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

Discussion in 'Creative Writing' started by Mr Zoat, Jan 27, 2019.

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  1. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    Not really.

    He hasn't shown any romantic interests, though it's highly likely that he'll start dating Evil-Lyn.

    Because the various Paul's are basically attracted to evil, damaged people that they can fix.

    They're basically the stereotypical nice girl that tries to fix the bad boy and falls in love with him.

    The difference with Paul is that the genders are swapped.

    Ohh, get off your high horse.

    If you did what he just did you'd be shouting "I have the power!" from the beginning.

    It may be in the 40k Imperium, seeing as they've got skulls everywhere.
     
  2. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    Yes.

    Unless MrZoat massively nerfs him he would spank you like a sub on their first night with a new mistress.
     
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  3. Massgamer

    Massgamer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Once more these interlude make me highly desire full on stories so we might see the process it took to get to these moments.

    Shame we never saw Paul interact with Skeletor himself since I think it would have been fun to see him speak with a hammy but legit scary and powerful person.
     
  4. Senevri

    Senevri Not too sore, are you?

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    Is this a MotU 2002 thing or was it supposed to refer to the Gordian knot?

    I was confused for a bit, because I'm in more of a Revelations - headspace. I've only seen a handful of episodes from the 2002 show. The Power Sword design was off-putting.
     
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  5. RichardWhereat

    RichardWhereat Aia airëa Fëanáro.

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    Has any of the Pauls been sent to McNinja?
     
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  6. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Grass probably would help her attitude. Unfortunately, this is a kid's show.
    No.
    Yes, but he got it wrong deliberately.
    Don't worry, kind people are coming to help you. Ignore the jacket with the straps.

    Who knew Kevin Smith stored his talent in his blubber?
     
  7. Pinklestia

    Pinklestia Well worn.

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    Hordak is never a joke, not even in the eighties series. Remember all She-Ra could honesty do in her 80s series was keep him busy and maybe convince him to do something in a different way, he still remained in charge of the planet despite She-Ra having one of the swords of power.
     
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  8. Darko

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    Damn autocorrect.

    But you're writing this bit, so you may add it.

    You added a party with porn actors in it and I doubt the YJ show would have done that.
     
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  9. RichardWhereat

    RichardWhereat Aia airëa Fëanáro.

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    And also showed actual consequences for the sundering of the earths.
     
  10. Doccer

    Doccer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Has this Paul ever asked the Sorceress what is up with the Castle's clothing style?
    Also, is there a Paul in the new She-Ra cartoon?
    Also, is there a Paul that weilds the Ring of WAAAAAAAAGH! ?
    And if you do the later properly you can get the former anytime.
     
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  11. WaleXdraK

    WaleXdraK Not too sore, are you?

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    ngl i have no idea how to link because i never bothered to learn, if someone is interested follow the quote to read the first chapter of He-Man Paul, the second one is the chapter just after the one i just "linked"
     
  12. Darko

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    Probably not since Zoat hates the new things.

    Well there is one in 40k, though he doesn't use WAAAGH! energy.

    Though he had assimilated a few orcs.
     
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  13. Old Knife

    Old Knife Not too sore, are you?

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    Will someone tell me what's happening? She seduced him and..... set him on fire???
     
  14. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    No.
    Haven't watched it. Probably not.
    No, because that's a stupid idea and you're stupid for putting it in my head.
    Open square bracket, URL=, then the link, then a close square bracket, then whatever text you want to have linked, then open square bracket, /URL and then close square bracket.
    It's not that I hate new things. It's just that all new things are objectively terrible.
    Pretty much. The full story is in issue 5, with important parts not mentioned until issue 7. Basically, an arms trader bribed some poorly paid Eternian guards to let him move a shipment. One of them, a guy called Nolar Blok, took the money and informed his superior what was happening. As a result, He-Man got the arms dealer and the other guards. However, those guards had friends and Blok got discharged. A while after that, Evelyn 'accentually' bumped into him in disguise and -after a little horizontal persuasion- convinced him that if he helped her get a magic gem, she'd be able to get away from that horrid Keldor and they could start a life together.

    Canonically, that went about as well as you'd think.
     
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  15. Enochi

    Enochi Having way to much fun with AI.

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    Out of curiosity did you like MoTU:Revelations? I haven't watched it just listened to reviews and must say it seems like something I will avoid having watched the 2002 show.

    I find typically when I see a heavy critic vs audience divide my own preferences usually land with the audiences.
     
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  16. Darko

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    All signs point to no.
     
  17. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    What a remarkably astute internet creature you are.
     
