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

They protect him, including his clothes. They’ve never been used as a method of bypassing his defenses.

In regards to Batman, I’m not sure how he’d deal with either. The rings mean you can’t heat up the spell eaters via microwaves; you basically need to pour Archmage level Magic into them to get rid of them. And the tattoos are just there.

 

Huh. It occurs to me that an antimatter multiverse existing might actually be canon? Or at least implied pseudo-canon if you extrapolate? The Antimatter Universe existed before Crisis on Infinite Earths, because Qward has always been the place Sinestro got his Yellow Ring from. Except that means that there can’t only be one singular Antimatter Universe for the entire regular multiverse as the comics claim.

Because that would mean that every version of Sinestro with a Yellow Ring all visited the same Qward, which would be impossible as someone would have mentioned that by now. Unless the one singular Antimatter Universe (that is supposedly as large as the actual positive multiverse) just has multiple identical planets named Qward for each universe’s Sinestro to visit, which is not only dumb but it would also be unlikely that none of the Sinestros ever encountered each other.

It’s not like the Guardians don’t have alt-versions of themselves throughout the multiverse either. Ergo, each positive universe having it’s own antimatter counterpart makes more logical sense than one singular Giga-Huge Antimatter Universe counterbalancing the entire positive multiverse.

 

Nobody has ever targeted his clothes with magic, so not sure how you know that.

 

While Fear enlightened Green Lantern is probably a less optimal option than Will enlightened Green Lantern, it certainly isn't a bad option.

 

There's some kind of history there that's passing entirely over my head to explain why power ring specifically wants Ultraman dead.

 

If you always know what you're afraid of, and why you fear it, it kind of takes the sting of it out. Will through it anyways, and it powers a Green Ring pretty good, apparently.

 

Because they're supervilliains

Personality conflicts are part of the business.

Also, it sounds like him and ultraman have done this before, and he got beat up a bunch.

 

Establishing the new pecking order. Plus, they're all assholes and none of them like each other.

 

His new leadership could turn this self-sabotaging team into a real nightmare couldn't it? Me thinks Paul goofed here.

 

"Will is weak to Fear"

Fear Enlightened Green Lantern: "lol. lmao."

 

Maybe, but it's only a problem for Paul if Power Ring decides to go to his Earth an make it a problem. Otherwise it's only a problem for the local version of Paul if there is one.

 

megahertz

 

Green Lantern Rings usually say that people are chosen because they have the ability to overcome great fear. So being Fear Enlightened must make you a pretty kick ass Green Lantern.

 

Ooh, a chapter from Harrolds' POV? This will be quite entertaining, methinks. Presumably, he's just been dropped off in Earth -16's orbit by OL. So this homecoming will be fun... For him, at least.

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Gee, you think, V? On the upside, there's not going to be anything that fazes him any more.

Once again, 'Cui Bono?' These humans just have trouble relating to those with truly altruistic natures...

But you still did it anyway, didn't you? Old habits die hard, even after what you've been through.

Their equivalent of the old Justice League Satellite, I take it? No doubt a flex on Ultraman's part, holding their meetings in his house...

Ugh, snap-frozen egg is going to take so long to clean off. Probably a good thing Ultraman won't be doing it himself.

Then again, they know you went off seeking more power. He may shoot anyway just to see what you can do now.

But not a great mood. Superwoman must be messing with him.

Ah, one step forwards, two steps back. Guess you can't have everything.

I mean, if you don't prepare beforehand, yes. But in this case, it'll hurt more if you surprise him and go in dry.

A pity you couldn't get a copy of OL's more exotic weapons database options. But I suppose that's something to look into later. Earth is one of the best places for that sort of tech, after all.

Never start your big gloating return until you have an audience, bruh. First rule of Presentation.

Well, their whole world sounds juvenile. As has been pointed out, a society driven by self-centred priorities would have to function very differently.

...Honestly, Ultraman being into the whole cheating thing probably explains why he doesn't just pulp Owlman. Well, that and the no-doubt-hundreds of plans Owlman probably has set up to fuck him up if he does try.

Just because it's true doesn't mean he likes to hear it, V.

It's not quite Loki's "Asgard! Your saviour has arrived!" but I doubt any of these guys would care for the theatricality.

Man, imagine sitting through a meeting like this at superspeed. Hearing all their chatter and sniping taunts in super-slow-mo...

