BlackLantern2814
Hello darkness my old friend.
- Location
- Earth
Didn't he get it from that Gambi guy? Or am I confusing it with something else?
With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Twelve)
- Thread starter Mr Zoat
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Simmr001
Aquaman 2018 Fan Club President. I prefer Bob.
- Location
- Crawley, West Sussex
- Pronouns
- he/him
Sorry, I meant to say 'spell-eater'.
FIXED!!!
P.S. go to College Humor to see the skit on hipster superheroes.
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- Location
- Canada
So there is this thing called "VR" now...
This seems like a perfectly normal thing to say.
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Jackercracks
In a British accent
- Location
- England
Honestly, don't fuck this girl. She seems terrible. Like a female Booster Gold, except remarkably judgemental for a superhero who probably should have to deal with mind control every third week. She can swing for bleachers all she likes but I don't think she's going to get anywhere.
- Location
- Oblivion
Why would you need to do a brain scan to find that out?
Simple deductive reasoning with her file would tell you things like "she isn't suffocating so she probably isn't using actual fire" and "the heat created doesn't burn her from convection so she must be lowering the temperature before it can reach her".
- Location
- Canada
She's on the long list, wasting time to find the details on every name on it would have little value.
Empiricist2
Let's play doctor!
- Location
- Baton Rouge
There are multiple possible explanations for how she creates and is protected from her fire, not just the explanation you're trying to push. She could just not need oxygen as a side effect of her powers. Or her power provides the required oxygen with a substance that burns green. Or she could summon magic fire that doesn't require any chemical fuel.
She could make herself and anything touching her skin immune to heat damage. She could be shunting the heat to somewhere else. Or reflecting the heat back into the fire itself. Or storing it somewhere. Or something else.
Since none of this is known by anyone, possibly including Fire herself, it would take actual research to find out, and there hasn't been the impetus to do so yet. A brain scan might not even reveal anything about her power if the source is magical, but it almost certainly would be required so long as the source isn't technological.
In short, stop being deliberately obtuse. It's annoying.
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PostwarGryphon
Traveller of Planes
- Location
- Australia
Speaking of which, is non-Renegade Paul ever going to get into fixing that?
- Location
- madison
he might not be able to. He lacks his counterparts skill at soul manipulation.
Empiricist2
Let's play doctor!
- Location
- Baton Rouge
He might not need to. Presumably the Controllers could undo it if the Guardians did it in the first place.
Date Night (part 20)
- Location
- Hampden Park
31st March
18:57 GMT +2
Guy sheepishly hands a very small mouse doll to Tora, who accepts it with princessly grace. "Guess rifles aren't really my thing."
Tora hugs it and smiles at him. "I think it's sweet."
Beatriz steps towards the stall and looks pointedly at me. I turn my lower lip down slightly, nod, and then step up myself, laying my right hand on the stall and depositing a twenty krone note from subspace as I take it away.
"The American doesn't know how to shoot but the English guy does?"
The stall holder passes an air rifle to each of us before moving out of the way.
"I used to go to a rifle range twice a week. These days-" I move the rifle butt to my shoulder. "-I mostly practise with exotic weapons, but the training stood me in good stead. You?"
She checks the iron sight. "Grandpa taught me."
"Ah, yes, I suppose he would have done."
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
"He was in the army, wasn't he?"
She raises her gun to her shoulder. "Exactly how thorough was your background check?"
"Thorough as it needed to be." Huh, gun's slightly bent. Used to always annoy me when arcade light guns were misaligned. Minute amounts of orange light flow along the barrel as I correct the flaw.
The chap manning the stall pulls a lever and the decorative wood covering the target papers rotates out of the way. The aim is to shoot out the perforated paper around the star in the centre using as few of your limited supply of pellets as possible. Having never attempted this particular exercise before I have no idea how many shots you need to make and Guy's placement was frankly terrible.
Beatriz opens fire a split second before I do, perforating the paper of her chosen target just outside the perforated ring. Let's try… Five shots? My first hits the twelve o'clock position of the perforated ring perfectly as Beatriz adjusts her aim and hits hers at the three o'clock. I hit the six as she hits five and seven. Ah, I'm not used to shooting for speed with this sort of gun. Three, nine and centre? No, the shot just overpenetrates without spreading the force out. Half one, half four, half seven and half ten? Done! Okay, next-.
