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

ThrawnCA · Oct 19, 2017

Mr Zoat said:
rush away from my

rush away from me

Mr Zoat said:
detonation send me flying

detonation sends me flying

Mr Zoat said:
waves if off

waves it off

Mr Zoat said:
Which mean you

Which means you

Mr Zoat said:
I though

I thought

Mr Zoat said:
I think it the

I think is the

four days work

four days' work

Mr Zoat said:
I can's

I can't

Mr Zoat said:
Garth's turns

Garth turns

how to I

how do I

the Shark's swords

the Sharks' swords

a orange sigil

an orange sigil

Mr Zoat said:
Four days design

Four days' design

How long to they

How long do they

Mr Zoat said:
eddies shoves me

eddies shove me

Presumable their

Presumably their

Mr Zoat said:
taking in on

taking it on

months worth

months' worth

Mr Zoat said:
merely just adds

merely adds

it's members

its members

arms reach

arm's reach

Mr Zoat said:
Aretmis

Artemis

Mr Zoat said:
effected his physique

affected his physique

Mr Zoat said:
to sink it

to sink in

florescent

fluorescent

a moments notice

a moment's notice

painted and textures

painted and textured

expert of rocks

expert on rocks

seems to the

seems to be the

Mr Zoat said:
lays in down

lays it down

no sillier that

no sillier than

any sort relationship

any sort of relationship

people's name's

people's names'

violetshadows · Oct 19, 2017

ChronOblivion said:
He's gonna live for millennia, establish a Corps to rival the Green Lanterns, rehabilitate thousands of criminals, break every threat to the wider galaxy upon his knee, and he'll still be primarily known as the Cake Man.

Hey, it's a big universe - some might know him as the Spider Fucker too.

Mr Zoat · Oct 19, 2017

Avernus said:
"nutribars" (I think)
"is"

Thank you, corrected.

Maxx Crowley · Oct 19, 2017

Mr Zoat said:
Good. He is.

And OL wont end up punching through his facehole and yanking out his vocal cords? Because that's what I feel like doing already. Then again...I'm faced with such utter incompetence at work daily that I really have very low tolerances these days.

Huh...wonder if that's a British thing, or an enlightened Orange lantern who modified his brain thing.

Mr Zoat said:
Any sufficiently large community will have fucked up members. Really, the most anyone can expect of the rest of the community is that they occasionally point out that it is fucked up.

It gets worse, but this isn't really the place for me to bring stuff like that up. The Transgendered comment merely sparked it. Moving on.

Mr Zoat · Oct 19, 2017

Maxx Crowley said:
And OL wont end up punching through his facehole and yanking out his vocal cords? Because that's what I feel like doing already. Then again...I'm faced with such utter incompetence at work daily that I really have very low tolerances these days.

He knew in advance that Dox would be difficult to work with. And he was expecting a certain amount of distaste to come his way. As long as he dos a good job the SI will probably shrug everything off.

Senevri · Oct 19, 2017

gourdcaptain said:
Vril Dox seems precariously balanced on the edge of completely losing it, although the end result might end up with him being a bit healthier.

Well, incredibly laser-focused overachieving workaholic may just be the normal, healthy state for a Coluan. I do feel it's unlikely though, since most races are basically 'human' for relatability's sake.

Massgamer · Oct 19, 2017

Mr Zoat said:
"I've used higher rate before,

rates

Dox naturally hard to talk with since he is still in that early stage of social development. I wonder if there isn't a female AI we ca introduce him with or something?

Obloquy · Oct 19, 2017

Has OL mentioned the ability to accelerate his own mental processes to Vril Dox? Because I'd guess Coluans can also handle it longer than humans can, and given that OL has accelerated to something like 100x baseline speed...

arromdee · Oct 19, 2017

Simon Buchan said:
"Stealth" is a term for a transgender person who hides that fact.

Did that term exist in 1989 when the character first appeared?

Segev · Oct 19, 2017

Mr Zoat said:
And if you've got a Controller or a power ring on hand, that requirements can be bypassed fairly easily.

Either "those requirements" or "that requirement"

I think I like Brainiac 5 better than Mr. Dox. But he won't be born for centuries, so we'll take what we can get.

Then again, I was introduced to Brainiac by the animated superman series, so I prefer mine to be pure AI/robot to "coluan," which is a pretty big difference, really.

Coda · Oct 19, 2017

ThrawnCA said:
Apokoliptican

Your correction is unmodified from the original error.

Apokoliptian.

Mr Zoat said:
assit-" Mister Brand moves around behind him to check his equipment. "-ance

assist- ... -ance

stsword · Oct 19, 2017

There is a bit about Dox that might be interesting here.

He invented a brainwashing device the "charisma program" but ultimately rejected using it. His son had no such compunctions so that's how Dox lost control of LEGION.

Well one of the bottlenecks to the orange lantern corps is useful desires.

Dox strikes me as the type to consider the obvious solution is to invent something to change someone's desires.

Not that I'm necessarily suggesting that he'd want to shanghai people like the indigo tribesmen, but he might be open to some horse trading.

"You want that, our priority right now is this. Would you be willing to be made to want to do this first and then you'd get to that with an orange lantern ring?"

Mr Zoat · Oct 19, 2017

Massgamer said:
rates

Segev said:
Either "those requirements" or "that requirement"

Coda said:
assist- ... -ance

Thank you, corrected.

