- Location
- Somewhere out there
I feel reasonably certain that Batman has already educated himself in some magical basics.
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
- Thread starter Mr Zoat
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Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
- Location
- In transition
- Pronouns
- She/Her
If he's anything like any of his other versions, he strongly dislikes magic in general; he can see the tactical uses of having a magician on-side, but he is unlikely to spend any time learning how to cast it himself.
At the very least, I'm sure he's done research into how to best counter magicians.
RichardWhereat
Feanor did nothing wrong.
- Location
- Australia
Dude had multiple nymphs and muses. Apollo - Wikipedia
Evil M. Lurker
What Lurks at Midnight
- Location
- The City, USA
I recall they also once said that Faora Hu-Ul practiced a martial art so deadly it had actually been declared illegal to know.
RichardWhereat
Feanor did nothing wrong.
- Location
- Australia
Yeah, but that was New52 so it doesn't count.
- Location
- texas
A pressure point based style, yes, I'm not aware of her doing anything super kryptonian with it though.
Although Chris Kent from Countdown Arena was capable of such feats as changing what energy powers him, and manipulating heat vision like a physical object.
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- Location
- United Kingdom
I'm on a reread, and apparently Paul was going to take this lady who was connected to the Shadowlands back to Earth with him when he returned?
Hecatonchires
Just an H-class cyborg with an octopus brain stem
- Location
- The Gong, NSW, Australia
I'd like to see him shuffling in a queue before a wizened peanut of a clerk who don't take no shit. "I'm sorry Mr Grayven, but this section should clearly be filled out inn purple ink and backdated 7 years. Get back in the queue once youve resolved the problem"
Evil M. Lurker
What Lurks at Midnight
- Location
- The City, USA
...no, this was from the 1970s.
- Location
- Argentina
And now Paul is a demigod, did his opinion of Oh El improve?
By the way is hilarious how Grayven tries to be polite while Oh El gets worse and worse with his people skills.
RichardWhereat
Feanor did nothing wrong.
- Location
- Australia
Right. I was looking at the first link for her on google, not the others. She was created in 1977.
Horu-Kanu
lordchaos99
(I have left SV)
Asked and answered a few times.
OL wants to talk to the powerful shadowmancer before dropping in with the girl. To make sure he is fine talking with her and won't do something bad like Attack or be rude.
ThrawnCA
Carbon-based biped
- Location
- Australia
The difference between Paragon and Renegade was never really about politeness. Grayven just solved a problem by crushing a man's skull with his bare hands. Paragon doesn't tend to get his hands dirty. Grayven deliberately intimidated Scandal and her soldiers; when OL visited Sportsmaster, he wasn't actually looking to scare him, just warn him.
Either one can be nice to those who deserve it, either one can kill hundreds or thousands if the situation calls for it.
It's worth noting the difference in their sources of power. Grayven is literally empowered by the act of conquering. Paragon, meanwhile, is empowered by accepting whatever he needs to do to reach his goals.
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motor control appears
LexCorp security systems
team mates' locations
There is a series
Lamprey's
from his
to cover her
Miss Teschmacher more or less
eludes you?!
for what you've done?!
fidgets
significant amounts of overtime
they're probably a villain
was."
not supposed to
mind's eye
Kahndaqi
Bruising... suggests
first things first
It's not immediately obvious that the "him" refers to Satanus; the context would make Shazam the more likely assumption.
impeding his healing?
OL watched Adom teaching Marvel to better use his healing, at New Year's.
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shows that the two
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Converse (part 4)
- Location
- Hampden Park
14th September
20:43 GMT
Kon and I float in space a little 'above' the ring of dust and small rocks which surrounds Haron, fifth planet of the Rao system. Haron is a gas giant about two thirds the size of Saturn, and the only noteworthy fact about it is that it's the only one in the system. That's statistically quite unusual for a gas giant of this size. In fact, the only other places where I'm aware of something like this occurring are where someone has intentionally destroyed the other giants in the system. But I'm not seeing the characteristics of either destructive mining or superweapons… Maybe all of Rao's planets are captured bodies? That's unusual, but it could happen.
