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"A body count bigger than any of your rogues gallery."
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"A body count bigger than any of your rogues gallery."
So the Enlightened Rage Lantern is the one with the most...evolved family life? And a kid?
...
Yeah, okay
"Fellow citizen! Do you wish to join the League to fight for Truth, Justice and an arbitrarily idealised american way?!?!"
"Nah, just bored"
"Oh..."
I don't think Paragon is a mess. Really if I could get orange enlightenment I totally would. Just because other people are usually uncertain or conflicted doesn't mean not being so means you are a mess. If anything it means the opposite.Somehow enlightenment of the most extreme emotion is the most stabilizing effect on Paul. It's not like he even had a better support structure or loved ones. Others have that as well. But he is much more put together than most. In particular Paragon is still somewhat a mess.
Why is he holding Starfire's hand? I thought he was with Blackfire?
Thank you, corrected.
Ah, Raul. Or old friend, the Enlightened Red lantern Paul, stuck in the world of the first Teen Titans cartoon (since if it had been TT-GO!, the whole would would be dead by now.) I expect his relationship with Blackfire has matured considerably since last we saw him.17th October 2009
21:22 GMT -5
Komand'r twists her head around on my chest so that she can look me in the eyes, a mildly perturbed expression on her face.
"Do you think we've..?"
Yup, matured considerably. The old Komand'r might well have preferred to be dead before being so... Domestic.She hesitates, her frown deepening.
I raise my eyebrows, arms wrapping a little tighter around her torso as we lie on the sofa. "We've..?"
And more often than not, the interesting bits of a story only tend to cover a few hours, unless it involves a long adventuring journey or a long, multi-day event. Like the first 'Avengers' movie, which outside of the pre-title bit, covers more or less twelve hours total."Gotten… Boring."
"I can't say I've ever tried to live my life on the basis of how interesting it would be to read about."
'Ally', eh? Wonder if he'll become a superhero named 'Edge-fire', because his parents are black and red.I raise my gaze to look around our living room. Photographs of our wedding, our friends and our son decorate the surfaces, my skull collection having been relocated to my athenaeum. A few of Alikand'r's toys have been left on the floor were they fell, but other than that it's a fairly normal upper class living room. Nothing to suggest that it's home to a couple of galaxy-renowned bounty hunters. Is.. that what she means?
"If you don't like the decorations-?"
I mean, even if the Ring isn't all that helpful, it can still keep track of things, even if asking it gets a response like being slapped in the brain."No, not the-." She sighs, the back of her head falling back onto my chest. "It's-. When was the last time we killed someone?"
"Two days ago."
I can't imagine Kal-El was too happy about that one. Sure, the original animated Toyman is an arsehole, but we are talking about the big blue boy-scout.She frowns. "Was it?"
"Toyman?" Her frown deepens. "He had those giant windup soldiers-."
Yeah, getting to tear apart giant robots probably gets boring after a while. And the man himself would likely not have been a great physical threat."Oh him." She considers the matter, and her frown deepens further. "Why didn't I remember that? It was only a couple of days ago."
"If tamaranean brains work like human brains, it's probably because it didn't stand out."
Ah, bonding over a shared love of multiple and mass homicides.Her brow relaxes a little. "What do you mean?"
"We've killed a lot of people, right?"
In humans, sure. Tamaraneans probably don't even make that much more effort."Yeah?"
"So the first time you kill someone, that's a big deal. But after that, you're just repeating yourself. It's not a new experience so your brain doesn't encode it in the same way."
Ah, the inelegant tangle of sharing a couch."You mean…" She relaxes very slightly into my chest. "It feels like we've been doing less fighting lately, but actually..?"
I smile, sifting my calves across her thighs-.
Which is impressive. I would expect some decline, just out of people fleeing in fear of you. I guess the murdering business is good."No, seriously, not-. 'Fighting' each other." She tilts her head back again so that she's looking at me upside down. "It's bothering me."
I nod, then generate a construct time/kills line graph in the air in front of us. There're troughs and peaks, but the average is relatively consistent month on month.
Don't take that as a challenge to get creative with your kills, there's no points system."Slightly fewer assassinations and slightly more mass killings, but the total hasn't actually changed much."
"So they're.. just not memorable enough."
There's only so many ways you can punch an asshole's heart out through his spine, after all."That's one way of putting it. But it's more about how new an experience is than absolute quality. Even if the fight is amazing, there isn't all that much difference between an amazing fight and a mundane one. After a while they all sort of blur together-."
"And I keep wondering where all the time went. Because it passes without me really making any new memories." She move her arms so that they're laying on mine. "Huh."
Unless those things are really noteworthy, yeah. Such is life."Basically. But that's… Pretty normal. When you're young everything is new, and then as you get older you learn what sort of things you like doing and start doing that more."
"But then you're just doing the same kind of thing and not anything that's going to stick in your brain." Her faces creases. "So that's it? We either make ourselves miserable or stop being able to remember things?"
You ain't seen the half of it, ma'am. Wait until he's old enough to get obsessed with bodily functions."Do you remember last time you read to Alikand'r?"
"Yeah, that was about.. three hours ago. I read him The Very Hungry Caterpillar." She wrinkles her nose. "Human children's books are weird."
Ah, if only it were an edition of 'Where is my Cow?'. Can you imagine her doing all the animal noises?"And before that?"
"The farm book. The one with the pop-up animals. I remember-."
I mean, unless you abstain completely or use some potent contraception... It'll probably happen.She jerks up into a sitting position, pushing my legs aside as she twists around to face me.
