There were two primary factors involved in them being successful with them. The first was that trying to grab the capes brought people into punching and/or kicking range of some of the finest trained martial artists on Earth. Secondly? Hers snapped off.

"It's honestly so cool to watch," she admitted. Not least because of how easy she made it look. "You doing that, I mean."

It occurred to her, vaguely, that they weren't really bothering with the movie. That was fine.