  18. Nashk

    Nashk Getting out there.

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    It's a decent show, but the quality can swing wildly from season to season. It all comes down to how much you like the characters.

    I will say though, Hordak feels like a prime target for a paul redemption, helping him take down Hordak prime.
     
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  19. Darko

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    True, plus Hordak would appreciate Paul healing him because he could think it would make him more worthy in Horde Prime's eyes.

    It won't, but he may think it.
     
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  20. ForeverShogo

    ForeverShogo Not too sore, are you?

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    For a slight expansion on the Blak situation . . . The magic gym in question could only be claimed by someone who didn't have any magical ability, which is why neither Skeletor nor Evil-Lyn just up and grabbed it themselves. The guy that told them about the gym in the first place was one of the people Nolar double-crossed, with his condition for giving them the info being that he wanted Nolar to suffer. (Though this isn't learned until later.)

    Evil-Lyn basically has a "meet cute" with Nolar and presents herself as someone fleeing from a dangerous situation. They bang almost immediately. Then right after they finish having sex she reveals she's Evil-Lyn. He recognizes her but instead of freaking out his reaction is basically, "Holy shit, that's hot."

    They keep having weekly meeting where they have more sex. Eventually he tells her he has some money saved up and that they should run away together. At which point she says she can't flee with him because she is magically bound to Skeletor, but that if he were to obtain the gem for her she could use it to break that binding. He does so, she kisses him one last time, then she teleports away after turning him into a human bomb that blows up the museum the gem was being stored in.

    Oddly enough, as short as the stuff with Nolar was, I got the vague feeling that Evil-Lyn might have actually liked him somewhat. Not enough to deviate from the plan or anything. But Skeletor had no idea she was fucking Nolar on the regular, and she hid the pictures of the place Nolar wanted to run away with her to.

    Not sure how the hell this Paul would have actually thwarted her plan though. Short of getting stupid lucky and stumbling on her while she was having one of her hook ups with the guy, or being at that museum for totally unrelated reasons when she and Nolar got around to actually swiping the gem, there really wasn't much of an opportunity to thwart anything.

    Still. Except for the ending, that's quite the enjoyable evil plan. Guy got to have a bunch of sex with Evil-Lynn.
     
  21. Mr Zoat

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    He was on good terms with Nolar due to hearing about him getting kicked out and deciding to pay him the value of the shipment he informed on as a reward for his honesty. As a result, Nolar mentions enough to get the SI a little suspicious, which puts him in place to interrupt the theft.
     
  22. Tzeentch

    Tzeentch I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    I must say, I rather enjoy Paul's interactions with supervillains he's been working on to reform.

    If we see anymore of his Marvel counterparts, (both X-Men Animated Series and The Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes), we'll see him doing the same with many others, whether they be The Juggernaut, Sandman, Toad, Rhino....
     
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  23. Bud-E

    Bud-E Stand up so I can push you down!

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    Wasn't the AEMH Paul trying to help Magneto and mutants in general by exposing The Sublime? and he's dating Hela. So if it wasn't clear Paul has a thing for helping villains.
     
  24. Vaermina

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    Wonder how long till he realizes Hela should already be married?
     
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  25. Someguy Somewhere

    Someguy Somewhere The Critical Fumbler

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    Senator Robert Kelly, Henry Gyrich, Agent Hill....those ones might need some more work.
     
  26. Cuchulin

    Cuchulin Versed in the lewd.

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    I'd add Raven Darkhölme to that list as she is about as morally ambigous as Magneto.
     
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  27. Threadmarks: Vantavendi (part 4)
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    20th October 2012
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    I raise my left hand to my ear.

    "Orange Lantern Two Eight One Four?"

    "Er, hello."

    I smile. "Mister Chandler! Are you finally cashing in that free trip?"

    "Oh. Ah, no. Renee'd kill me if I tried taking the family anywhere. What with the Sheeda and that."

    "We're pretty sure we got them all. And Greece has got literal demigoddesses providing security on the beaches and tourist sites."

    "Yeah, heard about that. But it's gunna take a lot more than good sense to convince Renee."

    "Alright. Can't productively argue with that. What can I do for you, then?"

    "You haven't found John yet, have you?"

    "No, but that-. That's just about worked its way to the top of my 'to do' list. I'll keep you informed. Though I…"

    "What?"

    "Bit awkward, but I found a young man who looks a lot like him in Africa last month. Adopted at birth."

    There's a quiet intake of breath. "Is he-? John's? I mean, I wouldn't be all that surprised-."

