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

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moralrelativity said:
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Thank you, corrected.
Maybe transparent to everyone but me?
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It's a Discworld reference. It would mean either 'you can see right through them' or 'you can't see them at all'.
Old Knife said:
So many excellent snippets and all I want to see is Gravyen getting blasted by the elements of Harmony.
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I haven't written it all yet, but been a while since I've done one of these, hasn't it?
 
Cuchulin said:
This does not surprise me, it DISGUSTS me but does not surprise me as some people will ship characters simply on the basis of thinking two characters look cute together or misinterpreting dislike as "romantic tension". Then there are the people who write Starlord x Rocket Raccon fics.
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Fangirls care about looks. Cute will be paired with cute. Beyond that, the more taboo, the better with some. What really gets interesting is the ones who sorta know what they are doing is a bit fucked up, but have all manner of twisted ass, in universe mind you, logic as to why its totally okay.

Admittedly, odd shipping bothers me less then the horrible rape and violence filled ones. A fic/comic of an innocent person being tricked with a job offer, that the desperately need, and then being drown in biological waste while the comments remark on how "Hot" it all is, tend to rattle me more.

Then there is the shota...and the vore....and somehow I end up the odd one out for simply enjoying a loving relationship.

But call them on it, even mildly, and prepare for the "Its all just a fantasy!" shrieks.

Mr Zoat said:
I have to say, this comment makes me think that your anti-nazi stance is not entirely consistent.
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I am fully committed to the cause of making gay jokes at the expense of fangirls insistence that two character who hate one another are simply going through incredible sexual tension.

I know of entire essays written claiming that the conflict between Harry and Draco has nothing to do with....well everything it has to do with, and instead entirely because Draco is heavily, heavily, in lust with Harry. To the point where if Harry had just given him that lay, then voila, on the side of Light he would be.
 
Maxx Crowley said:
Fangirls care about looks. Cute will be paired with cute. Beyond that, the more taboo, the better with some. What really gets interesting is the ones who sorta know what they are doing is a bit fucked up, but have all manner of twisted ass, in universe mind you, logic as to why its totally okay.
Admittedly, odd shipping bothers me less then the horrible rape and violence filled ones. A fic/comic of an innocent person being tricked with a job offer, that the desperately need, and then being drown in biological waste while the comments remark on how "Hot" it all is, tend to rattle me more.
Then there is the shota...and the vore....and somehow I end up the odd one out for simply enjoying a loving relationship.
But call them on it, even mildly, and prepare for the "Its all just a fantasy!" shrieks.
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What about Shota + Incest? Because last I checked pairing Hiro from the Big Hero 6 movie with his older brother is pretty popular.

Maxx Crowley said:
I know of entire essays written claiming that the conflict between Harry and Draco has nothing to do with....well everything it has to do with, and instead entirely because Draco is heavily, heavily, in lust with Harry. To the point where if Harry had just given him that lay, then voila, on the side of Light he would be.
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This applies just as much to a certain other Wizard named Harry and a mob boss he hates.
 
Cuchulin said:
What about Shota + Incest? Because last I checked pairing Hiro from the Big Hero 6 movie with his older brother is pretty popular.
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Oh well, barring the time travel that makes the Naruto/Minato happen.....the fandom has Boruto/Naruto to cover you there. When they aren't going Sasuke/Boruto....with perhaps Naruto walking in to Sasuke just railing the hell out of his 13 year old son and being totally aghast!....that he wasn't invited.

I guess some people just don't think it through, and see the actual horror of the situation.

Cuchulin said:
This applies just as much to a certain other Wizard named Harry and a mob boss he hates.
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Afraid I'm not entirely sure what that reference is. But hey, Voldemort/Harry exists....with the caveat that Tom can totally switch into a younger, hotter form whenever he wants.

What's the saying? Rule 34?

And don't get me wrong. People can do what they wanna do, ship who they wanna ship, and draw/write whatever they want. Have fun.

But sometimes....god damn do they go nuts. Like the folks who insist that Rowling is a, and I quote, fucking moron for not hooking Harry and Draco up because insert long essay of them finding the number 23 because they are looking for it.

Sure, it would have tickled me pink for Harry to be a well adjusted homosexual boy who gets into a loving relationship. But he isn't, he didn't
 
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Rule 8 - No Politics
Maxx Crowley said:
I don't even know what that is....am I going to regret asking?
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I'm going to be honest. I'm not even 100% sure what woke means.

There's just a culture out there of liberals, socialists, SJWs, LGBTQWERTY-whatever the fuck they want to be called, that want to see me either emasculated, sterilized, or dead just because I am a white male. They celebrate shows like She-Ra, Batwoman, and Birds of Prey. And ruin the careers of people like Vic Mignogna. So I don't want to go anywhere near any of their shit.
 
Mr Zoat said:
I HAVE THE POWER! Ring.
19th year of the reign of King Randor I
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Mr Zoat said:
I HAVE THE POWER! Ring.
20th year of the reign of King Randor I
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Both these have the same Threadmark text... Should they be '1' and '2'?

