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

I stopped paying attention to current DC comics when they hired Bendis personally.

 

It doesn't rely on the metagene as it was able to cancel out Kon's strength and toughness.

 

Just makes them even more plot-convenient then, which I'm fine with, if they had an explanation. They would have been extremely helpful in several conflicts that any version of the SI on Earth-16 has faced (presumably he can replicate them via power ring, and also do the calibrations more efficiently than usual).

 

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Was she actually arrested at some point in the series?

 

Change "I'm" to "I".

 

Mr Zoat I made an epub of the story only thread, could you make a link to it in the beginning of the thread? Unfortunately it doesn't have any formatting.

 

Not in the cartoon as far as I can tell. Her first major appearance ended with her getting kicked off of the Wonderbolts. Her next appearance was about how she founded the Washouts, a stunt team composed of ex-Wonderbolts who take way more risks.

That one ends with her declaring Rainbow Dash is her rival for life. She also makes a few appearances in the comics but nothing substantial.

So I have no idea why she'd be behind bars.

 

There's no mention of her suffering any punishment for nearly killing the Bearers other than being kicked out of Wonderbolt training. In my version, yes, reckless endangerment is a criminal offence and she was arrested for it.

Thank you, corrected.

Done.

 

Mr Zoat, have you considered using Grammarly or any other such service to help you check your spellings and such? I’ve found it’s great help if you don’t want a dedicated beta reader.

 

Oh, so close, Grayven. Maybe if you connected these things you might have your answer...

 

Urgh. Her.

I want to see more Grayven drilling guards ponies please.

Also, if he could please lampshade the fact that Shining Armours abilities were never used again in the series to not outshine the mane six that would be fantastic.

Seriously, Equestria should have a major magical research project going on to copy his spell somehow.

 

Even 'reformed' Grayven is still trolling ponies. I know he knows that someone will try this and hurt themselves.

...Actually, is he trying to put the idea that anyone could potentially become a Alicorn into the public subconscious?

 

Ladies and gentlemen. Is Stalwart Spear in the audience?

 

Does it count as reckless endangerment when the girls basically went into a training field without warning anyone?

Also, you keep aplying Earth Laws to Equestria, for some reason, even though it's a differnt world, even though Grayven has been to actual different planets already that have many diffent legal systems.

 

Well, you know, if by 'steroids' he means mean 'all the various Formulas he took', he's not at all lying...

 

Honestly, it makes no sense as it comes after DC has just managed to properly conclude its redirth comics, after the failed New 52. It just doesn’t make any sense, and I’m not even a regular DC reader!

 

Cheap-quality armour for display and looks. Says a lot about their functional role, doesn't it?

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Honestly, I'm getting vibes of the movie version of 300, with its' cloak, helm and posing pouch 'armour'. They definitely look more like eye candy than actual soldiers...

Honestly, this is more the 'looks pretty, doesn't do much' model. I doubt the Guards really have to do much these days anyway, beyond pushing around a few troublemakers.

Okay, Grayven, we get the point, no need to harp on about it...

Yeah, he's intimidated as hell, and you didn't even make an Intimidation check. Quite the impression, eh?

And of course he sees nothing wrong with that. Says so much about the current culture of the Guards.

A thousand years of near-total peace? Really, anything that could give the guards a challenge, they'd expect Celestia to deal with anyway.

Focus, Corpsman. You are in the middle of something.

And from what I remember, that's mostly a glamour to fit in with Luna's visual aesthetic...

And honestly, if you've any of the typical alicorn strength, they really aren't.

Like looking at a bunch of children playing at being soldiers...

Oh, boy... It begins...

Ah, calling out someone already? This is going to be good.

Ah, hypotheticals. Best way to show people just how wrong they can be...

And putting him (or her) on the spot. Realistic, certainly.

Bracing for R. Lee Ermey moment...

"Congratulations, you are now dead."

Seriously, that's like... Like throwing a gun at Superman after emptying it into him. You know it won't work... But you do it anyway. Because what else can you do?

Poor, hopeless fool. Thinking with his honour instead of his head.

"And you knew that how?"

A lot of them are having deep personal doubts right now, aren't they?

True, not every pegasus is that good...

Too much focus on standing around looking stern?

Again, honour before reason. Or in this case, sneakiness.