Kon's Nth metal armour is augmented for this trip by two (presently inactive) kinetic belts, two environmental shield generators (one active and the other in reserve) and two area effect radiation deflectors (both active). And a helmet. Not an Nth metal helmet, but still fairly resilient. Without air or inconvenient planes to worry about Kon can fly around fast enough that he doesn't need me dragging him around everywhere, but at the moment he's just staring towards the dull red glow of Rao itself. At this distance it's only just brighter than the stars in the background, and Krypton's completely invisible.
"I… Thought it would be…"
"What?"
"Green.. er..?" He floats around to face me. "Yeah, I know you said there wasn't kryptonite everywhere, but when you say 'Krypton', that's what you think."
"Actually… One of the things I want to do while we're here is see if there are other kryptonite isomers around here."
"Like that blue stuff you were going to use on Ultraboy?"
"Yes. Or anything. We don't know how many different types there are and we don't know what they do. That's a major potential problem when we've got Kryptonians around." I turn around on the spot. "You know, you wouldn't hit anything from here if you want to try your heat vision out on full power."
"You think I should have asked Helios to make me immune to radiation instead?"
"Kryptonite isn't very common. Even on Earth, high-strength plasma weapons are more likely to be a threat to you. So… No, I don't think so. Why do you ask?"
"I was thinking… It's impressive, but I can't really use it in fights, can I? I mean, Superman can heat up a gun without burning up the guy holding it."
"That usually causes serious burns to the hands of whoever's holding it. Metal's a good conductor, and there were a couple of cases early on in his career where the gun actually stuck to the gunmen."
"Yeah, but that's nothing like what my version would do."
"True. But it's still not a great law enforcement tool. On the other hand, against high-end opponents, your version's kinetic force and greater thermal output puts you at an advantage."
"Batman doesn't send us on those sorts of missions."
"I can help you work on learning more precise control if you want. Or we can have a word with Helios about-."
"No, no, that's… Yeah. I wanna get this under control myself." I hear over the communicator as he takes a deep breath and see him turn his head away. "Ah, would it work if I just fire it at the planet?"
Ring, likely effect of a blast of that temperature on a gas giant? Yeah, thought so.
"There'll be storms and all sorts of energetic reactions, but that's about it. This system is uninhabited, and that planet's definitely uninhabited."
"Nothing down there at all?"
I extend my left hand in the direction of the planet. Ring? "No. When the Science Council came in, they got rid of just about all of their deep space assets. Including the probes they were keeping here. Particularly after-. Um. A group of marines went AWOL."
Poop.
"Wait, you mean there could still be Kryptonians out there?"
"I've been assuming that there are. But Earth's… Isolated. There isn't much to draw a Kryptonian there. Plus, that was quite a long time ago, and after the Kryptonian Empire vanished there was a massive upswing in piracy in this region. Away from yellow suns… But, yeah, there's nothing down there."
"Okay." Another quiet series of breaths, then…
Static, as the communicator is completely unable to describe the sound of the colossal beam of plasma blasting from Kon's eyes.
Damn. I can see Haron's clouds of hydrogen and helium part, then leap upwards as the liquid below them superheats. It's visible to the naked eye from here and the ring's telling me that plume is thirty miles high. It's like dropping a stone in a pond, but the pond is a frozen planet and the stone is on fire. Shockwaves are moving across the surface, vaporised liquid hydrogen shoving neighbouring liquid aside and now it's catching fire!
Kon cuts the blast out and floats a little closer to me to watch the spectacle. "Whow."
"Yeah whow. And, hey, you also kept it up for longer than Kal-El does."
"I don't know. I think he can go for longer than he's been recorded doing. Though… I coulda gone on for longer. I don't think I've even got a limit."
"Worth knowing."
We watch the roiling planet in silence for a few moments.
"Oceanus could get lost in those waves."
"Yeah. Oh! Ah, you said Batman doesn't send the team on those sorts of mission."
"We're supposed to be recon. Something that can do that to a planet isn't really a recon weapon."
"I haven't really asked, but… Do you actually want to join the Justice League? Because the Justice League do fight people that could be used against."
"I don't really… I mean, people know we exist, and we've been called out to fight alongside the League a bunch of times. I don't think the difference really means much any more."
"It means you get to pick your own missions."
"Doesn't Batman pick League missions? He's the intelligence guy."
"I'm the professional development and training guy. And you.. are my prince."
I hear him sigh, but there's an amused lilt to it. "Don't call me that. It's bad enough when the Amazons do it."
