Random piece of writing in my head
Okay people, time for some hard truths.
Being snatched out of mid-air by a flying superhero might look sexy and romantic from the ground but the reality is that it's not either of those. Consider it like a math problem, if you would.
If Speeding Superhero is going x miles an hour and Falling Victim are going y, what is z?
For those playing at home, z is generally 'Ow, ow, I just coughed up my spleen'. Some superheroes are better suited to mid-air rescue - I can, for example, simply grab you via TK and lower you to the ground. Mercury Lass is, uh, kind of squishy. Shade can pull you through to the Shadow Lands - through your own shadow. You get the picture.
But Titan is nothing but solid mass of invincible superhero going God only knows how fast so when he catches you, you better believe you're going to be walking funny tomorrow.
Generally, though, I have to admit that it is better than hitting the ground.
Also, it was my good fortune that I had regained enough of my senses to wrap myself back in some of my shielding so it didn't, quite, feel like my spine was about to go flying ahead of my body when Titan stopped my free fall. Over the rush of the wind, the pounding in my head and the faint buzzing noise of the contraptions that I'd run into, I could hear off and on cheering from the rooftop he'd just been standing on.
I could just imagine what we must have looked like (and will probably get proof of that tomorrow through the web and celebrity magazine): me being carried around in that classic superhero carries female around, what with me cradled in his arms and all. Except I wasn't some Girl Friday luckless enough to be kidnapped by Random Villain of the week.
I was a superhero, too, damn it! And I was going to get out of his arms and fly around on my own power and kick those things asses ...
As soon as I stopped wanting to vomit down Titan's shoulder and back.
Goddamn but I hate sonic powered anything.
(This superhero story, really a romance, has been in my head for years. But reading Soon I Will Be Invincible really brought it back to the forefront. I probably won't get a whole lot written but I need to work on something, at least.)
Being snatched out of mid-air by a flying superhero might look sexy and romantic from the ground but the reality is that it's not either of those. Consider it like a math problem, if you would.
If Speeding Superhero is going x miles an hour and Falling Victim are going y, what is z?
For those playing at home, z is generally 'Ow, ow, I just coughed up my spleen'. Some superheroes are better suited to mid-air rescue - I can, for example, simply grab you via TK and lower you to the ground. Mercury Lass is, uh, kind of squishy. Shade can pull you through to the Shadow Lands - through your own shadow. You get the picture.
But Titan is nothing but solid mass of invincible superhero going God only knows how fast so when he catches you, you better believe you're going to be walking funny tomorrow.
Generally, though, I have to admit that it is better than hitting the ground.
Also, it was my good fortune that I had regained enough of my senses to wrap myself back in some of my shielding so it didn't, quite, feel like my spine was about to go flying ahead of my body when Titan stopped my free fall. Over the rush of the wind, the pounding in my head and the faint buzzing noise of the contraptions that I'd run into, I could hear off and on cheering from the rooftop he'd just been standing on.
I could just imagine what we must have looked like (and will probably get proof of that tomorrow through the web and celebrity magazine): me being carried around in that classic superhero carries female around, what with me cradled in his arms and all. Except I wasn't some Girl Friday luckless enough to be kidnapped by Random Villain of the week.
I was a superhero, too, damn it! And I was going to get out of his arms and fly around on my own power and kick those things asses ...
As soon as I stopped wanting to vomit down Titan's shoulder and back.
Goddamn but I hate sonic powered anything.
(This superhero story, really a romance, has been in my head for years. But reading Soon I Will Be Invincible really brought it back to the forefront. I probably won't get a whole lot written but I need to work on something, at least.)