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

From what immediately follows - he wasn't, and he deliberately continued not jamming, because everything he says after that is pretty well intended as a 'hey, you, listening, I know you're listening, I'm letting you know I know, and you should probably consider the fact that since these guys so epically failed your prospects just had '9mm hemorrhage' rocket up the list, just a thought...' speech.

 

Indeed, on re-reading, it does look that way. The question is, what response will those listening have? Panic, or anger...

 

Canis isn't really looking for a long term relationship. Possibly ever. His artistic passions are his life.

 

That kind of makes me wonder if he'd be up for a relationship with one or more of the Muses... and whether any of the Muses would go for that.

 

Given that there's one Lantern for an entire Sector of space? Probably somewhere on the order of never.

 

Red outfit with a blue accent... big yellow and black shoes... prominent belt...

Tattered overgarment, wrappings...

Sora, you've really let yourself go, and Cloud was not the best choice of role model.

 

That would work in the short term. However I suspect that the solution you propose would start to fall apart as soon as OL left. The people he branded would find it difficult to remain in power, both because "this guys motivations are being controlled by an alien" is going to make people nervous and because honorable politicians are at a severe disadvantage to dishonorable ones.

 

Metron 16 is an asshole. JOY.

He also has horrible taste in makeup.

 

Two per Sector in this story.

 

Well, in the New Earth Mythos, Darkseid tempted Metron with the "Element X" discovered by Himon to create devices with which the Tyrant-god could invade New Genesis.

Metron's curiosity superseded any moral considerations, and as a result he was partially responsible for the ensuing war between New Genesis and Apokolips, (which apart from his attitude is probably a MAJOR factor as to why Bear would punch him).

In this case, it could be that Metron simply improved upon Himon's tech and was the sole creator of Fatherbox, while Motherbox was entirely Himon's brainchild.

 

Well, they are lucky Oh El is more inhuman nowadays, or he would have made a revolution already.

Not only brainwashed child soldiers, but lambs to the slaughter. Want to retire? Die Got crippled? Die. Want to form a family? Die.

This makes 1984 (the book) look like a paradise in comparison.

 

No, in 1984 they'd torture them first.

 

You don't need to include that 16 there, being an asshole is the default characterization of Metron.

For example in the series Bug! that is a sequel to Cosmic Odyssey starring Forager 1, the bad guy seemed to be Chagra, Atlas' mentor, but nope, it was Metron being an asshole.

 

In 1984 they only torture you if you stop following the rules.

Here they kill you once you stop being useful even if you broke no rules.

 

Honestly, that just seems wasteful at least the tau turn you into medical experiments when you stop being useful

 

I was taking the piss; nobody's too obscure for Young Justice.

 

Hold should be told.

 

I remember reading once about the Edge of the Empire. About how someone who exists at the outskirts of a society is best suited to see its flaws and begin reform.

About how Worf was the perfect man to fix the klingon empire because he was a klingon who grew up outside it, and has an idealized idea of what klingon honor should mean.

Xor has kind of been pushed into a similar position. He's gained an outside look at his own society, and he sees what went wrong, and how to fix it.

 

Not that we can believe any official record at this point...

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Yes, he needs to hear this.

Should this be out loud?

More signs of a frame-up.

All Jaggar Ton could have done is cut his own throat shaving."

I bet even Xor could pick up on that Violet.

And isn't that a concerning fact. I bet there're lots of Klingon Promotions via proxy.

Oh, boy... Here we go.

OL, they ain't listening right now...

Boy, doesn't it just stick in his craw that he had to admit that first part...

oh, this gonna be good...

He's rejoicing that he's found evil now...

Such a simple life...

Oh, my! New technique unlocked!

Like an island in a sea of shit.

He is rejoicing, because when he is done, there will be one less evil...

And the revolution begins. Once again, the Orange Lanterns play a part in a world being turned upside-down... What will the Guardians think?

 

This would probably be overly disruptive to the setting to be practical, but I would be very interested in seeing what happens if Guy and OL are inspired by what Xor is doing and try to similarly devote themselves to forcibly improving the American Legal System.

 

So to be clear, all he did was remove OL's brand and now he's using honor-flavored social fu to try to get them on his side?

 

Seem to me more like he TOOK OVER OL's Brand so he is using a combo of Orange Light and "honor-flavored social fu" to reorder their minds so they see things more like he does.

 

I don't know, I'd be surprised if Zero-Man showed up in YJ.

For those who don't click links, Zero-Man is a DC superhero who never actually made it to the page, but got referenced in Armageddon 2001 as a shout out to a similar concept.

25th century USA is a dystopian nightmare, a scientist invents a time machine, and so his son grabs some goggles and wristbands to go back in time to set right once went wrong, with a government goon hot on his trail to make sure history follows course.

So he's basically the anti-Booster Gold.

 

Wow, I'll be honest, it's not often I look at a story and say "that's some really good character development".

But I'm liking how Xor is learning here. I'm liking it a lot.

Well... I guess if OL merged with the Ophidian he could probably manage to brand 327 million people at the same time. But I doubt he could do it without the Snek, and the occasional bit of schizotech or the odd metahuman with brand-resistance might give him trouble.

 

Should this be "told"?

 

I was pretty afraid Xaltian's character development would go in a controversial direction by converting the War Hounds (after declaring them a lost cause) into his thralls. That could still happen, but I'd prefer the more clean clear-cut rebellion we're looking at.

 

The legal system is fine the way it is. All that really needs to change at most is the type of people who get elected.for the legislature. At the very least they should be people who aren’t all about party politics and don’t try to game the system in ridiculously obvious ways. And the other main problem is how unsupervised state legislatures are. Very few people know who they voted for for state legislature, and that’s where most laws are made.

 

Damn Zoat, you write great speeches.

And Xalitan Xor, talk about character growth.

 

Thank you, corrected.

Darn, that guy would have been perfect for me.