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

[Jankl]

Nothing in the entire story suggests that any Yellow Lantern, Sinestro included, is a meaningful threat to Paul.
Nothing in the entire story suggests that the entire Yellow Lantern Corps is a threat to Paulphidion.

The worst probably outcome is the yellows taking exception and Paul having to actually treat them as enemies rather than adamantly ignoring them.

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Isn't The Hal Jordan equivalent from --Earth-16 Also a part of the Yellow Lantern corps? He fused with Parallax and has yellow light enlightenment so he might be a major threat if he shows up. We even saw him easily kill Ultraman.

 

[GeneralCDragon]

Isn't The Hal Jordan equivalent from --Earth-16 Also a part of the Yellow Lantern corps? He fused with Parallax and has yellow light enlightenment so he might be a major threat if he shows up. We even saw him easily kill Ultraman.

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I dont remember fully, but wasn't that a version of Allan Scott, who was a yellow lantern.

 

[thebishop8]

I was curious what was going on with Mongul, but him getting overthrown by another tyrant is apparently canon to the original story and I just forgot about it.

Isn't The Hal Jordan equivalent from --Earth-16 Also a part of the Yellow Lantern corps? He fused with Parallax and has yellow light enlightenment so he might be a major threat if he shows up. We even saw him easily kill Ultraman.

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He works with the Yellow Lanterns Corps in some unknown capacity, but as far as we know he still uses a green ring, so Yellow enlightenment isn't as helpful. He's also already working against Paul, because it was implied he was working with Vandal Savage too. Killing Ultraman didn't seem that impressive to me. He considers himself as owing Paul a favor for whatever that's worth.

Sinestro already has a different enlightened Yellow lantern who actually has a yellow ring working for him, so that's all somewhat of a moot point. Honestly, the Sinestro plotline is something that comes up only every 10 episodes or so, which makes it easy to lose track of what's going on there.

I dont remember fully, but wasn't that a version of Allan Scott, who was a yellow lantern.

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You're thinking of Earth -14, and he wasn't enlightened.

 

[Mr Zoat]

Nothing in the entire story suggests that any Yellow Lantern, Sinestro included, is a meaningful threat to Paul.
Nothing in the entire story suggests that the entire Yellow Lantern Corps is a threat to Paulphidion.

The worst probably outcome is the yellows taking exception and Paul having to actually treat them as enemies rather than adamantly ignoring them.

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Neither was Mannheim, but he still wrecked human civilisation. You don't see Superman saying 'yes, I know that man with a gun killed seven people, but since a gun isn't a threat to me I didn't think it was worth worrying about', do you?

 

[Ardy]

Neither was Mannheim, but he still wrecked human civilisation. You don't see Superman saying 'yes, I know that man with a gun killed seven people, but since a gun isn't a threat to me I didn't think it was worth worrying about', do you?

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Mannheim was a threat because anti-life was a threat, and they knew that when they confronted him.

Superman deliberately shows up and lets people shoot him. This is canon to pretty much every damn version of him.

Paul taking it slow is dumb when he's deliberately fought worse things with less prep and less time pressure

 

[Darko]

I turns to the full Darkstar

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The running gag of Orange Lantern being outplayed by Sinestro will never get old.

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Except Paul didn't know that about this guy existing and would have very little reason to know, so he wasn't exactly outplayed.

Isn't The Hal Jordan equivalent from --Earth-16 Also a part of the Yellow Lantern corps? He fused with Parallax and has yellow light enlightenment so he might be a major threat if he shows up. We even saw him easily kill Ultraman.

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I don't think he's working with them.

Killing Ultraman didn't seem that impressive to me. He

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It wasn't.

Ultraman wasn't killed by being overpowered.

He was killed using a sonic weapon and was taken by surprise.

 

[Chaoswind]

Especially if Brother Eye can detect their active system links while they're conscious. Admittedly, detecting them halfway across the solar system might be tricky, but who knows what technology Eye has built into it?

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Venus is fairly close to earth even at their most distant point for 'half way across the solar system' to be in anyway accurate. At most its 1.7 AU at its most distant and much closer than mars on average.

If the OMACS are broadcasting their position with a signal that approaches light speed then the signal has already hit earth.

Anyways Batman getting influence by other Yellow Lanterns, does Paul think the Orange Lanterns aren't on board with the current yellow lantern levels of activity? Because the phol pot the second is bad, but his yellow people ran a predatory and evil civilization that attacked and enslaved others and build the warworld a planetary siege engine made for genocide.

 

[hkim]

It wasn't.

Ultraman wasn't killed by being overpowered.

He was killed using a sonic weapon and was taken by surprise.

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Exactly. Anyone can kill someone with a sledgehammer, it takes skill to get it done with a scalpel. That's why it's impressive.

 

[WereDragon]

Isn't The Hal Jordan equivalent from --Earth-16 Also a part of the Yellow Lantern corps? He fused with Parallax and has yellow light enlightenment so he might be a major threat if he shows up. We even saw him easily kill Ultraman.

