Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20170430155022/@comment-25936766-20170522131204

SpiritedDreaming wrote:

I’m...not sure explosive dust round would have that effect. All he’d do is blow himself up or fall into an explosion. Well, technically speaking, it could serve for something. Definitely not "reverse momentum", if you were falling at X speed, to make your movement go up even if temporarily some external force would have to hit you upwards with enough force.

If it's a small fall and he doesn't have much speed, then not much force is required. But if it is a big fall, then that can be dangerous due to the required force.

But, what do explosions do (besides potentially burning you or something)? They create a shockwave that sends you flying away, proportional to your distance from the center of it. That shockwave is even bigger than the "actual" explosion.

The idea is the same as when Ruby shoots downwards to slow her fall. Your movement is downward, but if there's an upward force that is applied to you, then your movement will, even if temporarily, slow down. It's the Law of Conservation of Momentum.

With Ruby, the recoil from the shots serves as that upward force. With Nathan, the shockwave from the explosions could serve as that upward force.

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So overall, he wouldn't necesarily blow himself up, but he would at least slow down his fall if he manages to be far away enough to not be incinerated but close enough to be pushed.

Now, would he slow himself enough to make his fall not-necesarily-lethal? It's another question.