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I would go with 2 and 3. With 3 being, attack OL through proxies.

Yes, okay, you could do that. But... what's in it for you? You're an energy company. You're in the business of selling energy. What's the return on that investment? You already know this OL superhero is unpredictable and eccentric (aka unstable, from your POV). What do you get from smearing him? Turn him into a supervillain? This guy can rotate the moon. Not just can, did, like a yoyo. That's enough energy (hah) to glass the Earth's surface many times over. Can't sell energy to the dead. And as you've just discovered, apparently God's real. He might be a little upset with you for smearing a superhero. Maybe a lot upset. What's the ROI on upsetting God?
 
The problem is that neither of those are accountable to the general public. Themyscarin doesn't have a seat on the UN? Or does it? It isn't like a local Congressperson, that one can call their office or write to. They aren't voted in.

And no one on Themiscryra cares what Paul has done and he's done a major personal favor for the queen and tons of amazons. No one there is going to take Man's World over him.

Ummmmmm.......so your solution is to literally take over all industry on Earth to a post scarcity society. I don't think any group in the setting has that tech first off. Sure rings can do things, but that is different that Star Trek matter replicators. Then he has to set that up. Then has to deal with the mess it will cause. Just...... alright, if you think he will go that way. That still doesn't mean the energy companies and Paul's other enemies won't push things to make him act in such an extreme way.

I'm saying that there is no company or group of companies that can hurt him if they push him, and only the most mentally unbalanced will try.

Other people have agency than him

None that can match his if he pushes it.

Again, he has made very large enemies that have very deep pockets.

And he has infinitely deep pockets and can make every single one of their industries obsolete literally overnight. I'm sure Paul is shaking in his boots about OPEC trying fight his "free energy and orgasms" generator.

p. Lex Luthor just didn't suddenly give up and while I doubt other business leaders are at his level, they aren't helpless. They would see how he would respond to smear campaigns with no obvious counter target, to political pressure, legal pressure, to social pressure. Sure OL is popular, but once again, the Angel opens him up. Almost any other issue I would agree his popularity would carry him, but in this instance, there is an opening to go after him.

Again, it won't be Paul=Bad. But rather questions on if he should be allowed to meddle in religions. What his oversight is and who is accountable to. Nothing 'negative' but stuff that puts pressure on him. Stuff that he has to respond to. Stuff that drags him down. When he doesn't show up to a valid lawsuit, then questions will be asked if he thinks that he is above the law. Or when he fails to respond to the UN. While they are time wasters, it would be an effort to bog him down in bureaucracy.

You..... did you just not read anything other people have been written? There's no smear campaign he can't link back to their authors, and there's no public pressure that could equal what he can dish out if he tries. What issue is this? That he's civil to angels? They have no leverage.

Again, I refer you back to his "trillion dollar lawyer budget" for any kind of lawsuit, and "trillion dollar bribes" for political pressure.

He's not meddling in religion, the damn angel tracked him down and he had a polite conversation. What is your problem with this?

Also: lol, yeah sure it puts pressure on him, batman gives him a talking to and he has to go on a news show. I bet he's really regretting ..... yeah no still can't see it.

He isn't above the law, just UN and all member nations laws. The only law he's accountable to is the queen who's royal guard he just redeemed.

It really is the only way people have to fight against him. Also unlike other costumed heroes, he has made himself a lightning rod with the Angel and admitting to a crime on TV. Doesn't matter if it was a small crime, people will ask about it. News and talk shows would speculate. People would demand answers, which would translate into political pressure.

And he'll politely tell them to suck his dick as he's totally willing to cut his hand off for it and if the angel was fine with it so they should be too. For those who aren't, he's still not subject to their authority.

I would go with 2 and 3. With 3 being, attack OL through proxies. If he crashes the economy well he will piss everyone else off, which means our business will easily recover with our hard assets. Also our analysts predict he wouldn't crash the economy since it would force the UN to ask the Justice League to take action against him for literally threatening the world. So 1 will never happen.

Also, once again, OL can't convert his 'wealth' into spending power. To lighten things up, you can speculate how OL can spend Diamond Planet. I don't think it fits on the charge card. Perhaps if he crashes it into Earth he can buy the resulting rubble with more rubble.