"Do you want to pick your own missions without joining the League? Or-. What? What do you want?"
"I.. guess I want to go after the bad guys. Not just wait for them to do something. And I mean attack them, not just watch them and pass it on to the Justice League."
"Sounds like we're going to need to talk to Kaldur about that."
"Yeah, probably." He turns his attention away from Haron's flaming spot. "Where to next?"
"I want a look at Xenon. It used to be Krypton's third moon, Wegthor getting destroyed managed to knock it out of orbit. If Kryptonian relics survive anywhere, that's probably the best place to look for them."
"Okay. Let's go."
We turn away from the ongoing explosions, and space leaps as I warp us in-system.
20:43 GMT
Kon and I float in space a little 'above' the ring of dust and small rocks which surrounds Haron, fifth planet of the Rao system. Haron is a gas giant about two thirds the size of Saturn, and the only noteworthy fact about it is that it's the only one in the system. That's statistically quite unusual for a gas giant of this size. In fact, the only other places where I'm aware of something like this occurring are where someone has intentionally destroyed the other giants in the system. But I'm not seeing the characteristics of either destructive mining or superweapons… Maybe all of Rao's planets are captured bodies? That's unusual, but it could happen.
Kon's Nth metal armour is augmented for this trip by two (presently inactive) kinetic belts, two environmental shield generators (one active and the other in reserve) and two area effect radiation deflectors (both active). And a helmet. Not an Nth metal helmet, but still fairly resilient. Without air or inconvenient planes to worry about Kon can fly around fast enough that he doesn't need me dragging him around everywhere, but at the moment he's just staring towards the dull red glow of Rao itself. At this distance it's only just brighter than the stars in the background, and Krypton's completely invisible.
"I… Thought it would be…"
"What?"
"Green.. er..?" He floats around to face me. "Yeah, I know you said there wasn't kryptonite everywhere, but when you say 'Krypton', that's what you think."
"Actually… One of the things I want to do while we're here is see if there are other kryptonite isomers around here."
"Like that blue stuff you were going to use on Ultraboy?"
"Yes. Or anything. We don't know how many different types there are and we don't know what they do. That's a major potential problem when we've got Kryptonians around." I turn around on the spot. "You know, you wouldn't hit anything from here if you want to try your heat vision out on full power."
"You think I should have asked Helios to make me immune to radiation instead?"
"Kryptonite isn't very common. Even on Earth, high-strength plasma weapons are more likely to be a threat to you. So… No, I don't think so. Why do you ask?"
"I was thinking… It's impressive, but I can't really use it in fights, can I? I mean, Superman can heat up a gun without burning up the guy holding it."
"That usually causes serious burns to the hands of whoever's holding it. Metal's a good conductor, and there were a couple of cases early on in his career where the gun actually stuck to the gunmen."
"Yeah, but that's nothing like what my version would do."
"True. But it's still not a great law enforcement tool. On the other hand, against high-end opponents, your version's kinetic force and greater thermal output puts you at an advantage."
"Batman doesn't send us on those sorts of missions."
"I can help you work on learning more precise control if you want. Or we can have a word with Helios about-."
"No, no, that's… Yeah. I wanna get this under control myself." I hear over the communicator as he takes a deep breath and see him turn his head away. "Ah, would it work if I just fire it at the planet?"
Ring, likely effect of a blast of that temperature on a gas giant? Yeah, thought so.
"There'll be storms and all sorts of energetic reactions, but that's about it. This system is uninhabited, and that planet's definitely uninhabited."
"Nothing down there at all?"
I extend my left hand in the direction of the planet. Ring? "No. When the Science Council came in, they got rid of just about all of their deep space assets. Including the probes they were keeping here. Particularly after-. Um. A group of marines went AWOL."
Poop.
"Wait, you mean there could still be Kryptonians out there?"
"I've been assuming that there are. But Earth's… Isolated. There isn't much to draw a Kryptonian there. Plus, that was quite a long time ago, and after the Kryptonian Empire vanished there was a massive upswing in piracy in this region. Away from yellow suns… But, yeah, there's nothing down there."
"Okay." Another quiet series of breaths, then…
Static, as the communicator is completely unable to describe the sound of the colossal beam of plasma blasting from Kon's eyes.
