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

Discussion in 'Creative Writing' started by Mr Zoat, Jan 27, 2019.

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  1. Handlewithcare

    Handlewithcare Versed in the lewd.

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    Haha, nice.

    Instead of going to get dragged into an argument about ecology vs economy he is all "Not our job"
     
  2. Someguy Somewhere

    Someguy Somewhere The Critical Fumbler

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    should be 'caused by' rather then 'caused my'
     
  3. FreeGod

    FreeGod If you see a God on the road fuck it!

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    I remember reading a book where the heroine was actually trying to get herself killed, but not managing it. She wondered how many heroes of the past where actually unsuccessful suicides like her.
     
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  4. Simonbob

    Simonbob Really? You don't say.

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    I'll only point out, loggers don't clear fell.

    With the only exception being plantations.


    There's no value to logs under a certain age, you can't get any wood from them, so loggers will only take the oldest trees, usualy about 1 in 10, once per year, in any given section of forest, then won't be back to that section for 10 years or more.


    Clear felling is almost always to set up farmland.
     
  5. Chojin Patriarch

    Chojin Patriarch Veteran Lurker

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    Oh, that's going to bite you in the ass, isn't it? Admittedly, I doubt they had any significant part to play. At most, they're corrupt and a little slapdash about safety and environmental impact...

    And cut into their profits? That sort of thing costs money, amigo.

    So more likely something mundane, or at least a local metahuman. And good idea putting Overgirl on overwatch.:V Let her observe without havign to talk to the people and discover she has the power to swallow her own foot.

    Let's hope he wasn't promoted following the Peter Principle, where people rise to their level of incompetence...

    Accurate and funny. Nice way to soothe any worries.

    Admittedly, what sort of threat could anyone have set a trap for? They'd have no way of knowing who turned up...

    And thus the path you're least likely to follow at all. Honestly, I bet none of the people in charge understand how superheroes think...

    Like i said, any trap would be dependent on knowing who'd show up. Imagine if they'd prepared for, say, Fire, and Superman turned up.

    Hmm... So many clues, so little idea of what could be responsible...

    I guess they have issues with people taking sneaky breaks, eh? Or Skiving off to the local pub for a long lunch. Those sort probably don't last long.

    Note nothing said about respecting their territory. Ugh...

    And the worst part is that he sees nothing wrong with 'complaints'. It's just business as usual...

    Again, that shit costs money, Senor. How are their executives supposed to earn their annual bonuses if they're wasting money on things like that?;)

    So this is just a distraction? Interesting theory...

    Stumbling onto some ancient burial ground or something? Pissing off some fey folk?

    But then, unless there was a big light show, how could he know anyway?

    In other words, "It'll be done when it's done."

    Wow, yeah, that would be significant all right. If the local treefolk take exception to being cut down, I could see them begin angry about it. But they would not be so subtle as to focus on tools alone.

    Nice, I bet the guy was expecting an argument about ecology. I'd be surprised if Raquel hasn't been plotting out one in her head...

    Time to call in Euanthe, eh? Get planting!

    So the investigation begins. Let's hope all goes quietly, unlike the last one... That one brought in at least one new Team member and quite a bit of property damage. And now for some reason I'm thinking of Black Orchid...
     
  6. Cuchulin

    Cuchulin Versed in the lewd.

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    Eh, i'd say it depends on what you mean by "anti-science" as in some ways they weren't so much Anti-Science as pro-pseudo science (at least by modern standards) as weird crap like Welteislehre had some support with in the party from people like Himmler and even the Hitler him self.
     
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  7. varoksa

    varoksa Getting sticky.

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    I have been thinking on why i find normal OL so dull and its because he seems like a budget Dr Manhatten to me, nearly emotionless, overly powerful, some both able to navigate all situations with ease yet coming off as completely socially inept. Grayven on the other hand feels so much more real because hes deeply flawed and constantly has to overcome situations often brought upon him by his own hubris, while on the other hand OL has situations brought upon him by external factors and he can even die and just come off as a bit "miffed".
     
  8. Imperator Pax

    Imperator Pax Talon Master

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    Mr. Souza you are never too far from drunks. Especially in Brasil.

    Also back during the nineties there were several enviromental protests that involved destroying engines in construction vehivles ( though that didn't involve literally ripping them apart, rather than pouring the wrong chemicals into the engines, I forget what they used exactly but it was common enough knowledge)
     
  9. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    I am getting some Scooby Doo vibes from this episode.
    Sigh, if only they brought Wolf with them.
     
  10. FreeGod

    FreeGod If you see a God on the road fuck it!

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    Now I wonder if there is any version of him that walks around naked.
     
  11. theaceoffire

    theaceoffire Versed in the lewd.

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    This word is probably supposed to be 'By', I think.
     
  12. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Thank you, corrected.
    Yes, Sybarite. He had a couple of segments a while ago, remember?
     
