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- Ann Arbor
Ohh i remember that it was because he chose the gold and gem-ed up cup instead of the crude clay crappy made cup.
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
- Thread starter Mr Zoat
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- Bay Area
It would be totally redundant from our perspective, but it would be sweet to have a Reveal Monologue. And when I say a reveal monologue, I mean the one from Lucky Number Slevin (potato quality, sorry). Particularly with the construct wraith and "All that was left to do was make the phone ring."
This particular people are all almost the same person, to be fair...
This particular people are all almost the same person, to be fair...
Silverias
Seeing is Believing
- Location
- Squiddy Places
Isn't OL's theme song "There she is"?
Yarudazuigu
Frostbyte's overlord.
- Location
- Poland
I see no reason behind OL not being able to give Starfire and Blackfire their intended powerset just by healing them up from the mistreatment? Orange Ring is not a rocket science, it is literally clarktech device working on desires of the user. Paul wanting them to be at their best? It's all there is needed as he heals the gals. Because i fucking doubt he'll let them suffer since he had such visceral reaction, only supressed by Ring, to what happened to them.
With that said, there could be two-fold thing with the Orange Ring that Citadelian asshole put on. Primo, he directly rebelled against Progenitor, brain-implant go BOOM!, secondly he put on Orange Construct Ring connected to Larfreeze. Monkey-asshole might show up like projection of Palapatine.
With that said, there could be two-fold thing with the Orange Ring that Citadelian asshole put on. Primo, he directly rebelled against Progenitor, brain-implant go BOOM!, secondly he put on Orange Construct Ring connected to Larfreeze. Monkey-asshole might show up like projection of Palapatine.
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- Hampden Park
Except that the procedure that granted them those powers had never been used on anyone before and one of the lead researchers genuinely thought that the subjects exploding was the most likely result. The SI knows nothing like enough to try it himself and that's assuming that they'd volunteer.
Broovian
The Patriarch of Oblivion and all it contains.
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- The cesspool of New York and Loving it!
And he can't use meta-knowledge + generated Tamaranian sample(like a blood vial or something similar) to test it first? Like what he did when he was testing if the Garrick/Danner formulas would work on him. Also is this not just blasting them with extreme levels of solar(or some other kind of) radiation?
I'd argue they aren't quite the same without their powerset.
Although I suppose you COULD give it to them by adjusting how you define this line
Its possible said Psion had done some inital experiments/exposure/procedure as prep for their main experiemnt which Paul just interupted... and you could put forth a claim that said initial procedure is what 'primed' Starfire and Blackfire for their eventual powerset... with the main experiment just 'kickstarting' things.
Heck you could even have a fun scene of Paul doing a scan and discovering the priming but not realizing what it is and just accidentally setting them off to their powerset. Perhaps while healing Blackfires inability to fly?
best of both worlds then.
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- Earth, 3rd rock from the Sun
He has scans of the equipment that was going to be used on them, he has prior knowledge that the experiment will give these two Tamaraneans powers specifically, and that they can survive the process. He has the analytic capabilities to figure out why, and apply the effects of the machine in a less painful manner. OL would have to be a little shit to not give them the powers they were supposed that have, when all the pieces are right there.
Apparently not. Because even though OL knows the research here revealed a way to unlock powers in either all Tamaraneans, or a subsection at the very least, he will be keeping that to himself.
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- Hampden Park
But he doesn't know which of the hundreds of possible procedures listed are the ones which would produce the desired results.
It isn't a secret that X'Hal was made into a goddess by the Psions.
He did mention solar saturation though. When he said how much losing these two would set him back.
Wasn't that what they got their powers from, in canon?
This in addition to the surgical incisions mentioned on their bodies.
It seems pretty clear that the Psion's have already gotten started.
It depends on you want to write, obviously, but if you want them to have their super-strength and lasers, it wouldn't be hard to say that they'd already had one mega-dose of solar energy, and the Psion's hadn't seen the results yet because they're both too injured to actually do anything with it.
I dunno though. It does feel like non-empowered starfire is missing something.
On the other hand, Paul showing up directly after their empowerment but before they broke out would require ridiculous timing.
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*twitch* YOU GOD DAMN KIDS, GET OFF MY FUCKING LAWN. *grumble* Always dabbing their spinners and smoking their mary jane spliffs and yoloing on their Mybooks....
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- Canada
Which part messed with your original plan?
Science
If you're reading this, omae wa mo shindeiru.
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- Killeen, TX
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- Hampden Park
I thought that she only went over to the Citadel after getting empowered. I also didn't remember that the Psions and Citadel were enemies.
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- Earth, 3rd rock from the Sun
Look at what he knows from clues dropped here.
And add that to out of context knowledge, in addition to a power ring.
He could run them through the list one by one till something happens, since he knows it is the machine that ends up exploding, not them.
Or just scan the princesses and run simulations of procedures the machine is capable of in those scans to see what unlocks teh powerz.
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- Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Earth
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- She/They
Folks, do you honestly believe that that Mr Zoat hasn't thought of all the best ways to powergame with an Orange Ring by this point?
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- Somewhere out there
Yes, actually. I think he's thought of MANY of the best ways to do it. But given that it's an open-ended question, I don't think you could ever reasonably say any one person has come up with ALL of them.
Empiricist2
Let's play doctor!
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- Baton Rouge
While I do like this interpretation, I think that the explosion will be because of Larfleeze. Even disregarding the link in the last line, orange rings don't create new desires, they enhance the ones you already have. So this Citadelian probably already wanted to be emperor at some level. Unless the cybernetics only activate on speech, not thought, then he should have exploded a while ago.
While I admit I may have been caught up in the moment to a degree, I did include the qualifier that the Citadel should only be eradicated if they were all like the Citadelian shown here.
Why though? The process itself is likely rather unpleasant and fraught with danger if everything doesn't go well. For what gain? They get enhanced strength and starbolts, both of which can be superseded by technology. Give them some good power armor and a selection of plasma based weapons to choose from and the results are nearly indistinguishable. There is some value in their weapons being inherent, but the danger of the process and the ability to change weapons outweighs that.
And if they're getting power rings anyways, then the offensive and defensive options offered by a ring completely outclass any boost they could get from enhanced physiology.
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- Freedom Land
Deniability. Just say 'oh the ring decided he was unworthy' or 'His rebellion made his implants blow him up' or 'The Beast takes his due' and bam you have a foolproof alibi.
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- Hampden Park
The SI isn't very good at wanton destruction.
But he knows a man who is.
Yes. We're ALL WELL AWARE of Paul's failings in wantonness.
...how's he gonna get Oliver Queen here on such short notice?
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- Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Earth
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- She/They
It seemed rather obvious to me that I was not intending for my statement to be interpreted by the exact definitions of terms I was using, but if you wish for me to be precise, I'll reiterate. Do you (or anyone else here) really think that you personally have come up with some crazy new loophole that Mr Zoat has yet to think of? Specifically, do you (or anyone else here) really think that Mr Zoat has not thought of the who/what/when/why/how of having the Tamaranian sisters have their powers, and that you are informing him of some unforeseen new path the story could take?
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