Okay, and name a single proxy an afternoon being a god won't see through. I'll wait. He's not crashing the economy, he's making an example of people being stupid enough to attack him for no reason. Yeah, I'm sure your hard assets will work well against technology 3 billion years your senior. Yeah, and, as Paul pointed out, neither the JL nor the UN work that way. Countries could issue arrest warrants for him, but he hasn't committed a crime they can charge him with so his lawyers can deal with that. Not to mention the idea that "Killing thousands = diplomatic immunity for a small country with no value is not revoked. Starting a business and speaking civilly with an angel = war with only surface world country that's a user of magic and only competitor of Atlantis."

And yes, he can convert his wealth into spending power. Literally any nation that isn't boycotting him for no reason, I'll say Cuba, he can sell to, convert the money, and move on. Or just start his own business in a given country, given he's, (again, I can't believe I have to keep saying this), 3 billion years more advanced than any other business on the planet.

They have no leverage.
 
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I'd like to note that while Paul seems to be admitting to theft, he's also admitting to it in the context of it basically being involved in anti-demon operations that the Angel was surprised by, but seemingly not objecting to, and his interactions with the Angel were basically peaceful, the Angel wasn't sent as a law enforcer so much as a diplomat of an allied country attempting to convince their ally to accept a more principled methodology in an earnest way, but not there to force the issue.

Given the current and recent issues regarding demonic problems, and the Angel's seeming lack of serious action, it's likely that Paul won't be facing serious legal challenges for his actions, since the governments will be placing priority on anti-demon actions and his allies in various government bodies who want anti-demon activity to remain smooth will back and protect him from some of the potential fallout avenues for Paul in this, so long as the Silver City retains a relatively peaceful stance with Paul and isn't trying to arrest him or pushing for his arrest or forceful conversion or whatnot.

The riots seem to be more in reaction to the Angel's mere confirmed appearance, even if there is likely some significant religiously motivated ire towards Paul, even the Angel itself is being clearly limited in it's scolding, and sees potential in Paul's redemption and justification in his results, if not methodology, so it's unlikely the more stable members of the religious community will want to punish him any more than the Angel will push it, since they are already involved, and the Angel has more religious authority than them. The Angel referencing stuff about Jesus is probably causing a bigger reaction than Paul's specific actions that drew the Angel's deployment. There is also the issue of why the Angel's haven't been more openly active previously likely being brought up and provoking reactions in some places, especially under threat from demonic action.

The most likely cause of the riots is underlying religious tension, the religious types naturally feel under threat from various factors, both cultural and real, and are in a fervor to assert their dominance now that a symbol has appeared catching their attention and usable as noteworthy recent proof of their religion. They are reacting to divine presence rather than against Paul in particular, and using that as a justification to act against other religions or non-religious forces, or other religions or non-religious forces reacting to it riling them up as provocation to act against them, or different sects are conflicting with each-other on what the Angel's appearance means and coming to rioting stage over that. Or people are angry that their religious leaders can't get them as much attention from the Silver City, regardless of what crimes or good deeds they do, anywhere near comparable to some random weirdo super hero everyone thinks of as the Cake Guy, and think they are being mislead, and are demanding better religious guidance to better access true divine aid and guidance. Or all sorts of other potential provoking factors.
 
Yes, okay, you could do that. But... what's in it for you? You're an energy company. You're in the business of selling energy. What's the return on that investment? You already know this OL superhero is unpredictable and eccentric (aka unstable, from your POV). What do you get from smearing him? Turn him into a supervillain? This guy can rotate the moon. Not just can, did, like a yoyo. That's enough energy (hah) to glass the Earth's surface many times over. Can't sell energy to the dead. And as you've just discovered, apparently God's real. He might be a little upset with you for smearing a superhero. Maybe a lot upset. What's the ROI on upsetting God?

To stop him from destroying your industry. My guess is that they looked at the situation and went 'well his approval worldwide is so good right now the only way we can get at him is if he punches a baby, rapes someone on camera, or an act of God'. So yes they would give up and look at other things. But the Angel in combination with admitting a crime, is a literal act of God.