    "No, I-." Scan. "His sister's. She wouldn't have been very old. Do you know her at all? I'm not really sure how to bring it up."

    "Nah. I've met her a few times. I mean, she knows who I am, but I don't really know her, know what I mean?"

    "Yes. I'll have to do it myself then. It's just… Tact isn't my strongest skill. I'll.. just run it by Diana first. So, yes, if that was why you were phoning, I don't-."

    "No. It wasn't." I hear him sigh. "It's stupid really, with all the people the Sheeda killed."

    "Oh, I'm sorry. Have you suffered a bereavement?"

    "Yeah, yeah. My uncle Tom. Dad's side of the family."

    Meaning not related by blood to his maleficious mother. But with both his parents and his brother dead, I… That's that generation of the family gone.

    "He was a good bloke, and I-. You know about what happens next, right? When someone dies?"

    "I've died twice myself, but I think my experience was atypical. What do you want to know?"

    I don't say 'how honest do you want me to be', because that's something I'm going to have to feel out for myself.

    "I just… Like you said, you've done this. You know the truth, not that bollocks the vicars an' all tell us. Is my uncle Tom in a better place?"

    Um.

    "Are you asking me if his soul went to heaven?"

    "It doesn't have to be heaven. I know the angels don't really like you."

    "No, we got that-." Not the point. "Was your uncle particularly religious? Or.. not particularly religious, but did he believe in God?"

    "I don't think so. Is… That it, then?"

    "I don't think he would specifically go to the Christian heaven. That doesn't mean that he wouldn't go somewhere nice."

    "Doesn't it? What happens to souls with nowhere to go?"

    "They.. might be drawn into the dominant mythos, either… The Celtic otherworld, which is… I wouldn't say that it's 'better', but it's okay. Or gone to heaven anyway for living a good Christian life informally."

    "Does that happen?"

    "Yes. I mean, it's kind of what the Reformation was about. I ended up in Heaven and the angels actually killed me. And there were a few people every year who ended up in Ereb-. The Greek afterlife, because they liked the old stories and didn't practice any particular religion."

    "So you don't know where he is."

    "It might be possible to work it out for sure, but it would be kind of difficult."

    "But he wouldn't have gone to hell."

    "Honesty compels me to say that I can't completely rule it out, but it seems unlikely. And the outermost circle of Hell is run by an…" Er. "Ally of mine. He's trying to make it a less horrible place to exist. If he went there, then depending on his general state of health before he died, that could be an improvement."

    "Yeah?"

    "Mammon is a purely self-interested demon lord. Once I demonstrated that it was in his interests to have good relations with his damned, he was willing to give it a go. So, yeah, 'better' might be pushing it, but I doubt that he'll have gone anywhere particularly bad."

    "Okay. Cheers. That's… That's a weight off."

    "Happy to help. My regards to Renee and Geraldine."

    I let him ring off before lowering my hand.

    Huh.

    Really, it's… Surprising that more people don't ask that sort of thing. Or that… No one has started some sort of necromancy company or something.

    Ah well.

    I

    step out and

    appear inside the Themysciran embassy, close to the portal. I couldn't feel Diana, so I'm assuming-.

    "Oh, here's the little card shark now!"

    I raise my hand to greet Ted Grant, Diana… Apparently showing him around. My eyes are… Sliding off her, something about her actively interfering with my exotic abilities.

    "Mister Grant. Diana, I… Don't know what that is, but-" I smile. "-well done for getting it."

    "There are only so many times you can comment on my lack of defences before I correct it. What brings you here?"

    "I've got a job that requires tact and subtlety, so I thought that it would be a good idea to get some advice."

    She nods.

    "So it seems that I'm not the only one who can learn."
     
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  28. Darko

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    Ohh, shit.

    We may finally be seeing Constantine.

    No shit.

    Though that was mostly because of Boss Smiley.

    They may not want to know if the person they loved or hated is in the proper afterlife.

    Who knows, there may be some small business that does that.

    Though again, people may be comfortable with not knowing.

    Plus with magic becoming more and more accepted, it's likely that some forms would become illegal due to their dangers.

    So Diana learned a new trick.

    Hah!

    Zoat, what does the title of this episode mean?
     
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  29. Old Knife

    Old Knife Not too sore, are you?

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    She needs to date a magic eater. Seriously. That's messed up.
     
  30. Ngamer11

    Ngamer11 Experienced.

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    It's nice to see Diana is tapping more into her esoteric abilities. Mr Zoat, does this mean she is slowly growing into her role as a goddess? Also, can she do Diana 666's trick of returning into the Earth in order to heal/cleanse herself?
     
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