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Killing an Ultraman is not an impressive feat. Paul has kicked the arse of an entire JL roster, non-lethally and in a matter of seconds.
As to fusing with Parallax? At best that makes them equal to Paul in raw power. Thing is, Paul has spent a great deal of time training against other lanterns and almost universally is better than them even when at a power disadvantage. I seem to recall that before he could call upon the Ophidian safely the GLs that train with him thought they would need at least four honour guard to bring him down, more if they wanted to avoid casualties. He has gotten more skilled and better armed since then.

Neither was Mannheim, but he still wrecked human civilisation. You don't see Superman saying 'yes, I know that man with a gun killed seven people, but since a gun isn't a threat to me I didn't think it was worth worrying about', do you?

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That is even more reason for Paul to stop pretending Sinestro is something perfectly safe for him to ignore. They are not a threat to him. They are a threat to people Paul has at least some care for. Such as a planet of broadly innocent people being tyrannically oppressed back to pre-industrial tech in direct opposition to Paul's desired universe.

Sinestro and co are already doing the things Paul would worry about them doing if he provokes them.

 

[Ardy]

Killing an Ultraman is not an impressive feat. Paul has kicked the arse of an entire JL roster, non-lethally and in a matter of seconds.
As to fusing with Parallax? At best that makes them equal to Paul in raw power. Thing is, Paul has spent a great deal of time training against other lanterns and almost universally is better than them even when at a power disadvantage. I seem to recall that before he could call upon the Ophidian safely the GLs that train with him thought they would need at least four honour guard to bring him down, more if they wanted to avoid casualties. He has gotten more skilled and better armed since then.

That is even more reason for Paul to stop pretending Sinestro is something perfectly safe for him to ignore. They are not a threat to him. They are a threat to people Paul has at least some care for. Such as a planet of broadly innocent people being tyrannically oppressed back to pre-industrial tech in direct opposition to Paul's desired universe.

Sinestro and co are already doing the things Paul would worry about them doing if he provokes them.

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Hell, Sinestro/his corps are causing more harm than the actual evil eyeball god that Paul casually killed offscreen without thinking twice about it, and he knows more about how to fight yellow lanterns to boot!

 

[Mr Zoat]

Mannheim was a threat because anti-life was a threat, and they knew that when they confronted him.

Superman deliberately shows up and lets people shoot him. This is canon to pretty much every damn version of him.

Paul taking it slow is dumb when he's deliberately fought worse things with less prep and less time pressure

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The SI shrugged off the Anti-Life, and could easily have dropped anti-matter on Washington at a time when he knew that Mannheim was in residence. That would have dealt with the problem immediately, wouldn't it?

The SI does not know what resources Sinestro has at his disposal, or who he could retaliate against. He does know that despite having an ongoing feud with Jordan he isn't attacking Earth, and he'd very much like it to stay that way. Human civilisation is effectively a hostage to anyone with faster than light travel, because it can't defend itself at the moment.

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Thank you, corrected.

Ultraman wasn't killed by being overpowered.

He was killed using a sonic weapon and was taken by surprise.

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Yes, but it didn't help that Ultraman was arrogant enough to assume that Harrolds wouldn't be a problem. If he'd actually treated it as a fight from the start rather than an opportunity for mockery, it would have gone very differently.

That is even more reason for Paul to stop pretending Sinestro is something perfectly safe for him to ignore. They are not a threat to him. They are a threat to people Paul has at least some care for. Such as a planet of broadly innocent people being tyrannically oppressed back to pre-industrial tech in direct opposition to Paul's desired universe.

Sinestro and co are already doing the things Paul would worry about them doing if he provokes them.

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They're a potential threat. One has a personal grudge against him, but last time the met he didn't do anything about it. Earth needs a functioning economy as soon as possible.

Hell, Sinestro/his corps are causing more harm than the actual evil eyeball god that Paul casually killed offscreen without thinking twice about it, and he knows more about how to fight yellow lanterns to boot!

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Yes, because the eyeball god had no way to become a threat to Earth. Even if he made a mess of things, the potential for fallout was almost zero.

 

[PeriodicPedant]

Oh, posting is unbroken again.
I appreciated the repeated "By '<pronoun>', <pronoun> meant" etc. gag.
And idk, I appreciate seeing moments of Paul and Jade being together, possibly because it is an exception to their daily status quo.

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Where do you come by that usage?
While not in the internet discussions I think I am fairly well read (or, at least, I used to be), and the only place I've come across that is Joan D. Vinge's Cat trilogy (of which I really only liked the second, which -fortunately or unfortunately- happened to be the one I read first, but that's neither here nor there).

 

[Steelplaza]

Sinistro would love to have an example of a yellow landern saving s such important world and ruling it effectively

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If old "Lefty" cares about the image of his yellow lantern corps, maybe he should have a word with this Arkymandryte fellow. Because going global Pol Pot is not a great look. When you make Mongul look like a better ruler by comparison, well....

 

[Darko]

If old "Lefty" cares about the image of his yellow lantern corps, maybe he should have a word with this Arkymandryte fellow. Because going global Pol Pot is not a great look. When you make Mongul look like a better ruler by comparison, well....

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The recruitment pool is not great.

Turns out it's not easy to find people that can inspire fear and not be evil lunatics at the same time.