It is weakness. Just like how animals puff themselves up, or there is a fear factor. OL had that in spades. But this is a huge opening and Paul's enemies couldn't have asked for a better opening. Now that there is weakness they will launch attacks. Where before people wouldn't care if he blew off lawsuits, now they will question if he has something to hide. Religious oriented judges and DAs will push through lawsuits. Politicians will make noise and try to get sound bites. They will look to regulate him. They will say things like 'Well since he clearly doesn't know how to respect God, does he know how to respect other boundaries? Perhaps we should take a closer look at his actions. Perhaps some regulations or inspections. Perhaps a committee.'

The world didn't end and they probably have faith in the other heroes. If they don't that would raise questions of how is Paul accountable. He can't both be that powerful and not accountable while also avoiding the issues on that PR front. Accountable/hindered or unaccountable/bad PR.

And no one on Themiscryra cares what Paul has done and he's done a major personal favor for the queen and tons of amazons. No one there is going to take Man's World over him.

But Wonder Woman can be evicted. War could be declared on Themiscrya. Unlikely but it is possible. That is leverage.

And he has infinitely deep pockets and can make every single one of their industries obsolete literally overnight. I'm sure Paul is shaking in his boots about OPEC trying fight his "free energy and orgasms" generator.
Ummm.....yeah. Just.....yeah.

You..... did you just not read anything other people have been written? There's no smear campaign he can't link back to their authors, and there's no public pressure that could equal what he can dish out if he tries. What issue is this? That he's civil to angels? They have no leverage.

Again, I refer you back to his "trillion dollar lawyer budget" for any kind of lawsuit, and "trillion dollar bribes" for political pressure.

He's not meddling in religion, the damn angel tracked him down and he had a polite conversation. What is your problem with this?

Also: lol, yeah sure it puts pressure on him, batman gives him a talking to and he has to go on a news show. I bet he's really regretting ..... yeah no still can't see it.

He isn't above the law, just UN and all member nations laws. The only law he's accountable to is the queen who's royal guard he just redeemed.

Paper with scry wards. He would literally have to sort through companies and find it out. He would have to invest that time and energy. Umm, you can't really do trillion dollar bribes. Bribes don't work like that. Also once again, 'wealth' versus spending power. How does he convert his ring power to wealth without crashing the economy or hand labor?

An Angel appeared and there are riots. The Angel accused him of stealing and asked him to repent. That means he has done something bad. That is a huge opening for his enemies to exploit.

And he'll politely tell them to suck his dick as he's totally willing to cut his hand off for it and if the angel was fine with it so should they. For those who aren't, he's still not subject to their authority.
Again you can't have it both ways. Unaccountable/bad PR or accountable/hindered. Pick one. If you say he doesn't care about bad PR, the pressure would mount. There are a number of legal avenues to disrupt is work on Earth that he has invested a lot of effort into.

Okay, and name a single proxy an afternoon being a god won't see through. I'll wait. He's not crashing the economy, he's making an example of people being stupid enough to attack him for no reason. Yeah, I'm sure your hard assets will work well against technology 3 billion years your senior. Yeah, and, as Paul pointed out, neither the JL nor the UN work that way. Countries could issue arrest warrants for him, but he hasn't committed a crime they can charge him with so his lawyers can deal with that. Not to mention the idea that "Killing thousands = diplomatic immunity for a small country with no value is not revoked. Starting a business and speaking civilly with an angel = war with only surface world country that's a user of magic and only competitor of Atlantis."

And yes, he can convert his wealth into spending power. Literally any nation that isn't boycotting him for no reason, I'll say Cuba, he can sell to, convert the money, and move on. Or just start his own business in a given country, given he's, )again, I can't believe I have to keep saying this), 3 billion years more advanced than any other business on the planet.

They have no leverage.
They can write laws. They can ask him to appear before committees and answer questions. His refusal would reflect poorly. It isn't about issuing an arrest warrant. That would came latter after the smaller stuff first. They can regulate his friends more, demand more oversight on the Justice League. The UN funds the League so they have the power of the purse. There is a lot that they could do. Politicians can find a way.

