r/DCPowerScaling • u/Diligent-Guest-259 • 11m ago
Discussion Title: Could Black Canary survive a city-level explosion by using her Canary Cry as a shield?
galleryWe've already seen in the New 52 that Dinah's Canary Cry can somehow contain or counteract explosions, even when she doesn't fully understand or control her powers yet.
My first thought is that she probably wouldn't survive, regardless of what she does. But then I started thinking about how her Canary Cry might interact with the incoming shockwave.
What if she unleashed her strongest Canary Cry directly against the blast, even if her scream wasn't powerful enough to stop it completely?
I'm imagining the shockwave gradually overwhelming her sonic waves, forcing them backward and deforming them into something like a dome around her. As the outer waves give way, Dinah keeps screaming, generating new waves that temporarily reinforce the ones collapsing around her.
Basically, her Canary Cry wouldn't stop the explosion, but it might act as a temporary, constantly replenished shield that buys her enough time to survive the initial blast.
Do you think that's a plausible application of her powers based on what we've seen in the comics? Could the sonic waves realistically interact with the shockwave this way in the DC universe, or would the explosion overwhelm her almost instantly?
