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Warning : contain spoilers forScarlet Witch & Quicksilver # 2 !
Quicksilveris one of the fastest heroes in the Marvel Universe , clocking in at speeds over Mach 10 . Speed affects every part of his animation , making it unmanageable for him to desegregate with “ normal ” people , and a new reveal establish another surprising downside . While Pietro can consume selective information and hear acquirement in the blink of an eye , his retention lags behind and he sometimes lose information within simple hours .
InScarlet Witch & Quicksilver # 2 — by Steve Orlando , Lorenzo Tammetta , Frank William , and Joe Caramagna — Pietro is attempting toface down the Frightful Four Hundredand turns to the Inhuman Maximus ' old lab for data . Within consequence , he ’s read much everything in the library , but with the caveat that " what he learns is n’t permanent . "
Pietro can take over and interpret the data in s , yet " amphetamine - reading " means he ’ll only continue it for days , at the most . While he often only demand simple moments to act on what he learns , it stand for pulling from any previously put on noesis may be insufferable after only a few hours .
As Quicksilver bucket along in to save the Uncanny Avengers , he unexpectedly exposes a failing that means Flash will always be faster .
Quicksilver’s Speed Negatively Impacts His Memory
Over the years , Quicksilver has acquired a with child numeral of dissimilar accomplishment , ranging from mere hobbyhorse like playing the piano and sculpting to learning languages , buthe often uses his speed of thought ( as much as the swiftness of his feet ) to win fights . The exemplar in Maximus ' library is a common scene . He ’s able-bodied to read text , glance at map , and generally synthesize written information in less prison term than it take others to turn a pageboy . Yet if a mission is n’t completed within a sure window of time , this " speed reading " technique render that cognition useless and inaccessible again .
Quicksilver ’s kinship with his speed is all - devour , and it tint every part of his life .
It ’s unreadable whether Pietro has any control over which selective information he keep on or loses , or how much he would need to decelerate down for keep something in his mind long - term . Quicksilver ’s relationship with his speedis all - consuming , and it touch every part of his life . Even slow down down enough to eat at a stock gait is excruciating . If his long - term memory is dependent on that sort of effort , most ofwhat he learns wo n’t stick around , mean he ’ll take access to the same information again or some other mode of recalling it . Either elbow room , it ’s an incommodiousness .
Pietro’s Speed is a Blessing and a Curse
On any occasion when he loses access to his pep pill , Pietro is desperate to get it back . While living as a speedster is often complicated and lay a strain on his relationships , it ’s a core part of his identicalness . He does n’t want to be without it , and forgetting things quick is a trade-off he ’s obviously willing to make . Having information for hours is still a significant period of meter for him , as he can accomplish so much in a fraction of the time it would take someone else . Nevertheless , Quicksilver ’s tiptop speed has a important , negative shock on his computer memory .
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver # 2is useable now from Marvel Comics .
Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver#2 ( 2024 )
