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

Do I understand correctly that Melly is the one who shouted "Hah!" and then decided to blame Gaudia?

 

That's how I read it.

 

All I can think of with all the "booms" is Babylon 5 and Ivanova's "No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow."

 

Okay, not too bad. Completely reasonable given the circumstances. As long as they were polite about it. Gaudia is most likely exaggerating for sympathy. ...Also completely reasonable, given her demonstrated character...

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Well, I'm sure they were trying to be polite. You didn't say anything offensive during the process, did you?

Well, that depends on who they were towards. After all, Melinoë has a certain exotic beauty... I'm sure she fills out her formal armour quite well...

Yeah, I don't see them being particularly interested in accepting new hires. Comes from this being something of a family business. And if they decide to contact Hades to check your references... Well.

I don't think they need a goddess of 'Cutesy homilies' or 'Folksy knowledge'.

Crap, she is sloshed.

Well, that just clears it right up!

Alas, I don't think she's going to able to get so drunk she comes back to sober from the other side... Thankfully, I don't think Bilious, Oh God of Hangovers is nearby, so she might not suffer too badly once she sleeps it off.

Well, at least she knows what one sounds like. Which raises more questions about what the hell she's been doing to keep busy over the centuries...

...Was the bowl empty before or after you left for the tour?

See, that's what you should have started with.

No doubt the Ring has quite the sound effects library.

That, I rather suspect more people would have noticed...

...Oh, boy. It's a long shot...

...Okay. That doesn't mean it was specifically an Apokaliptian. New Genesis has Boom Tubes too. And I'm sure there are loose Mother boxes out there in the universe. It's not impossible someone 'acquired' one from a New God traveller...

Well, there's that at least... Unfortunately, that means whoever Tubed in is still here.

Yes, you rather walked into that one, OL. Joy of dealing with someone this drunk.

Don't be like that, dear. He's simply a little slow to realise futility.

...Hmm. I would expect the Olympians are written into the rules of Hades' Realm. There's probably a comfy location set aside for them to stay while they pull themselves back together...

Ugh. Given that only the last dozen or so he ate came out alive... That just makes Cronus even nastier...

Heh. Yeah, I can see it. Because I doubt his 'Little Thunderbolt' has much wisdom in it...

...Did you bother to get a reading of the Thaumic outline of her remains? Because a purely visual scan won't be much use.

Which raises the question of what weapon the assailant used. Perhaps it was some manner of soul trap, and Phoebe can be revived if they get a hold of it...

To borrow a Worm saying: "Not everything is a Simurgh Plot..." All you have is a rather addled observation of something that may have been New God technology. Don't go jumping to conclusions, even if you have a natural +20 to Jump checks to do so.

And we know that in the Renegade timeline he did 'conquer' the Citizenry in passing. But No, I don't think he's go this far out of his way. Not unless he found out about the... Sun-Eaters... Ohhh crap...

True, it could be any random member of Apokaliptian Nobility looking to have a little fun with the Titans.

Hey, he's trying to be respectful of his hosts, Melinoë.

Moments later, Melinoë dope-slaps her. Not really the best timing, you know.

I'm guessing the Titans have been discussing the situation. Which makes the audience a good time to ask about anyone hearing the 'BOOM' Aporia heard. I still think OL might be aiming his suspicions in the wrong direction. I suppose we'll see how this plays out.

 

Dr Impossible might just be rando Penguin goon who found a 'box, so yeah, it could literally be anyone.

 

Or time travelers, or someone from another dimension, or someone who stole a Motherbox/Fatherbox, or Cyborg, or Brainiac.

 

Yes.

Not really. It's armour. It doesn't 'lift and support' so much as 'flatten and oppress'.
moralrelativity
Thank you, corrected.

 

Ooh, interesting idea. Is it original by you or is it based on some comic canon or even some mythology I somehow completely missed?

Also, did this at all affect Demeter? Like due to being most digested before rescue?

 

A single BOOM!, so either they're still here or they were already here and have already left.
Has anyone done a headcount yet?

 

It's my explanation as to why the names of the gods and titans given in some sources don't match the others.

If so, there is no sign of it in the modern era.

 

So is Hestia alive in this story?

Because in mythology she's the oldest daughter of Cronus, not Demeter.

Maybe change it to 'Aunt Hestia'.

 

Curse you Wikipedia!

 

So what's up with the whole Demeter and Hestia situation in this story?

Is Hestia younger or did she die?

 

She's probably alive, sometimes the Lasso of Truth is referred to as the Lasso of Hestia. Depending on the continuity Hestia wove it other times Athena did.

 

Mr Zoat will most likely edit that part so that it says Hestia instead of Demeter, just like you suggested.

 

She didn't die. I'll think about the rest.

 

New Gods attacking Old Gods?

Maybe to steal a domain?

 

Why does Lonnie Machin have Boom Tube technology?

 

Earth is bullshit

 

That should be our slogan

 

Something I've been wondering about with the Olympians and the Titans in-universe. Did any of their history actually happen as they remember it happening? If you took a Legion time bubble back to circa 3000 BC would you find any gods or titans there?

I mean, they're formed out of the Dreaming right? Sure is a coincidence that all these Greek human legends managed to accurately describe their early history, even when it's stuff that you wouldn't think they would tell humans about (or at least widely publicize). Or more plausibly, a bunch of proto-Greeks made up a bunch of stories and myths, and those resonated with the Dreaming, and then one day the Greek gods woke up "remembering" a history that those myths described. The stories creating the gods rather than the gods the stories.

Seems plausible. Maybe there never was a Cronus, because the stories had him as dead back in the pre-history before the stories became real. Maybe a lot of the inconsistencies in the backstories of the Olympians are just because the Dream didn't quite settle on one story before they fell out of it.

 

As far as the SI knows, he doesn't. But he is the only person to develop the technology independently in the comics.

Interesting point, but for the sake of my sanity I'm going to say that they did exist. If you went back in time then unless you were a magician you'd just see usual storms and things like that.

 

Or we could go with a simpler explanation, that the inconsistencies were simply due to the mortals not getting the whole story, making things up themselves, or the gods told them lies, or that over the millennia there were translation errors.

 

Zoat already made his ruling so I'm not really arguing this, but I'm going to say that's not the simpler explanation because there aren't enough inconsistencies. To the contrary, all the myths are way too on point and true. Greek myths are suspiciously accurate to how how the gods seem to remember things, even for stuff that frankly doesn't make them look very good and you wouldn't think they'd be bragging to mortals about or correcting them to make sure the stories stayed accurate.

But hey, comics everybody! I can believe a man can fly; I can believe in accurate mythology.

 

Super genius who rewired his brain to be even smarter.

He also stole a green power ring.

 

I think Paul is trying to make that the case in-universe. Or is at least giving that impression to all of the aliens he meets.

It's things like this that make me wish that Paul would either recruit him for the OLC or have a talk with Lonnie, either about becoming a superhero or finding a productive way of achieving social justice. This is just so that he doesn't go down the route of anti-villain.

 

Well, ReneGrayven is keeping an eye on his version after Lonnie came to ask questions at an interview, but I forget if ParaPaul has shown any concern/interest before now.

 

He mentioned him like once before when he said he was behind some website and that he's the Joker's biological son.

 

Mr Zoat, Broken italics tag (here and in the story only thread)