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It was said earlier that Tang is an orange flavoured drink and that the seid came from darkseid.
so Tangseid
so Tangseid
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He's taken care of anyone who can try on Earth, and he isn't big enough to draw attention from any higher powers in the universe. Also, the gods of Earth may not care, as he probably ensured that what he does benefits them in some way.The big question about Tangsied is why hasn't he been stomped yet?
Everything he's been doing should have drawn the attention of forces much much higher up the totem pole then anything he could possibly handle.
Just watched this and am wondering if the SI is Jade's Manic Pixie Dream Boy.
The title of this latest chapter run in line with Sybarite, but there's no meniton of demon-eating, and none of his chapters have years with the date. This does seem like a Paul that was him enough to still be him, but liberated enough to remove some of the hesitancy that Paul has with things like this (this is per the Sybarite/Paul conversation during the Infinite Pauls arc).
After what he did to Wonder Woman nothing short of complete destruction would have stopped the Greek God's from smiting him into oblivion.He's taken care of anyone who can try on Earth, and he isn't big enough to draw attention from any higher powers in the universe. Also, the gods of Earth may not care, as he probably ensured that what he does benefits them in some way.
There's a difference between magical temporary mind control and destroying someone's soul...The Greek Gods didn't do anything when Wonder Woman and the rest of the League were controlled by the Light. They also essentially never become involved in fighting off the various world-ending threats that the Justice League regularly deals with. It is also possible that they may simply fail to recognize what has happened to Wonder Woman as it was based on principles they are unfamiliar with, has no continuous energy signature, and has resulted in changes that are not readily apparent.
Someone missed the part about the invisible guardian Angel's and constant on Earth activity that made Paragon have pie on his face.The only reason that the Silver City attacked Paragon is that he stole a fruit from the Garden of Eden. There has been no indication that they have any interest in actually coming to earth to punish wrongdoing.
There's a difference between magical temporary mind control and destroying someone's soul...
Someone missed the part about the invisible guardian Angel's and constant on Earth activity that made Paragon have pie on his face.
Someone missed the part about the invisible guardian Angel's and constant on Earth activity that made Paragon have pie on his face.
This was quite chilling, in a way I didn't really get from the previous Tangseid chapters. It seems like his plot should have showed up earlier and been resolved during the Crisis of Pauls episode, instead of only being introduced in the aftermath.
I think another Paul would make the best narrative antagonist responsible for Tangseid's downfall, ideally Paragon but I'd be fine seeing Renegade too (he can make up for missing out on the Crisis).
Oh, this would never have flown on the other sites... Good lord, I honestly feel dirty reading this, knowing what he'll eventually become...Her legs bend, the muscles beneath the skin of her bare shoulders shifting and her breasts answer the call of gravity to the best of their bra-bound ability as she leans towards the pulley, then shifting back as she straightens her legs and then pulls the handle towards her so that it's resting just under them.
Showing off for the girl. Dear gods, he's going headlong into Gym-douche mode...How to approach her?
I stand, walking over to my own weights and moving the pin… All the way up. That seems about right for unusually muscular humans and low-tier super strength. Boosted strength? I shouldn't sound like I'm claiming to be in Superman's league. Then I sit back down and take position, my eyes moving back to Artemis as her limbs tense and relax in the smooth motion of someone well accustomed to the machine they're operating.
Thank goodness she's on her guard here. Honestly, the way... Let's go with Tangseid... Tangseid is acting, you'd have to be blind not to be...I push against the footplate and… Yes, that's a bit more like it felt on my first time. Keep up a steady pace-. I find myself matching Artemis's delicious movements without really thinking about it, and… I suppose that she makes a reasonable metronome substitute.
"Are you going to be checking me out the whole time?"
And she's eating the eye candy. Gods, this is skeevy as. It's all the worse because we know he's literally twice her age."Probably. But I wouldn't want to be unfair about it." I pause with the plate in the halfway position, then take hold of my t-shirt and pull it off, tossing it to the side. With no ring on I've started to sweat normally, and while I'm no expert on masculine beauty… I wouldn't look like this if I didn't really like looking like this. "Fair?"
"Ahh. That's… Not how it works."
Honestly, that is fair. and from her perspective, he's only a couple of years older, because most Pauls put on the junior team don't reveal their age."You ogled Kaldur in the middle of a mission, in all of our heads." I carry on pushing the weight, keeping my own rhythm. "You can be a hypocrite if you want, or you can take the opportunity to engage in reciprocal staring."
She appears to take that on board, and returns to her exercise.
True enough. Unfortunately, it also can't monitor your psychological state like this. Bad experimental practice, Tangseid..."What happened to your ring?"
"I can't get good data if it constantly refreshes me."
Damn, the stupid Hyde serum and its' morality-removing properties. He's still just as smart, but now he can turn it towards stuff he'd previously have balked at. This is a trainwreck..."What do you mean by that?"
