Think one of the 'rings' in the bolded section is redundant.
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
- Thread starter Mr Zoat
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I like the idea of Hinon sending misbehaving Orange Lanterns to Oa for a timeout in science cells.
ThrawnCA
Carbon-based biped
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Huh? Paul volunteered, because he felt responsible. Why is he acting up now?
I think this should be "uninterested". "Disinterested" means "unbiased".
orange ring users who make trouble
a member of your species
accountable for any harm
Empiricist2
Let's play doctor!
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"Class, your normal instructor is in time out for annoying me. I will be teaching you for the next week, and possibly longer if he doesn't stop with the random teleporting, backtalk, and recruiting any and everything with the word "mega" in its description."
nmWarden
Webcomic Glutton
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I hope Ranx eventually chooses to leave the Orange Corps. We need people that Paul considers MINE to act against his desires. Will that irritation make him choose suboptimal choices? Will he weaken the mental control of nearby Orange lanterns when he is suppressing his desires? Perhaps he will accidentally Orange-ify important (meaningful) items in his subspace pocket.
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Really, the absolute number one thing Paul wanted from the Guardians was to get a lantern for Alan. He hasn't exactly been subtle about it either. Literally, putting Paul's dear friend and father figure under their control. And they passed. The only reason Paul wasn't seething with rage is because he knew it was coming. It still puts them on his shit list though.
Plus, I don't think the Guardians quite have it in their head that the controllers don't actually run the OL corps. The idea of symbiosis instead of control isn't exactly a train of thought that a mind on green light would jump to.
Which actually explains many of the Green Lantern corps problems. A GL is essentially Judge Dredd,* not the beat cop who knows everyone in the neighborhood.
* Only with being carted to live in an cell instead of killed. Isocubes ho...
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We don't know enough about what it's* builders designed it for. However, we know it desires a flesh and blood crew. I'm not going to say that Ranx won't at some point go OL crazy, just like that's a concern with Mother of Mercy. However, this is a known issue which Paul is actively working to mitigate.
Oh, and can I just say I'm so happy to see Paul interacting with my favorite controller!!!
* Genders are tricky. If you're uncomfortable using "it" to refer to something sentient, there's been a growing trend to use "they" as singular.
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The Bushranger
In the Danger Zone
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Honen of Avarice.
Although now you are picturing Paul wearing the Lederhosen of Avarice.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
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Honden of Avarice, not Hosen. The former is the part of a Japanese shrine intended exclusively for the kami's use, the latter are German pants.
Edit: HA! It's not a successful ninja if they spelled the correction wrong! Play more MtG!
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
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I mean, that is a most amusing mental image.
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Thank you, corrected.
He wished to imply that he had done them a favour.
'Macro', not 'mega'. 'Macro Lantern'.
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Eh, I thought they were kind of reasonable. I mean overall, they're right: OL accidentally created a lot of of powerful, unstable people, some of which could and did go on murderous rampages, and his attitude has been (and mostly remains) "Eh, I'll get around to cleaning that up". He's telling the guardians "It's not my fault if they do bad things, Orange Lanters be Orange Lanterns", but at the same time he's using the occasion to recruit for his corps. It's a bit of a diplomatic dick move, especially considering he doesn't really have the negotiating upper hand and they're otherwise cutting him some slack.
Yeah, I can empathize with them on that one. Charlie's rule 16: when your decisions affect billions of lives every day, your attention becomes a very precious commodity.
ThrawnCA
Carbon-based biped
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- Australia
Sure, but the possessive "its" has no apostrophe
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ThrawnCA
Carbon-based biped
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Empiricist2
Let's play doctor!
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There's no particular reason Ranx has to be a Lantern. I had a whole post written about this that I scrapped, but Ranx isn't particularly suited for offensive combat given its size, mass, and value. It is suited for operating as a ship yard, center for logistical and tactical control, manufacturing center, and all of the people stuff that happens in a city. None of those require it to have a power ring, although it helps, so long as it has access to the capabilities of a power ring through someone else. Really, if it has decent space devoted to fabrication, and some form of FTL drive is added, it doesn't necessarily even need that.
For combat, Ranx should focus near completely on defending itself from outside attack, and let its crew of Lanterns or any of its accompanying ships handle offensive maneuvers.
Fair point. I was thinking 'megastructure', and forgot that the term for Mother of Mercy is 'macroorganism'.
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Thank you, corrected.
True, but him having an insignia and ring that matches those aboard him serves to emphasise that they're part of the same organisation.
ThrawnCA
Carbon-based biped
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Also, power rings are tools not weapons.
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rhanx having a ring would likely help more than having ring users who are crew. First, it's going to be an essentially free FTL, as well as a significant upgrade for most of rhax's systems. Sure you could have a dozen lanterns do whatever rhax asks them to do, or you could put a ring on rhax. If he can handle the mental issues it's an essentially free way to give him a pretty big upgrade.
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Get the say @Mr Zoat, I really like how you write your antagonists: the SI knows he's right, the antagonists know they're right, and they both get to make their case until it's clear they just want different things and this won't be resolved by talking. Very appropriate for this premise, and sadly rare in general.
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Go ahead.
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I can't presume to be able to do it. No talent at all.
Anyone wanna take it up?
consequences
Not A Nice Person At All
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Let's see, carry the two, multiply by infinity... if my numbers are right, Paul needs to completely exterminate at least seven species through his carelessness before he qualifies for a gentle slap on the wrist and a firm finger wag.
"And when I start recruiting mega bitches you'll be the first in line for a ring"
"Illustres, kindly cease violating the sanctity of the time out."
"And when I start recruiting mega bitches you'll be the first in line for a ring"
"Illustres, kindly cease violating the sanctity of the time out."
lordchaos99
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