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Supernatural, magical, or just plain awesome beings know there's no better place to be effortlessly stood on than tall and usually thin objects, be they pine trees, lampposts or the nearest available tall building. This is flying for people who cannot fly. Or even the ones who can. This seems to have originated from training techniques that involved standing on bamboo; see, for example, the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Teen Titans examples. This is common in Wire Fu movies. When the geography that you stands compares you superior, you are playing with Geo Effects.

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  • Supernatural, magical, or just plain awesome beings know there's no better place to be effortlessly stood on than tall and usually thin objects, be they pine trees, lampposts or the nearest available tall building. This is flying for people who cannot fly. Or even the ones who can. This seems to have originated from training techniques that involved standing on bamboo; see, for example, the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Teen Titans examples. This is common in Wire Fu movies. When the geography that you stands compares you superior, you are playing with Geo Effects.
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  • Supernatural, magical, or just plain awesome beings know there's no better place to be effortlessly stood on than tall and usually thin objects, be they pine trees, lampposts or the nearest available tall building. This is flying for people who cannot fly. Or even the ones who can. Less about true strategy and more about looking cool. Expect Dramatic Wind (actually, wind speed increases with altitude, so wind that seems dramatic to those on the ground is *normal* at high altitude). In anime and manga this has become a choice dramatic entrance for villains, introduced via a panning away of the camera from a completely every day scene, or the aftermath of a dramatic event, to reveal that they said villain was watching all along, and provide a nice segway for the next part. This seems to have originated from training techniques that involved standing on bamboo; see, for example, the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Teen Titans examples. This is common in Wire Fu movies. When the geography that you stands compares you superior, you are playing with Geo Effects. Examples of I Have the High Ground include:
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