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

I thought he specifically saved the perfected version for Poseidonis so that the elite could look no different while everyone would have inferior versions. I think Zoat said that somewhere, but I'm not sure where.

 

No. Or rather not quite.

So he provided the inferior version that resulted in the animal people of Atlantis.

Except for the Hawaiian Shark People.

 

There is some things you only get with practice after all. You can't teach ingrained reflexes only train to get them.

Even Spiderman took years of practice to get a good fighting style and he has a power that warns him of danger. Then he had to train how to fight without said danger sense because enemies keep messing with it, blocking it and so on.

 

Who was Blake again?

 

Captain Comet, hero of Tamaran.

 

Not to mention that Black Manta has a...Special drive that you won’t find in a normal man, take the right measures to redirect it...The difference between two equally skilled and conditioned fighters in a fight? It’ll come down to their mentality and Black Manta has one that Grayven can use.

 

A simple orange lantern pyrography fanart I made because I like this story.

 

For one horrifying moment I thought it was another tattoo.

 

Excuse me, “another”!?

 

You're excused.

 

Can I use the washroom, Mr Dad?

 

Someone tattooed the Orange Lantern symbol on their hand because they're a fan of this fic.

 

largesse

Allies'

Too late.

 

I think 'mugged' is being used in a way I have never heard of before.

 

Mug - verb

informal

Make faces, especially silly or exaggerated ones, before an audience or a camera.
"he mugged for the camera"

 

• Up to the Blue Lantern/Paragon crossover arc in my reread. No sleep, only read.
• The first time I read this, I did not follow all the links (a bunch of them are broken now, mostly random images, I think), which I regret - like, those songs OL sings the first time in Themyscira are amazing. The Sun is Also a Warrior caught my ear to the point that I actually payed for its .mp3, to add to my workout and car playlists
• I think the last thing I vaguely remember is OL doing something with the Tamaraneans? I'm not entirely sure, because there's at least two other Lantern fics getting blurred into that memory, so yeah.

 

Main SI:
01 – Superman
02 – Batman
03 – Wonder Woman
04 – Flash (Barry Allen)
05 – Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
06 – Aquaman
07 – Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz)
08 – Green Arrow
09 – Hawkman
10 – Hawkwoman
11 – Zatara
12 – Captain Atom (Major Nathaniel Adams)
13 – Black Canary
14 – Green Lantern (John Stewart)
15 – Captain Marvel (William Batson)
16 – Red Tornado (John Smith)
17 – Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
18 - Icon (Augustus Freeman)
19 - Red Arrow (William Harper)
20 - Accomplished Perfect Physician (Yao Fei)
21 – Doctor Fate (Nabu) (John Quinn)
22 – Atom (Raymond Palmer)
23 – Plastic Man (Patrick O'Brian)
24 - Blue Lantern (Alan Scott)
25 - Doctor Mist (Nommo Balewa)
26 - Red Rocket (Dmitri Pushkin)
27 – Angelica (Angelica Blaze)

Renegade:
01 – Superman
02 – Batman
03 – Wonder Woman
04 – Flash
05 – Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
06 – Aquaman
07 – Martian Manhunter
08 – Green Arrow
09 – Hawkman
10 – Hawkwoman
11 – Zatara
12 – Captain Atom
13 – Black Canary
14 – Green Lantern (John Stewart)
15 – Captain Marvel
16 – Red Tornado
17 – Atom
18 – Plastic Man
19 – Icon
20 – Red Arrow
21 - Mister Miracle (Scott Free)
22 - Big Barda
23 - The Shade (Richard Swift)
24 - Captain Comet (Adam Blake)
25 – Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)

His telepathy is appreciably weaker.

Thank you, corrected.

 

Wow. I'll admit, I picked up one of those plastic orange lantern rings because of this fic, but that was like, a dollar or two. It sits on one arm of a cast iron squirrel statue (the other arm has a Legion flight ring). Getting a tattoo is... Really something else.

 

34:19 I know this is literally years out of date, but "not my monotheism, thank you very much", lol

 

True.

Think it's a bit too late for that.

Yep.

One factor that may have contributed to said relationships being so pleasant is the fact that most of those killers did not try to kill their offspring, said offsprings friends, their mentors, or destroy their home, multiple times.

All of which Manta has done or tried to do.

And to be fair, most people, even adults, may not want to know anything about the romantic or sexual aspects of their parents' lives.

He's pissed.

Or just annoyed.

I think that's an attitude most people that personally know renegade have when they see him.

Not gonna try and bring up the points I and others made.

Zoat isn't going to change his mind on this no matter what.

Kinda difficult to tell with you Big G.

Hmm, either he's interested in joining so he can send info to the League, or just wants to know what to expect in the future, such as any other criminals renegade may try to recruit.

 

Oh, I wonder if Grayven will tag along. Would be good to see his interactions with the rest of the team.

Also, great to see him with Artemis again.

 

why would you be horrified that someone loves your work so much that they would get a tattoo based on it? and did they post a pic?

 

He may be creepeed out that someone would do that.

