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

I had been under the impression that the seal only interfered with entities getting in or out.

So the vulture is still in there reflecting and acting upon American culture and magic, it just can't get out, and it's hard to get in.

Also now I'm wondering what hope Kennedy is doing in this situation.

 

If I'm remembering it right, Dr Mist said it would prevent a lot of 'seepage' but its not possible to completely seal them off. Kennedy said he would try and make it better but I suppose the full effects wouldn't be fully felt until the seal fully undoes itself.

 

I hope Zoat is okay. It's a couple hours delay from the usual update time now.

 

No, the lycanthrope leader had a child with his wife. She died, and the MC and his girlfriend fostered the child until they could find out where his father was. Unfortunately, lycanthropes grow up really fast and adopt a human-seeming form based on their primary care-giver, and that was the MC.

 

It's honestly kinda beautiful to see how people react in these situations amidst massive terror and depression.

Talia and Bruce in this chapter showing love and affection for each other, Tommy becoming a better person...

 

Mister Atom really is showing how much good he could do. I wish he'd join the League after this, but I doubt he thinks it'd be worth the hassle. Also, I love how Bruce is acknowledging how much he's changed since letting people into his life, especially Talia.

 

Mister Atom: "I shall take over the world...by the most efficient route possible: by emulating kindness and compassion. Nobody will see it coming!"

 

Not necessarily.

He wants to be president, and other presidents have used their connections to organizations like the army to boost their popularity, so him joining the League could help him in a similar manner.

 

Anyone know which Batman villain this is? I've never heard of her.

 

Only because the actual rat bastards who see it (rightly) as cheating at the Great Game are too busy being depressed to do their usual anti-empathy warfare routines.

 

Hello, Bruce. I see you're keeping busy. But I get the feeling you're doing the Batman thing and working way past the limits of human endurance, aren't you? Bad idea, especially with a global memetic attack ongoing...

Spoiler: Commentary spoilered for length

Heh. seems you're a little predictable too, Bruce.

And the last thing Bruce would accept is any kind of mistake on his part, wouldn't he?

Good foresight of the fellow, but such a pain in a situation like this.

Pot, meet Kettle. Yes, you are both rather similarly coloured, aren't you?

And a moment like that is exactly why you need to rest, Bruce.

I mean, chiroptera are kind of cute, in a fugly kind of way?

...Somehow, I don't think 'Dogman' would have struck quite the same kind of fear into the hearts of criminals.

...Atom, you have a lot to learn about humour...

And I find it amusing that he's not worrying that the super robot knows where he sleeps. That's how exhausted he is.

Needs must, and sometimes the paranoid control freak needs to open up.

See? Go, rest.

And there's always the slim risk of being attacked in the cave. Wouldn't help if you were only in a light spandex version of the suit because you weren't expecting it.

So, she's working for the bad guys right now? Pity. Presumably soaked in Anti-life up to the tips of her very long hair...
Edit: Huh, Word of Zoat says no. Wonder who it is, then? My wiki-fu is insufficient.

Her love for you is stronger than her belief in her father's ways. Even with the Anti-Life whispering in her mind...

You can't carry on your crusade alone, after all. And a burden shared is a burden lightened.

Not yet, anyway.

Ah, Bruce... It says something that when told to relax, you can't...

And I can't see him allowing himself any kind of chemical-related weakness at a time like this anyway.

Safe bet he wakes up flat on his face, drooling into the carpet...

...Kind of hard to meditate when you're snoring, huh?

Ah, just the thing to help you relax. Though I have no doubt he's got ludicrous amounts of stamina in the bedroom alongside everywhere else.

Better on a nice soft carpet than in the keyboards of the batcomputer.

And she wears it well. Rowwwr. There's something about a woman in skin-tight suits...

Aw, not going to ask her for some help getting to sleep?

It's a rare chance to sit back and see that yes, the world will spin on even if you aren't there to keep it turning, Bruce.

Dawww... And probably would work, too. Pity they can't make one big enough to encompass the entire world.