Mr Zoat said:
explain Kronis' nanotechnology
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Most of the links are OK, but this one still wants an e-mail address.

Interesting treatment of 'He Man', which I'll admit I only saw as a (poor) toy-selling vehicle - I've noticed, before, that some of the spin-off media (comics, in this case) do a lot more impressive job of storytelling than the initial franchise...
 
Ace Dreamer said:
Both these have the same Threadmark text... Should they be '1' and '2'?
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Given that they don't exactly follow on from one another, I think it'll do.
Most of the links are OK, but this one still wants an e-mail address.
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Thank you, corrected.
Interesting treatment of 'He Man', which I'll admit I only saw as a (poor) toy-selling vehicle - I've noticed, before, that some of the spin-off media (comics, in this case) do a lot more impressive job of storytelling than the initial franchise...
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Eh, the comics give two different and mutually contradictory origins for Trapjaw, so...
lancelot said:
Are there only two parts to this, or is there more around that explains whats going on in the two parts?
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There are currently only two parts.
 
Handlewithcare said:
Meaning they can't be seen, hah.

I agree with your assessment of killing the irredeemable ones in these super hero settings but in real life things look diferent.

It's a bit easier to ascertain the guilt of "Destructor, massively paralel killer" then "Joe Everyman, looking vaguely guilty on blurry camera". Death is also a lot more permanent in our world.
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Also in the real world (or at least in America) the death penalty actually ends up costing more in the long run than life imprisonment. A decade of appeals is no cheap prospect. In fiction they tend to skip that part.

Gladiusone said:
Honestly I don't really remember enough of He Man from my childhood ... presumably 'Keldor' is Skeletor?
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If I remember correctly in the 80s He-Man cartoon Skeletor WAS his name. Or, at the very least, the only name he would answer to. I think in the new one - which is where this is based on the pic of Teela - they all got regular names, but I've only watched like half an episode of it.

Maxx Crowley said:
Fangirls care about looks. Cute will be paired with cute. Beyond that, the more taboo, the better with some.
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Sadly it's not just fangirls *cough*UltimatesWandaAndPietro*cough*
 
Gladiusone said:
Honestly I don't really remember enough of He Man from my childhood ... presumably 'Keldor' is Skeletor? The various pun names are childish distortions of the characters real names?
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Also, y'all can google things you don't know. We have a whole internet out there filled with this kind of information. Do ninety seconds' research, then complain, no?
 
Mr Zoat said:
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How are you here?
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GODDAMNIT WHY IS THERE NO FUNNY LIKE OPTION?!
 
Mquz said:
Probably a reference to Harry Dresden of Dresden files fame.
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Darko said:
The reference of another wizard named Harry and a mob boss he hates is about Harry Dresden and a mob boss named James Marcone.
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I was indeed referencing the Dresden Files as Harry Dresden x JOHNNY Marcone is a popular ship despite A both characters being quite clearly Hetro and B Harry despising Marcone for being a Mob boss.
 
hkim said:
Also, y'all can google things you don't know. We have a whole internet out there filled with this kind of information. Do ninety seconds' research, then complain, no?
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Some people prefer asking other real people. It's a form of validation that is a separate reward from getting the information needed.

Also it sets up funny stuff like zoats totally valid question.
 
Equestrian Girls (part 7)
1st April 2012
23:01 GMT -6

"Let me-." I hold up my forehooves. The eight of us are sitting in the station's café, the staff having taken one look at us and then abandoned any attempt to enforce the closing times. "Let me make sure that I'm understanding what you're telling me. Just before he was turned to stone by Celestia and Luna, Discord developed some kind of magic-nullifying vine thing-"

Twilight Sparkle nods. "Plunderseed Vines."

"-and threw the seeds around, intending for them to sprout… At some point in the future. A little while ago they did sprout, kidnapped Celestia and Luna from Canterlot and dragged them back to the Everfree… Somehow. Without anyone noticing. Again… Somehow."

Rarity frowns, her right forehoof tapping her snout as she tries to work out how that could have happened.

"So you went into the Everfree, fought through the vines, put the Elements back on the Tree of Harmony because… It turns out that they're actually some kind of fruit? And that sent out a blast of harmonious magic which destroyed the vines, except… Maybe it didn't, so you've got to leave them there in case it missed any. And you got a box. Which… Random items you picked up over the next few months turned into keys for. And when you opened it, there was a rainbow inside, which made you all rainbow coloured, drained Tirek and built Twilight a new house. And then vanished."

Applejack nods. "That's about the size of it."

I study Rainbow Dash while my mind spins. Apparently, I somehow missed two harmony-based magical mega-weapons.

"So did…" I point at her with my right forehoof. "She keep a bit, or is she naturally..?"

Rainbow Dash metaphorically preens. "I'm aaaaall natural."

"So… What happens next time… Picking an example at random here… Another evil magic user like… Queen Chrysalis or… Grogar? Puts in an appearance?"

Twilight thinks for a moment, then shrugs with her wings oh that's cheating!

"I.. guess we'd.. just have to fight them without the Elements. Or we'd find a new magic artefact and beat them with that."

