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The official speed article gives subsonic (mach 0.1-0.5) the note "faster than the eye".
But is this always the case? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I am under the impression that subsonic speed is moving like a blur, as is the case with vampires in Twilight and The Vampire Diaries/The Originals. I have also noticed that many characters are considered to have subsonic reflexes for catching or dodging arrows, which are blurry but still visible in the air even when launched from the strongest bows.
So are you still subsonic if you move so fast that you are completely invisible to the human eye, and move as if you're teleporting? For example, in this scene from Once Upon a Time (skip to 0:53), Rumplestiltski moves past numerous humans so fast that he appears to teleport, his movements only being heard as a gust of wind before he casually sits down at the other end of the room. Now this might actually be teleportation, and I am not going to debate for or against any speed upgrades for his profile because of it, but IF we assume - for the purpose of this thread - that what you just witnessed was a feat of speed, how fast would you say it is?
But is this always the case? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I am under the impression that subsonic speed is moving like a blur, as is the case with vampires in Twilight and The Vampire Diaries/The Originals. I have also noticed that many characters are considered to have subsonic reflexes for catching or dodging arrows, which are blurry but still visible in the air even when launched from the strongest bows.
So are you still subsonic if you move so fast that you are completely invisible to the human eye, and move as if you're teleporting? For example, in this scene from Once Upon a Time (skip to 0:53), Rumplestiltski moves past numerous humans so fast that he appears to teleport, his movements only being heard as a gust of wind before he casually sits down at the other end of the room. Now this might actually be teleportation, and I am not going to debate for or against any speed upgrades for his profile because of it, but IF we assume - for the purpose of this thread - that what you just witnessed was a feat of speed, how fast would you say it is?
