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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. Silverias

    Silverias Know what you're doing yet?

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    Rule of acquisition 76!
     
  2. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Thank you, corrected.
    Barely. The Lantern books were where you went to pretend that nonsense wasn't happening.
     
  3. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    Actually, they're Alstair Loyalists. Paran Dul is a Thanagarian agent and has been alone for a while.
     
  4. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    And let's hope he's learned his lesson and stopped letting things go on for too long.

    He has used characters from the n52 from time to time, mostly Lanterns.

    The ones he recruited, like Ratchet and that blind woman showed up in the n52 Lantern comics, as well as Nax.

    Along with the othe occasional mention or link to a n52 character.

    Not this is a mercenary team working for Alstair.

    Paragon met them in a bar and later on contracted them to help kn Tamaran's defences.

    Dul showed up much much later.

    Though seriously, what is up with that ring?

    Did Grayven kill Sinestro and gave his ring to his second in command, did Sinestro or some Weaponer make it for or what?

    The only known powers Sinthia displayed in the comics and in the Earth 50 episode was to create purple energy claws.

    I don't think this'll work.
     
  5. Alasnuyo

    Alasnuyo I am always here

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    When Renegade and Scott went there, they got threatened by Orion. I doubt the reception would get anymore amiable now that he is actually Grayven for reals.
     
  6. AmericanNumbers

    AmericanNumbers Not too sore, are you?

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    We know that the starting point for the Qwardians is a leader that's trying to shift them to a more mercantile culture than a comqueror. In Paragon's parallel they're arming the Reach with qwa weapons. Here the Reach aren't arming but MulletGrayven was so Synthia getting a ring from the weaponers would fit.
     
  7. Alasnuyo

    Alasnuyo I am always here

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    I'm getting the feeling that Sinestro-16 might soon turn his attention their way. That's two yellow rings now that aren't under his control.
     
  8. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    Actually Varnathon wants his people to be both merchants and conquerors. Traditional Qwardians like Kalmin want to kill everything in the name of the Anti-Monitor, not rule everything.
     
  9. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    A blast of Harmony could very well destroy the tacked on bits of Renegade.

    So I doubt he's going to want to try it.
     
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  10. Sockmonkey

    Sockmonkey I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Zoat, this just now occurred to me but back when Renegade-Artemis came back from the future, shouldn't KF have felt the the difference in her since he's also a New God? It wouldn't have been a big thing but the way the scene plays out makes it look like you forgot that. With multiple storylines going, I think you need an additional beta or something to keep track of all that stuff.
     
  11. Darko

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    Kid Flash may have just not developed his God Powers to a great degree.
     
  12. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    When was this?
     
  13. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    I think he's referring to the Gothamghast parts of Episode 105: Over Reaching.
     
  14. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    [Does a quick reread]

    Wallace hasn't really gotten in to the whole 'god' part. While he's not totally in denial, he mostly treats it as a fix for his prior problem and his metaphysical bond with Artemis is nothing like as strong as hers with Grayven. That 'did you get taller' thing is him feeling her greater presence but not really understand what he's feeling.
     
  15. Breadnaught

    Breadnaught Experienced.

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    There's an enemy fleet in orbit of your capital world and you were captured by the enemy.

    Let's be clear Queenie, he's allowing you to surrender with no further casualties, but with none of the down sides or consequences that normally come from being defeated by an invading force. You're in no position to "let them go."

    Stop being a brat and just play your part in the farce, and the war can (hopefully) end without another shot being fired.
     
  16. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    Mr Zoat, is there a list of Artemis' New God abilities? I know she can use the rainbow bridge and phasing arrow tricks of Celestial Archer. We recently saw her imbue traits analogous to the Elements of Harmony to her arrows, possibly due to her time in Equestria. She can also sense the magical and/or divine aura of others. Is there anything else?
     
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  17. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    I don't know if it was mentioned but where are the Tamaraneanians/Orange Lantern core during this fight with Grayven-16?
     
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  18. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    Trying to stop some of the effects of the stars that Grayven already crashed into each other.
     
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  19. Doccer

    Doccer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Don't know anything about her beyond her existence. Can care to share?

    Wonder what Wonder Woman is gonna do?
     
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  20. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    Presumably, give a few more heartfelt speeches about Love or Hope
     
  21. Stsword

    Stsword Versed in the lewd.

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    Huh, actually I'd say there's nothing wrong with Clryssa's looks.

    And that "her only qualification is being the eldest" makes her both better and worse than in the comics.

    She was chosen by the Senate as the preferrable heir, and so by a thousand years of tradition Prince Gavyn was thrown out the airlock.

