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Ride the Lightning (Worm / DC Comics Cross Over)

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Denoel Muerta said:
@thecoffeeguru say if it isnt to spoilery, could you maybe put a power description in the opening post, so that we may know what your version of Taylor!flash can and cant do?
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I'll see if I can come up with something. People have done a good job of filling the thread with descriptions of what various Flashes have been capable of. Mine will eventually do some of the more ridiculous, but she will need a reason to figure those things out (other than Lisa showing up and saying, "Have you ever thought of..."
 
Nah, I think the order works well here. First you see the viewpoint of normal humanity (where the mugger, then the victim, are zipped off to the police station), then the Taylor POV explains what actually happened.
 
divabot said:
Nah, I think the order works well here. First you see the viewpoint of normal humanity (where the mugger, then the victim, are zipped off to the police station), then the Taylor POV explains what actually happened.
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More or less. I do agree that she does explain what happened, but is explaining really necessary? Revisiting from another PoV is useful only when there's doubt about what or how it happened. In this case there was none, no clever trick that goes against the apparent logic of her powers, no hidden surprise or plot twist. Just a mugger getting carried to the precint, which can be explained entirely by the normal's PoV and therefore makes that part slighty redundant.
 
Working on 2.1.

I'm a little worried that the particular path I just went down has become cliched, but at the same time I can't really think of a better way to do it.
 
thecoffeeguru said:
I won't lie, at first I gave many a thought to this subject. In the end I went with the idea of:

1) sanctioned capes = legitimate law enforcement authority, sanctioned activities

2) affiliated capes (like New Wave) = recognized law enforcement authority, tolerated activities

3) non-affiliated capes (vigilantes) = citizens arrest. Prosecution tends to not go well unless the police or PRT (depending on type of criminal) are able to build a case.

Beyond those guidelines I'm not too worried about developing Parahuman Law. Taylor working with the Police will be about her coming to understand what the laws are and how to best enforce them. She could go whole hog and ignore it, but I want her to have a good relationship with the Police, as opposed to the migraines they probably get when they hear that Glory Girl tried to stop a bank robbery.
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Dont forget 4) Judge-jury-and executioner capes! [insert Evil laugh here] Muahahahahah!
 
thecoffeeguru said:
I'll see if I can come up with something. People have done a good job of filling the thread with descriptions of what various Flashes have been capable of. Mine will eventually do some of the more ridiculous, but she will need a reason to figure those things out (other than Lisa showing up and saying, "Have you ever thought of..."
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How about FUCKContessa showing up and saying, "Try vibrating through walls."
 
That's something that bugs me about lots of fics with really OP alt-powers. Like, why doesn't Contessa swoop in and be all like,

"Yo, shit be like this."

And then they believe her, because she's Contessa, and the Scion dies, because the alt-power is bullshit and Contessa is yet more bullshit.
 
Mundovore said:
That's something that bugs me about lots of fics with really OP alt-powers. Like, why doesn't Contessa swoop in and be all like,

"Yo, shit be like this."

And then they believe her, because she's Contessa, and the Scion dies, because the alt-power is bullshit and Contessa is yet more bullshit.
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Because A) PtV is blind to the Entities, so Contessa would have no idea whether any given power would work on Scion (why do you think Cauldron's plan was to throw a fuckton of capes at the problem and see what sticks?) and B) half the time the alt-power is immune to Thinker powers because muh OCP.
 
In response to A), I think that's kinda weak. PtV is currently guiding her towards the generic Path of "get a kickass monster killing world-army," and the arrival of someone really, really kickass is something the power would notice.

In response to B? Yeah, that's true. Sometimes accompanied by a Contessa angst-out as her power fails her.
 
Neat, I loved the first season of the Flash and recently got a Worm-fic addiction, your story really bring the best of both so far.
I can't wait to see what other shenanigans Taylor will do with her speedster power and how others will react to her...
 
Because I'm bored, here are a few lines.


"Flash, good to see you here. Apparently a crew of junior capes thought it would be a good idea to rob the place."


I gave the building another look. It didn't seem like much.


"Why would anyone want to rob this place?"


"You don't know? The building houses a casino... run by the ABB."
 
thecoffeeguru said:
What the hell?
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At that point there was a real chance of her coming to the (not quite) mistaken belief the PRT is run by supervillains and go anti-hero, given how Taylor sees the world.

GameDragon said:
Police Explorers, huh? Well, it may not be a forensic scientist, but its a wonderful start. Also, great way to figure out what she did wrong, and learning how to fix it.
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Lots of Police Explorers eventually become cops -- wouldn't it be just that worst PR for an alpha class (the Speed Force makes her S-class but they don't know it yet) Parahuman to decide to join the police force instead of the Protectorate?

thecoffeeguru said:
All and all an outstanding start.
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You keep doing this over and over. It's all in all, not all and all.

moon so bright said:
What caused the hole in her shirt?
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Taylor is not Manton limited.

HuntingTime said:
Not really familiar with the upper limits ts on Flash powerset but isn't Quicksilver from Marvel faster?
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Technically yes. Functionally no. To put it in Marvel terms, The Flash is the avatar of a cosmic force, much like the Phoenix. Except instead of being life/death/rebirth, the Speed Force is the concept of speed. While he's connected to it, The Flash has conceptual speed where Quicksilver has merely physics-based speed. Quicksilver is faster than The Flash is when he's not connected to the Speed Force, but when The Flash IS connected, comparing Quicksilver to The Flash is like putting Pyro up against The Phoenix.

Sheepking said:
Because A) PtV is blind to the Entities, so Contessa would have no idea whether any given power would work on Scion (why do you think Cauldron's plan was to throw a fuckton of capes at the problem and see what sticks?) and B) half the time the alt-power is immune to Thinker powers because muh OCP.
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Plus, she has to ask her power the right question, and
she's unaware that the Path she's currently following to end Scion is the product of a poorly phrased question.

If Contessa fails to ask the right question, she won't get a good Path. Her power operates on the rule of Garbage In, Garbage Out.
 
er that's kind of a stupid designation. When Flash is a speedster, he's way faster than Quicksilver, orders of magnitude faster. Where there is no speedforce Flash is a normal person and Quicksilver will outrun him, unless Quicksilver enters a zone where there are no mutant powers work and he's a normal human then, probably about the same.

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Biggest difference is that Flash works primarily on an external source, Quicksilver an internal one. Both have circumstances where they can be stopped, if both can run, then yeah, Quicksilver's top speed is mach 4-5... Flash's is faster than light speed, he has been shown to make trips faster than instantaneous a couple of times and of course so fast he time travels. Really not much of a contest.
 
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I'm pretty close to done with the next installment. I ending up having to do mandatory training yesterday at work (instead of being home writing, I was at the mandatorium). Today I picked up a public standbye for the first half of the day, and have out of town guests coming over for some Star Wars tabletop gaming goodness.

Moral of the story, chapter should either be up late tonight or tomorrow by early afternoon.
 
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