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

Unless she's in bipedal ape form? Ouu, new arc for In Praise of Eros?

 

Miami Vice called. They don't want their style back because it was dumb the first time around.

They can compromise. Him in pony form, her in human form, so they each find the other sexy.
Plus it lets him do the "hung like a horse" puns, and you know he will.

 

That's simultaneously obvious and brilliant.

When one said "how do a pony and a human have sex", it did not occur to me that turning them into a human and a pony would improve the situation.

 

Have you not been to Tijuana, or watched Kinky Kelly and the Sexy Stud?

We need a time machine so we can go back and shoot whoever first wrote Bennifer, in the fucking face. With bullets, until they die.

 

Both be (winged, horned) centaurs? Then, each focus on the bits of the other they find attractive?

Every time I see one of those mangled names my brain goes "Yer what???", so, while I can't condone the violence I can see why you're annoyed.

Name are hard enough to wrangle, for some, without you inflicting extra pain on them...

 

No, Krypto exists in YJ.

When someone suggested naming Wolf Krypto, Miss Martian replies that name is already taken.

The common wisdom is that Wolf is YJ's answer to Rex the Wonder Dog, Rex being a very intelligent dog that was given a supersoldier serum ala Captain America.

 

I remember that in Life Ore Death Supes had Krypto as a pet and used him to pretend to be a blind man with a seeing eye dog.

Krypto apparently was like Icon, in that he looked a whole lot more alien when he came to Earth, but after landing there his ship changed him to look like an Earth dog.

 

It was a joke,

 

It is still a great joke.

Spoiler

 

So...

...If this movie exists on Earth 16 then I bet this scene is going to get a LOT of views if renegades dating of a horse becomes known.

 

"'Pony', not 'horse'."

You know, combining the Mirror and a boom/hush tube could do great things for the porn industry.

Does make you wonder, though, if Joe Public goes through the Mirror whatever comes out the other end isn't likely to be terribly magical...

Going the other way, you might want to imagine Discord in a London pub chatting to someone we don't get to see, that he calls 'John'...

 

That's what the Mirror is for Zoat.

 

Pact, by Wildbow. If the selection is limited to dead tree format, then Chainer's Torment by Scott McGough.

That being said, nice to see a moment of personal growth from one of Paul's reform projects... and that Lex is getting denied esoteric cryotechnology.

 

So... mans doesn’t read?

 

I mean... I won’t start a fight over it, but unless it’s someone I somewhat know, I’ll usually think “Why in the world are you asking me this?” “Are you trying to figure out my account security question for something?” and say something like “I like comedy books like Terry Pratchett’s but I can’t think of a favorite one.” or something.

 

I can't comment on Pact, but... I mean, yes, it was the best of a bad bunch of post-Weatherlight books, but 'Novels and Storylines' on the WotC board got renamed 'Storylines' and the whole forum got banned from talking about them for a reason.

 

I'm sad now.

 

I honestly couldn't say, because there are so many books that I just enjoy a lot, without there being a clear favourite. Probably Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett, though I haven't read it in two decades.

 

Oh. That was very sad. Poor Leo.

I also have trouble identifying my favourite book cause there are so many great ones.

Terry Pratchet is my favourite author overall though, I would say. With Charles Stross and David Brin close seconds.

Anyway, good to see Paul help a villain again. The philosophical, pragmatic discussions are a huge draw of this fic.

 

Yeah, PTerry is definitely the best writer I've ever come across.

 

The Stand by Stephen king, Rules of Prey by John Sanford, and Jurassic Park Michael Crichton.

 

I'd be inclined to disagree with this...

More, if you ask the question 'what's your favourite book' the answer you get may well tell you interesting things about the person questioned.

Speaking for myself, I can't sensibly answer the question. I've read a lot of books, dead tree and electronic, at least thousands, but, how would I work out which is my favourite?

Does that make me indecisive, 'complex', or something like terminally confused?

I will admit to being curious why Mr Snart can't answer the question... He feels he's too fractured/broken?