Damn. I can see Haron's clouds of hydrogen and helium part, then leap upwards as the liquid below them superheats. It's visible to the naked eye from here and the ring's telling me that plume is thirty miles high. It's like dropping a stone in a pond, but the pond is a frozen planet and the stone is on fire. Shockwaves are moving across the surface, vaporised liquid hydrogen shoving neighbouring liquid aside and now it's catching fire!
Kon cuts the blast out and floats a little closer to me to watch the spectacle. "Whow."
"Yeah whow. And, hey, you also kept it up for longer than Kal-El does."
"I don't know. I think he can go for longer than he's been recorded doing. Though… I coulda gone on for longer. I don't think I've even got a limit."
"Worth knowing."
We watch the roiling planet in silence for a few moments.
"Oceanus could get lost in those waves."
"Yeah. Oh! Ah, you said Batman doesn't send the team on those sorts of mission."
"We're supposed to be recon. Something that can do that to a planet isn't really a recon weapon."
"I haven't really asked, but… Do you actually want to join the Justice League? Because the Justice League do fight people that could be used against."
"I don't really… I mean, people know we exist, and we've been called out to fight alongside the League a bunch of times. I don't think the difference really means much any more."
"It means you get to pick your own missions."
"Doesn't Batman pick League missions? He's the intelligence guy."
"I'm the professional development and training guy. And you.. are my prince."
I hear him sigh, but there's an amused lilt to it. "Don't call me that. It's bad enough when the Amazons do it."
"Do you want to pick your own missions without joining the League? Or-. What? What do you want?"
"I.. guess I want to go after the bad guys. Not just wait for them to do something. And I mean attack them, not just watch them and pass it on to the Justice League."
"Sounds like we're going to need to talk to Kaldur about that."
"Yeah, probably." He turns his attention away from Haron's flaming spot. "Where to next?"
"I want a look at Xenon. It used to be Krypton's third moon, Wegthor getting destroyed managed to knock it out of orbit. If Kryptonian relics survive anywhere, that's probably the best place to look for them."
"Okay. Let's go."
We turn away from the ongoing explosions, and space leaps as I warp us in-system.
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lordchaos99
(I have left SV)
Oh please Kon.
You know you spend more time attacking the people you "Recon" than you do actually doing reconnaissance
You know you spend more time attacking the people you "Recon" than you do actually doing reconnaissance
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- Location
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
Not even an offer to blast the Reach with good ole' Sun-O-Vision with the Orange Lantern Corp? LAAAAAME.
shepsquared
Erratic Aussie
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
Huh, not only did Superman not end up coming along, there's a Kryptonian moon named after one of our elements, rather than vice versa. Neat.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
- Location
- A Valid Location
- Pronouns
- He/Him
"The reason I sent you to your homeworld was so that you would stop disrupting operations. Portable, weaponized solar flares are disruptive."
FancyMolasses
Schnoz Enthusiast
- Location
- Nowhere interesting
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Would Paul ask Kon to help him fight the Reach? Or would he be too concerned for his safety?
Emerald Oracle
Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet the Force
- Location
- The Else
So, who wants to bet Rao's going to be capital I interested in these two? Not much going on at the moment in his system, he has an existence as a god and a celestial body, and a member of his bloodline just showed up and unloaded a massive amount of another Sun God's power on one of his planets. I'm expecting him to show up at some point, just to see what the Vohc is going on.
tgojeff
(Verified Pinwheel)
- Location
- Los Angeles
Sounds like a good way to put a big target on earth, so no.
- Location
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
The guy who got all these other guys together just to kill you is from this planet = nothing
Sun-O-Vision = NoW wE HAvE To kiLL EM
????????
- Location
- Oblivion
Would be interesting if they end up finding Fort Rozz.
- Location
- New England
It's only been a post but I already miss Canis so much. I badly want a side-story focusing on him now.
I mean come on! "Welcome to the pack, Omega" Is just fucking amazing.
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Yeah, I brought it up. Rao is likely to be very interested, and might offer Kon his own blessing too, if only to maintain parity with / one up Helios.
Also, I am fairly sure that "affects a gas giant on the global scale" is far above the firepower Kal El 16 can produce.
And it occurs to me that Kon is the most changed of canon character. I kinda want to see him end up on canon Themyscira, if only for the reaction of Diana and Hyppolita to "Kon El, son of Diana of Themyscira, champion of Helios", especially before he explains that he's adopted.
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