ThrawnCA
Carbon-based biped
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- Australia
Ah, but this isn't green light. Self-doubt may be a long-term problem, but it isn't necessarily crippling.
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
- Thread starter Mr Zoat
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- Ashtabula
Quite the contrary. That was actually one of the worst curbstomps you can get. He was completely, utterly shut down.
Sure, Paul could have smashed him into paste, and that would have been pretty bad. But at the same time, a warrior type like our dear Raggy could have respected that loss. Here? He wasn't even able to make Paul take him seriously. He was never actually in the fight, and most importantly, there was nothing he could do about it at all. Right in the pride....
SpokenSoftly
(Verified Fruity) (Potassiest Write-Tan)
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- The nearest fruit bowl
I'm a mite disappointed that Paul didn't take the opportunity to smack him about the face at least once with a construct haddock.
Evil M. Lurker
What Lurks at Midnight
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- The City, USA
"For the next seventy-two hours, I will slap you with this trout."
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- Earth: Universe Meta - 1
One of the omakes /guest posts that Mr Zoat made official shows just how much of a threat the Guardians considered him before he even left Earth. Guy's question at the start was just the usual double check, not any real doubt of his skills.
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The largest danger to the Guardians has already happened though. He created a lantern corps that they don't control. One that doesn't have their restrictions, and is trained to fight wars and other lanterns. Oh and, for better or worse, woke up Hinon. Someone who's both willing and able to call the Guardians out.
I think he was referencing Paul's issues with fiat money spontaneously disintegrating once it entered his possession. But the prince didn't show that level of disdain, considering he wanted Paul's position
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- Somewhere out there
Compare: Ragnar's "when I win" with OL's "if I win".
Hubris, thy name is Ragnar.
Dragged things out too long.
If you wanted to make a lasting impact on him, the match should have ended within seconds of beginning, make it clear how outmatched he was, and how he stood no chance.
Instead of meeting his initial charge, you just blast him in the chest with some sort of kinetic impact. See if you can wall-bounce him off the other side of the arena.
If you wanted to make a lasting impact on him, the match should have ended within seconds of beginning, make it clear how outmatched he was, and how he stood no chance.
Instead of meeting his initial charge, you just blast him in the chest with some sort of kinetic impact. See if you can wall-bounce him off the other side of the arena.
Defeating Ragnar the way he did was a very good way of demonstrating that he's a much better Lantern than Ragnar, which for his purposes was more important than showing that he was just more powerful or a better fighter.
Also, note that the title of the episode is Authority. OL's got it.
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Story Only link.
Also, note that the title of the episode is Authority. OL's got it.
Older typo:
"than"
Story Only link.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
- Location
- A Valid Location
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I dunno, he's fought the League of Shadows before.
- Location
- Earth: Universe Meta - 1
Of course OL could have ended the fight at any time. That wasn't the point of the exercise. Heck, if Ragnar had done things differently, I could see the match lasting longer. OL only stopped things because Ragnar ODed on Orange Light. If Ragnar had stayed sane, I'm sure he would have shown at least the value of ranged constructs, 3d combat and dodging.
I think he was more condescending when he fought that mafia guy without even a ring.
Of course, he thinks Ragnar has potential, Mafia Guy not so much.
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- The Outer Plane Of Munchkinry.
I was going to say something about how he would even lift it, but that just led my to think about the "Do you even lift?!" meme, which made me think; does that make "Do you even lift?!" older then dirt?
To be fair, he could probably have Called his own rings to him if it didn't work.
Speeking of them, do you think that Paul will go and take some of the burden off of that one really miserable godess (whos name i forget) for a while?Indeed, that's why They like to hang out with Despair so much. Their spheres of interest have a wide overlap.
You didn't think Desire was just chilling in the Despair-Cave because of all of her cute rats did you?
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- Earth: Universe Meta - 1
To be fair, mafia guy and his bodyguard are idiots. Shaking down a high quality restaurant in public is just blatantly stupid. As is shooting the guy in a fistfight, that's right next to his boss.
- Location
- Hampden Park
Thank you, corrected.
Lone Courier 6
Devilish Fool
- Location
- United States of Quests
This Paul? Anything that isn't Orange or... Maybe Indigo? Considering how Indigo works.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
- Location
- A Valid Location
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- He/Him
These all assume access to either a lantern or the equivalent thereof.
Red: Limited only to destructive stuff, if I remember right. Definitely dependent upon an emotional state that an enlightened Paul wouldn't reach easily, and more importantly there's the whole "love makes your heart explode" issue.
Orange: He can manage.
Yellow: It wouldn't be difficult to infer another's fear by using enlightenment to examine their desires, although the more utilitarian applications of power rings may require some mental gymnastics.
Green: Between bobblehead malware and being subordinate to Hal Jordan, this is one of the worst matches for Paul.
Blue: Alan Scott comes out of retirement, and all is right with the world.
Indigo: I was going to assess Paul's aptitude with this ring, but then I got distracted pondering how compassion could be used to assimilate people like orange rings do.
Violet: I do not see this ending well. Competently? Possibly. Well? Hell the fuck no.
TheLurker
Random Omnipotent Lazy-As-Fuck Being
- Location
- The space beyond the stars
Y'know, I just thought of something. When Saint Walker eventually forms the Blue Lantern Corp, will Paul direct him towards Barry as a candidate for a ring? He got one during Blackest Night, but it went away because comic books. The Flash would be damn amazing with a ring.
zhuull
SB still lying to protect Racists what else is new
We can only hope.
After all it would make an interesting training exercise for the proto-lanterns to learn to use their rings for something that they want but know will be uncomfortable to them to accomplish. Every now and then they take on her suffering for a day to give her a chance to galavant in the world of the living.
I'm sure it will only help towards romancing her cousin.
Paul/Melinoë OTP
Lone Courier 6
Devilish Fool
- Location
- United States of Quests
I actually think that Enlightenment is a bad thing, it limits your potential, and Paul will always be just a Orange Lantern, unable to really understand people as people, whereas Grayven seems to be the more Emotionally balanced even damaged by Anti-Life as seen by his ability to use two different power rings.
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- Wishing I was somewhere much colder, I asssume.
It does seem weird, until you remember he's bathing in desire, while OL is literally enlightened when it comes to it.
Honestly I'm suspecting the only reason like 99.99% of the text in each update isn't just a big wall of orange text is because it'd be both annoying to read, and annoying to write. Save the big walls of orange text for when he's literally merged with the embodiment of want itself. So Zoat just had his quotation marks turn orange to show it.
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- Earth: Universe Meta - 1
I just don't see it. Especially that whole "unable to really understand people as people" part. Sure, Paul doesn't treat everyone equally, but really who does? We've seen quite a bit of interaction between him and others. Some of it was good, some bad bad, and some indifferent. There was no need for him to maroon the space pirates. He easily could have just killed them all. Except, when he has the option and he thinks someone is redeemable, he'll attempt to reform them. Sure, he's biased, but that's an extremely human mindset.
ThrawnCA
Carbon-based biped
- Location
- Australia
Actually, enlightenment allows Paul to feel the full emotional spectrum without losing his connection to the orange light. So he should theoretically be more balanced than Grayven.
The fact that Grayven really likes using the yellow light, based on encouraging terror in oneself and others, is not really an argument in his favor IMO.
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