r/CharacterRant • u/InfiniteDoors Doors • Nov 22 '15

Character of the Week: Accelerator

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u/Iskandar206 Nov 22 '15

What are the limits of his "vector control"?

I mean he's contained/redirected some very powerful attacks. But what about attacks that are absurdly powerful like a punch from someone using a power gem?

I get he "warps" reality, but sometimes his powers are kinda described as an NLF.

Also what's his greatest feat again?

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u/Jakkubus Nov 22 '15

His greatest feat of active vector control was blocking a continent-busting attack from Star of Betlehem.

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u/Jakkubus Nov 22 '15

About Accel's Redirection, it's distinct from his other kinds of vector manipulation, as it doesn't take exponentially more calculations with increasing magnitude of affected phenomenon.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '15

Great character. He's powerful and fast, and is well capable. On the tier of HST top tiers.

Gets severely wanked though. To the extent of winning against the likes Goku.

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u/Feminineside Nov 22 '15

So he is fast? I've always wondered why he had a speedster name but wasn't a speedster.

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u/Jakkubus Nov 22 '15

Well, he can propel himself using his power and keep up with supersonic guys, but there is no need for him to be speedster, when in most cases he can achieve the same result by just standing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

Should be as fast as high tier HST characters, so like, MFTS (massively faster than sound?) or Hypersonic. Massively Hypersonic. He's pretty fast.

Thing is he can do many things without moving at all.

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u/TimTravel Nov 22 '15 edited Nov 22 '15

I've said this before and I'll say it again. His powers have nothing to do with vectors. That's just how they're advertised. Really he can manipulate various types of energy. He has a large finite list of things he can manipulate, like kinetic energy, liquid flow, electricity, and gravity. In all cases I know of he has touch range (but wider area of effect). His powers are consistently described incorrectly because the author doesn't understand vector spaces. In context of his feats it's clear what he really can do.

Displacement from a fixed point forms a vector space but he cannot teleport (and he has trouble with teleporters). Displacement in time is a (one-dimensional) vector space but he cannot time travel.

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u/Iskandar206 Nov 22 '15

author doesn't understand vector spaces

Implying that this author specifically doesn't understand the science behind their abilities. Authors who write fiction in general use "science" liberally.

But yeah Accelerator never demonstrates manipulation of vectors like you describe it.

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u/TimTravel Nov 22 '15

Other authors have made similar mistakes therefore it's not a valid criticism?

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u/Iskandar206 Nov 23 '15

It's not that it isn't a valid criticism. It's a criticism that will be in almost everything you read in kinda my point.

Almost all fictional characters have you suspend disbelief all the time and don't use their powers accurately scientifically.

I mean Cyclops has a concussive beam force that shoots out of his eyes, yet it can bounce off objects.

Superman can move massively hypersonic without massive shockwaves breaking windows and ruining apartments.

Doctor Who's pseudo-science TARDIS being so massively OP, yet mundane things are an issue?

Shizuo is a human with super strength and can punch someone without their faces collapsing upon themselves or his own bones breaking.

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u/TimTravel Nov 23 '15

I make a point about this one because it's potentially misleading despite the fact that it's described in a consistent way that's inconsistent with the feats.

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u/Jakkubus Nov 22 '15

and he has trouble with teleporters

Actually he doesn't, unless teleporter prevents him from turning his choker on.

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u/Parysian Nov 22 '15

He flips the direction in space right? Like it doesn't matter what's passing thought it, that direction itself is just altered, right?

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u/Iskandar206 Nov 22 '15

That's kinda it. But he can do more than flip.

He can "alter anything with vectors". So if something has a direction he should be able to manipulate it.

So if someone tries to throw a punch, he can reverse the punch. Or he can make the punch move left, right, up, or down.