"The ring stops me getting hot, or short of breath, or tired. It's great while I'm wearing heavy armour, but I can't exercise like that. What brings you here?"
Well, of course an Orange Lantern would think that...
...He's got a point. You see a dude like that, you'd keep your damn head down."And I'm pretty sure that criminals watch the gyms, see if they can spot the local crime fighters working out."
I chuckle. "Yeah, I can imagine Batman going down to his local gym, and everyone around him staring at his scars and deciding that he must be a super-tough mob enforcer."
Would anyone care to post some pics? I doubt my Google-fu is good enough to find good ones.Hm. There's something satisfying about moving a pile of weights this big. I'm not exactly… Feeling a burn, but it.. feels different. I assume it's the just that I haven't adapted to the dramatic change in strength, but I'll have the ring check just in case.
"Batman's got scars?"
Honey, you walk around in a crop top that bares your abs. You have no room to talk. I mean, she's never had a junkie or mugger try and slice her if she got in close?"He's a baseline human who fought the Gotham mobs at their worst. Of course he's got scars."
"Yeah, I-." She makes a small frown, then face-shrugs. "Just.. kinda assumed that he was too good for that."
No, Frank Miller did. Year One, if anyone's wanting to check that."Very good at what he does, yes. Invulnerable, no. Everyone's got to start somewhere. He started using the bat motif after he nearly got stabbed to death by an underage prostitute on his first night back in Gotham."
"Robin tell you that?"
...The woman walks around in head-to-toe spandex and/or leather. It's Hooker or Supervillain."No. Catwoman. She used to work for the same pimp."
"Catwoman was a hooker?"
Hah! How American of her... And I'll say no more on that...
Honestly, besides the whole 'sucked into an alternate universe by a clarketech ring', the average Paul was basically a normal guy. You know, we shouldn't really be surprised by the few 'evil' versions we've seen. What would you do in his situation, after all?"If you want to meet people with normal life stories, you're in the wrong vocation. Though if you don't, I'm free at seven."
"K-. Seriously?"
And she starts to feel a bit put off, I see. His behaviour must be sounding warning bells, after all."What? You're hot, I'm hot, we've got this hobby in common. There wouldn't be any of that 'making up excuses why you have to dash off' nonsense that spikes so many superhero/normie relationships…" I shrug. "And don't think I haven't noticed that you've been taking me up on my offer."
"Yeah, I'm-. Not.. really looking for a boyfriend right now?"
Well, that's complicated..."And yet, you found one anyway. Aren't you lucky?"
"Tch. Narcissist, much?"
Whoa, coming on way too strong there, boyo. Though by this point, you'd have to feel there's something wrong, wouldn't you? She's worked with him before, she knows what he's normally like. And this behaviour..."I'm an Orange Lantern. I'm very in touch with my desires, and you're what I desire. And you are not in touch with your desires. You want to stare, but you feel weird about it even though I've told you it's fine." Still pushing the weights up and down with my legs I tense and relax the muscles of my chest in turn. "Do you want to touch me? Because that's fine too."
She jerks her head away immediately, and I roll my eyes.
There we go, shutting down his shit. Or trying to."You see, that's what I'm talking about. You want, then the moment you're offered what you want-."
"And you're so sure you know what I want."
And there's the alarm bells. I bet she's seen that kind of gym-douche behaviour before. The fact it's coming from the otherwise polite English guy? Hell no."Everything you want? No. That you want a particular thing? The human body's reaction to sexual desire is perfectly predictable." I point to my right eye with my right forefinger. "Pupil dilation is the obvious-."
"Yeah, I-. Know about pupil dilation."
Now, will he listen to what it has to say?"Mine are pretty… Di-lat-ed."
She just exhales, then starts ignoring me. I wonder if she's got some other hang up I don't know about? I call the ring, making sure that I have absolutely no desire to have it aid in my exercise routine. It floats up and settles on my left ring finger-.
And it immediately pegged the aberrant behaviour. Good.19th August 2010
16:16 GMT -5
Warning! Deviation from baseline thought processes detected!
Seriously, you were good about that before you went dosing yourself with improperly tested serums. Bloody hell, he can be so stupid...I frown. I don't feel-. I don't think I feel any different, but I suppose that I wouldn't. That's why I set the ring to let me know.
In what regard?
For a start, you're hitting on a girl about half your age.
And he's not going to listen, because of the morality whammy the 'Hyde Serum' caused him.She doesn't know that.
I'm comparing your behaviour to baselines, here. I can't make moral judgements. And before you took that shot, you wouldn't have done that. And you certainly wouldn't have come on to the first hot girl you saw like you're doing now. And you wouldn't have responded with 'she doesn't know that' just now.
Yes, and animals don't have morality in the same way humans do, do they? How would you know if their personalities really changed?The animals I tested demonstrated an increase in dominance. Increased confidence. Do you think that's what it is?
