And that wouldn't be the first time we saw this in the fic.
As it turns out, no. While Batman implied that he just redid what the SI did to his brain (set it to an earlier fear-focused state) in reality he didn't need to. Just being put back into that mindset was enough to make it stick, which means that it can't be easily undone.
The new version fixes the prior issue, but I have to admit it's a little bit sadder. I wonder how long Bruce struggled with that decision, and if he talked it over with Talia, Alfred and/or Richard before going for it?
No. Changing the hardware doesn't change the software, and if you've been used to thinking in a particular way it's a lot easier to revert to it. Just ask the version of the SI who used the Evil Formula.
Not really, after all, his survival was guaranteed long before he reached the point of mind ducking himself.
In some circumstances, that might be the case. With the SI -as Mr. Is It Worth Starting Reading Again pointed out earlier- there aren't many things which directly threaten him. Batman knows that he died twice, is partially etheric and is trained to resist telepathy. Batman knows that browbeating and guilt tripping are the best routes.
@Vaermina is 100% the designated troll and rage baiter of this stories comment section. Do not take anything they say literally.
I wonder if anyone will realize that Batman did this and point it out to Paul.
It probably wouldn't matter.
I mean Jade is right there.
Damn it, Cecil. You just can't help but make the worst decision, can you? And if there was anything else that could really worsen the relationship between you and the local Invincible, you certainly couldn't think if it, otherwise you would have done that.
Thank you, corrected.
It can work if the person being shot at is distracted. Just ask Goku after Sorbet shot him in the chest.
Heh. Someone wants lots of lamb and mutton. Surprised they aren't after other livestock as well. Then again, some parts of the world probably made it out safer than others. Lots of countries without nuclear arsenals to get blown sky-high, after all.
Ah, right, fallout. Even with human super-tech or alien tech to fix it (assuming the Viltrumites have that level of science) it still spreads a long way once it hits the upper atmosphere.
It probably is a terrifyingly out-of-context concept for everyone. And Atom Eve may well be worried that she could be capable of doing that too, since she likely hasn't realised her powers and the Lantern's aren't the same thing expressed differently
Hardly a difficult thing for him. Giant livestock pen construct, for instance.
...He has a valid point.
Interesting detail. Suggests the Mechanists or whoever made them acquired them from a Viltrumite reality that didn't wipe out their scientists...
Interesting. I wonder if this Invincible would found a new scientific caste amongst the Viltrumites?
I suppose there's not a lot to talk about otherwise while they wait.
I mean, when you hate someone that much... They're probably fortunate there's no Red Rings in their home reality.
Ironically, they get less purple as they age. I expect the Invincible is much lighter a tone than young Oliver.
What, no audio transmission? Surprising, but I suppose it would have been harder to make this plan if Levy could have heard them talking.
Or maybe he's just accustomed to seeing strange-looking people where he's from?
And ultimately, he was. By letting a known criminal super-genius to make his killer zombots without proper oversight, by the sounds of it.
I suppose that lack of grudge-holding is natural for a species as short-lived as the Thraxans. Wow, less than a year of life?
Damn, how did they even reach space? Their first launches must have been multi-generational efforts.And by Thraxan standards, half-viltrumites are practically immortal.
And with this Levy eliminated the way he was, his backers will probably stay hands-off of any universe with an Invincible...
A very realistic possibility, too.
One more safely home. Any left who aren't future zombots in the making??
Ah, clean-up busywork. The unglamorous side of superhero fights, especially at this level.
And he'll probably be on his way by the time Conquest arrives. So there won't be any help there for the locals...
...Ah, I see Mark's already considered the possibilities of Lantern hanging around, eh?
Especially given that a lot of his skills were learned from Jevek's trade. He wouldn't have been able to fight anywhere near this level if he'd been active back when Omniman first turned.
It's not like he can't come visit if he needs to.
Eh, Cecil would be badly conflicted between the 'so many new weapons to protect Earth' desire and the 'another super-powerful potential conqueror? Must be Tuesday. Get the guns' reflex.
Oh, this better not be Cecil, thinking he has a shot at Lantern.
On the other hand, conventional bullets aren't much of a threat to a motivated Lantern.
Superhero comic rules demand that The Man do something stupid and short-sighted at the worst possible time to justify why superheroes should be allowed to exist without government oversight.
Not alot of people would shoot orange lantern.
Batman also knows a number of semi-permenamt ways to deal with beings like that.
You're free to point out just how what I said to him was in any way inaccurate.
Honestly, this feels more like Robot than Cecil. It's like Robot has a chance to deal with the the worse-Flaxan-invasion from the get go.
Paul is also clearly not a Viltrumite.
'Thraxan-'?
Here we go again...
