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

My two favorite parts; first, the Illustres considering how he's mostly transporting supervillains so he's the one that has to consider collateral damage. And second, he's totally trying to co-opt those two and, if I remember right, Lady Eve was already giving him a considering eye. So when is he finally making a move to lead Kobra? Just get it over with.

Oh, and finally, I've never paid attention to scientology. But hell below, is that really what they believe in!? Shit, that isn't even a good sci-fi plot! Never expected for this chapter to just further damage my faith in humanity. Although, then again, we are in an Anti-Life arc, so it's appropriate.

And can somebody remind me if Jeffrey Burr is still "empowered" or "snaked" or whatever it is he was? Or if he has been returned to normal? I vaguely remember something along those lines but can't quite recall.

 

Who are the Flinders again? I remember Joseph/Jeffrey Burr and the Cobra Cult bit but who are these people?

 

Mammoth and Shimmer. The fellows that ousted Bane and took over Santa Prisca in Young Justice and in the first official mission of this fic as well. Big fellow Venom Buster-ed and his sister was a lithe woman, stylized cut hair and athletic/martial artist.

Edit: My bad, got the alias of the sister wrong first. Shimmer its her name.

 

I think a jury is required to not know about the case beforehand and that's unlikely to happen here.

Plus, I think most would be grateful that they're free.

It's a fairly standard culture practice to be vague so that you can change your belief to fit whatever you want.

It's a common thing in most mainstream religions too.

 

Hubbard was never exactly a good writer.

He's an ordinary human now after the leader if the cult took away whatever power he had.

 

I'm now curious if we'll see the POV of the Light. What are they doing in this situation right now Mr Zoat?

 

Vandal Savage on anti-life. Might be enough to turn him into the doomed future version from the Justice League cartoon.

 

I can't find that. Help?

 

I assure you that no one is whorshipping the SI.

The jury: "Anti-Life justifies her actions!"

Yes. There's a reason why the church leaders had to physically restrain him from fleeing what he'd created.

I wouldn't go that far. He is very good at fighting.

Hereafter.

 

by -> but

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

Lmao, OL making a good case of why he should be their messiah inadvertently. Though I can see it causing as much trouble as it solves, especially since as a cult Lady Eve would want someone that fits the prophecy and gets with the program.

Hmm, I wonder who else was rescued. Will be fun to find out.

 

Of course not. It's well know that he's already in a relationship, and that anyone making any such accusations about Jade would be liable to wake to an amateur laryngectomy in progress.

The only question is whether the amateur surgeon in question would have boobs or not, and that's probably determined by whether Jade was able to get leave...

 

But maybe the In Praise of Eros version of OL...

 

Why do the British like this so much?

 

I thought his name was spelled "Nathaniel".

think there'll be a place

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

Yet.
There are worshippers of the Green. There will be worshippers of the Orange. And given OL's ties to The Ophidian?



...also...
Hades already said he'd just kick him upstairs if he ever actually died, managed to stay dead and end up in his realm.

 

Check the spelling

 

Absurdist humor is rooted heavily in the subversion of expectations, which Monty Python excelled at by consistently finding new ways to make British people act silly in ways that didn’t involve stereotypes or crossdressing.

 

Also as has been noted, The Life of Brian works this especially well because once you start running with the absurd premise, everything that follows progresses logically from there.

 

Riddlers gonna be so pissed he goes out of his way to create his own nemesis and I’m absolutely ready for it.

 

Did the two cultists just hear Death doesn't stick to him?

What were we just talking about, Paul?

 

Pretty sure Paul should be saying it was the Joker, right, given Mr. Napier's current condition?

 

Have I forgotten something again?

 

He might be confusing the versions of the Joker between the Paragon and Renegade timelines. Paragon!Joker is simply locked up in Arkham Asylum and presumably hasn't broken out since he was apprehended as a member of the Injustice League. Renegade!Joker has been rendered a non-threat after the Renegade mangled his limbs beyond conventional Earth medicine's ability to heal. The closest he got back to being relevant was when someone had the idiotic idea to give him robotic limb replacements. Thankfully, the Renegade hired Lex's lawyer to put that idea to the grave before it could get anywhere.

 

What do ya'll think about White Knight Joker?

 

Who's Bailey? If you haven't mentioned him before, maybe a link to an image or his wiki page could help.

Edit:

I just realized, that should say Episode 131.

 

Well, desperate times make for desperate measures, soldier. Admittedly, some aspects of his ascension to this temporary position aren't exactly entirely by-the-book, but anyone who could object isn't really in a position to do so. Once this whole situation is settled, then the lawyers can argue the point.

Spoiler: Commentary spoilered for length

To be fair, most people are used to seeing him flying about in his shiny, er... Well, I assume most people think of it as a really tight body-stocking with a codpiece-thing...

Ooof. I get the feeling he is really restraining himself from turning silver and burning Eiling into ash. Admittedly, it'd be well-deserved, but they kind of need the muscle right now.

The kind that doesn't get you medals, I suspect. Not on the books, anyway.

...So, not implanted in a super-tough android body, then. Still tough as nails and ugly as sin, I expect.

Which is all the stranger because Eiling is still a patriot under all the dickishness. Just a little fuzzy on acceptable operational standards.

Don't tell us, let us guess: Just Following Orders?

I'm sure the cold bastard that thought of it is still laughing in his grave.

'Acceptable Losses', huh? An easy cover for guys like you...

Sure, no nation can go unblemished for long, but at least pretend you have some standards...

Because even as misshapen as he no doubt is, he's still a military man. In the comics, first thing he did once he was in Shaggy Man's body? Shave. "'The Shaggy Man'? Me, I never had a day unshaven since my daddy handed me my first razor."

And let's leave it at that, even if it's outside the bounds of Rule 8. Dirty dealings happened on all sides.

Thought so. Hopefully they'll be warned first if they try to sneak out. Don't want to waste the bodies, after all.

...Honestly Amazed he hasn't given Harley some kind of buff, but that sort of thing might lead to her getting overconfident. Though I'm sure she'd fill out a red-and-black bodysuit real nice.

...And who was Mr Bailey, again? Closest I could find was a Ten of Spades from the Royal Flush Gang... Guess he's that irrelevant, it doesn't matter.

I mean, some people enjoy a good bit of bread. I do hope they at least get some toppings.

Ah, not yet anywhere near a Heel-Face Turn, eh? He did make for a hell of a detective once, after all.

Do you want the list in chronological order, alphabetical, or importance?

Oh, not in the comic-book sense, Larry. In the classical sense. The enemy you make by your own actions...

...And OL explained it even better than I could.

Careful there, Eddy, you could drown someone with all that sarcasm.

Heh, just casually throwing it out that, no, Larry couldn't keep him dead even if he managed to take him down...

Not that Sportsmaster could ever get his hands on any. The Weaponers would probably laugh at him if he somehow managed to contact them. Then kill him for asking.

Essentially, you want to be a big middle finger at their entire life.

No, no, Eddy. He has a point. I know your ego doesn't like to hear it, but you are just not that big a deal.

Now, now, not everyone needs a nemesis. Indeed, to some degree, you don't want one.

What's the bet if the Riddler ever gets loose, he'll go out and do something monumentally stupid to prove he's worthy of being Batman's nemesis?

OL's really enjoying this part of things, isn't he? Getting to lecture at a captive audience about all manner of things. No doubt many of them will be sick of him by the time they're set free. Though I get the feeling some of them will go out and cause trouble that gets them sent right back to prison quickly enough. They just won't be able to help themselves...