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

tear -> tears

 

Did Grayven secure the Ace of Winchesters in this timeline?

 

Nope. So that's probably what Satanus is banking on to take out the First of the Fallen.

 

Did he? Looks like a straightforward ambush from the First and, unfortunately, Grayven wasn't really prepared. He has Kanto on speed-dial but that doesn't seem specific, or the Agony Matrix which he notes might not work. Honestly, I thought he had prepared a special recall spell/ritual with Sunset or a counter-ambush for the expected and inevitable betrayal.

At the moment, it's looking like the typical Renegade Episode Grayven's Suffering or Bodily Harmed section. Still, some of his best fights are when he's scrappy so it's alright, but for such a heavy-hitter that's practically always mentioning how strong and tough he is, he's always getting his shit kicked in, it's hilarious.

 

This is the moment Demon Constantine arrives to both save the day and tell Grayven "I told you so".

 

Considering that Grayven and the First have a written pact, who breached it First? or is it still in effect because this is outside of what was agreed.

 

Does renegade have the magic absorbing tattoos that slowly feed on ambient magic to form his soul? I remember paragon eating a bunch of hell magic before and almost turning into a demon or some other crazy thing like that.

 

Only Paul has those tattoos. The Rengade's soul structure was created by the Father Box he got from DeSaad into a duplicate of Grayven's. Something changed after the Renegade went near the Source Wall, and probably changed again after merging with Grayven.

 

The Illustres has that because that's how he built his soul. Grayven has a New God Soul created by Father Box in imitation of original Grayven, because that's who he said he was. Besides, while the Illustres was indeed absorbing Hell Magic with his tattoos, Satanus had a trap setup to forcefully feed him more than usual and influence him that way, if I recall correctly, that's why he was behaving erratically and almost becoming a demon.

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

So I just realized we were left with cliffhangers for both 40k Paul and Old Man Paul…

Hm.

 

All of the alternate versions of the SI are technically left on cliffhangers. That's kind of the point, since they're just glimpses into other universes.

 

mm, fair enough.

anyone know what happened to the congregation? It was noted to be separate from the alliance of the just, but we haven’t found out what’s happened to them since the anti-life started iirc

 

They're still around, if somewhat depleated. A lot of the members who were serious about it joined the Alliance to some degree as well, and quite a few of those who didn't were prioritised for killing.

 

That may not work on the First since he's not technically a demon.

Plus, he's much, much more powerful than others and even if it has an effect on him it would be extremely minimal.

 

man, anti-life is bullshit.

power of god given to mortals, more like power of lame compared to big D amirite

 

Well, it was about this time that them Duke boys knew they was in a whole heap o' trouble

 

Episode 61 1st renegade got me so messed up T.T I spent my lunch break figuring out what size a babies head has to be for a c section to be recommended as necessary to figure out the maximum diameter of his junk and I didn't want to I just had to know
39-41cm is 99th percentile for being bigger headed then everyone else who's usually 33-35cm and is usually recommended for c section or all the drug. So 39cm and up would easily send someone to the hospital but still convince someone they can try

 

Is "whatever" in this context a Britishism? I would have expected either "however" or "wherever."

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

Honestly? I’m surprised that the First has gotten as far as tearing off his hand, if he’s keeping himself restricted to acting like an invinci-human.

The renegade has a history of telling Sinestro to “Garrick!” Upon which he gains momentary Lightspeed-With-Reflexes.

If he just needs to hit him once, and the First isn’t using Reality-Warper-Says-No, then this should be just as easy for him as it was for Paragon.

 

Does it work on him anymore? His New God nature rejects changes, supposedly, and I recall that the Garrick Formula infusions were affecting him less and less as time went by. So I honestly don't know if he uses them anymore or not.

 

Actually, another random thought, what happened to Jarhanpur. It was cut off from most of the earth, so is it safe?

 

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Well folks, place your bets. Is Zauriel going to appear in the Grayven timeline? He wouldn't be the first angel to make his way down to this corner of hell. This area would weaken him, but I can imagine a scene where he really interferes with this fight.

Also? This is not the first time we have seen anti-life crystals! The Tower of Fate invasion included many crystals... Well, these crystals in hell may contain a different portion of the equation? Eh... Crystals gathered by Constantine could definitely come from Hell.

 

"the First's"

Weird that something like that hurt him when he's not a demon.

Maybe it was because he willingly took it in and that allowed it to hurt him.

Nice and simple.

 

That should say 'fell'.

Those should be capitalized.

 

So, it's a rebellion in Hell, is it? Nice.

 

These are Kaahuite, a substance considered 'outside Creation', not anti-life crystals.

 

Good to see he at least had plans in place for severed limbs. Though that entire forearm and glove are probably write-offs. Still, that's quite a bit of damage taken in the first exchange of blows. He's going to have to do something clever to survive this.

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Ah, overconfidence, and a lack of experience with Spectrum constructs. Not a good combination, unless it's embodied in your enemies.

Oh look! He can feel pain in this body. Lots of it, in fact.

You'd better be afraid, old Scratch.

Shut up and keep shooting him. All the robots, now, please?

And he's likely to be desperate now, just like a cornered rat.

Problem is, he can pull apart anything that gets close. This will come down to ranged combat and evasion.

...Not in that body, mate. And this is hardly the time.

Like the ultimate area debuff. -99% all non-evil damage. Thanks goodness for minimum chip damage.

Renegade's not that used to feeling pain either, is he? And unlike other alt!Pauls, he's not that good at blocking it either...

Here? You'd need an entire lake of it!

Something that's barely a butter-knife in his hands. And again, melee combat with the First? good way to lose something vital.

What if it's super-effective down here, though? Not just killing him and reincarnating him, but killing him for real. No more soul!

Huh, remotely piloted lobotomised invulnerable demon-lord? Clever, Simpson.

It'll be interesting to see. preferably from a safe distance. Like Purgatory.

Ah, nice, the perfect way to keep him pinned down, at least.

Heh. Today's probably the first time he's felt fear that strongly in quite a while, I bet.

Might need to patch yourself up a bit there, Renegade.

And until then, we get to see him waving around a babby hand.

...Or he can just cover it with a construct for now.

Good luck with that. It'll be like fighting a Terraria Moon Lord with starting Tin gear. Slow, difficult and almost certainly likely to end with a lot of pain on both sides.

So, it's a general rebellion, eh? Wonder who else is caught up in this?

...Good luck with that, mate.

Bass deep enough to make your bones vibrate... That's never a good sign.

Eldritch or merely primordial, I wonder?

Sounds like the First fancies himself an artiste. Also, unholy metaphysical implications, tin man!

Admire the workmanship later... When it's dead, or as close as it can get.

And now it's a party! The First, cowering in terror at the looming Stercorax-drone. The Renegade and Simpson, ideally falling back from the new guy. And now this Angelic monstrosity, which sounds like someone tried to turn the humanoid angels into one of those pieces of 'eldritch Biblically-accurate Angel' artwork. What else is going to show up? An Elder God, maybe?