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Just some ramblings and Ideas of a madman, this time Speedsters.
Speedsters, known for their ludicrous running speed, quick thinking, and occasional enormous appetites, are a classic stable in any Setting. Usually, the jokesters of the group they, while having many badass and emotional moments, are often seen as the least of the group. I think that is mostly to how they are portrayed, usably as the least powerful of the groups they are a part of.
Think about it.
Usually in the group you have the 'Heroic leader' they may or may not be the 'Flying Brick' someone who is seemingly near invincible and willing to jump in front of nearly every attack for their teammates, who while not as fast as the speedster can both take and deal out more damage than the speedster.
Then there’s your second in command/'lancer', usually the brains of the group, their skill set is tactical, be that regular smart or cybernetically enhanced. They are usually a "Normal Badass" as all their skills are enhanced from gadgets they have made, which usually elevates them above their powered teammates.
The rest are an assortment of "Muscle", "Trained Fighter", and "Spellcaster" and/or "Psychic". Speedsters are a niece category and too numerus to count, and while some are more creative than others, they are really dumb. I mean that they, like most others, have not thought threw their power sets to the outer most limits.
There are plenty of creative usages I have seen, such as thinking in superspeed to outwit Psychics, or having "Bullet Time" to investigate an area in the matter of moments, heck the flashes tornados are a particularly good example.
I guess my gripe is that they are normal humans, with normal ways of thinking, that usually unless you are a "Normal Badass" you don't do any training. Think of it, all speedsters fight the same way, with superspeed 'Hit and Run' tack ticks, and with Supervillains that know how to fight (Usually the fastest Speedster among the pantheon) why have tactics not evolved?
I want to blame lazy Wrighters and the status quo of this, which while true is not the entire point. People don't think outside of the Box. Just Imagen that you are a random civilian that has lived in a world with decades of Heroes & Villans, now you have superpowers and decide to join the game, what do you do differently? Absolutely nothing, oh sure you may have a gimmick tied directly to your powers, but that is it, you may have a 'Power Evolution' at some point, but you don’t actively go out of your way to change, and you wonder why you have such a hard time fighting.
Now dear reader, if you had superspeed what would you do? Get dishes done in an instant, Clean all your rooms in record time? Well sure, but you usually have a dishwasher that automatically does that for over an hour or more, and how often do you actually clean your room? Well, what about practicing? Yes I know, people don’t want to, hell I very much don't want to, and without some music or something it can become tedious. But think of it, reps done in a secant, stretching exercises done in the mater of moments, that stupid jazzercise fitness routine done in a minute instead of an hour. Now lets push that forward to its most extreme, practicing a fighting style in the matter of weeks or months instead of decades, sure you need an expert to point out your flawed form when you begin, but as soon as you got it you can do a thousand punches, kicks, or whatever move in the matter of moments.
Why shouldn't there be a Speedster that stands still in the middle of the street weighting for you to attack, and when you do that can Kickbox your ass at supersonic speed, that when you shoot at them with anti-speedster weapons they ‘Dempsey roll’ there way through laser weaponry?
Yes this whole ramble is a plea for more "Boxing Lessens for Superman", so will the rest of my "Superpowers should be more Interesting" ramblings.