Beatriz is already half way through her second target. Picking up the pace, then. Seven, even placement? It works, but I'm falling further behind. Again. And again.
"Hey, she's pretty good at that."
And click.
The fellow manning the stand smiles at me as he reaches to take the rifle from me. "The lady wins! Four to seven."
"Hm." Beatriz tosses her hair as she puts her rifle down. Guess I have.. got kind of out of practice…
"Do you want to combine your score for the prize..?
I look at Beatriz. "Do we?"
She doesn't look at me. "We will have the big pink fluffy one."
"Excellent choice, madam." He pulls it off the prize stand and passes it to her. It's… I think it's meant to be a cat of some sort. Too big to really do much with.
Beatriz turns away from the stall, looking at it for a moment. I step away as well. "Would you like-?"
She thrusts it into my chest, causing me to instinctively take hold of it. "Here you go."
"Um. Thank you?" Tora puts her right hand to her mouth to disguise her snigger while Guy doesn't even bother. I take a moment to try and put it into a position that will let me carry it… No, I don't think there is one. Subspace with you, foul abomination.
"Hey!"
"It's fine, it's in ring storage. I will forever carry it as a memento of the affection you feel for me."
Guy pulls Tora into him. "So what next, babe?"
"I thought… Maybe one of the rollercoasters?"
"They're kinda small.. but if you like?" He shrugs and they start walking towards the closest. Wooden, rather than the metal structures I've gotten used to. Never really been much of a rollercoaster aficionado. I don't mind the high speeds and sharp turns -not any more, and not even in my pre-ring days as long as I'd had a travel sickness tablet- but all the screaming of the other riders annoys me. Stiff upper lip, guys.
Beatriz glances at me for a half-second, then returns her attention to her friend. "You two go on ahead. I just need a quick word with my.. 'date'."
Guy smiles a bit too quickly at the idea, but Tora doesn't exactly look disappointed as she nods and tugs Guy away faster. Uh..?
"No, really, it's fine." I take the fluffy thing out of subspace again. "See? Completely-."
"How did Green Lantern Three even hear about Tora?"
"Three?"
"Gardner."
"Two eight one four B. And if you're talking about Green Lantern Corps members from Earth, he'd be two."
"I thought the black guy was the second one."
"No, Guy got his ring before he did."
"Stop trying to change the subject. You're the one who told him about Tora, weren't you? What, were you just looking through your big file of women superheroes and picking out the hot ones for your friends?"
I sigh. "Is that a serious question or do you just want to shout at me some more?"
Her hair's puffing up again. "What did you tell him about her? Did you.. coach him on how to seduce her?"
"Shouting it is, then."
"I knew there was something creepy about that guy!" She takes a step backwards, away from me and in their general direction. "I'm going right over there-!"
"While possessed I gave him a file of information. He flicked through it once then threw it away for exactly the reasons you're complaining about. I haven't been tutoring him. What Tora's getting is.. the real Guy. And I certainly don't regard my professional research as a pick up hit list when I'm in my right mind."
She stops moving away, but she doesn't look much happier. "Do you know how many times he's just.. turned up when I was spending time with Tora? I bet he's using his power ring to just watch her the whole time. And some of the stuff he said to me when she wasn't around-."
"Guy's actually quite a nice fellow once you get to know him. But at first, he's got this habit of pretending to be all macho and getting defensive if things don't go right. But, Tora's-" I give her a level look. "-somehow learned to deal with bad tempered people-"
"Hey, I'm nothing like-!"
"-and once he's built up his confidence a bit he usually relaxes and you can get at the nice guy inside."
"How long does that take?"
"Well he.. did.. set you up with a highly powerful and internationally well regarded superhero who is in possession of effectively unlimited wealth because Tora asked him to find you a date."
She simmers down a little. "And dating you would 'help my career'?"
"Wasn't that why you asked? But yeah, I don't mind helping with your training. In a strictly platonic way."
She looks away, eyes down and breathing pointedly regular. "Okay. I'll give.. Gardner a chance." Back at me. "But if he does anything-!"
"Then he and I will both be ahead of you in the queue to beat him up about it."
18:57 GMT +2
Guy sheepishly hands a very small mouse doll to Tora, who accepts it with princessly grace. "Guess rifles aren't really my thing."
Tora hugs it and smiles at him. "I think it's sweet."