I'll admit it was fun chatting to TerryP, about ideas, in a bar in the UK, in the 1990s... There are advantages to attending science fiction conventions...

 

I'd also have to go with Pratchett, although in my case it's Thud!.

 

Indecisive with an imperfect memory so that you can't judge them all side by side? Also a psycho.

However, I'm inclined to believe that he's just being extra down on himself, and has conjured a reason to insult himself.

 

I've been told my memory is 'too good', as I rarely (totally) forget stuff... But, maybe I'll go with 'a bit mad', and try (and likely fail) to forget about the question.

 

Dresden Files: Small Favor by Jim Butcher.

 

That reason was the Onslaught trilogy, all three books of which were by J. Robert King. That, or forum mismanagement. Alarming number of photographs of distended rectums stuffed with bandanas, in those days.

 

Ironically if I was asked that question I'd unironically answer "With This Ring"

Or Ciaphas Cain.

 

A regular meeting with Leonard 'Captain Cold' Snart. He's still in prison, isn't he? Belle Reve, I suppose.

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"I, uh... I never heard of him..."

You have class, at least, that's one of the best Discworld novels.

Man, if only you could have accessed the internet in a place Sir Terry did write. Snag a collection of e-books. Too bad you didn't get the chance in the Buffyverse. Then again, early internet era anyway.

The joy of there only being so many logical cape names. Sooner or later, someone's going to end up with the same name as someone else, who might not want to share.

Yeah, not a good association for Mardon.

'Weather Warlock', perhaps. Or 'The Meteomancer..." On second thoughts, no. That makes him sound like a magical cook (meaty-o-mancer...)

Well, Mardon could be useful concerning weather control tech. Would you want to risk losing that to a nervous Central City cop?

Besides 'Don't go there, it's fucked up'?

At least he can laugh at himself. Can you see Batman making a joke like that?

A long, sordid tale of bad people using good people...

Everyone has hidden depths, OL. Just because he doesn't show it doesn't mean he doesn't know it.

He's got a fair point. No profit in taking from the poor. Just bad karma.

Dude, do you know what Gotham was like before Batman? 'Cesspool' would be being charitable.

I mean... I can see him making them useful to him, but...

I know, right? Seriously, that's...

That's usually what happens when Batman is involved in something. Or any popular hero, really. Yay for the Law of Narrative Causality.

And he makes a good example of why Batman shouldn't kill people, too. I mean, sure, Bats says 'I wouldn't be able to stop', but that's a worst-case scenario. And as the Texans say: Some people need killin'.

Yeah, you can be a punch-clock villain, with an honest moral code. Or you could be an asshole knight paladin of a 'hero' with no room for shades of grey in your worldview. There's all sorts.

There's still a point where you go from mere villain to complete monster. Joker is a good example of the latter.

Dude... His dad was... Ah. That was intentional.

Yep. The Rogues have a code of honour. You don't backstab each other, you don't hurt anyone who isn't getting in your way, and you don't be a dick about the work.

Acceptable targets. It's still bad, but it's bad people suffering so it's okay? But the CEOs don't feel the hit from it. It's the people underneath them, all the way down to the tellers, who cop wage cuts to cover the insurance hike...

As I said before: Some people need killin'. I think Batman might be a little miffed, but most Gothamites won't shed a tear for old Jack.

Insightful. A good way to tell the okay people from the bad... But not a perfect one.

It's not like you don't have time to read. Why not hit up the prison library?

It's easy to forget guys like Leonard are actually pretty smart. But something like this is a good reminder that he's not just a thug with an ice gun. I honestly find myself hoping he can finally go straight... But then I remember how well that usually goes for Rogues.
And on the topic of favourite books? I don't have a particular favourite, but Pratchett's Discworld and Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series are always a good read. The earlier David Eddings fantasy series (Belgariad, Elenium and their sequels) tend to be my popcorn reads, something comfortable when you want to relax.

"What's your favourite book?"

'Ask someone what their favourite book is'.