Pinkie Pie nods enthusiastically. "Or we could use the Crystal Heart!"

Crystal Heart. Not sure it's really what I was.. looking for, but… I'll take what I can get. Even if it only sets the Anti-Life fragment back a little it'll have been worth it.

"And where's that?"

There's a slight.. intake of breath from several of the ponies.

"Ah…" Twilight looks around to see if anyone has an idea on how best to lie to me. "It's… A… Long way away?"

Over to my left, Sunset Shimmer rolls her eyes and shakes her head at her successor's dishonesty failure.

"But why do you want us to use something like that on you, anyway? If you're.. evil, you wouldn't want us to, and if you're not evil…" She frowns. "I actually don't know what they do to ponies who aren't evil."

"What about someone who is afflicted by some sort of evil magic but isn't evil themselves?"

"Um. Well, the Elements of Harmony removed the Nightmare from Princess Luna, so I guess they can tell the difference?"

Applejack doesn't look convinced. "Beggin' yer pardon, Twi, but didn't the rainbow make Tirek how he was before he started stealin' everypony's magic? How exactly is he s'poss ta be good?"

"Ahhh… It… Put him in Tartarus and it put Nightmare Moon on the moon the first time. Maybe it-."

"Okay, you and Sunset try working that out together. I'm going to go to a library, find out where this Crystal Heart thing is, then-."

"No!" Twilight's eyes widen. "You-."

"Oh just tell him why not." Sunset takes a couple of steps forward. "Applejack, you're 'honesty', right?"

"That ain't exactly how it works, sugarcube." She looks around the Bearerherd. "But if Graven here's really got some kinda evil magic makin' him look like that, I fer one think we oughta tell him."

Twilight sighs. "Okay, but-. You look a lot like a pony called King Sombra. He used to rule a place called the Crystal Empire, which is where the Crystal Heart is. If you go there, everypony would be terrified."

"Ah, Twilight?" Rarity frowns thoughtfully. "If the ponies of the Crystal Empire are confronted with somepony who looks like something out of their worst nightmares… Wouldn't that prevent the Crystal Heart from working?"

"Yes! You're right!" She smiles as a reason for preventing me from going there hits her. "Which means that there's no point in you going there!"

Sunset frowns. "Why? What does it need to work?"

"The love of all of the crystal ponies. If they see you, it won't get any power. And the spells keeping the Crystal Empire warm would stop working as well and they'll freeze to death!"

She's probably right, Lantern. You could try to sneak in and use it covertly, but if the Zamarons couldn't purify you with love I doubt that these primitives would manage any better.

Yes. Still: no harm in throwing them a bone…

"Love? Don't Changelings feed on that?" I smile. "Can I assume that the Crystal Heart is well protected? Walls, defensive spells, that sort of thing?"

Twilight sort of freezes. "Y-es?"

"Good show. I'd hate to think that a changeling could just walk up to it and eat their fill. So how about taking me to this 'Tree of Harmony' thing and blasting me with the Elements there? You don't even need to take them off it."

Fluttershy peers out from behind Pinkie Pie and her own mane.

"Why do you think you need us to use the Elements on you? If you don't mind telling us."

"I've got a… Let's call it a curse. It tries to change the way I think. At the moment there's… Another spell keeping it contained, but the containment is gradually weakening. When Sunset described the way magic worked here, I began to hope that a sufficiently powerful harmony-related effect could permanently destroy it. And.. now that I've learned that you could easily regain the ability to generate such blasts, I'm… Really not sure what the problem is?"

Twilight tilts her head to the right. "It's just a curse?"

"It's a… Little worse than 'just a curse', but… Yes?"

She sits up a little straighter, smiling in what I expect she intends to be a reassuring way. "Why don't-" Her horn lights up." "-you let me take a loo-"

I generate a yellow barrier and a suit of yellow barding.

"-kkkkk…? Or… Not?"

"It's a memetic hazard, Twilight. It wants to be spread. If you touch it then it will claim you as well and then you won't be able to use the Elements. That's why you shooting me with them is such a great solution: it's one way. No chance for feedback."

"Okay… What does it do?"

"It uses examples from your own life to prove to you that having any aim results in failure and misery."

Rainbow Dash looks decidedly unimpressed. "That's it? So it doesn't… Turn you into a warthog, or make you get old super fast or turn your legs into sand or… Anything?"

"I spent days raving in anguish before it got shut down."

She exhales dismissively.

"Mister Graven…" Twilight looks like she's about to break some bad news. "I'm happy to try looking at this curse for you, but… We only use the Elements on bad ponies. You're trying to remove a curse and that's… Fine, but it doesn't make you bad."

I nod. "So what you're saying is, that if I become more evil then you'll use the Elements on me?"

"Yes, exactly." She then twitches as she actually hears what I just said. "No! Nonono!"

I stand, grinning maniacally, purple and green bubbles bubbling from my horn.

"THEN PREPARE FOR EVIL AS YOU HAVE NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED IT! BAWHAHAHAW!"

I turn and prance away. Now I just need to find a lawyer.
 
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