Beatriz steps towards the stall and looks pointedly at me. I turn my lower lip down slightly, nod, and then step up myself, laying my right hand on the stall and depositing a twenty krone note from subspace as I take it away.
"The American doesn't know how to shoot but the English guy does?"
The stall holder passes an air rifle to each of us before moving out of the way.
"I used to go to a rifle range twice a week. These days-" I move the rifle butt to my shoulder. "-I mostly practise with exotic weapons, but the training stood me in good stead. You?"
She checks the iron sight. "Grandpa taught me."
"Ah, yes, I suppose he would have done."
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
"He was in the army, wasn't he?"
She raises her gun to her shoulder. "Exactly how thorough was your background check?"
"Thorough as it needed to be." Huh, gun's slightly bent. Used to always annoy me when arcade light guns were misaligned. Minute amounts of orange light flow along the barrel as I correct the flaw.
The chap manning the stall pulls a lever and the decorative wood covering the target papers rotates out of the way. The aim is to shoot out the perforated paper around the star in the centre using as few of your limited supply of pellets as possible. Having never attempted this particular exercise before I have no idea how many shots you need to make and Guy's placement was frankly terrible.
Beatriz opens fire a split second before I do, perforating the paper of her chosen target just outside the perforated ring. Let's try… Five shots? My first hits the twelve o'clock position of the perforated ring perfectly as Beatriz adjusts her aim and hits hers at the three o'clock. I hit the six as she hits five and seven. Ah, I'm not used to shooting for speed with this sort of gun. Three, nine and centre? No, the shot just overpenetrates without spreading the force out. Half one, half four, half seven and half ten? Done! Okay, next-.
Beatriz is already half way through her second target. Picking up the pace, then. Seven, even placement? It works, but I'm falling further behind. Again. And again.
"Hey, she's pretty good at that."
And click.
The fellow manning the stand smiles at me as he reaches to take the rifle from me. "The lady wins! Four to seven."
"Hm." Beatriz tosses her hair as she puts her rifle down. Guess I have.. got kind of out of practice…
"Do you want to combine your score for the prize..?
I look at Beatriz. "Do we?"
She doesn't look at me. "We will have the big pink fluffy one."
"Excellent choice, madam." He pulls it off the prize stand and passes it to her. It's… I think it's meant to be a cat of some sort. Too big to really do much with.
Beatriz turns away from the stall, looking at it for a moment. I step away as well. "Would you like-?"
She thrusts it into my chest, causing me to instinctively take hold of it. "Here you go."
"Um. Thank you?" Tora puts her right hand to her mouth to disguise her snigger while Guy doesn't even bother. I take a moment to try and put it into a position that will let me carry it… No, I don't think there is one. Subspace with you, foul abomination.
"Hey!"
"It's fine, it's in ring storage. I will forever carry it as a memento of the affection you feel for me."
Guy pulls Tora into him. "So what next, babe?"
"I thought… Maybe one of the rollercoasters?"
"They're kinda small.. but if you like?" He shrugs and they start walking towards the closest. Wooden, rather than the metal structures I've gotten used to. Never really been much of a rollercoaster aficionado. I don't mind the high speeds and sharp turns -not any more, and not even in my pre-ring days as long as I'd had a travel sickness tablet- but all the screaming of the other riders annoys me. Stiff upper lip, guys.
Beatriz glances at me for a half-second, then returns her attention to her friend. "You two go on ahead. I just need a quick word with my.. 'date'."
Guy smiles a bit too quickly at the idea, but Tora doesn't exactly look disappointed as she nods and tugs Guy away faster. Uh..?
"No, really, it's fine." I take the fluffy thing out of subspace again. "See? Completely-."
"How did Green Lantern Three even hear about Tora?"
"Three?"
"Gardner."
"Two eight one four B. And if you're talking about Green Lantern Corps members from Earth, he'd be two."
"I thought the black guy was the second one."
"No, Guy got his ring before he did."
"Stop trying to change the subject. You're the one who told him about Tora, weren't you? What, were you just looking through your big file of women superheroes and picking out the hot ones for your friends?"
I sigh. "Is that a serious question or do you just want to shout at me some more?"
Her hair's puffing up again. "What did you tell him about her? Did you.. coach him on how to seduce her?"
"Shouting it is, then."
"I knew there was something creepy about that guy!" She takes a step backwards, away from me and in their general direction. "I'm going right over there-!"
