Ok, this seems like one of the ways to trigger OL really, really hard.
What if that's the plan? Push Paul's berserk button, get him to make a mistake, and take him out of the game early? Paul could easily be seen as one of the leading organizers of magical and demonic research and defense.
And then they bit off more than they could chew. But they could turn this to their advantage, as they can have the heroes clean up their mess. Typical supervillain mindset.
No?
Thank you, corrected.
So this is something that needs to be brought up more clearly.
But Paul's the one who set it all up. So saying he's the one who killed Nabu is true enough when you look at all the facts, since brain dead for a magic helmet is little different from actually dead. Also, he thought it in this scene instead of saying it because Kara Zor-L is there and not in the loop.
Does the source need to kick you in the balls again?
There's more ambiguity here than is entirely ideal. Though I understand that the phrasing is in-theme for this situation and genre.
That's never a good sign. Let's hope it's amenable to surrendering...
But I suspect this is going to get bloody. Kara-1 is about to get an eye-opening look at how OL does things...Not the Anti-fate, then. We can but hope Mike makes it out of this alive and hopefully un-traumatised.
Probably going to miss that cheerfulness after this...
So, this helmet can compel people to don it unwillingly. Just when you thought Nabu couldn't become any more of an arsehole.
Okay, Mike, focus. Superheroes are here, you've got a good chance of surviving this...
Well, fuck you too, Nabu.
Ah, the lich is finally deigning to pay attention, and tear himself away from his fun torturing innocents?
I'd complain about the lack of rage, but, really, OL took that out on the local Nabu. This is a more intellectual anger.
Quite a lot, and not necessarily better, if this is the Books of Magic bad future version.
...What does happen if a Lord of Order turns to Chaos? I can't imagine that mental conflict of purity feels great running through his bad mood.
Well, acting like an edgy twelve-year-old boy who's decided the universe sucks is certainly a good reason to make light of you...
Given that taking Nabu down left Giovanni Zatara bedridden for weeks (and still isn't 100% by this point, if memory serves me correctly...) Yes, best not to have to explain that for the rookie.
Nietzsche would probably have opinions about that, but...
...Not the best time to play comic relief, Kara.
Seriously, what parts of human culture were you paying attention to back on Argo?...Nietzsche used it first, honestly. Heck, Seigel and Schuster probably used the name for their creation largely because it sounded cool...
Kara! Read the room, girl.
<Sucks teeth> Yeah, about that...
Oh, come on, Kara. Krypton's history isn't all lily-white either.
Ah, True Lies. Such an underrated movie... Alas, I don't think this hat-ass is in any mood to take good advice...
"I'm not your buddy, pal!"
Sorry, that's all I could hear...See, Kara? Bad Guy. Your conscience is clear.
So, that's two bad alternate worlds showing up here... If not for Mr Zoat's well-known dislike for nearly everything in modern DC, I'd be worried about an invasion from some Dark reality...
Well, if the bad guy wants you to do something: You don't do it!I get the feeling there's a lot of Red in this Nabu's ledger. And I foresee it's about to get a lot more orange..
...No doubt Nabu has had plenty of chances to see it in his servant's memories, if they're forced to watch when he decides to change hosts...
This is about to sting...
Mike doesn't presently have the right mindset to give a clear explanation.
How does the existence of the Source or the Presence change that? Sure, DC universe was created, but an imdividual still has little more meaning than a single pixel in Conway's Game of Life.