So saying they have no leverage is fundamentally untrue. Either Paul cares about his actions on Earth which means the people who are represented by their politicians Earth have leverage or Paul doesn't care which begs the question why he is even there. While his girlfriend may be happy traveling the galaxy his other friends like Robin and Wally want to be in the Justice League, which again has UN oversight.

Sure the Justice League could go it on their own, but that isn't what they are about. They are about working with the people of Earth, hence the UN Charter.

I'd like to note that while Paul seems to be admitting to theft, he's also admitting to it in the context of it basically being involved in anti-demon operations that the Angel was surprised by, but seemingly not objecting to, and his interactions with the Angel were basically peaceful, the Angel wasn't sent as a law enforcer so much as a diplomat of an allied country attempting to convince their ally to accept a more principled methodology in an earnest way, but not there to force the issue.

Given the current and recent issues regarding demonic problems, and the Angel's seeming lack of serious action, it's likely that Paul won't be facing serious legal challenges for his actions, since the governments will be placing priority on anti-demon actions and his allies in various government bodies who want anti-demon activity to remain smooth will back and protect him from some of the potential fallout avenues for Paul in this, so long as the Silver City retains a relatively peaceful stance with Paul and isn't trying to arrest him or pushing for his arrest or forceful conversion or whatnot.

The riots seem to be more in reaction to the Angel's mere confirmed appearance, even if there is likely some significant religiously motivated ire towards Paul, even the Angel itself is being clearly limited in it's scolding, and sees potential in Paul's redemption and justification in his results, if not methodology, so it's unlikely the more stable members of the religious community will want to punish him any more than the Angel will push it, since they are already involved, and the Angel has more religious authority than them. The Angel referencing stuff about Jesus is probably causing a bigger reaction than Paul's specific actions that drew the Angel's deployment. There is also the issue of why the Angel's haven't been more openly active previously likely being brought up and provoking reactions in some places, especially under threat from demonic action.

The most likely cause of the riots is underlying religious tension, the religious types naturally feel under threat from various factors, both cultural and real, and are in a fervor to assert their dominance now that a symbol has appeared catching their attention and usable as noteworthy recent proof of their religion. They are reacting to divine presence rather than against Paul in particular, and using that as a justification to act against other religions or non-religious forces, or other religions or non-religious forces reacting to it riling them up as provocation to act against them, or different sects are conflicting with each-other on what the Angel's appearance means and coming to rioting stage over that. Or people are angry that their religious leaders can't get them as much attention from the Silver City, regardless of what crimes or good deeds they do, anywhere near comparable to some random weirdo super hero everyone thinks of as the Cake Guy, and think they are being mislead, and are demanding better religious guidance to better access true divine aid and guidance. Or all sorts of other potential provoking factors.

This is probably all true. The biggest issue is that Paul is painted in a negative light in regards to the Angel and his enemies would take advantage of this. The Pope probably won't condemn him, but there will be funding to fringe groups to encourage them to view Paul in a negative manner. While the legal challenges won't be serious he will still have to respond to them. On Earth Prime you have public officials suing God. A man sued the devil and the court refused since they couldn't serve the Devil. Paul can be served. I would have expected messengers waiting for him right after the TV interview to hand him the subpoenas.
 
Even if we assume the, frankly, absurd notion that everyone (including China, India, Russia) will unite against Paul's participation in the economy... Khandaq becomes economic, scientific and military hyperpower. Teth Adom is, in all truth, a dictator, and he's not afraid of progress.
 
But Wonder Woman can be evicted. War could be declared on Themiscrya. Unlikely but it is possible. That is leverage.
Themyscira can and will win any fight against any conventional army in the world, even without Paul (who also can win any military conflict against any conventional military in the world), simply by virtue of Olympian gods intervening on their behalf.

Paper with scry wards. He would literally have to sort through companies and find it out. He would have to invest that time and energy. Umm, you can't really do trillion dollar bribes. Bribes don't work like that. Also once again, 'wealth' versus spending power. How does he convert his ring power to wealth without crashing the economy or hand labor?
Automated stock trading. Automated goods manufacturing. Automated patent generation. Rings can make smart constructs and they can manufacture smart objects. It would take Paul a second to make a hypercomputer that can generate money.

