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

This is Commodore Amalak. As mentioned, his species is near extinct, and planet devastated, because of Kryptonions. After the mismanagement of the Kryptonian government did the same thing to them, his hobby was hunting down any survivors, and killing them. Presumably because he is still bitter about the whole thing, and doesn't really care if the particular Kryptonions he is killing are guilty or innocent. Je just wants them all dead.

Everyone wave at the Commodore!

This is the Commodores back yard, where OL is having this conversation.
Please note that calling back his men does not mean OL is in a private space, because the Commodore has a vested interested in monitoring the proceedings. Not only out of idle curiosity, but so he can take action if things go off script and trouble happens. In his metaphorical backyard. Where OL's conversation is taking place.

This is OL having an open conversation, in the public place that is Commodore Amalak's backyard, which he has every reason to be surveilling at the current moment, using his lips and his vocal chords, and not his hopefully secure ring to ring communication system.

Where he talks about the Phantom Zone, which contains a bunch of Kryptonion's available for killing, as well as mentioning someone called Kal-El who OL seems to personally know, and is alive, and has a very Kryptonian name.

I'm sure this thing that OL seems to have thoughtlessly done without consideration of the ramifications will have no unforeseen consequences for people OL care about in the future.

 

That was probably a mistake on my part, but I think Amalak would probably let just about anyone on Earth off if he got a shot at Zod.

 

This seems a bit redundant. Or is this a British turn of phrase type of thing?

 

Lawlessness is a disadvantage of lawlessness.

 

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

 

The reason I mentioned the Phantom Zone as a having potential consequence for people OL cared about wasn't regarding Amalak going in and killing them all, Zod first and foremost. I don't think he cares about the inmates much as all (even the ones there because they ran afoul of Kryptonian cultural fuckery instead of something OL disapproves of), and would probably see it as a good thing over all. Giving Amalak some catharsis, and tying up the loose end of the worst of Kryptonian society from antiquity getting loose.

It was because of the potential of Amalak opening up the can of worms to get his revenge, and that giving the inmates an opportunity to escape, get powered up, and so the usual stuff evil Kryptonian's do, because that seems like a really common Comic trope.

Because OL thinking to himself (You know self, Zod really has it coming, and I know where he is. Let's help Amalak get his revenge the right way and be there to make sure the operation goes off without a hitch) is one thing. And something he could have done ages ago.

OL not bothering to do that, but then casually mentioning the Phantom Zone and its inhabitants while in earshot of Amalak and then wandering off like a grandparent with dementia, is another thing.

 

concerned —> concern
I’ll take —> I’ll talk

to —> too

 

I remember that it was mentioned that some escaped.

"far too"

 

I suppose it's not surprising that one of the Citadelians that Paul failed to kill was able to attain yellow enlightenment, considering everything Paul did to their people.

At least this guy is aware enough to realize that though they may have the same rank, he's nowhere near prepared enough to take Paul on. Also, I hope Amalak is recording this conversation, because I'd love to see the reactions of anyone watching this scene and seeing how nonchalant Paul is being considering the topic.

 

it’s always nice to see Paul making friends. If only it wasn’t so fucking rare.

 

I really like this interaction. Crad is swearing vengeance to the one who genocided his race, while Paul is just being pleasant back.

 

Does this indicate Sinestro has made contact with Parallax?

 

You know, when that happened I posted a rant about how stupid it was.
That he should have either kept them branded and content with purpose, or killed them outright.

This? This here, is it just saturday morning cartoon villany.
OL has become M. Bison in the the "for me, it was Tuesday" Street Fighter scene.
Complete with cocksure dismissal at the personal enemy he had created for himself.
All genre savviness and logical thinking je started the series with thrown out the window.

And what is with his intentional blindness towards the Yellow Lantern Core?
Every interaction with them has been more and more blatant actions indicating what appears to be either a specific malice for OL personally, or such a depraved indifference to the lives of everyone else, that they are a pointlessly hostile group along the lines of the Dominators, Spider Guild, or those cannibalistic space amazons.

Something on the list of things to eradicate to improve the local property values, and not a new policing force that will improve the situation.

 

This is the most hilarious version of "I don't want ro be racist, but you literally all look the same" that I've ever seen. Precisely because it's true.

On the other hand, funny that the Illustres is so casual with his enemies. But this seems to be another case of "he didn't care enough and it will come back to bite him or inconvenience at the most unfortunate time".

 

The funny thing? Grayven very much proved that every one of them didn't have it coming.

So this is LePaul once more being a dumbass.

 

Or, y'know, he is genuinely that good and thus can afford to be that way.

Well, you can't really pay attention to something that doesn't exist.

