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<blockquote data-quote="UnknownDyson" data-source="post: 8109709" data-attributes="member: 6801369">I am referencing the current 21st century Superman comic book depiction that has been more or less the default version of the character since before I was born. Would it be fair to say that the onus of specificity would be on the poster to designate if you were not using that version?This goes into why I'm not the biggest Superman fan, and why I believe it is hard to write decent stories for the character. Superman is a character that is so powerful that his biggest conflicts are meant to be moral ones. His upbringing and sense of morality are what lead him to be a savior to the people and not a dictator that conquered the planet overnight. Superman is constantly limiting his powers and reducing his overall strength so that he doesn't straight up turn people into meat paste or kill thousands in collateral damage when he encounters a foe.&nbsp; That is usually his biggest quandary, how can he accomplish his goal of protecting everyone, even from himself.Evil versions of superman or enemy kryptonians usually don't share those values and you can see what supermans powers look like when he throws restraint out the window, see Injustice, Superboy-Prime, General Zod, and Ultraman.&nbsp; Comicbook superman is generally depicted as weaker but we still see this phenomenon. This is why superman's archnemesis Lex Luthor is usually an economic/ intellectual threat that Superman can't simply defeat with brute strength, because then he wouldn't be the hero anymore.&nbsp; So to answer the question in no uncertain terms a guy that can move at light speed gets hit because he 1) allows himself to get hit 2) because that's how the story was written.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UnknownDyson, post: 8109709, member: 6801369"] I am referencing the current 21st century Superman comic book depiction that has been more or less the default version of the character since before I was born. Would it be fair to say that the onus of specificity would be on the poster to designate if you were not using that version? This goes into why I'm not the biggest Superman fan, and why I believe it is hard to write decent stories for the character. Superman is a character that is so powerful that his biggest conflicts are meant to be moral ones. His upbringing and sense of morality are what lead him to be a savior to the people and not a dictator that conquered the planet overnight. Superman is constantly limiting his powers and reducing his overall strength so that he doesn't straight up turn people into meat paste or kill thousands in collateral damage when he encounters a foe. That is usually his biggest quandary, how can he accomplish his goal of protecting everyone, even from himself. Evil versions of superman or enemy kryptonians usually don't share those values and you can see what supermans powers look like when he throws restraint out the window, see Injustice, Superboy-Prime, General Zod, and Ultraman. Comicbook superman is generally depicted as weaker but we still see this phenomenon. This is why superman's archnemesis Lex Luthor is usually an economic/ intellectual threat that Superman can't simply defeat with brute strength, because then he wouldn't be the hero anymore. So to answer the question in no uncertain terms a guy that can move at light speed gets hit because he 1) allows himself to get hit 2) because that's how the story was written. [/QUOTE]

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