They can write laws. They can ask him to appear before committees and answer questions. His refusal would reflect poorly. It isn't about issuing an arrest warrant. That would came latter after the smaller stuff first. They can regulate his friends more, demand more oversight on the Justice League. The UN funds the League so they have the power of the purse. There is a lot that they could do. Politicians can find a way.
Paul can easily provide for the League. The only operational money they require are for Zeta tubes, and Paul can replace those with teleporters.
So saying they have no leverage is fundamentally untrue.
No, it is absolutely true you just refuse to listen.

This is probably all true. The biggest issue is that Paul is painted in a negative light in regards to the Angel and his enemies would take advantage of this. The Pope probably won't condemn him, but there will be funding to fringe groups to encourage them to view Paul in a negative manner. While the legal challenges won't be serious he will still have to respond to them. On Earth Prime you have public officials suing God. A man sued the devil and the court refused since they couldn't serve the Devil. Paul can be served. I would have expected messengers waiting for him right after the TV interview to hand him the subpoenas.
Again, Paul has more money, wealth, resources, military power, technology, etc, than the Earth combined. I mean, sure, Syria can sue USA. Would anyone of any import care? No. Same situation.
 
But Wonder Woman can be evicted. War could be declared on Themiscrya. Unlikely but it is possible. That is leverage.

Yeah no it's not. At all. No one can get through their magic wards save atlantis, and if they're stupid enough to try they're going to be dealing with gods, WW, and a pissed off lantern unafraid to kill.

Paper with scry wards. He would literally have to sort through companies and find it out. He would have to invest that time and energy. Umm, you can't really do trillion dollar bribes. Bribes don't work like that. Also once again, 'wealth' versus spending power. How does he convert his ring power to wealth without crashing the economy or hand labor?

Technology, jobs, information on competition/political enemies/other countries. Tons of ways, really. And scry wards don't work against his searching/ophidian thing he can do on his own now. Forget what it's called.
They can write laws. They can ask him to appear before committees and answer questions. His refusal would reflect poorly. It isn't about issuing an arrest warrant. That would came latter after the smaller stuff first. They can regulate his friends more, demand more oversight on the Justice League. The UN funds the League so they have the power of the purse. There is a lot that they could do. Politicians can find a way.

So saying they have no leverage is fundamentally untrue. Either Paul cares about his actions on Earth which means the people who are represented by their politicians Earth have leverage or Paul doesn't care which begs the question why he is even there. While his girlfriend may be happy traveling the galaxy his other friends like Robin and Wally want to be in the Justice League, which again has UN oversight.

Sure the Justice League could go it on their own, but that isn't what they are about. They are about working with the people of Earth, hence the UN Charter.

They can try and write laws and he'll get them shot down because there's no reason for them to do so and he can outbribe any idiot who tried to do this in the first place. They can ask a foreign national to appear before them and, like asking any other foreign national to appear before them, he can decide he might feel like it or not but the public isn't going to outraged that someone with no connection to the US isn't obeying the whims of the US federal government. What smaller stuff first? They still have nothing on him. Hell, they still can't issue an arrest warrant period because he isn't a citizen. Jesus, man, please understand there are more governments than the US.

They also can't regulate his friends more because they can't regulate his friends period. Seriously, try it, see what side everyone chooses. The JL doesn't have authority over him and pissing off superman at the US gov hurts Paul.... how? Oh no, they cut the league budget.... and Paul is hurt how again? How did this proposal pass? Why are they telling their constituents that they're going to be less able to fight off an alien invasion because they want to hurt someone completely separated from the organization? Politicians can't hurt a man who is out of their jurisdiction and is only friends with people who don't follow the law anyway. I reiterate despite your pleas to the contrary: They Have No Leverage. He's there because he finds the work he does there interesting and because he's friends with a bunch of vigilantes. That's it. If every major government threatened to commit suicide over his actions his only concern would be the bitch of a time he'd have building a new one, though he'd probably be relieved that he could clean up all their rampant corruption in one go.

