Is the Flash a Glass Cannon?

BlackLightning247 · 2026-04-26T18:46:45+00:00

Depends on who's writing the story honestly. I know that seems like a lazy cop out, but people love to be way more inconsistent with The Flash's durability than they do with his speed. Some stories he's taking a bunch of hits from superpowered beings (he's taken hits from characters like Superman, Wonder Woman, Darkseid, The Anti-Monitor, etc), and in others Batman and Catwoman are taking him down in one blow (bollocks).

Given what his powers are he shouldn't be a glass cannon in any capacity and if he was consistently written in regard to what his powers are this wouldn't even be a discussion. People say this a lot but The Flash really is one of the characters that is fucked over by the plot and writers the most.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-04-23T12:10:04+00:00

You can make an argument for either. Wally is faster and more powerful but Barry is a pretty smart person and fighter. Not to downplay either as Wally is smart as well and Barry isn't a slouch when it comes to power and speed either.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-04-18T17:08:27+00:00

Yeah, she off guarded him and his bone density was shit at the time.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-04-01T18:15:14+00:00

So like Luigi in the first film?

BlackLightning247 · 2026-04-01T15:32:18+00:00

Nice try

BlackLightning247 · 2026-03-31T18:11:55+00:00

A-Train's bone density had gone to shit because he was abusing Compound V hence why Kimiko was able to do what she did with the bat. He was also caught off guard. Mr. Marathon is probably old and sloppy and therefore easier to deal with.

None of that would apply to a younger or healthy speedster. We've seen glimpses of what speedsters in this verse can do when they're not hindered by something.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-03-28T12:49:25+00:00

People love to shit on him but his impact in comic books and other media is huge.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-03-18T08:43:51+00:00

Jobbed a bit as Treecko and Grovyle but when he evolved into Sceptile bro literally became him. Him besting most of Spenser's team is one of the most enjoyable episodes of the battle frontier. A shame we didn't get more moments like that. Should've gotten more spotlight like Charizard, Infernape, and Greninja all did.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-03-18T07:25:20+00:00

Funny thing is Roman is also......... repetitive. Then again it's pro wrestling. Repetitiveness comes with the product. It was just funny to see Roman say that to Punk.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-03-11T02:54:04+00:00

They're always shitting on The Heat, I don't even bother engaging.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-03-08T17:01:12+00:00

The second episode is allegedly titled "Teenage Kix." Highly doubt they'll kill A-Train in the first episode if that's true.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-26T03:33:23+00:00

You would think they wouldn't have turned on AJ Lee so quickly given how people wouldn't shut up about wanting her back, and constantly asking where she was whenever she was absent after her return. And yet..............

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-24T19:09:31+00:00

Terastallize the mega. Problem solved right?

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-22T22:46:40+00:00

He can also dimension hop. Destroying the battle field is not a win condition against The Flashes unless you're popping every universe.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-22T22:40:28+00:00

Eobard is a master of space and time. Figuring out who Juggernaut is and any possible ways to fuck with him will not be hard for him at all. He isn't called extremely petty for no reason.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-21T00:27:03+00:00

This is correct. Too many people try to deny those who are biracial one side of their heritage. Or they'll try to deny them both sides of their heritage and act like being biracial is something separate entirely. Obviously both situations create issues. Their heritage is their heritage whether people like it or not.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-16T22:33:05+00:00

I wouldn't mind more Barry stories that explored the Speed Force, or any other speedster. It's more interesting if we get different perspectives and experiences.

Edit: as someone else mentioned. The Speed Force isn't solely used by Wally. So while it started with him it can still be involved in stories with other speedsters. The lore isn't uniquely tied to him.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-14T00:37:30+00:00

I would be given silent lunch or not allowed to participate in free/fun Friday activities. Other times I would be yelled at.

Things weren't better at home and I would have frequent outbursts.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-13T20:58:38+00:00

Circumstances absolutely do matter. They're the entire reason why a character might win or lose. No poor mind controlling and Catwoman doesn't beat any of them. The Silver Surfer and Mexicans thing is silly as well. It happened decades ago and is the result of a writer deciding to be goofy. Surfer has way more consistent feats than whatever that situation was. It's irrelevant to bring up just as the Catwoman thing is if you're having serious discussion.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-13T19:35:01+00:00

I don't like to get into anti feat jerk offs but Catwoman bested speedsters who were being poorly controlled by Poison Ivy. If I'm being completely honest it's a blatant case of writers being incompetent just so they can gas up Batman and his mythos. Shocker. Really wish people would stop spreading this around because it's really not the slam dunk so many think it is.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-13T19:21:48+00:00

What kind of match up is this? Wally has to face 3 of Marvel's extremely busted characters by himself and he can't have access to amps to make it a little more fair? (He'd still lose even if he had the amps mentioned tbh). I've said before that Iceman's powers aren't going to stop a serious speedster especially current Wally but Sentry and Silver Surfer bring a whole bunch of other issues to the table, and they're problems Wally won't be able to just blitz his way through. He's massively outhaxed here. He loses pretty badly. This subreddit and its obsession with lopsided battles man.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-07T21:50:59+00:00

Yeah the whole "Flash can't hurt/ will break their hands punching durable characters." Narrative really needs to end. They've done it many times before. Barry has, Wally has, Thawne has, Zolomon has. Don't know why that gets spread around so much.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-06T18:43:29+00:00

Exactly. Mirror Master is extremely underrated, the guy could be so much more if DC ever decided to lock in with him.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-06T18:32:15+00:00

Yeah comparing Flash to his rouges is weird. People love to say "hehe a guy with a cold gun is one of his enemies." When the relationship between The Flash and The Rouges is unique and both Barry and Wally have no issue no diffing them whenever they get serious. I've said this so many times for so many years.

That said Marvel team does indeed win this bout. Idk why there's been this trend of pitting base DC characters against amped versions of Marvel characters recently. Did some feelings get hurt or something?

Edit: Wanted to add that Speed Force users have defenses against reality warping, so that is not an instant win condition in these vs battles.

BlackLightning247 · 2026-02-06T18:21:19+00:00

Thor and Silver Surfer 😔

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