"While possessed I gave him a file of information. He flicked through it once then threw it away for exactly the reasons you're complaining about. I haven't been tutoring him. What Tora's getting is.. the real Guy. And I certainly don't regard my professional research as a pick up hit list when I'm in my right mind."
She stops moving away, but she doesn't look much happier. "Do you know how many times he's just.. turned up when I was spending time with Tora? I bet he's using his power ring to just watch her the whole time. And some of the stuff he said to me when she wasn't around-."
"Guy's actually quite a nice fellow once you get to know him. But at first, he's got this habit of pretending to be all macho and getting defensive if things don't go right. But, Tora's-" I give her a level look. "-somehow learned to deal with bad tempered people-"
"Hey, I'm nothing like-!"
"-and once he's built up his confidence a bit he usually relaxes and you can get at the nice guy inside."
"How long does that take?"
"Well he.. did.. set you up with a highly powerful and internationally well regarded superhero who is in possession of effectively unlimited wealth because Tora asked him to find you a date."
She simmers down a little. "And dating you would 'help my career'?"
"Wasn't that why you asked? But yeah, I don't mind helping with your training. In a strictly platonic way."
She looks away, eyes down and breathing pointedly regular. "Okay. I'll give.. Gardner a chance." Back at me. "But if he does anything-!"
"Then he and I will both be ahead of you in the queue to beat him up about it."
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Okay, now you're just being a bitch.
Kinda meh on the post as a whole, but I love Paul just absent-mindedly unfixing the carnival game without even noticing that it was supposed to be rigged slightly.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
- Location
- A Valid Location
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I love how Fire won even though her gun hadn't been repaired.
- Location
- Hampden Park
Watching people from a distance is something the SI actually does, though generally only for mission related purposes. Given that a) she doesn't like Gardner due to the fact he was a bit of an arse to her and b) she knows that the SI watched everyone it isn't that unreasonable fear.
Really? Because I read an update that contained a woman that is very protective of her meeker friend and doesn't want some macho punkass to take advantage of her nature. And she's self assured and career oriented.
- Location
- Canada
Paul I don't see why you'd willingly spend more time with this woman than you absolutely have to, she's proven herself to be rather a pain the ass.
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Massgamer
Advance toward the Future
- Location
- The Future
Fire is the overprotective best friend and lets face it Guy tends not to give the best first impressions so her mood is understandable.
But she is willing to give him a chance and she can get some training from a super hero in high standing as a result.
Sometimes people act poorly at first for the right reasons so get to know them a bit before writing them off completely.
I mean it's the reason some super villains got started and Paul shows how some kind actions can help change people.
Ganurath
Literal Enthusiast
- Location
- A Valid Location
- Pronouns
- He/Him
He says to someone who spends a great deal of time with Guy Gardner and John Constantine.
- Location
- Earth
Overprotective. More than willingly to threaten with violence, to the extent of aggressively manifesting her powers. Strong tendency to inflate perceived slights, and to see and/or invent the worst in people she decides she doesn't like. Serious anger issues she's unapologetic for. Various obsessive tendencies that act as triggers, including her overprotectiveness, her job, and her self image.
No, the shoe fits. A positive light can always be shined, but take care to not be blinded by it.
Bwahaha! That one was hilarious.
I very strongly disagree with you here. Tsundere characters are violent to hide hide their embarrassment or just in general. Here she's only aggressive because she's protective of her friend, which is completely different. Also, Tsundere characters have that deredere side which is clearly absent here. And more importantly, they're all coy and hide their feelings, which is the opposite of how she's been acting.
Science
If you're reading this, omae wa mo shindeiru.
- Location
- Killeen, TX
Who both understand 'I was possessed' as a perfectly valid reason to act weird. She has the worst anger issues that aren't from a villain, so far.
- Location
- Canada
Sure, but I don't see why he'd bend over for someone who's been nothing, but hostile to him. Exactly why would he want to spend time on her that could be better spend elsewhere? It's not like him not giving her something would have had negative consequences for Guy.
He's gotten a great deal of help from Constantine, heck he owes the guy his after life. Beside that it's not like Constantine has acted in a unsavory manner toward him, John problems usually originate outside his direct control. Guy himself has been pretty friendly, moreso than the other green lanterns, he acts in a cocky manner and is full of bravado, but it's more in a endearing fashion than anything else.
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