I can't even respond to your religious allegations because you're assuming everyone hates him for doing nothing but having a civil conversation. That and he can teleport so he can't be served. I'm frankly beginning to think you're a troll.

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ut this is a huge opening and Paul's enemies couldn't have asked for a better opening. Now that there is weakness they will launch attacks.

Yes they could have. They could have asked for an opening where he did anything. The fuck is your obsession with this Illuminati bringing down hell on him for a fucking civil conversation. It won't happen. Move on.
 
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What the SI might be interested in as a replacement is a swarm mob, ideally intelligent enough to take orders and even work out basic tactics, but not so much that assimilating one counts as killing a sapient being. Surely at some point in the DC universe, a hero has encountered and/or fought off something like this?

Alternatively, are there actually-intelligent sapient beings with extremely short lifespans? Some of them might be interested in volunteering to be constructified at the ends of their lives - Orange constructs appear to be intelligent and autonomous, and have continuity between invocations. Spend some time collecting several hundred or thousand of those and there's your swarm.

Or just find one sapient being interested in undergoing the process - there has got to be something in the DC universe which can replicate or clone people. Or assimilate a Czarnian; there's your one-being army. Or... is John Marlowe around in Earth-16?

Come to think of it, could he replicate himself using a device, assimilate the copy, and have the copy (when summoned) use Orange Construct power to replicate the device or pull one from subspace and clone himself as many times as needed? Double bonus if the ring could also monitor the copies and drop their experiences (either individually or as a summary) into the SI's head. Drop the copy somewhere, have the copy duplicate themselves a number of times and then return to the ring, and leave the duplicates to multiply into an army of Orange Construct Lanterns with intelligence. There's your Hell-storming capability right there, or at least to the ability to kill anything in Hell which can't win against an unending army of Construct Lanterns and everything they've tucked away in subspace beforehand (including, possibly, things like an ocean of Holy Water).
 
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He admitted to a crime on television.

He did the same thing Eve of the Bible did (although deliberately, in his case). Also "The guy stole one apple and gave us a superpowered demon vanquisher heroine who uses holy power and has what looks like actual angel wings." The latter would become more impressive as more people started getting protected/saved by said being.
 
What the SI needs as a replacement is a swarm mob, ideally intelligent enough to take orders and even work out basic tactics, but not so much that assimilating one counts as killing a sapient being. Surely at some point in the DC universe, a hero has encountered and/or fought off something like this?
He should make his minions.
1) Garrick some dogs / monkeys. Possibly cybernize them first (for better control).
2) Assimilate some martian shapeshifting telepathic telekinetic wildlife. I mean, Martians aren't the only ones who have all three on their planet. Shapeshifting on orange light might allow them to von neumann too.
 
To stop him from destroying your industry.

Even if your hypothetical energy company believes that, how does smearing him stop it rather than make it worse?

Executive #1: "Orange Lantern needs to be stopped, or eventually there'll be no more money in pumping dinosaurs out of the ground."
Executive #2: "Well that was pretty much going to happen anyway, it's why we've been diversifying since the 70s."
Executive #3: "At least he's sensible enough to introduce these technologies slowly. My analysts say he could easily crash the entire global economy if he wanted."
Executive #4: "Yeah, I shudder to think what would happen if he lost his temper and did something rash."
Executive #5: "He could post the plans for a Mister Fusion all over the internet in a fit of pique."
Executive #6: "He could pull the Moon down on the planet."
Moment of thoughtful silence. Suddenly another executive barges into the room.
Executive #7: "Hey I just totes started an awesome smear campaign on that Orange Lantern guy! By the end of the month his name's going to be mud."
 
You and others replying to me are missing the point I am trying to make. Unhappy people -> unhappy politicians -> political action.

Paul has been a political and economic powerhouse for the better part of a year. He also has (at least a version of) diplomatic immunity. No politician/1-percenter in their right mind would start a campaign based on religion, let alone even indirectly oppose Paul through said campaign.

We truly don't understand your point, because it doesn't make any sense.
 
