With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

'Koriand' r' not 'Komand'r'

 

Yes, but Tangseid used an entirely different method, as I pointed out and Mr Zoat elaborated.

I can't comment on this because I have little experience with the Sandman and Hellblazer side of DC, despite my interest.

Ineffectual does not mean mutually exclusive or incompatible. A may not affect B, but both A and B can affect C.

 

This has to count as hazing one of his recruits, right?

 

What's 'that'?

There seems to be a leap in logic and thought that isn't explained here.

 

On Liberty. I was a callback to the first episode where the SI mentioned that despite the fact that she co-authored it with John Stuart Mill her name was never on the cover.

Thank you, nearly.

I usually post on the Story Only thread first and then read through the main thread. If there are a lot of comments then there can be a delay.

 

I'm refering to me.

 

Well this could be a way for Robin to meet Kori, but I don't think a romance is going to blossom between them.

 

oh no, Earth Duty is more like punishment

the planet is so whack that staying there for a weeks straight is more dangerous then some galactic war zone

i don't think OL will haze his recruit with this place, probably something more educational then life threatening

 

What would swamp thing want money for?

 

He could negotiate for them to not tear down so many forests.

He could also use the money to support his wife and daughter if they need help.

There was this fic where Poison Ivy marries Bruce Wayne and makes a more advanced version of viagra.

Starfire asks one of her teammates why she doesn't just patent any of the inventions she could make and just use the money to buy the forests so that she can keep them safe.

 

should this be a plural?

'intelligence'?

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Nice episode showing the Russian space tech, DC Comics Russian politics, and the weirdness that is Gotham City.

 

I know this is nit-picking to a crazy degree, but... I'm pretty sure that is supposed to be a plural possessive.

Great chapter. I'm enjoying yet another alien trying to wrap their mind around Earth's... 'special-ness.'

 

Ohh, just call it what it is, bat shit crazyness.

Though I'm sure a polite girl like Kori would never call the planet of the Illustres that in front of him, probably not even away from him, and she'll just say that it's a 'difficult' and 'unique' world.

This episode could be about an alien trying to get used to life on Earth if Kori is going to be tagging along.

Though I'm sure that her stay will not result in her going bat shit like the comic Plutonian.

Hopefully.

She does have experience in dealing with a shitty place, considering she's a Lantern in Vega.

 

Apparently SpaceX isn't a thing in this continuity. Unfortunate, Paul and Elon would have a field day together! Also, is the North America Space Agency a DC thing? If not, NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

 

It's probably too early for that.

Oh. Okay, then.

Considering the age gap, well...

 

Yes, but actual space forces run by a government is actual progress despite all the super tech laying around.

Here is hoping other countries get proper kick to rear to get own fleets into space now.

DC earth has become quite good at rebuilding quickly after major events like that. I mean, Metropolis can look like a warzone on a good day with Superman vs one of his rogue's gallery and a week later it's good as new!

Heh, ride along with Bullock and he can threaten people that he has two lanterns in his backseat.

 

Oh right, forgot that this is set a few years earlier. Still, now I can't get the image of an Orange Lantern Elon Musk out of my head!

 

Even assuming this was Real Life Earth, and not Young Justice 30 years more advanced then Real Life Earth Earth, the Space Shuttle would have only been retired a handful of months ago. (Which means they could just unmothball it.)

But since this is Young Justice 30 years more advanced then Real Life Earth Earth, the shuttle wouldn't have realistically been retired since the tech would have been advanced enough when first building it that the same maintenance issues that ended up causing the retirement wouldn't have cropped up.

Basically put, this paragraph makes absolutely no sense given the year it was said at and the world it was said in.

 

Also Kori may not stay on Earth all that much for them to develop romantic feelings.

Vega is still rebuilding and requires Lanterns, while Earth is relatively stable and doesn't require to be rebuilt after having a tyrannical empire destroyed.

 

Thank you, corrected.

No, a summary which is intelligent and well informed, not a summary from an information gathering organisation.

Thank you, corrected.