    You can't have your siblings starting a civil war to claim the throne if they're all dead, yes?

    Note that Gayvn, aka the future Starman, would have spared his sister if he had been chosen by the Senate.

    Fortunately for Prince Gayvn, he's a mutant who can metabolize solar energy which allowed him to survive in space without oxygen. Although considering he's an alien with solar powers, I don't know how everyone resisted some canon wielding and revealing that somewhere in time someone from the Emperial line bonked a Kryptonian.

    Mn'Torr found him, saved him from space, and then gave him those bracelets to channel his internal solar energy reservr into flight and energy blasts. Which is why it made no sense that Gayvn's buddy could use his bracelets after his death in the Jack Knight series. What, did he inherit the mutation in Gavyn's will?

    So Prince Gayvn became the superhero of an empire that considered him more convenient dead than alive.

    Later it was revealed that Mn'Torr's people built the crown that allows the Emperor/Empress blow up planets, so Emperor Gavyn figured Mn'Torr always intended for him to destroy the crown and undo the wrong that Mn'Torr's people committed by giving that device to the first Emperor.
     
  22. Mastigos2

    Mastigos2 Versed in the lewd.

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    Luna, the half-ruler of a world that wields a force that can directly interact with and destroy anti-life fragments? Probably be impressed
     
  23. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    Random question how tall are the Controllers? In my head, Hinon Hee Hannahn is taller than Paul but shorter than Grayven. I know they can fluctuate their appearance and height at will (pun intended) because the Guardians choose to look like smurfs and the Zamarons are around human height.
     
  24. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Gosh, no. Hinon looks like a Guardian. The top of her head just about reaches his belly button. Some of the other Controllers are taller.
     
  25. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    By his do you mean Paul? and why the low height is it a choice or is she just short and saw no reason to change it?
     
  26. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    The latter.
     
  27. Doccer

    Doccer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    You know I once read this comic that I think is an one off obscure comic that was called The Bad Guys.
    It was a world that seemed to be full swing in the superhero tropes to the point the characters didn't know why. Like to the point you could set your watch by what was going to happen.
    Not going to spoil it unless asked, and it was pretty interesting.
    But anyway there was this Superman expy who was abou5lt as dumb as a pile of rocks and was known for giving *clears throat* The Speech.
    Which was never fully listened to. Always started and went the exact same way. Some changes only to the type of enemy and situation he was facing.
    He'd start talking and it only serve to distract him while the bad guys did something. Then they hit him hard enough that he'd be forced to stop and fight. The citizen background characters actually considered The Speech expected but a groaner.

    Bug aliens invade shortly after our bad luck female lead gets sent to a underground prison that's like Wildbow's Birdcage. All the heroes line up to fight them off. The President gives the expected "Good luck we will pray for you and hope you make a safe return to us despite doing this so many times we know it's pure bad luck if so much as one of you actually die" speech. The 2 sides approach Superman expy starts his speech. Then the heroes get completely wiped out. The alien leader gets an appointment with the President and reveals that they are humans all along and it's just one huge misunderstanding. Then the surviving world leaders get promises of life if they help rape the Earth of it's resources. Because that's what their company does. They are well practiced at wiping out heroes and taking the planets resources for their customers back home before shifting to a new Earth and doing it all over again while their last victims suffer a dead planet.
    Any survivoring heroes are obligated to turn themselves in when they start nuking random cities.
    That's the start. If you can't find a link, because I sure couldn't, ask my for more of what I remember. Or send me the link if you find it.
     
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  28. Tabby_Overlord

    Tabby_Overlord Gone for Good

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    Too long, didn't read, self inserts are cancer. Its not even porn either.
     
  29. Bramble Thorn

    Bramble Thorn Verified Silhouette

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    Well, I mean as long as she doesn't have anything more important she could be doing.
    It's not like there are literal multitudes of much more innocent forces being slaughtered at that very moment while she is speechifying the cannibal worldkillers.

    Normally I'd 'die with the lie' but since I just consumed the original Grayven's soul, I now count as him under Apolyptian Law and Custom anyway, so it doesn't matter anymore. And I've been a better Grayven than the old one anyhow, so it's not like anyone who matters is going to complain!

    Tuesday. You should call it Tuesday. Because for Grayven, it was the most horrible moment of his life, that time he got eaten and devoured. But for Grayven, it was Tuesday.

    Without looking it up, something something latinum something something profit?
     
  30. Threadmarks: A Waltz in Orange and Green (part 1)
    Mr Zoat

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    A Waltz in Orange and Green

    10th September 2012
    08:54 GMT


    "Warning! Will Detected!" / "Warning! Will Detected!" / "Green Alert!" / Incoming Green Lantern.

