euphorichris reblogged
This isn’t even the animators not putting in his jets, he doesn’t move like he’s flying via rockets at all. He’s not breaking or taking off right, he just slows and swings upright calmly to fire. He dodges enemy fire by turning and ducking away and doesn’t use his feet at all.
60′s Jet doesn’t have rockets he’s got hella telekinesis and just wills himself about the air. He flies like Superman because he thinks it’s cool.
He does wear the shirt in the manga maybe he derives it’s superhuman strength from it??
I’m screaming on the inside; this is SO ADORABLE! I kind of want this on a t-shirt! But...you know what we need now? A Superman-based AU. Jet literally being Superman.
He enjoys his powers, but has to hide them as he’s growing up for fear of being treated as a monster. But he’s a good guy who wants to use his abilities to help people. So when he meets the others - Joe, Albert, etc. - who have been doing the same, he gets excited and wants them to band together as a team. (Or maybe Gilmore’s the one bringing them together, and Jet’s all too eager to accept such a proposal.)