  13. Sharp Card

    Sharp Card Getting out there.

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    Not even close. UK infant mortality in the interwar period was around 6%, I doubt Germany was much higher.

    That's what experimenting on "undesirables" is for.

    Why would they bother? They'll just take a few bits of choice land when they want it and ignore the rest. Africa is really huge, Sudan alone is the size of Germany, France, Poland, Italy and the UK combined
    As long as the native population stays out of the way where they don't have to deal with them they aren't going to care too much.
    Maybe after a while they might start doing some sterilization here and there as they move inwards and take more land, but that'll be decades later.
     
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  14. Rebu

    Rebu hey, little Anna, you're the one

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    Hang on, I think I have a relevant video;

     
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  15. Prince Charon

    Prince Charon Just zis guy, you know?

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    Personally, I'm going to Unwatch the thread when that starts, and occasionally check the table of contents to see when it's over, and to look for Paragon or other non-pony supplements.
     
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  16. Mastigos2

    Mastigos2 Versed in the lewd.

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    Amusing thought occurred to me: any other hero who is in the middle of dealing with a small but urgent issue (ex. ticking timebombs hidden in a building) and then finds out about a large urgent issue (ex. Demon lord being trying to burn down the city) has a problem on their hands.

    For OL though it's avaricious power spiral as he wants to be able to deal with both issues. And the more he wants it, the more powerful he is, thus closer to successfully able to do both, thus wanting it even more because he's so close.
     
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  17. BartlettMagic

    BartlettMagic peekaboo, you fucks you!

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    is it just me or is it a really bad idea to bring Euanthe in on this? Like she'll see the clear cutting, go nuts, and need to be dealt with? I really love her and the whole "Swamp Thing/Green/Themyscira/Hellenism" connection, as those are some of my favorite aspects of this universe, and I just don't want anything bad to happen to her.
     
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  18. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    The SI wants to have the option to call her. He isn't going to do it the very moment he touches down. He'd also like to have the option to present the authorities with a fait accompli if it felt it necessary.
     
  19. PrinceJonathan

    PrinceJonathan Versed in the lewd.

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    "Good news everyone! These Dryads are going to be taking over your job of harvesting trees."

    Several very attractive female tree spirits walk on stage.

    "Now now I didn't say you were all being let go. You're all still employed by our company, it's just your job focus has changed. This will not effect your pay or benefits."

    "Then what are we going to be doing?"

    "Your jobs now are to milk the Dryads for their sap as we're breaking into the breakfast syrup industry."

    A few of the dryads playfully grope their voluptuous breasts.
     
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  20. Maxx Crowley

    Maxx Crowley I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    I have no interest in it whatsoever, in addition to honestly not seeing any appeal in MLP. But whatever Zoat needs to keep himself invested and enjoying his writing.
     
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  21. Someguy Somewhere

    Someguy Somewhere The Critical Fumbler

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    As much as I enjoy the visual, and the fact that's one of the more QQ things to show up in this thread in a while (I can already see the tag line 'Got Wood?' for selling it to the loggers), I feel the livelihood of my fellow Canadians threatened by such a economic stab at our maple production, and will request equally busty Wendigos support. :D

    On a (very) slightly more serious tone, I'm still kinda shocked along with OL about Brazil suspecting Wendigos of all things....I'm a bit rare in the fact that I did actually hear the odd myth about them growing up around here. Aside from the Marvel villains that have used the term (most of which have been Hulk / Wolverine / Alpha Flight baddies, and are generally 'anyone in the far north that eats human flesh is cursed to become one' sorta thing) you don't hear of them often even in fiction. The Skinwalker from Dresden files description comes to mind, or maybe Shadowrun's version as a specific metahuman infected with a specific strain of HMHVV begets something resembling the same.
     
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  22. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Wendigo milk would essentially be human milk if they weren't in their transformed state, and probably something fairly repugnant if they were in their transformed state. Assuming they were willing to be milked.
     
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  23. Simonbob

    Simonbob Really? You don't say.

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    ........ Bondage Wendigos?


    Lucky we're on QQ. This is getting silly.
     
  24. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Breast pump wendigos.
     
  25. Simonbob

    Simonbob Really? You don't say.

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    You did mention "willing".

    Being that my mind is a little lower than the street, that popped something QQ-esk into my head.
     
  26. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Restraining and forcibly milking an unwilling supercannibal isn't 'bondage', it's 'sexual assault'. Also, 'insanely dangerous'.
     
  27. Lazurman

    Lazurman That Others May Fap

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    Excuse me while I add this to the Questionable Quotes thread...
     
  28. Coda

    Coda Versed in the lewd.

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    overweight, one word.
     
  29. Someguy Somewhere

    Someguy Somewhere The Critical Fumbler

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    Beats talking about Nazi's.
     
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  30. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Thank you, corrected.
    Since they're older than twenty years, Nazis.
     
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