Simon Buchan · Oct 19, 2017

arromdee said:
Did that term exist in 1989 when the character first appeared?

After a bunch of googling: literally? Maybe: I totally failed to find a decent history of the term. If it was an intentional reference? Probably not... the term "transgender" itself has been around at least since 1966, but I was seeing claims it was not "popularised" until 1993, and seems like the gender stuff was before L.E.G.I.O.N. vol 1 ended in 1994.

In practice I guess you would have to ask the writers, but I didn't see anyone talking about the character at all.

Mr Zoat · Oct 19, 2017

ThrawnCA said:
on the far wall
kitchen comes off
ignores it and reaches for

Sorry for skipping this. I saw your avatar and assumed that they were historical.

Mr Zoat · Oct 19, 2017

ThrawnCA said:
...

Thank you, corrected.

Please don't put them in multiple quote bubbles like this. It makes it far harder for me if I can't click on reply and see what you've done.

ThrawnCA said:
to breathe the
its members' interests
Guardians' pact
That's kinda
marvel at the
whose tracks
Its nose
its wing
as it floats
tanker's notebook
lots of people

Not sure what wording is intended here, but that's the wrong "its".

He didn't remember scanning what it was scanning with his ring while it was scanning it.

trying to breathe
than I used to
there are a couple
I thought
Barbara
the Frees' home
the Frees' front door
the Frees' front lawn
bringing her fist down on the top of her head and driving her
Apokoliptican
its history
its bow
its effect
What is he doing here

ThrawnCA said:
rush away from me
detonation sends me flying
waves it off
Which means you
I thought
I think is the
four days' work
I can't
Garth turns
how do I
the Sharks' swords
an orange sigil
Four days' design
How long do they
eddies shove me
Presumably their
taking it on
months' worth
merely adds
its members
arm's reach
Artemis
affected his physique
to sink in
fluorescent
a moment's notice
painted and textured
expert on rocks
seems to be the
lays it down
no sillier than
any sort of relationship
people's names'

Thank you, corrected.

Gourd · Oct 19, 2017

Looking into it some more, apparently Brand in Canon just gets randomly through a space-time anomaly chucked forward in time to the 30th Century so he can be the founder of the Legion of Superheroes. I hope that's been butterflied away - it seems like a really contrived, random, and silly way to strip Dox of his support structure for no plot-related reason.

stsword · Oct 19, 2017

gourdcaptain said:
Looking into it some more, apparently Brand in Canon just gets randomly through a space-time anomaly chucked forward in time to the 30th Century so he can be the founder of the Legion of Superheroes. I hope that's been butterflied away - it seems like a really contrived, random, and silly way to strip Dox of his support structure for no plot-related reason.

Not randomly, sent by Glorith the time witch. So arbitrary yes, random no.

That being said, Zoat doesn't seem worried about the legion future.

And even if he does, most versions of Brande have him being a native of the 30th century anyway.

Senevri · Oct 19, 2017

arromdee said:
Did that term exist in 1989 when the character first appeared?

Probably. It was certainly around in 1992-1995, and I expect it to have been around earlier.

Segev · Oct 19, 2017

Senevri said:
Probably. It was certainly around in 1992-1995, and I expect it to have been around earlier.

"Exist" isn't the same as "was likely known by the author." But doesn't mean it's impossible he knew, either.

ThrawnCA · Oct 19, 2017

Mr Zoat said:
Please don't put them in multiple quote bubbles like this. It makes it far harder for me if I can't click on reply and see what you've done.

Do you mean "don't use spoiler tags" or "don't use multiple spoiler tags"? I started using them at @Coda's request, but I can stop if you'd prefer.

(Hmm. I've now had negative feedback from a moderator, another reader, the system itself (when I started using spoiler tags, with nothing outside them, apparently that meant my reply was too short), and the author. Thinking of switching to PMs, but maybe they'd have their own issues?)

ThrawnCA · Oct 19, 2017

Mr Zoat said:
"Something that might lead to me baking a giant cake?"

He may have been mocking Paul here, but I think the correct answer is, Yes, if you're not careful, the orange light may cause you to bake a giant cake in the air and spin the moon around just so everyone can see the other side and that's if you've first trained yourself to value altruism and cooperation!

Buggy · Oct 19, 2017

ThrawnCA said:
He may have been mocking Paul here, but I think the correct answer is, Yes, if you're not careful, the orange light may cause you to bake a giant cake in the air and spin the moon around just so everyone can see the other side and that's if you've first trained yourself to value altruism and cooperation!

To be fair, Paul had a lot of orange light in him. Consuming a energy field larger than your head is bad, consuming a energy field the size of the universe is so terrible that sometimes it overflows back into good and some poor shmuck decides to try it.

ThrawnCA · Oct 19, 2017

Buggy said:
To be fair, Paul had a lot of orange light in him.

Point stands: Dox really needs proper training if he wants to use the ring. It only took a regular ring and a family tragedy to make Robin go half-crazy.

Gourd · Oct 19, 2017

ThrawnCA said:
Point stands: Dox really needs proper training if he wants to use the ring. It only took a regular ring and a family tragedy to make Robin go half-crazy.

TBF, that was before the Orange Central Power Battery was set up to make the orange light somewhat less crazy-making.

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

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