What one person finds flattering another may find disturbing.

Spoiler

https://imgur.com/a/MiMjR3E

 

Maybe.

Zoat said renegade will meet Arion, so maybe this is how he does that.

 

I’ve forgotten what it looked like... was it a picture of Paragon-Paul with his tattoos on display? Possibly with his face replaced by your avatar?
Because that fanart has stuck to me from two forums ago and I want other people to get a kick out of it.
(searching...no... searching, no... not this one... please hold)
Better, here is some art.

Bonus art.

 

Spoiler

https://imgur.com/a/MiMjR3E

 

I'm sorry, what?

 

Artemis having such insight into Grayven is a fascinating dynamic. With the potential to become hilarious if she calls him out on any bullshit publically.

Actually, I forgot. Is Motherbox still acting as his consciouss? If not, Artemis could play that role.

Also also: is Grayven gonne visit New Genesis at some point?

 

Heh, her bond with Grayven giving her unique perceptiveness into his motives.Still, I hope she's had some luck with separating herself from his distinct character. I doubt she wants to be stuck as half of a Platonic Life-Partnership...

Spoiler: Commentary spoilered for length

Oh, great, now she's a mind-reader too?

A remarkably succinct summation of Manta's goals. Nice how she can sum up in two sentences what Grayven took about an hour or so to explain to Cal.

Man, he has just ruined all other men for her, hasn't he? Not that she seems to have shown any interest in human men since she got back... Then again, her classmates are, well, teenagers. And older men won't want to take that trip.

Honestly, I think Luna would understand their bond. It's practically what she had with Celestia once. It might hurt to see Grayven involved that way, but she's no stranger to emotional pain, either...

Indeed. Whether by neglect, stupidity or maliciousness, a bad father can do a lot to mess up their children. That goes for bad mothers too, of course...

Oof, right for the Ex? Cruel, Artemis, cruel.

That's right, she's involved in the Earth Fleet security, isn't she? Good to see she's keeping to the straight and narrow...

Which is all the more amusing given the Paragon's bond to her, and her to him.

Not what she was talking about, methinks, but you are right.

As long as it isn't, I don't know, Icicle or someone, I'm sure it's fine.

And once again, we're reminded that at heart, he's still a Paul.

Nah, Luna's well aware men have wandering eyes. I don't know if the Herd mentality of one stallion, many females happens all that often in modern Equestria, but it is still a part of their history.

Indeed, the sheer amount of fanart of humanised Ponies is staggering. And even with an 'official' humanoid appearance as seen in Equestria Girls, Luna is still a popular choice for it.

The lady's love life is her business, certainly. Her 'working' life? Hopefully she's playing nice with the Batfamily...

Working security? Hopefully not in the same facilities as Jade, though, that might be pushing it.

At least you know it isn't him, Artemis. Because that is a thing in at least one YJ Alternate (Common Sense Paul, if I remember right?) Can you imagine the embarrassment of Grayven begin able to say 'I ****ed your mother.' and meaning it...

I suspect Paula still has trouble keeping in mind that her daughter is now technically several centuries her senior, even with the hair color. I can still imagine her saying "You're not so old that I can't kick your ass, honey." When they argue...

That'll take some pretending...

Well, looks like Kaldur's ready to make a decision. The question is, which way will he come down?

Ah, straight to business, eh? Yeah, it does seem a bit of a stretch there, doesn't it, Kal?

And have him executed? That would be a waste of valuable Human Resources. And no Orange Lantern would throw away something that useful so easily.

Right... People with divided loyalties, torn between their country and the suspected super-villain's private space fleet... That would work out so well...

Let me guess, it did not look like the space sequences in Moonraker (which, while lame, were kind-of-decent logical ideas of personal space combat...). More wild bouncing around and flailing limbs?

Brutally honest as usual, Grayven. But I suspect that was just what Kaldur needed to hear... If nothign else, Kaldur knows what such a pardon would involve, both the ritual and the penalties. I suspect he'll be fine with them.

Eh, it's not that hard to avoid the US for most things. He can go anywhere near the ocean, after all. And I suspect Africa is a better recruiting ground for him than America.

I don't know, if you let Manta have a strength-boosting exoskeleton with gauntlets capable of giving Kaldur a solid hit, it might be fair... And it would let Kaldur work out some stress.

Which, to be honest, is practically public knowledge, isn't it? Or will be eventually. After all, once they get the officersand senior staff trained up, the regular personnel will be next.

Really, Zatara's planning on using the Team to look into Young Arion's death?

Well, this is going to be pleasant. So much English charm.

He really is going to have them investigate. Oh, boy, this will end in fire... No, wait, if Arion the elder is involved, it'll more likely be storms. Underwater storms. Because fucking Magic.

Well, that was fortuitous timing on Zatara's part. Wonder if Grayven and Artemis will be resistant to the perception-block on young Mister Knightly's face. Either way, having his New God mojo along might help break down any spellcraft in their way... Let's see if the Team will allow him to sit in on the mission...