I don't really think. So how about an experiment?
Surprisingly insightful for a ring VI. And a very good question...I'm listening.
What would you say to the idea of pulling her off the machine, tearing off her clothes and raping her right now?
And there we go. He can't simply ignore that, can he? Argh, if only he'd thought to have someone else look over his work before he went full Spark...It would be pointless. Aside from the fact that I don't think I'd enjoy it very much, I don't have any way to conceal it. I'd have the League after me, get you taken from me and end up in prison.
Yeah, see, that's definitely not the answer you would have given. What about the moral reasons relating to an individual's right to personal integrity? What happened to the fact that you like these kids?
Well, genius, what's changed recently, hmm?
And we're onto Denial already...One obvious reason.
You can't just give someone an injection and remove their capacity for moral judgements. That's nonsense.
If it's anything like the Sally Sonic situation, he's been shorn of the Indigo light at least. The closest thing to a direct opposite to Avarice, no less. Because what is Compassion but a drive to fulfil others' wants?No, but psychoses can be seen in altered brain structures. And you still can make moral judgements because you understand what I just said. You just didn't.
Yes, but I would have done it automatically. Now I…
Good. Now the real question: Are you going to fix it? But we know the answer to that, don't we?If you can't tell me…
It feels like a distraction. Something that would stop me getting what I want. And before, I'd have said that it was a way of forcing me to instinctively take into account the long term consequences. I can clearly still reason, but… That's undeniably a change.
Come on you prick...I can still do a reset?
I get up off the exercise machine and head out of the gym, taking my clothes with me.
And he's lost. If he'd just reset himself there, he might have been able to fix the problem... Now? He just doesn't care.Not… Yet. I'm going to try finding another recipient again, now that I've got a better idea what I'm looking for.
That isn't what you were planning on doing.
Perhaps. But I'm not exactly that person any more, am I?
Unnecessary word.
Showing off for the girl. Dear gods, he's going headlong into Gym-douche mode...
True enough. Unfortunately, it also can't monitor your psychological state like this. Bad experimental practice, Tangseid...
Honey, you walk around in a crop top that bares your abs. You have no room to talk. I mean, she's never had a junkie or mugger try and slice her if she got in close?
...The woman walks around in head-to-toe spandex and/or leather. It's Hooker or Supervillain.
You know, we shouldn't really be surprised by the few 'evil' versions we've seen.
And he's not going to listen, because of the morality whammy the 'Hyde Serum' caused him.
Good. Now the real question: Are you going to fix it? But we know the answer to that, don't we?
Still, it helps us appreciate the good alternate Pauls out there more, seeing how casually they could go so wrong...
Would anyone care to post some pics? I doubt my Google-fu is good enough to find good ones.
Why is the Ring suddenly so much...not smarter,has more agency?
Because of Pauls desire to have someone to talk things through?
So what's up with the ring? It seems more 'alive' for lack of a better word compared to the other Paul's rings. Does it have a copy of his or someone else's personality saved onto it like Sinestro's ring?
For someone who is so afraid of death, isn't what he just did killing himself but with extra steps?
I noticed in the last update that the ring seemed more upbeat than normal as well.Why is the Ring suddenly so much...not smarter,has more agency?
Okay, ring off-. Hah. Scan environment first.
Nothing untoward detected!
Perfect. Wasn't talking about pics of the Holly-stab anyway...
Perfect. Wasn't talking about pics of the Holly-stab anyway...
Seriously, how the hell does Bruce keep that shit hidden when he's running around being a playboy? I mean, you can only wear shirts around the pool so many times before someone gets suspicious...
I'm not sure if the ring would even be capable of a forced reversion if the current ring user does not want it.*facepalms*
why didnt he leave a standing order to do a FORCED reversion in case of significant mental alteration/neural drift? i mean, its the software/chemical melange his MIND is running on- i cant internally tell the difference between before and after taking Ritalin without someone commenting on me being more/less focused,and thats just trying to ntoice a "relatively" minor change in mental state
-relying on your mind to notice its being effected/warped is.....
i mean, if he was concerned enough to program/prompt the ring to do monitoring in the first place....why..didnt he...
i dont know if that drifts into expecting "SB Competence" or not,but given the thought he went into researching alternative empowerment methods beforehand...
Well, yes. But as he said himself, he's basically a different person from his previous self, so Tangseid doesn't want to change and kill his current self.Putting aside the cringe for a moment, for someone who is so afraid of death, isn't what he just did killing himself but with extra steps?
I'd have thought it's because he's often spunking, it rock climbing or going to adventurous trips to foreign lands to 'find himself'Perfect. Wasn't talking about pics of the Holly-stab anyway...
Seriously, how the hell does Bruce keep that shit hidden when he's running around being a playboy? I mean, you can only wear shirts around the pool so many times before someone gets suspicious...