So it turns out Pauls real name is Kaiser Soze.
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
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And thus, the Reverse Shovel Speech was invented...
Is the repetition intentional?
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Y'know, I actually don't think he does?
I mean, Citadel Complex alone had to be several million dead. Combine that with the blind woman planet, the space battles, and arguably everything the Orange Cops has done...
I think Paul's winning.
Ashaeron
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He did specifically discount supernaturally long-lived people such as Savage, presumably Felix Faust is in that box too.
Canon put the death count from that event at approximately 100k. I think it would be fair to divide that number amongst the participants, so Paul still wins.
Empiricist2
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Considering Adam Blake's power, and that he was in an interstellar war, he may be runner up for highest kill count. It would be hard to confirm though.
This is fucking hilarious.
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Is it weird that I though of something fairly sexual in regards to Quinzel did that motion with her mouth when Paul said how Jade would react to finding out about him visiting, threatening to effortlessly kill him, her father. Other than that Paul shows that for all his attempts to redeem people he probably has half a dozen plans regarding certain individual who need to die and how to go about it without incriminating himself.
Though it also shows how out of favor Paul is with the Justice League since they repealed his most if not all his privileges though all his goodwill helps cover this issue.
Though it also shows how out of favor Paul is with the Justice League since they repealed his most if not all his privileges though all his goodwill helps cover this issue.
I thought that was exactly the point Quinzel was basically making.
"How grateful would she be? That grateful."
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Thank you, corrected.
I don't know what that is.
Yes.
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Vebyast
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Article: "Something Vimes had learned as a young guard drifted up from memory. If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you're going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat.
They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the moment of murder like another man will put off a good cigar.
So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word."
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Just think, we could have had many more scenes like this, if only my ship had sailed... Alas, such things would be too good for this cruel world. Adieu, adieu, and all that garbage.
(Seriously though, PaulXHarleen for life)
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
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The Shovel Speech is basically telling someone who intends to court your daughter, "You harm her, I'll be burying you with this shovel". What Paul just did is nearly the exact inverse: telling the father that if he comes anywhere near his own daughter, he's dead. Thus, Reverse Shovel Speech.
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[Willow is advising Riley how to initiate a conversation with Buffy at a party]
Willow: Okay, she's wearing the halter top with sensible shoes. That means mostly dancing, light contact, but don't push your luck. Heavy conversation's out of the question.
Riley Finn: So what do I do?
Willow: [surprised] Ask her to dance.
Riley Finn: Right. Dance. Wait. No.
Willow: What's the matter?
Riley Finn: I can't dance.
Willow: Then talk. Keep eye contact. Funny is good, but don't be glib. And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
[Riley looks back at her, very surprised]
Willow: A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend. Have fun!
"Something Vimes had learned as a young guard drifted up from memory. If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you're going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat.
They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the moment of murder like another man will put off a good cigar.
So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word."
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms
I wouldn't be too surprised. He likely won't figure out that yes, unlike him OL does have scruples; that's why he warned Crock at all. But that's as far as it goes.
Pretty much. If it comes to that, I expect that OL will simply go ahead and do it. No dramatic confrontation or monologue, just a moment of effort with the ring and zap he's dead.
I've been reading Stanley and His Monster, and an interesting thing to note is that apparently Ambrose Bierce has been "mucking about with this nonsense-", meaning the supernatural of course, "since 1870."
That might explain a bit why the guy has so much disdain for John Constantine, and mentally refers to him being a "talented amateur!"
Constantine is at least a century his junior.
That might explain a bit why the guy has so much disdain for John Constantine, and mentally refers to him being a "talented amateur!"
Constantine is at least a century his junior.
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Actually technically Death has the highest body count considering she is the endless of death.
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Thank you, corrected. I'll do the rest this evening.
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The Shovel Speech, more commonly known as the Shovel Talk, is a specific variation on this trope, where the threat involves killing the boyfriend and burying him with this shovel. Alternatives include explaining to the boyfriend how much the man cares for his daughter in the midst of showing the young gentleman his gun collection... or a specific firearm from it, as was my case.
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What actually happened there anyway? What did OL do exactly?
Did he simply kill the leaders of the religion and remove all of the women from the planet, or did he take any males who genuinely had a problem with the practice as well, or what?
Paul is starting to remind me of nicodemous of the knights of the blackened denarius in his manner, Nick is intelligent, driven, ruthless, powerful with allies and subordinates. A blackened denarius might not have the same utility of a power ring and the drawbacks are pretty heavy if you cannot control yourself with the cost of 98% damnation but they are incredibly powerful. Paul's really luckycut he got a power ring because despite how terrifying to his enemies he is now I think denarian Paul would be much worse.
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Actually i don't think she does, and possibly even can, kill.
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Ice fucking cold.
Now we wait for Sportsmaster's Contractual Villain Stupidity to hopefully kick in.
This calls back to Ryuugi's argument about 'the Denarians should be way more powerful than they're shown to be in the books,' I think. Denarian Paul would be that guy. He'd be the one all the other Fallen Angels grump to their hosts about "why can't you be more like Paul? He knows how to really take advantage of having something as old as creation bonded to your soul."
Also Paul was talking about humans specifically.
Now we wait for Sportsmaster's Contractual Villain Stupidity to hopefully kick in.
This calls back to Ryuugi's argument about 'the Denarians should be way more powerful than they're shown to be in the books,' I think. Denarian Paul would be that guy. He'd be the one all the other Fallen Angels grump to their hosts about "why can't you be more like Paul? He knows how to really take advantage of having something as old as creation bonded to your soul."
Also Paul was talking about humans specifically.
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