Huh. A rare case of a more modern character showing up. Though I suspect this is more just 'bad guy Firestorm' than anything exotic or New 52-esque

Oh, boy. Are they ever in for a shock...

Well, no need to wait for someone to say 'go', I see. I suspect that would have hurt.

Surprise level-up, baby. Kind of the whole point.

Or rather, who's been so afraid, they came out the other side pretty much fearless.

No, that's a bit of an ask. I doubt Volthoom would revive him, after all.

I see he's learnt a bit more from OL than just fancy armour. Like filaments.

The joy of super-senses, when someone knows how to exploit their weaknesses.

...I really hope that's just retching. I suspect involuntary projectile-vomiting with super-strength might be a threat to the structural integrity of the base.

I'm guessing this is going to be Ultraman's last words...

So, are they going to need a mop for cleanup, or a lot of moist towelettes?

...Oh, right. Flesh and bone made of much tougher materials than mere humans.

Not carving your insignia into the seat, right over the top of Ultraman's if one was there? Wasted chance to show off.

Well, I'd say that's a pretty triumphant homecoming. No doubt Owlman is already calculating how to kill him despite this newfound level of prowess. Now, why do I get the feeling Harrolds is about to start a new era of unrelenting oppression for the people of Earth -16, though? Let's hope they don't get any ideas about interdimensional capers anytime soon...

 

That should say 'damage' or 'damages'.

 

No, not really.

Megamind agrees.

Because you have relatively good instincts.

Ahh, Paul.

Working to get rid of one tyrant, but giving another world a new one.

 

Better fear erodes will, will conquers fear. The quickest way to overcome a green lantern is by making them feel fear. And a yellow light enlightened lantern can’t fall to his fear. Hope might do odd things to him though.

 

eh, not my take

while his construct can't be weaken through fear because he now perfectly aware of them

he can't will through them now for more power

kinda a trade off

hm, i wonder if this also apply to Paul when he was using the Pink Ring, was his greed enlightenment helping with love during that arc ?

 

I'm a bit worried about the presence of Deathstorm. If that's just the evil Firestorm equivalent, that's fine. But if there's any Nekron involvement, that's dangerous as hell.

 

-14 is where Blue Paul lives. Ultraman and Owlman are already dead. I thought this was -16.

 

To borrow a phrase: Thank you, corrected.

 

Well, it megahurt more than once.

Thank you, corrected.

 

He is in negative 16, the mirror of Paul's earth.

 

’Thought’

It occurs to me that the way Volthoom says stuff based on what the wielder is thinking could be more than just annoying. I wonder if any of the times he got beaten up by Ultraman were because of Volthoom mouthing off based on what Harrolds was thinking.

For a moment I was surprised by Harrolds being able to stop Ultraman dead, but then I remembered that one of the Green Lanterns tanked being punched through an entire planet by Malvolio earlier. Guess I forgot how tough a proper Green Lantern is to brute force.

 

This seems strange. Enlightenment should be more about awareness than overcoming, no? Like, he should feel exactly how much less he fears the guns. Or is there some other reason this particular fear became exactly zero?

Woah, there. That's the first ever question I've seen by Volthoom. Didn't think it capable of that. Is it actually a person after all?

Ultraman is such an asshole that you don't need an additional reason. The extra punchiness he brings to the table is not worth everything else he is and does. And when he calls himself a leader he actually expects the others to accept his bullshit and follow his whims. Lastly, he's not the kind to be nin-lethally deposed and made a useful second in command.

 

I feel like fear enlightenment should make him a much more agreeable tyrant. A lot of the oppression that tyrants inflict on their population is due to paranoia. But a power ring allows for actually effective surveillance and a fiefdom the size of a planet allows for living in absolute luxury and all kinds of additional vanity projects without making a real dent into the overall national budget. The worst that could happen is either his ingroup/outgroup protecting some real sadistic assholes, or people whose squabbling for position does a lot of regularly occuring collateral damage, or an ingroup so large that his regime is racist. Or that he cares so little about actual governing that it gets fucked up by whoever does it for him. Or I guess the kind of stupidity that is worse than malice.

 

Thank you, corrected.

Kryptonians are stronger... If they know what they're doing.

 

Was this Ultraman the one that snorts Kryptonite like cocaine?

 

I don't think we're ever shown exactly how it gets into his system. In one comic he mentions having it implanted in slow release capsules.