Well, another look at the state of the world, and a chance to see an unusual side of the Batman: forcibly relaxing and resting up while others work. Hopefully Bruce takes this to heart, and tries to loosen up... ... ... Nope, couldn't keep a straight face. Like hell the ultimate control freak would do that. Still, perhaps he can at least realise that others can help carry the load.

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I'm wondering if you meant 'Empress' here, or perhaps she's changed her name due to Anti-Life?
Edit: Apparently not. Guess we'll find out more eventually.

 

I mean, most people are probably more afraid of dogs than of bats.

Granted, that may have changed in the last few years due to...reasons.

That explains who she is.

I couldn't remember any character with the name "Mistress" in the comics.

Though that doesn't mean that much since there are thousands of minor characters.

After spending who knows how long around Manheim it makes sense she'd take a dark turn.

 

A reminder- the anti life effect went active on January 1st or December 31st. Paul had to leave after turning the second Sabbac into an orange ghost, creating Go-Straight-To-Hell contracts with Belle Reve residents, helping salvage a DECIMATED Green sanctuary from fungal invaders, and failing to beat Finality Man.

And if it matters, Hades is currently an amnesiac. It is also possible that Alan has reached blue enlightenment in order to be the hero the world needs- Paul helped him reach his Honden during the Anti-American Dream arc, and heroes like Alan tend to sacrifice themselves for the greater good.

 

Whose Rick?

 

He didn't turn the second Sabbac into a construct.

The second Sabbac was sent to Hell by the First of the Fallen.

Paul turned one of Sabbac's patrons, Satanus, into a construct.

 

I think Mistress is a different character, as Empress should still be connected to that device that also has Question and Black Orchid in it. I can't remember where, but I think one of the parts that shows the people being taken over by the Anti-Life shows who this Mistress is, and she's leading Mannheim's forces in Gotham with Orpheus as her second-in-command.

 

Laser-guided amnesia, specifically towards Persephone. He has his full capacities otherwise.

 

You'd be surprised.

No. Completely different individual.

Richard Grayson Senior, Dick's uncle.

 

Problem...

Even with genuine kindess and compassion

They won't belive you.

 

I think the three of them were saved from the machine.

Though how good their condition is is unknown, but probably not good.

 

‘affected’

‘feels’

I think this works, but ‘wake’ or ‘awaken’ feel better to me.

 

Not the second Sabbac. He turned Satanus into a Construct Lantern, the main demon behind Sabbac, brother to Angelica Blaze, son of the Wizard Jebediah aka Shazam, and aspirant-ruler of Hell until he was captured and sent to the magical section of Belle Reve.

 

IIRC, they weren't - there was no way that even Paul could deduce to detach them from the machine without a high chance of killing them, and he was trying to avoid his usual 'I'll do the efficient thing and worry about the consequences of my actions never' at that point.

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

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Or it could be just the way Mister Atom talks?

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

The closest to a Gothamite called Mistress I can recall is Nocturna, "Mistress of the Night."

Originally she was basically Elvira as a thief, she was Jason Todd's adoptive mother. Originally it was all part of a scheme but I understand they actually came to care about each other as family.

Post flashpoint she's Gotham's resident vampire whose hobbies include playing Carmilla to Batwoman.

While Zoat is usually loathe to incorporate post flashpoint materials, well an undead being with innate mind control powers and an unending thirst for blood might be resistant to the ALE's depression effect ether from the innate hypnotism, bloodlust, or undead nature or some combination thereof.

And a vampire would seem well fit to become an overlord in the post ALE world.

Well Elvira is in fact a DC character, but for some reason I doubt it's Elvira.

 

"The UFO was on fire and everybody was dead when we got here. That's our story and we're sticking to it!" - Actually a common occurance in early missions in the original X-Com

 

Further thought: Once Orange Lantern Paul learns how humans are turned into New Gods, he could probably accelerate his own transformation into one by pouring orange light in to enhance the function of his tattoos, and therefore speeding the way that they grow his soul.