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

He doesn't do that. Remember, Geoffrey Talbot's ring was made without blood magic by a Qwardian.

 

I'm not even entirely sure how one "Shit's up".

 

Usually "worldwide".

Usually "oomph".

Quite

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

I would think a Qwardian making a power ring would mean it's more likely to make the user vomit acidic pseudo-napalm than otherwise.

"Why does this power ring powered by compassion make one vomit corrosive liquid fire constructs?"

"The proper question is why wouldn't it make one vomit corrosive liquid fire constructs?"

 

They need to put him in touch with Cranius so he can have some proper vocal chords installed.

 

Should we be reading in to the fact that he didn't mention Jade as a non-work-thing?

 

Kaldur, you do realize this is Paul you're talking to?

He's learning.

Get ready to see some sick things Paul.

Now I can't get that 'Under the Sea' song out of my head.

And I'm thinking of that lobster from YJ Abridged, John I think, singing it.

Watch out ladies, and guys, because Kaldur will now get to show the passionate side he has underneath all that stoicism.

And that is how Kaldur summoned Murphy.

As it tends to get with you.

 

‘In Atlantis’

 

I’m pretty sure Jade is too busy doing her own work.

 

The Vega game is going to run into a few problems.

1. Players need to have a good understanding of the situation in order to make meaningful moral choices which means likely alot of tutorial levels.
2. The game is going to need to be extremely free form to avoid pigeonholing players into false dilemmas. Simulating populations does not seem easy.

 

Ah, feeling a bit of cabin fever, OL? Time off weighing on you? Not unsurprising, given his overall character. OL definitely seems like someone who enjoys having something to do all the time. Being stuck on Earth letting his soul patch itself up must be driving him crazy with boredom...

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Yeah... I suspect even having Kaldur use his abilities around you would throw the balance off a little. And you know Hinon would have words with you about messing up your 'stable' baseline readings.

I mean, surely there's something not magic related you could be doing? Maybe work on some Warhammer models? I know if I had a power ring of any colour, my quite large painting backlog would be gone in moments... And my Lego collection would be sorted as hell.

See, that's the question. With so much time tied up in things like Kord Industries' arcanotech, Atlantis' Thaumaturgic research and so much more... There's not a lot left...

Unless they're Equestrians, who seem to have developed a more human digestive response. Heck, they can vomit, something natural horses cannot do.

To be fair, Superheroing is quite the involving lifestyle choice.

Eh, it was something that was never expected to be coming out anytime soon. Modern Triple-A games take up to five years of development, especially stuff as complex as the Vega game would have to be. I can but hope it doesn't take the Mass Effect route of one path with minor variations...

The joy of being a workaholic.

That is true, sure enough. It's what makes Orange Lanterns so powerful when working towards their goals. But of course it comes with the drawbacks OL is facing here...

That's one thing OL doesn't have to worry about. If anything it's the opposite problem.

Exactly. It's an interesting conundrum. And it'll only get more complex if others learn to do things he can do. On the other hand, once others begin to share his skills, there's less pressure on him to do everything himself...

Any interesting missions for the Team we've missed? No injuries or problems OL can help with?

...Okay, then. That's... Not something I could ever see him doing.

I rather envision them being like complicated synchronised swimming displays, really. Atlantis is probably old-fashioned musically, so no discothèques or raves, and the styles that come with them... So more baroque massed formations than anything informal...

Huh. Anyone you're enjoying the dances with? After all, a nice surface girl (or boy, he is bisexual in canon) could be just the tonic to expand his horizons.

It does kind of come out of left field... But Canon Kaldur is such a blank canvas, anything goes really.

I mean, Kaldur might stick with something he doesn't like doing out of a sense of obligation... He's that sort of person from what we've seen of him...

Agile is a relative term. He might not tumble like an acrobat, but being aquatic would give him a much better sense of spacial awareness. Also far better eyesight than human, if only because of the low-light conditions at deeper levels.

Yeah, wouldn't to do swim too high and bump your heads on ceilings, so you learn to be aware of everything around you quite young, I bet.

Should we draw up a Shipping Chart?