The fuck is your obsession with this Illuminati bringing down hell on him for a fucking civil conversation.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that he's actually upset about the poke to christian mythology and feels that Paul should be punished/hounded as he would/wants him to be. People going insane over something religious? Yeah...


Fine, lets go another angle. So what do we have? Well we have a riot or two somewhere. We don't know how big, and we don't know why. Anger? Joy? Could be anything. I mean, 40 miles or so west of me is Cleveland...when their basketball team finally a championship, which never happens in cleveland because all things cleveland suck, they tore a chunk of the city appart in celebration. Go figure.

I mean me? I would assume that they are roving murder bands of Christian out to get their kill on, on all those groups that they hate so much. I mean, yahweh's real right? Better start killing gays, it's abomination after all. And shellfish eaters....and oh man...all those millions of Americans who do any sort of work on sunday? Cooking meals included (That's why it's called Break-Fast) Gonna have to kill them. It's commanded.

But clearly, there are some emotions. But you seem to have a problem that the whole world didn't explode into holy war against Paul in what...two days time? I mean, it does take time to get something like this going. These supposedly upset voters have to get organized, have to make calls to elected officials, have to take time to bicker and discuss amongst themselves. Although, according to you, there really isn't much needed to discuss as all christians exist in a hive mind apparently, so this should have happened overnight. That and apparently they are all completely psychotic, bloodthirsty lunatics....which is generally what I think anyway, but its funny to have you insist it from the other side.

Ah, but the government, the government! They should be howling for Paul's head! Well, barring the fact that the USA isn't a christian nation, no matter how much christians try to claim it is, your average Congressmen is probably going to want to be cautious here before shooting his mouth off. Why? Well....see there was this congressman a while back, apparently had a real shot at the white house, and then he went off on a tear and in ONE little phone interview, had pretty much his entire career smashed. One little phone interview from who again? Oh yes, Orange Lantern 2814. A life's work turned into a laughingstock because Paul "accidentally" did something. Then said congressman gets redeemed! Earning his way back into the good graces of the masses! Because of who again? Oh yes, that very same Orange Lantern.

Now Paul claims he didn't mean any harm, but....well a cautious career minded man might think otherwise.

And they have no information. Zero information. NO INFORMATION. (I really feel like I need to be leaning down screaming this into your face) But again, not one single, SOLITARY SCRAP OF INFORMATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Except for what Orange Lantern told the viewing world one day ago.

Well shit...hmm...what to do? Because boy, you don't want to be the guy who calls a press conference, pontificates that Orange Lantern is the devil in disguise, has insulted god almighty, and MUST BE STOPPED! Only for the heavens to split, Archangel Michael himself to come down and declare OL Paul God's new chosen apostle or something. I mean, you don't know. There just isn't any information....and damn it...that angel didn't smite him. What if they worked something out? What if Orange Lantern didn't admit to everything. I mean, you're whole career is on the line.

So yeah, you can't just jump in and do something right away. You gotta be sure, gotta be sure you have a support base. Enough people to keep you in office behind you. And that. TAKES. TIME.

Now the super devot, the ones you say are going to lead this charge, might be upset...for reasons that must exist because you said so. You know what they might do? Why...they might say a little prayer.

"OH dear Father....that wicked Orange Lantern has stolen from you, and he must be punished! Right?
Uh...I mean if that's what you want? Is that what you want? Oh lord, I just want to do your work...even though I'm an elected official put in place to do the people's business and not the churches. Could...you give me a sign? A little guidance?"

Because, well...you don't know, and now that you ACTUALLY saw an angel, and really do know that Yahweh is real....do you want to do something against his wishes? Do you DARE think that YOU know what the will of god is? Why...that sounds like a sin. The sin of pride? Oh...oh my, well...we know what happens to those don't we?


Now, on to the business people. You said something along the lines of "Paul has made some very big enemies" Now....FULL STOP! Cite where this has been shown in the story. No, I'm serious. No more of this "Well in real life..." horseshit. Real life went out the window when a Englishman woke up in space, with an alien power ring on his finger, who now currently jets around at faster than light speeds with the heart of A GOD DAMN SNAKE MADE OUT OF ALL THE UNIVERSES GREED sitting inside of him.

