique a comic book character?

For my post it was more about how op the flash was and if he really wanted to help the world that's some shit could do
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The comic writer confessed that he fucked up.
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Darmik posted...

It's funny how braindead the TV show has to be over his speed

*Bad guy walks out of frame*

The Flash: Damn he got away

It happens in nearly in every single episode.

All the CW superhero shows do this.

Oliver at least has an excuse, but Supergirl gets on my damn nerves.
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pegusus123456 posted...

Darmik posted...

It's funny how braindead the TV show has to be over his speed

*Bad guy walks out of frame*

The Flash: Damn he got away

It happens in nearly in every single episode.

All the CW superhero shows do this.

Oliver at least has an excuse, but Supergirl gets on my damn nerves.

I can see how that would get annoying.

"He got away"
"Yup"
"You can fly faster than light and see through everything except 4 inches of lead and hear grass growing 10 miles away and he just got away"
"Yup"
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She never uses her damn heat vision either
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speed force literally protects flash from burning up while he's running and anyone or anything that's latched onto him. If superman flew someone as fast flash did they'd be dust.
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Due to the speed force Flash's speed contradicts reality and physics. It's magic.
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Lol DC heroes.

Not that marvel are much better but dcs are a pile of crap.
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I dont know why Flash is special. Every superhero breaks physics.

Superman can fly without any form of propulsion. He doesn't need a "Super Force".

Spider-Man has a sixth sense, something spider's dont have. It's not the "Spider-Force"

Hulks pants aren't protected by "Hulk Force"

But oh no Barry Allen can run fast, how do we explain this?!
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Shall we all forget that magic is canon in these universes?
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AlisLandale posted...

Superman can fly without any form of propulsion. He doesn't need a "Super Force".

I've seen the idea that kryptonians have a low-range telekinetic ability. They use it to fly and is actually what causes their super-strength.
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pegusus123456 posted...

AlisLandale posted...

Superman can fly without any form of propulsion. He doesn't need a "Super Force".

I've seen the idea that kryptonians have a low-range telekinetic ability. They use it to fly and is actually what causes their super-strength.

It was explained in the post crisis universe that Superman has this protective barrier surrounding him, it's why his clothes don't get destroyed. It also protects people he holds as he flies.
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SPEED FORCE don't need no explanation!
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Superheroes use magic. If you want things that make sense, go with science fiction instead.

Does that telekinesis explain why Superman can do a lot of the same speed-feats as the Flash with the same lack of world-breaking consequences? >_>
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For reference as to how bad the Flash TV show specifically is with this, they recently had a (pretty good) episode where someone sets off a nuke. He moves so fast that the nuke "pauses" and doesn't even make it out of the shipping container it's held in.

But he still has problems with normal bad guys.
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JustMyOpinion posted...

Is the answer to that "speed force"?

Now you're getting it.

But really, he can probably just control how he perceives time.

I know Quicksilver in Marvel comics can't do that and that's why he's such a dick.
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pegusus123456 posted...

AlisLandale posted...

Superman can fly without any form of propulsion. He doesn't need a "Super Force".

I've seen the idea that kryptonians have a low-range telekinetic ability. They use it to fly and is actually what causes their super-strength.

Partially. Flight, yes. But the strength is physical. He does use telekinesis to hold stuff together while he lifts it, but still lifts it with super brawn.

For example, when he lifts a skyscraper, they're just not designed to be supported by two hand-sized points. The whole thing should fall apart. Even though he lifts it with brawn, the telekinesis keeps it from falling apart.
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