Something many superhero settings tend to forget. How many have you seen that have the heroes on duty in every scene, no casual clothes or everyday activities? When was the last time you saw a cape going shopping for food, catching a movie or schlepping around on the couch watching TV? That wasn't a comedy?

Most small towns would be like that if word got out that Superheroes hung around. The ones that didn't spontaneously develop supervillain nemeses, anyway... Though the sort of cape who gets involved in small-town crime generally don't earn cape opponents... They'd be in more danger of a local gang learning where they live and trying to mess with them to make a point or recover reputation.

I imagine things like that are a lot easier for OL if he can pick a few faces in the crowd to empathise with.

Unsurprising, it's hardly something you'd need as a soldier-mage.

Weird that Mages don't develop Psychic abilities, and vice-versa. It's not like the mechanics are mutually exclusive, are they? I suppose they can construct spells to do that, though...

It's something of a 'sink or swim' problem, then. Either you learn to shield on your own or get training to do so, or you get broken down by your own abilities. I suspect that's one reason why Captain Comet lost interest in Earth so long ago... That and the wanderlust.

And he's had to look into some very dark places in his career. Including himself.

So who gets to be Tails, the clearly superior character? After all, in the original Mega-Drive games, he was invulnerable as player two. He's as fast as Sonic, and he can glide via his tails. All Sonic has is what, spikes? Shoes?

Interesting to see OL at ends on what to do with his newly-discovered free time. No doubt he has concerns about what's happening back at the Front, but he really does need to relax a bit after nearly dying permanently. It was only really luck that he came back from the whole Qwa-Matter thing, after all...

 

Thank you, corrected.

1. That's unrealistic. The information needs to be there so that players can discover it, but how often to people actually have access to all of the information relating to a decision they're making.
2. Not exactly. Look at Shadow of Mordor. The game generates variety while the main mission parts are always the same.

 

I imagine that it will be controversial when it's revealed that the contents of the missions in the game are not fictional.

Also, I know Ted Kord isn't Blue Beetle in the Paragon timeline due to Paul's influence, but is he Blue Beetle in the Renegade timeline? I'm just wondering because it might be fun to see that excitable genius on the field.

 

I haven't decided. The only obvious changes from canon is that he got Morrow's element manipulation system, and with Mr. Crock and Mr. Slade out of the picture it's quite likely that he won't be killed.

 

Nah. They are working off of Persona model you see. He put in a lot of effort early in the game to max out Jade's Social Link, picked a Romance option and that was that. Their relationship is set in stone so there's no point of thinking about her or interacting beyond bare minimum (so the audience doesn't forget she exists).

 

Jade's in the war zone. Spending time with her would involve being in the war zone.

 

Or bake.

I'm still picturing something like in the Little Mermaid.

Mr. Wilson actually.

 

Except... You can't see "for sure" because you get shut down by extreme's of Hope.

 

Makes perfect sense to me. We know that Atlanteans pick their monarchs based on their singing ability and that social positions is greatly influenced by individual's ability to carry the tune (that's why Tula and Garth are at the bottom and icons like John the Lobster are just below the King and Queen).

 

Also the Vega game is running on a budget of "yes", isn't it? Being funded by the guy with more money than Earth and all.

 

When you're selling to the entire universe, you don't need to sell that many units per planet to make your money back.

 

Alien anatomy?

That... actually makes a disturbing amount of sense. Ouch!

 

I mean, if you know that someone's values are contradictory to yours, removal is the only acceptable option. Or something like that?

 

Naturally. That's how the society (and shipping) functions. There can be only one.

 

It depends on how and where they contradict, but there are certainly contradictions that an observer would find utterly unacceptable.

 

Does the video game use alien programming tech? An accidental Paul-AI would be a fun little sub arc...

It would be interesting in general to read more about economic disruptions Paul is causing.

The Sheeda tossed a mountain into that particular lake anyway and if they use Shizo tech to rebuild, uplift could happen a lot faster than before.

 

Sonic 2? Ah well, one if my favorite Sonic games.

 

...What are you talking about now? He gets shuts down by extreme amounts of any emotion, not specifically hope, like the time he saw Guy before he first summoned Ion.

Even then, that was his old Emo-Vision^TM and we don’t know what the lits are for his bew version.