Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20151027072937/@comment-23702983-20151030032010

SpiritedDreaming, no, once again, I have to insist that this is not teleportation. The user of the Semblance is stepping in between two moments, two seconds if you will. Basically you can take a free action faster than anyone else can register it. To the user it would seem as if time stood still for a split second, but he isn't actually freezing time, he's simply moving too quickly (in BETWEEN two separate moments) for others to pick up on it. Even if you were incredibly fast, you would not be able to register the movement, because he is taking a step in between two moments in time, essentially moving so fast no time passes while he is doing so.

I tried to explain it by giving examples. Let's say the user is completely outclassed in speed. He can't land a hit on his opponent. This is how it would look to each person:

User: Standstill is activated. He roundhouse kicks the opponent square in the face. It seems as if everything around him is frozen. He returns to his starting location. (In the real world, using this ability without supernatural reflexes/speed would be almost useless, because you wouldn't have enough time in a split second to do much).

Opponent: One second the user is just standing there. The very next second, the opponent is on his ass with a broken jaw. To him, the user didn't move an inch. He has no idea what just happened or why his jaw hurts.

Did I explain it well enough?