Thread:ShonenChicoBoy/@comment-5651818-20161213000039/@comment-24384232-20161213124625

One key aspect to remember with speed, and virtually any other ability you write is, "what effect will this have when I use it?" Whether you hit or miss, your action should have lasting consequences, even if they are only temporary. For most speed is simply a descriptor, but it rarely achieves anything beyond being "extremely fast". If your character moves and space itself bends in his wake, then it stands to reason that he's a pretty damned fast guy. And yes Shihouin Kurama is capable of such speeds and that is one of the effects.

First step is to take a list of all the known things speed is able to achieve in the series, and basically get an idea of where your character falls with regards to how they are used. Can you make speed clones? Yes, alright now what makes your use different? If you want to own a technique to stake a claim on it and make it unique to your character, then whatever it does, then take that, and create a unique use for your character.

We see this all the time in articles, where a spell is taken for example and the character has a unique or tailored use for it. This signifies not only specialization, but skill. You can apply the same to even ordinary/mundane abilities, so as long as you give them flair and/or expand on what they could do.