Oh, yes... I wouldn't be surprised if the 'teamwork' spell used back before Celestia's day had been long forgotten by now, because "Hey, she's immortal, who needs a backup plan?"

Damn straight!

And even then, they can get it wrong, because of personal bias or someone lying to cover their ass or even simple, blind stupidity.

And sooner or later, they will have to make those plans.

"When I am done, you ponies will eat rocks and crap thunder! You will spit blood and piss fire! And you will be Soldiers! Not glorified armour-stands!"

"Now, is that the way to talk to someone who can get you out of there?"

I foresee some hard drill for the various breeds. Weather-weaponising for Pegasi, Shield-creation for Unicorns and pure strength-training for the Earthy ones. And maybe they can get some budget for real armour.

Corrections:

"You attacked with a spear.

"Would any of you have knelt to her as your new sovereign?"

 

That still leaves 2/3 of possible attackers to protect against. Let alone all non pony threats.

 

IIRC uber-powerful shield spells are part of his special talent.

Most of the ponies killed by Tirek would have been pegasi, as both their flight and cloudwalking depends on their magic. Any of them that didn't fly out of range soon enough would have gone splat. Pony version of the WTC attack.

 

Then they'd have wards inscribed on them. As far as I know the only aggressive species left on Equestria, other than the dragons who only seem interested in volcanic areas and thus aren't competition, are Griffons and Changelings, both of whom fly and attack by dive-bombing.

 

I wouldn't even count the modern Griffons as they're chronically unable to get their collective shit together enough to have a functioning economy, much less become a threat. I suspect they never really got the hang of living peacefully.

 

I think I understand the purpose of Celestia's guards.

Once, high ranking dignitaries visited a castle on the border with a demonic realm, with a single guard posted facing that border. The visiting dignitaries felt this was funny enough to warrant a wager. Each would place three guards at one of the castle's other walls, and they would see who's guards struck the mightiest blow against an attacking demon during their visit. The lone guard warned that the others wouldn't be fast enough, but his words were laughed off and ignored. That evening, there was a blood-curdling scream that awoke the castle, and the demon that came upon the chambers of the dignitaries was intercepted and struck down by their host's champion. When the dignitaries went outside to see how their guard had fared, they discovered that all ten had been brutally slaughtered. One of the dignitaries argued that there was no winner, and that their host's guard had performed his duty no better than those they'd posted. The champion countered this assertion, explaining that the guard's job was to scream.

Cookie for whoever recognizes the franchise.

 

No.

'Complex' doesn't mean 'any use in combat'. Most ponies only use one or two spells associated with their special talents.

 

Ah renegade taking up a military role, wonderful.
Ad he's taking up the role of "General Ripper"

I really hope that he doesn't end up like another military man called Ripper and destroys everything because women don't take his "divine essence".
And lets hope he doesn't think the Changelings are trying to contaminate his precious bodily fluids.

 

Even Twilights Magic Missile-esque spells are pretty piddly the few times we see her use them and she’s basically ultra magic friendship Jesus.

 

The way I understand it, this is their way of reintroducing the multiverse, and they were planning on having it basically be a second main universe / set in the future where they can do experimental stuff while their main comics are going on in the background. It’s a full reboot of the sort where they replace the main characters with their descendants.

 

They have a fairly un friendly terms of service and get first dips on whatever your write into their servers, so if you write a book using their help and then publish it they have an argument to demand a percentage of the royalties.

So from my side I rather use something else.

 

Oh, don't worry. Equestria's chemical industry is nothing like advanced enough to synthesise steroids.

Thank you, corrected.

Yes. If she'd just been flying fast you'd have a point, but Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash deliberately created very dangerous weather. It would have been reckless endangerment even if the Bearers hadn't been there, for much the same reason that throwing bombs at soldiers on parade is generally frowned upon.

While there will be differences between Equestrian law and the laws of any country on Earth, there are types of things that have to be illegal if you want your civilisation to function.

Thank you, corrected.

And timberwolves and craigodiles and hydras and chimeras...

 

Not sure if that is a bigger AU departure than the Mirror Pool but it is certainly close.

Twilight, Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie are all guilty of reckless endangerment. Rarity only gets a pass because she tends to be under some degree of mind control during her destructive escapades.
Derpy (or whichever of her names you are using) is guilty of reckless endangerment, outright assault or both.

Although it does bode well for Starlight Glimmer not getting off scot-free for timeline derailment and associated omnicide.