randomthingsthatilike123:

they do work differently but i mean kara does have the senses and the intellect to move fast enough but the thing is a) she’s super strong and invulnerable so along with moving that fast she’s also hitting that fast (whereas with barry like. we saw in season 1 he had to be so careful not to destroy himself in the process) and you know what she’s also hitting? the floor with her foot. Think about how you run–kara has to keep her feet as light as possible on the floor so she doesnt create craters

also, kara has to then concentrate on that, along with not accidentally getting distracted by anything her senses may tell her–she kept those glasses for 10 years not as a disguise but as a tool–they were to keep her vision in check so that she doesn’t worry about losing control and having to focus on that every single second

also bold of you to assume that Kara “youngest person entered into the science guild and I helped my father with his work and was doing Calculus in pre-school” Zor-El doesn’t do physics and a whole bunch of math such as but not limited to  (some of these aren’t explicitly said but others actually are in the Supergirl tv show comics)

a)how fast she can go without cracking concrete

b)how much force she can exert upon a moving car without completely smashing it

c) how to weld a building that was crumbling so that it would be structurally sound after she was done with it

d) how much heat she can correctly put into coffee so it doesn’t boil over like that one time

e)how hard she can step without breaking the ground

f)how fast she can fly without breaking the sound barrier

g)all the shit she needs to do to make sure civilians aren’t hurt during fights; also includes the correct way to catch people SO THEY DO NOT GET WHIPLASH. VERY IMPORTANT. PEOPLE CAN DIE KAREN.

h)all the math she needs to do to figure out distance ie how fast she needs to go to get from one point to the other/fastest route (think how airplanes go but without the worry of running into another airplane)/ HOW FAST SHE CAN GO IN NATIONAL CITY WITHOUT HURTING PEOPLE BECAUSE GUESS WHAT EVER HEARD ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULDN’T GET NEAR AN AIRPLANE ENGINE IT’LL SUCK YOU IN NOW IMAGINE THAT BUT WORSE WITH KARA’S FLYING AND SENDING EVERYTHING SCATTERING EVERYWHERE

i and most importantly)how much pressure she can give for ultimate hug

ALL OF THIS HAPPENS WITH ONLY SECONDS TO CALCULATE WHILE ALSO DOING CONVERSIONS SINCE THIS ISN’T HOW SHE LEARNED MATH SO SHE HAS TO CONVERT EVERYTHING INTO EARTH TERMS