Static Shock says:
"Wel, no. But that doesn't mean he wouldn't or isn't capable of it. But, in the comic book, he has used his powers in very scientific ways (like electrolysis to make a hydrogen bomb, magnetizing Hotstreak's brain to the point where metal objects violently smacked him in the head, being able to lift/levitate objects that weren't metal, etc). I think messing with the brain through the use of his powers could be one of them. If he was willing to turn someone's brain into a magnet (which is harmful for the brain and it's electromagentic impulses, anyway you look at it), why couldn't he fry someone's brain as well? "
Cool tricks, but not the point. He may be able to do it (though you haven't actually pointed out an example of him subtracting the electricity from someone) and I could buy that, but even if he could, he wouldn't. He "turned his brain into a magnet" to have stuff slam into it, but why not just shut it down, temporarily or permanently, then? Maybe he couldn't or maybe he just wouldn't, either way, he wouldn't do it here. Unless you can bring up examples of Static killing people left and right, no matter what case you try to make, Jenny Sparks will always be more ready and willing to take this fight further than Static because that's who she is and that's not who Static is.
Buckshot says:
"The cartoon's continuity (what everyone is more familiar with) is different from the comic book's continuity. Different storyline, and some different rogues here and there. Static powering the Watchtower is pretty impressive, and it's basically a large space station. Since that was in the cartoon, I don't think that has grounds here. But, Static has never done it in the comic books. I've only read through a little bit more than half of the comic book series, so I'm not sure if he's really capable of that or not..."
I know it's different, that's why I said I questioned it.
I just see Jenny as able to do more damage and handle attacks of electricity better. She's more used to the power seeing as she's had it for a hundred years and can even become it when she feels like it. She was created by the planet to protect it and her weapon is electricity, so I think she's pretty good with it. This is speculation, but she can probably do all that Static can (he learned it in the short time he's been Static, why couldn't she?) but sticks to throwing around lightning because it's easier and just as effective. She can generate lightning bolts the size of whole cities, why trouble with electrolysis? She can shut down someone's brain with a thought, there's no reason to fool around with magnetizing it.
I think it might go basically like this (assuming she doesn't kill him outright). He blasts her, she absorbs it. She blasts him, he absorbs it (or avoids it if it's a big one). He tries one of his tricks and she becomes electricity so it can't bother her. He tries to manipulate her as energy (I doubt he could do this given some examples I've seen in comics, but assuming he can) and she just makes herself more than he can handle and overloads or escapes him. Then she just takes his electricity away from every time he starts to attack and if he keeps trying she just shuts down his brain.
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