That's at least partly me not bothering to check, and also the SI emphasising its role.

 

Amazing what people can do when they actually want to. Bet this'll be a kick in the pants of the Americans... Russia basically started a second Space Race.

Spoiler: Commentary spoilered for length

Despite what you may have seen, Kori, Humanity is primitive. We still huddle in tribes (just on a larger scale,) we argue and scream about the slightest thing we don't like (at least we don't fling actual poo, most of the time,) and we turn to violence at the drop of a fart. This fleet shows we can do greater things. Or we're just going to bring our monkey ways into space with us...

Not linear magnetic accelerators, are they? Just big metal poles to guide the ships out of the launch tube? So it's practically a giant mortar.

I expect their sensory systems aren't up to much beyond visual range. I hope those guns are at least on turrets. Don't want to make the Mass Effect mistake of spinal cannons you have to move the entire ship to aim.

The devices OL carries are made by people who are very specifically crazy, in a useful way. Seriously, it's amazing how many technological heroes and villains are a little cracked.

But your people already had advanced technology. Humans are bootstrapping themselves with every advancement.

Like I said, this may start a second Space Race. Not just between national governments, either. There must be private space-flight companies trying to get off the ground, as it were.

Checking up on what the old warbird plans to use his fleet for?

...Oh dear, that doesn't sound good.

The less legal businesses are getting cracked down on. And their police aren't playing nice.

Ha! Imagine seeing that as an Alt-OL.

At best, they'd consider it a polite escort. At worst, an armed escort. It's likely to trigger something that makes Batman yell at you again...

Heh, knowing there's a planet of orange beach babes and surfer dudes out there might get Humanity Boldly Coming, but it might be a while before they get that far...

...You're showing her Gotham as her first major American city? Are you insa-... No, wait, you are, but this is crazy even for you.

Oh, boy. Gotham has no idea what it's in for, does it?

Huh, must be a real quiet day, then. Public holiday, maybe?

"For one thing, there are more males..."

Surprised some union or lobbyist group hasn't pushed to have them ripped out and 'proper' installations restored. Naturally, their company would be putting forwards a reasonable bid for the project...

So, Swampy couldn't help but try and leave the place better than he found it? He's something of a nice guy...

Wow, that's lightning quick for government work. I'm impressed.

Yeah, don't fuck with Swamp Thing. He's scary when roused in anger.

Well, he might have been going slow, to avoid hurting people.

Only outwards sign, yes. Damage control companies in the DC Universe work fast.

I doubt Detective Bullock is even awake at this time of day, but maybe he'll be up for it.

Well, this promises to bring on all manner of shenanigans. The criminals of Gotham are going to be having a long day, I think... Wonder if he'll find the time to introduce Kori to the team...

Might you have meant 'built' here? The tense seems odd.

 

Ah, no. Let me change that.

Thank you, corrected.

 

How many times did he try that?

 

..... i feel physically sick

 

So, if Russia has mass producible air resistance cancelers (and damn, that's actually a terrifying technology), are we going to see it being used? I mean, super fast (multiple 10s of machs) and superefficient passenger jets and trains at least.

 

Welcome to the club. Bet you regret entering the club.

 

We get it. You guys don’t like Tangseid. You don’t have to leave a message that says the same thing in different words over and over and over again.

You know what this is like? People bitching over Renegade updates early on in the story.

 

How many jaws are going to drop from seeing Kori? I am remembering an issue of Gotham Central where all the cops ogled Starfire when she visited; both males and females.

 

Considering that she may be engaging in potential police work she may want to wear the clothes he gave her when he trained her.

If she's wearing the clothes OL gave her when he started training her, full body solar absorbing clothes, instead of traditional Tamaranean clothes then they may not ogle her.



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Oh who the fuck am I kidding, they're gonna oggle her even if she's wearing the solar suit.

 

Bribing politicians to take environmentalist positions? It's not actually all that expensive to purchase a congressmember, on the order of a few thousand dollars.

Might as well get all that corruption working for him.