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First Post
I (who have only seen season 1) shall attempt to staunch the flow of Gibraltar (read: well-discerned holes) with the following cork (read: excuse theory):
Superman is, on a geometric level, just a man. Under the laws of physics, an object of roughly human mass will go flying when you hit it.
Of course, Supes can 'fly' by means of some form of localised kinetic redirection field (the only logical explanation; I reckon he's some sort of latent psychokinetic, but that's another story). He can challenge Earth's gravity, he should be able to challenge other vectors of kinesis.
Double of course, Superman is, on a mental level, just a man (with certain caveats, but that's how he spends most of his time and I guess it sticks). I think it's fairly obvious that he doesn't know how to fight very well, and that means he isn't prepared for random attacks out of nowhere or what have you. He gets thrown off balance, his inner ear gets out of whack, and he staggers around all woozy for a bit.
Doesn't explain why he gets electrocuted so much, of course. Maybe he's just vulnerable to Zappy Power, as I dimly recall electricity being dangerous in the original Supes toon. After all, he's (presumably) a carbon composite lifeform; I'm pretty sure that carbon will always conduct electricity no matter how tough it is (but don't quote me on that, I haven't looked into the conductive qualities of buckytubules and similar superstrong carbon structures). Or perhaps his innate psychokinesis barrier (I like this theory, can you tell?) is useless against molecular agitation of a sudden type.
Basically, I'm arguing that Supes is best prepared for an attack when he's prepared for it. And that he should learn kung fu instead of his current lackadaisical approach. Because he really should try harder. Unless he has no actual strength, and his psychokinesis does all the work, meaning that it's irrelevant how hard he hits, they fly back like he wants them to.
Keekhh... I overanalyse too much.
Superman is, on a geometric level, just a man. Under the laws of physics, an object of roughly human mass will go flying when you hit it.
Of course, Supes can 'fly' by means of some form of localised kinetic redirection field (the only logical explanation; I reckon he's some sort of latent psychokinetic, but that's another story). He can challenge Earth's gravity, he should be able to challenge other vectors of kinesis.
Double of course, Superman is, on a mental level, just a man (with certain caveats, but that's how he spends most of his time and I guess it sticks). I think it's fairly obvious that he doesn't know how to fight very well, and that means he isn't prepared for random attacks out of nowhere or what have you. He gets thrown off balance, his inner ear gets out of whack, and he staggers around all woozy for a bit.
Doesn't explain why he gets electrocuted so much, of course. Maybe he's just vulnerable to Zappy Power, as I dimly recall electricity being dangerous in the original Supes toon. After all, he's (presumably) a carbon composite lifeform; I'm pretty sure that carbon will always conduct electricity no matter how tough it is (but don't quote me on that, I haven't looked into the conductive qualities of buckytubules and similar superstrong carbon structures). Or perhaps his innate psychokinesis barrier (I like this theory, can you tell?) is useless against molecular agitation of a sudden type.
Basically, I'm arguing that Supes is best prepared for an attack when he's prepared for it. And that he should learn kung fu instead of his current lackadaisical approach. Because he really should try harder. Unless he has no actual strength, and his psychokinesis does all the work, meaning that it's irrelevant how hard he hits, they fly back like he wants them to.
Keekhh... I overanalyse too much.
), Superman was flying through a strom and catching bolts of lightning on his chest just for fun!
