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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)

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Mr Zoat said:
No wrong goddess!
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I've gotta agree, taking the spaces out would improve the interpretation of this. Right now it reads like "[There is] no wrong goddess!" -- suggesting that any goddess is appropriate... quite the opposite meaning from what was intended.

Angelform said:
Odd that emoto-vision can be beaten by a poker face. Most likely Paul was just messing about for a lark.
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He's been trying not to use it as much.
 
drvash said:
Dana Dearden a.k.a. Super-Woman.
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More like Obsession and considering how nice OL has been to her would not be totally unlikely if she ended up going into costume as Mrs. Orange Lantern.

In fact since her obsession can be a form of Avarice she might be able to use an Orange Ring well assuming it doesn't drive her crazy plus those magical coins of her that give her even more of a power boost.

Will see what the future has in store.
Mr Zoat said:
"Tora wants to bring some friend of hers on our date, so I need someone to keep her entertained."
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Really curious to see if this friend is Fire or someone completely different.

Also @Mr Zoat after checking the wiki turns out that Fire is a former Brazilian super model so wonder why Paulphidian didn't tell Guy about her.
Mr Zoat said:
"If pr'y goof. Bu'ah dah thee-" He swallows. "-a Brazilian-."

"You are not socially compatible with any Brazilians currently employed as fashion models.
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It might be because she is not s supermodel anymore but with how hot she is (pun intended) Guy would have likely not minded that and the fact she simply was would have made him happy which Paulphidian really cared about at the time.

Was it because the two are not as socially compatible as Guy and Tora?
 
HanEmpire said:
@Mr Zoat: how did Guy approach Tora?
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Awkwardly.
How does she find his personality, given that he isn't the personality flipped super nice guy?
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A little rough around the edges. Remember, when they met Guy was feeling great about his professional life and so a lot of the things that might lead to less positive displays of 'Guyness' were much less likely to occur.
Massgamer said:
Also @Mr Zoat after checking the wiki turns out that Fire is a former Brazilian super model so wonder why Paulphidian didn't tell Guy about her.

It might be because she is not s supermodel anymore but with how hot she is (pun intended) Guy would have likely not minded that and the fact she simply was would have made him happy which Paulphidian really cared about at the time.

Was it because the two are not as socially compatible as Guy and Tora?
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She wasn't working as a model at the time and they wouldn't have been compatible.
 
Mr Zoat said:
Awkwardly.
A little rough around the edges. Remember, when they met Guy was feeling great about his professional life and so a lot of the things that might lead to less positive displays of 'Guyness' were much less likely to occur.
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Good to hear overall.

Also just maybe Paul and Fire (assuming that is the friend that is coming as well) will hit it off.

There is seriously so many shipping chances in this fic.:p
 
Mr Zoat said:
Awkwardly
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I find this pretty funny. Guy is about equal to OL in terms of Lantern ability, making him one of the most powerful and generally versatile people in multiple civilizations, with a weapon that almost literally works off of confidence. He knows the general thought processes needed to call the embodiment of will, who has the power of a fairly high level god. On his own, he could meaningfully fight a capital ship from civilizations thousands of years in advance of Earth technology.

All of this, and he's intimidated by talking to a Brazilian model.
 
Night_stalker said:
Nope, princess of a isolated magical Norseman tribe.
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My mistake you are correct.

@Mr Zoat since Ice is from a magical Norseman tribe might it be possible to ask them if there is some way to contact their gods to see if Klarion and company are still in Valhalla at all?

Also wonder if Icemadien and the Global Guardians were a thing in this worlds' history at all.
 
Mr Zoat said:
. Be there 'bout.. six in the evening, local time?"
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So... that's noonish, East Coast?

Sojiko said:
Maybe she'd find him more attractive if he was more gray? :p
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Or BigLarge McHuge. Some women are into that, and they got together while Gray was Boulder the Rock Monster.

Masked Thespian said:
Not one hundred percent sure on this, but it seems like there ought to be a comma after 'no' here. No, wrong goddess! seems to work better than how it's currently written.
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Coda said:
I've gotta agree, taking the spaces out would improve the interpretation of this. Right now it reads like "[There is] no wrong goddess!" -- suggesting that any goddess is appropriate... quite the opposite meaning from what was intended.
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Eeh. I read it as obvious panic-speak - not angrish, but panigrish?
 
I read the "No wrong goddess" thing correctly too.

I feel like, before enlightenment, it would have been !No Wrong Goddess!
 
You'd really think he'd know better than to try to get Eris' attention unnecessarily. It's one of those things the Principia is fairly clear about.

Although, does that even exist on Earth 16?
 
Mr Zoat said:
30th March
21:49 GMT -5

"Bullshit."

I lean back slightly, my shoulders pressing against the settee. "No, totally true."

Jade rolls her eyes. "Your cards. I've got two fours and Karon has the other two."

"Hey!" Karon leans away from her and turns her hand so that the backs face directly towards Jade.

I make an appeal to the heavens, then pick up the pile. "Am I the only one here who can't count cards?"

Holly nods. "Looks like. One five."

Karon hesitates for a moment, then pulls out two cards. "Two sixes."

"Bullshit."

Karon mock-glares at Jade. "Did you look at my hand?"

"No, it's your body language."

"Yeah, I was about half a second from calling that one."

Karon reaches forwards and turns over.. a Queen and a Jack, before picking up the three cards.

Holly smiles at me. "So what happened next?"

"Well, his voice was the same, so that helped. His dad was still a bit shocked when he saw his face, of course. I ducked out once the initial introductions were over." I shrug. "Thought it was all a bit personal for me to be sticking my nose in."

"Three sevens."

