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

Technically it is a relationship, but more along the lines of a rapist and victim type relationship.

 

There was that time Talia was "reformed" and Damian Wayne wasn't a thing yet?

Not the time when she took care of Luthorcorp but that time she went to seek Bruce protection because the Demon Head wanted to kill him or something?

That was years before Damian existed in the comics.

Or maybe I am mixing things up with Batman Animated.

 

Talia might genuinely love him, but as far as I remember without rereading a lot of Batman comics the only part that came remotely close to being a relationship ended when she chose to side with her father.

 

How is Undead quote colors supposed to work? Because when Black Lantern OL was first introduced spoke in black text. Then last chapter, he didn't. I had assumed that was because he had harvested hearts representing the emotional spectrums full spread. And that allowed normal text affect. But then he started sacrificing those emotions one by one to power the tuning fork, but the text didn't revert. And now the Black Queen is using normal text as well. What gives?

And that is why no one makes fan art for this story anymore.
No appreciation I tell ya, no appreciation.

 

She always chooses her father. Pretty sure she only sort of chooses Batman cuz her father says so and Batman is easy on the eyes.

 

Oh my god it wasnt just an outside perspective for an interlude. Clayface IS the protagonist now, and the Council of Paul are just along for the ride.

 

Matthew Hagen Saves the Multiverse. That could be a book title.

 

He didn't give them up, he put a small amount of what he's collected into the tuning fork.

The Black Queen thing was a mistake, but thinking about it, it seems to make sense that she'd have to get in touch with her stolen emotions in order to complete this task.

 

This is payback for that bomb to the face an Venus isnt it?

 

So that was Kronas whose finger Graven cut off.

 

Should that maybe be 'It?'


I seem to be drawing a blank: who is Barbara's bodyguard, and who is she married to?

 

I don't think it's anyone specific. There was just a good chance that someone around would fulfill the requirements for love even if it's just Nameless NPC 1.

 

Guess they're not built to account for things they weren't programmed to. Sloppy coding, but here it's helpful...

Spoiler: Commentary spoilered for length

Man, that scenario is always a pain. Paperclip maximisers especially so. Let this be a lesson, coders, always include a stop state for programmed instructions, just in case.

Ah, even Clayface recognises how out of place people like Batman are in the league... But there's always a need for strategists, no matter how strong the fighters are.

See, now that's a good actor. Acing those disguise checks!

Heh, now that's a burn. And Krona is still bleeding after Grayven's little slice? Ominous.

"Unhappily. Seriously, the sooner I can get back to normal operation here, the better."

Looks like Grayven did more damage than anyone thought. I'm guessing his Maltusian symbionts conked out for some reason, or the injury would have been healed by now...

At least he isn't strong enough to do something personally. Thank goodness for small mercies...

Also, Krona is one of those people who just naturally look like bad guys. The moustache doesn't help.

'Corona' and 'Kroner' respectively. Matt is not well-read outside of his interests, is he?

Magic of narrative convenience. Can you imagine the arguments if multiple Trappers were walking around simultaneously? "No, it's my turn to use the multi-temporal vectrascope. It's on the schedule and everything!"

Maybe, but at least he isn't poking time with a stick to see it twitch...

Looks like the Sword of the Fallen knocked out his Maltusian superpowers all right. And if I understand that second part right, the Gold Lanterns still have bobblehead malware hidden away in their Ring's coding? Defintiely something I would have checked ASAP...

And Matt quietly goes "FFffffuuu-..."

DM: Better roll high, Matt. This is a tough one...

...Did you just out your original? Because I'm pretty sure Krona didn't know the Peter Wynn on the Fork wasn't the real thing?

Phew! Must have rolled really damn well.

Convenient! Good thing Krona's still an idiot...

Goddammit!

Bluff roll... So glad Maltusians rely on their innate enhancement bonuses for things like Sense Motive...

Either way, act like you've not got long to act. Always assume the worst.

Boy, Maul's not in a good mood, is he? I suspect he's about to get a bit happier, though.

Weren't expecting that, were you?

And thank goodness he did get mistaken...

Ha! I knew it, the Clayling is going to be the fly in the ointment, the sabot in the gears!

Let's hope Matty is good at adlibbing, because you know what they say about plans...

Oh boy, endgame incoming. Can Clayling continue to bluff check his way into saving the multiverse (and more importantly, all those Pauls and Jades? We're going to see very soon!

Corrections:

Broken paragraph.

Missing End Quotation mark.

 

I always hate the Main Characters Do Everything trope, even though I see why it is necessary.

Seeing someone else getting to save the day is so refreshingly realistic!

Go Clayface!

 

Maybe it's just cuz it's late, but I am having trouble understanding what's going on here.

 

I’m reminded of that Shocker story(not a comic) with this unexpected savior. Lots of mundane skills tend to see some use when villains are on the ropes. In this case it was Matt’s acting ability, so good for him.

 

I think that Time!Paul rolled really low on his travel multiverse dice. He went to a parallel where Time!Krona could turn off power rings with a back door because he is a Maltusian.

 

Thank you, corrected.

Yes.

Thank you, corrected.

The Guardians know perfectly well that Krona is a power ring expert, so they put a lot of protections on their rings to prevent him from using them. Since the Gold Lantern Corps removed those protections there's nothing stopping him grabbing their rings at using them at expert level immediately.

 

Did you check with the author of Inviolate on that?

 

No. I imagine that in the Invoilate timeline their Krona was either a volunteer for 'Evildoer of the Week' or a completely innocent patsy.

Unless you're refering to the controls, in which case yes, that is Inviolate canon. The Guardians drive their Lanterns into a frenzy towards the end which the Gold Lanterns are affected by.

 

From what we heard it doesn't sound like Krona is actually trying to destroy the Universe.

So you want might to get a second opinion on this.

 

Is generally considered

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

Burger King doesn’t actively and maliciously try to give its customers diarrhoea, but it’s still happening. It’s kinda like that. He might not be trying to end the universe, but there’s a pretty good chance he will.

 

The same goes for Time Trapper!Paul as well though.

 

Hey! I like Burger King! Their onion rings are the best. >=0

 

The power of Alan Tudyk compels you!

 

I've got to be honest, for all it was built up the Crisis of Infinite Paul's has been pretty disappointing

 

There does seem to be a remarkable lack of Pauls all considered. We have 3 or 4 Paul's, compared to the number of possibilities from snippets that's tiny.