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Published: 2020-04-16 11:15:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 54766; Favourites: 93; Downloads: 0
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My OC, Gumiyah, a.k.a. "Gum Gal" practicing her handstand splits with a resistance band. While she has elastic powers they're limited and have a cooldown cycle, so she makes the most of it to train her baseline strength and flexibility, which then pay off when she gets stretchy.
Believe it or not this pose doesn't require superpowers to achieve (albeit it does require a heck of a lot of practice and training): www.instagram.com/p/B3XQdCDgQ6… (@olgaupsidedown)
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That's a good way of putting it! It runs on a weekly cycle, more or less, due to the nature of her powers' origin.
It makes her a singularly gifted acrobat but she can also whip her limbs out to hit people outside normal ranged, and it helps a lot with submission holds when she's forced to use them.
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It's not a sharp drop-off so much as it is a logarithmic gradient, I'd say; roughly speaking Days 1-5 would be as stretchy as each other, Day 6 would start to show signs of stiffness, and she reverts to baseline human extension on Day 7, but still retains her peak flexibility and some strength. She's more durable than the average human but still can get knocked around and anything more than a 7.62mm round at close range is going to cause problems.
Her "civilian" job is the perfect guise - a yoga instructor!
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All good questions - it's tough to tell what exactly her limits are on those, as it with even with us regular folks.
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Let's hope it doesn't come to that
Thanks for these questions! They've been helping me out figuring out what her abilities really are, and especially their limitations
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She's a grown adult, she'll have you know!
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Practice everyday to push those limits. Soon you’ll be not just getting more longer, but even bigger in muscles, which you can maintain within whenever needed. I learned that fact straight from two recent, different Doom Patrol resources. If you’d like, I can send them via note. Well done to the artist!
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That would be great, please do! My main reference was the classic, Elastigirl, where it's been observed that her stretchy moves require a great deal of gymnastics skill.
does great work with an amazing turnaround! Recommended for everyone with a character and an idea
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Just sent a note for the reference details.
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