    Lanterns Xor, Dul and Onik look to me for direction, but all I can do is shrug.

    "I'm not expecting anyone. Ring, contact Lantern Toren."

    "Compliance."

    Xor turns away and swings a giant hand construct, catching the outlaw transport ship around the middle of its hull and arresting its progress. Interestingly, it's Onik and not Dul who takes the lead in boarding operations. Dul is fully invested in realpolitik; the fact that the Guilders eat people only really bothers her because the people they eat might end up being thanagarians. Onik on the other hand is managing to internalise my 'ideal universe' ideology, and you don't have to be the Universe's Greatest Humanoidist to realise that the Guild isn't part of that.

    My ring flickers, then Toren's face appears.

    "Expecting company?"

    "No. Are you?"

    "Ah, I don't get alerts for Orange Lanterns but I'm not expecting anyone else, no. Why?"

    "The ships' identification marks them as coming from Sector One Six Three Four."

    Oh dear.

    "Is it Lantern Priest?"

    "No."

    Oooooooooh sh-ugar.

    "Has Lord Malvolio said what he wants?"

    "As far as I could tell, he's here for tourism."

    "That sounds astonishingly unlikely."

    "I agree. How powerful is he?"

    "If I'm not bonded to the Ophidian, he's more powerful than me. Given the period of history he's from I'd like to think that his understanding of science and technology is worse than mine, but he's had centuries to bring himself up to date and he struck me as being rather serious. And he has an entire Space Sector's worth of willing tutors who've hailed him as their god-king."

    "I see."

    "What have the Guardians told you about him?"

    "That he's a murderous tyrant who killed a Green Lantern and stole his ring. Are you going to tell me that is untrue?"

    "I'd be surprised if the Guardians told a direct lie I could easily disprove. It's incomplete, seeing as how his Sector was a war zone before I freed him. I haven't checked, how's it doing now?"

    "I don’t know. The Sector doesn't have a Green Lantern any longer."

    "I would respectfully point out that that isn't true. It doesn't have a member of the Green Lantern Corps, but that doesn't mean the same thing."

    Though… That probably means that Lantern Priest is dead. Either that or they promoted him to train up an Honour Guard taskforce. They might offer Malvolio the Larfleeze deal but I rather doubt that he'd take it. On the other hand… Beyond some measure of recompense for them imprisoning him, what does he actually want? Does he have something against me for Mr. Allen's breach of hospitality?

    I suppose I should check…

    "Is Lantern Priest dead?"

    "I don't know. He isn't answering his ring, but ring communications can be blocked. Or he might have resigned."

    Well, shazbot.

    "Want me to go and talk to him?"

    "Identity theft complete."

    "I was going to suggest that you leave the Sector."

    "We'll do that if that's what you want, but as far as I can tell he has more reason to hate you than me. I've got a slightly higher chance of finding out why he's here without violence."

    "Identity theft complete."

    "That statement is at odds with everything I know about you. Still, at least it will give me more time to prepare."

    "I'll let you know how it goes. Illustres out."

    "Identity theft complete."

    I shut down the ring communication and look at my squadron. Xor is making the hull good for transport, while Onik is assimilating the crew. Dul on the other hand is giving me her full attention.

    "More powerful than you?"

    "Come and talk to me again in four hundred years."

    "Humans don't live four hundred years."

    "It's unusual, but it does happen. Vandal Savage is about forty eight thousand years old and Nommo Balewa is around eleven thousand."

    She regards me with the scepticism of someone who fully expects to be wrong but who can't let that go unchallenged. "Forty eight thousand years."

    "He doesn't have a lot to show for it, honestly. Other than the fact that most of my species is descended from him. But anyway, Lord Malvolio appears to have transcended his physiology by just being that good a Lantern. My friend Alan's done something similar with the blue light."

    I turn back to our other colleagues.

    "Can the two of you cope without us?"

    "Yes, Illustres." / "Yes Illustres."

    "Lantern Dul, you're on wingman duty. Both eyes open, speak only in response to direct questions. If things turn violent, run. Clear?"

    "Run where?"

    "Good question. Ah. Let's say 'Maltus'. Clearer?"

    "Yes, Illustres."

    "Right then. Warp in two, one, now."

    Space bends and… I can see the brilliant green glow that marks Lord Malvolio's location. At least I hope that's Lord Malvolio, because otherwise there are two ludicrously powerful Green Lanterns around the place.

    "Why do you think he's here?"

    "This is the galaxy's centre for green light worship. I suspect he's here to pick up people interested in his heterodox version of the faith."
     
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