I turn to look at Jade fully and lean forwards, staring intently at her face. She stares back with an expression of complete composure, betraying absolutely no emotion. I put my own cards on the carpet face down and lean further forwards, supporting myself on my right hand as she's forced to lean back to avoid our faces bumping into each other.

Two inches from her face I narrow my eyes slightly and her expression goes from composed to slightly vacant.

Then I pull away and sit back down. "Nope, no idea."

Holly and Karon are both looking at me with their eyebrows raised.

"Oh, sorry, um…" I look at my hand. "One eight." I turn to Jade. "Settling in alright?"

Her eyes flick to her landladies for a second before returning to me. "Mom wasn't too happy about it."

"Not what I ah-asked."

"I'm fine."

"City changed much?"

"Four nines."

She thinks for a moment. "It's less.. tense. People don't avoid the police as much. The criminals don't just walk around in the open like they used to. And the streets are cleaner."

I nod. "The arrest rate has increased quite a bit."

She gives me a small smile and shakes her head. "No. Literally. Street cleaning used to be a mob contract. Now it gets put out to competitive tender so they have to actually clean them."

"I think between Gordon, Batman and Dent the old mobs are nearly extinct."

"And the supervillains. Don't forget all the good work they did."

"Oneten. Jade."

"Batman had only been around for a few years when I left." Jade makes an exhalation-laugh. "Gotham's nearly turned into a normal city." She returns her attention to her hand and selects two cards from different parts. "Two-."

"Wait!" Karon takes a closer look at Holly's face, which entirely lacks Jade's comportment. She leans into her girlfriend who frantically tries to get her expression under control, then kisses her on the lips and pushes her back and down. Holly sort of falls to the side with Karon on top of her, the taller woman pushing herself off for a second to say "Bullshit." before returning to the clinch.

I turn back to Jade, shaking my head. "And Ra's said this place was irredeemable."

Hah! Jade's averting her eyes. "Yeah. Uh, two Jacks."

Karon pushes herself off to resume her place, while Holly limits herself to rolling onto her side as she takes her cards.

"Three Queens."

Holly smiles as she organises her cards. "Got that right. Oh, hey, how'd it go with Selina?"

"Dinner was.. nice, but she made it clear that she thinks I'm too young for her."

"Aww…"

Jade raises her right eyebrow. "You went on a date?"

"Yes. You know, some women find me quite attractive."

"I'm just surprised. Artemis told me she thought you were gay." Holly nudges Karon with her right foot. "Either that, or asexual."

"Really? Because one time she caught me checking out-." I stop, silently praying to Eris that she won't-. No wrong goddess!

"And who exactly did my little sister catch you checking out?"

…

"Your mother."

Jade's eyes widen and her mouth falls open slightly.

Holly nods. "Your mom is kinda hot. Toned, y'know? Think I'm gunna start hitting her gym now."

"I don't think she's interested in girls."

"No! Just, y'know, exercise. Now I'm eating better I don't wanna start putting on weight. And I think Selina goes there."

"My mother?"

"Well… You know, I… Rejuvenated her back to peak physical fitness-"

Karon looks away. "Awk-ward."

"-and her.. Huntress costume is.. quite tight around the… Everything, actually."

My phones rings. Guy's number.

"Excuse me a moment." I pick it up.

"My.. mother…"

"Good evening, Guy."

"Hey, Orange. You got any plans for tomorrow?"

"Nothing I can't postpone. Why?"

"Tora wants to bring some friend of hers on our date, so I need someone to keep her entertained."

"And you thought of me?"

"Eh, the guy I had lined up dropped out. Turns out Hal and Carol are 'on' again."

"Okay… When and where?"

"Some place called 'Bakken'. It's in Denmark. Be there 'bout.. six in the evening, local time?"

"Alright, see you there."

"Right. Uh. Okay, I gotta get goin'. I'll see ya tomorrow."

He hangs up and I lower the phone. Holly smiles at me. "Who was it?"

"That was Green Lantern Guy Gardner asking me out on a date."
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I do believe this is the first time I've quote a chapter and finally the section title finally makes sense! Have no Mercy Jade! poke him POKE THE PAUL. Guy asking him out is just to priceless not to poke.
 
Angelform said:
Men, women, semi-human demigods, technically genderless elementals… Paul is very open minded, so long as they are old enough.
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Yeah, but I'm talking about how everyone he knows sees the situation.

He definitely turned down Zatanna, ignored Artemis' flirting, but was caught checking out Artemis' and Jade's mother who is almost fifty. Was seen kissing Danni who is much, much older than him, was almost in a threesome with women older than him and mostly turned it down because one of them wasn't actually that into it, and told Holly and Karen that the date they set him up on with Selina didn't work out because she wasn't into younger men.

They have no idea that he's actually into women his age, because he's lying about being eighteen when he's almost thirty. It wouldn't surprise me if Paul became known for being into older women. Like:
"Oh, the Cake Man."
"I heard the Cake Man is a milf chaser."
"Ha, guess we should start calling him Christmas-cake Man."

Man, Zoat must find these discussions really weird, if his actual name is really Paul.
 
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King of Frost said:
Was seen kissing Danni who is much, much older than him,
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Chronologically, she's older than him, yes. Biologically... She's a robot. Moving on. Mechanically, she has only lived through about three years. Psychologically, she was designed to emulate a ~30 year old woman. I'm not sure that she really counts as "much older than him" even if you can apply human social norms to non-human intelligences.
King of Frost said:
"I heard the Cake Man is a milf chaser."
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What possessed you to write this sentence when you're almost literally talking about the author?
Mr Zoat said:
It is.
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Nice word play.
 
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