Now if you mean the Sinestro Corps, in comics canon they do evolve into a more reasonable force in time. And the Yellow Light of the Emotional Spectrum is there. It's not like the genie is going to be put back into the bottle, and Sinestro is at least a known quantity.

 

I think you're confusing the Citadelians for the Psions. In the Renegade timeline, the Renegade led a strike force to annihilate the Citadelians, but let the Controllers get the Psions so that they can be turned to more productive ends. We later see Hinon with Psion followers, so that turned out fine for the Psions in the end.

 

Ah, one of the survivors of OL's last little platoon of Branded minions? One of the ones too afraid to end themselves, despite knowing what they'd done to help destroy their own kind? And he's using a Lantern, eh? Bet OL figures heavily in his psyche.

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Well, that's just a skill issue. Though I'm not sure if anyone would want people other than Indigo Tribesmen and OL able to teleport anywhere in the known universe.

Well, if he couldn't end it after a month...

Better to have the charging source for a Yellow Ring, in case the reformatted Ring starts to reset to Indigo.

Careful, OL. Not quite the sort of inquisitive mind you want on this matter.

I expect he's ready to snatch it back with a tether, just in case of double-cross.

As long as it does what's needed, it can crumble for all anyone cares.

Careful, no telling what he's feeling. Or doing to the Ring while he's got it in hand.

Heh. A natural choice. And he does look good in Yellow.

Admittedly, I suspect he'd use the Ring more as a tool for investigation than for combat. If he trusts it enough to use it at all.

You think those few defectives are the only masters of Fear on Earth, OL?

True, that is an ongoing concern...

Probably Lysis' own design. She does seem a little more interested in the aesthetics of designs.

Bet that's something along the lines of 'Access Denied' or 'Unauthorised Access'.

Heh. Percussive maintenance, Weaponer-style.

And I suspect he'll request OL dispose of the Ring, after he uses it. He's not likely to enjoy the experience...

...Oh, my. An Enlightened Yellow Lantern? Sinestro has been busy on the recruiting front. Or lucky.

Sorry, were you survivor number ten, or number eleven? One drawback of a clone species...

Oh, god, OL's having a 'But for me, it was Tuesday.' moment.

I wonder if that's what he looks like to others with Empathic sight. Just a human-shaped blob of Want.

He's alive, which is more than he can say for his kinsmen.

Yes, he seems to have found a purpose. One laser-focused on you...

Good grief, OL.

Honestly, Crad should have known that he can't enkindle Fear in OL.

So... Sinestro has at least one dedicated recruit. That makes me wonder how many more he's found off-camera, just awaiting Power Rings to equip them with. And OL really does seem cavalier about the formation of an army with a personal grudge against him, doesn't he? Let's hope that their debut isn't trying to invade or destroy a world OL has investment in.

 

Why should he care?

It's not like they can do anything that could actually hurt him after all.

 

Huh.

Two enlightened Yellow lanterns created in this parallel, in recent encounters.

Did Sinestro get a good sense of how useful being Enlightened can be from learning of Paul and Guy, and coordinate with a weaponer/run a project on his own to try and figure out how to mass produce enlightened people?/create a harsh training regime that often produces enlightened people, even if it also causes many casualties?

That would be the kind of decisive advantage over the Green Lantern Corps that he would be looking for, if it were practical.

 

So we're gonna ingore that this guy is fear enlightened then? That's pretty impressive. That means Paul won't just be able to piss him off to counter his abilities.

 

Paul, wantonly slaughtering species left and right: "iM mAkEiN FRIENS!!!! "

 

It doesn't exist formally, but the Illustres has been tripping over all their establishing schemes and getting bitten and/or battered every time it happens.

Honestly, I feel that I understand his desire to get the other colors established. But after 1 or 2 times that the Yellow Lantern schemes affected him, I feel he should have stopped being so nonchalant about it. Sinestro's excuse that it wasn't their intention may be true, but damn, it feels like they keep gunning for him and because they miss or only graze him he goes "eh, still not my problem, this is fine".

 

Seems Paul has another nemesis.

 

He can take a number and get in line behind everyone else.

 

As far as LePaul knows he's come out the undisputed winner in each of those confrontations.

We as readers only know otherwise because we see what happens in various places after LePaul has moved on to the next shiny thing that catches his attention.

 

No, the Yellow Lantern CORE does not exist.

The Yellow Lantern Corps existing does not change that fact.

The poster was making fun of Bramble's typo. b

 

Another one lines up in the Queue. Wonder who his beef gate will be?

Less ‘failed to kill’ and more ‘could not be bothered to save’.

 

Thank you, corrected.

And in the main timeline, everyone in Vega ganged up to exterminate the psions.