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[(Anonymous)]

It's been my experience that pretty much any movie or TV show that features people or creatures with super-strength will be incredibly inconsistent with it. In one scene they're lifting a huge fallen tree one-handed, and then in another they're struggling to do something that should only take a fraction of that strength. It's annoying, but it's just one of those things that you more or less have to hand-wave or else it'll drive you insane.

That being said, it did seem especially bad here. Because absolutely, if Jessica is indeed capable of *catching* and holding that huge elevator complete with Luke and Danny, then knocking out street level grunts should be a joke to her. Same goes for Luke when we see him lifting huge pieces of concrete debris and the like. Arguments can be made about adrenaline, and I remember Stick calling out Luke in particular for holding back (because he didn't want to kill people), but it's still a stretch, and it's not like it's only in fights that you see the inconsistencies.

*shrugs* Like I said, it's just one of those things. I can actually hand-wave quite a lot if there are other aspects of a show that I'm enjoying, and that's certainly the case here. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I've always thought it was a combination of her being drunk/tipsy/in withdrawal at any given point, and the fact that she doesn't have great control over her own strength.

[(Anonymous)]

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That works pretty well, actually.

[(Anonymous)]

This is a really good point. In the comics she struggles with flight, she should be able to do it but can't control it so it's more like long jumping.