So, cite these enemies from the story please? Enough of your making shit up and declaring it the bedrocked truth. Only two things matter, DC canon, and most importantly Word of Zoat. Zoat is the literary God here...and if he didn't write it, or say it in a post, then it DOESN'T EXIST. So...cite these VERY BIG enemies from the business world, in the story, or shut the fuck up about it.

Also, along those lines while I'm thinking about it. Why, it sounds like this VERY BIG enemies are trying to halt progress, trying to maintain the status quo...trying to....keep Order if you will? My my...would sure be a shame if a certain Goddess took exception to that and these oh so dangerous enemies just started say...dropping dead? For seemingly no reason? Save for, perhaps, the will of a God?

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Also, I assume that the non-christians of the country don't matter? That they are perfectly willing to go screaming over the cliff of holy war against a Physical God like Orange Lantern? No calls or protests from them? No attempts to vote out these insane congressmen? No attempt to band together as valuable technology is outlawed/halted/forever held back to do something like say...get Orange Lantern's attention? For help perhaps? No states like say...California saying "Fuck your right wing shit! We'll build the god damn bleed Generator!"

None of that huh? Or do they just not matter?
 
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*looks in thread*
*goggles*
Seriously Pelius? Forget the angel. Forget the moon, forget Fawcett City and Klarion and the cake.

The penultimate update had OL admitting responsibility for having Mother of Mercy showing up in the vicinity of Mars.
Anyone with a freaking telescope can look out and see her there, bearing the same insignia as Paul, and it's undoubtedly been the subject of multiple news headlines by now, both on television and in the papers.

And you seriously think that any of the politicians and corporate businessmen you are mentioning, people with a regard for their own self-interest and those of their constituents, want any conflict with someone who, on live television, plausibly claimed responsibility for a power-ring armed mobile planet making an interstellar housecall to literally terraform another planet?

Frankly, the only position I expect is the unanimous resolution to be thankful that he has no interest in terrestrial politics, and to do their best not to give him reason to directly involve himself.
There's a reason the only people you see trying to change this state of affairs are supervillains.


@Mr Zoat
Don't you dare fridge Fatty and Mr Tubbs and their siblings. I still haven't gotten over my trauma over Teekl:cry:
More pertinently, if they are an issue on planet Earth because of possible(not confirmed, but possible) demonic interference, then stop using them against forces of Hell. Use them in space, or against technological enemies on Earth.

Furthermore, since they are not of Hell anymore, but more akin to Orange elementals, they shouldn't get any flack over their distant origins.
Or else you'd think Blaze and Chantelle would have the same problem with other agents of the Silver City.
 
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I want an actual media/reporters for once.

I disagree with everything in every one of your posts after this, and I'm certainly not going to be responding to every one of your arguments because others have already done so, but for the record I agree with this. I'd love it if the SI had an in-depth interview with Lois Lane out for blood and another Pulitzer. Not because there's really anything at all that can be reasonably pinned on him, but because it's always entertaining reading a master journalist at work.

How does he convert his ring power to wealth without crashing the economy or hand labor?

You are vastly overestimating how much money it takes to bribe politicians. A few million dollars, separated into ten thousand dollar batches, would be more than enough.

More importantly, you are vastly overestimating the power of the United States in DC. There is literally nothing at all that they can do to him. He's not an American. He doesn't live in America. He has no assets in America. China has a veto in the UN, so there's nothing doing from that front.

Edit: Apparently he does live in America. I retract that part of the argument.

Finally, if the Americans have a collective bout of insanity and try to banish him and all his works from their nation, he'll go and do stuff in Russia (who don't give a shit about American laws) or China (who don't give a shit about American laws) or Canada (who don't give a shit about American laws and would goddamn adore any possible means of one upping their arrogant neighbours) or Khandaq (who don't give a shit about American laws, love the SI for bringing them their leader and helping free them from their former dictator, and whose leader is one of the SI's closest friends) or any other country on the planet. Once it starts somewhere the Americans can either become irrelevant or they can stop being idiots.

The United States have literally no leverage.
 
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