"I though my brain was going to stop.. sabotaging me after I gave birth." Her eyes narrow and glow faintly. "Have you gotten me pregnant again? I said, one!"
Yeah, a bright, cheerful and super-happy Komand'r was... Quite an experience.I sit up, wrap my arms around Koriand'r's back and then fall back, pulling her face into the crook of my neck.
"No, the mood swing you had when you were pregnant is… Something I'm never going to forget, and it wasn't like this. This is actually normal. For humans, as well as tamaraneans."
Since compared to the average human, neither of them are within line of sight of normal."So we're just… Normal?"
"Normal for us. Or… Stable. I mean, is there anything in our life that you don't like?"
Good to hear that second one. I expect both princesses are still tooling around Earth, though? I can't see Koriand'r ditching the Titans.She opens her mouth to reply, then closes it again, thinking deeply.
"All your enemies in Vega are dead. Tamaran is rebuilding. Your other enemies are dead or cowed into compliance. You have me and Alikand'r. Did we miss anyone you hate?"
After all, getting it shouldn't be too hard."I don't think so. Unless I got so used to hating that I forgot someone."
"Okay then. What is it that you don't have that you still want?"
Yeah, that's not a fate you'd wish on anyone."It's not about being in a good place objectively. Right? I-." She lifts her head up to do a quick check of the room. "I love you and Alikand'r. And I want to make sure that he has the childhood I didn't get."
"I want him to have the childhood you didn't get too."
...I'm sure there's a super-powered promotion or two floating around. Whether they're legal, that's another question...She inhales deeply, then exhales sharply.
"Okay. I want to do more fighting, but fighting I'll actually remember. Different fighting. Does Earth have fighting tournaments?"
Good luck finding one willing to work with you."So many fighting tournaments. But most of them don't let aliens or people with superpowers take part."
"Underground fighting tournaments?"
...That depends on if you're willing to revise your preferred level of lethality"They'd be more likely to run away than fight us. We've got a bit of a reputation."
"Then-. Where are we supposed to get memorable fights?"
Heh, someone feeling a little intimidated?
Watch out, giant robots! the Black and Red are coming for you!On the opposite sofa, Blue Beetle looks like he's really regretting offering to do these interviews. Next to me, Koriand'r smiles and gives my hand a light squeeze. This should deal with her problem nicely.
"What do you think you'd bring to the Justice League?"
I smile, shifting my calves across her thighs-.
I would argue otherwise. The following isn't meant to be harsh or mean or anything, but there are a number of traits which directly point to OL being rather psychologically unhealthy.I don't think Paragon is a mess. Really if I could get orange enlightenment I totally would. Just because other people are usually uncertain or conflicted doesn't mean not being so means you are a mess. If anything it means the opposite.
That should say 'thought'."I though my brain was going to stop.. sabotaging me after I gave birth." Her eyes narrow and glow faintly. "Have you gotten me pregnant again? I said, one!"
I bet no one was expecting either of these two to consider joining the Justice League. I wonder how heated the debate on whether or not to admit them will be?"So, um."
On the opposite sofa, Blue Beetle looks like he's really regretting offering to do these interviews. Next to me, Komand'r smiles and gives my hand a light squeeze. This should deal with her problem nicely.
"What do you think you'd bring to the Justice League?"
You're thinking of the wrong version of Paul. Raul is in the Teen Titans universe. The one who ended up in the JLU universe is Peter Wynne.Heh. That was amusing. That contrast of domestic bliss and a natural-born killer's boredom. Let's just hope Komand'r can tone down her level of violence for the more restrained members of Justice League Unlimited. She'll probably get along swimmingly with warriors like Hawkwoman and Wonder Woman, though. Especially if she brings Ally to team meetings...
That is correct. It's how he became enlightened.If I remember well Raúl already dealt with the Trigon shit didn't he?
They'll probably shorten it to 'Alec' most of the time.
No, he'll grow up knowing them as superheroes and have no idea why everyone's terrified of them whenever they leave Earth.Wonder if he'll become a superhero named 'Edge-fire', because his parents are black and red.
The Lex Luthor: Man of Steel version of Toyman was a paedophile.I can't imagine Kal-El was too happy about that one. Sure, the original animated Toyman is an arsehole, but we are talking about the big blue boy-scout.
Thank you, corrected.
Thank you, corrected.
"So what I'm hearing is, you're fine with us continuing to operate on our own recognisance."They wouldn't pass.
Batman would vote no cause they are mass killers.
Same for Superman.
Same for any of the GLs.
Flash, most of them, tends to be big on redemption but would vote no as is not like they have really changed.
Wonder Woman may vote yes cause warrior culture.
To sum up, most of the Seven would vote no save perhaps Aquaman and Wonder Woman so no way in Hell they are getting in the League not unless this somehow became the Injustice Universe instead of Teen Titans.
Even on a trial basis they are mass murderers.
So yeah, may need to Jump Universes to Join the League.
"So what I'm hearing is, you're fine with us continuing to operate on our own recognisance
I feel like they should have at least two more...I thought my brain was going to stop.. sabotaging me after I gave birth." Her eyes narrow and glow faintly. "Have you gotten me pregnant again? I said, one!"
I sit up, wrap my arms around Koriand'r's back and then fall back, pulling her face into the crook of my neck.
"No, the mood swing you had when you were pregnant is… Something I'm never going to forget, and it wasn't like this. This is actually normal. For humans, as well as tamaraneans."
Dude they didn't let Lobo join.
Well I think Kid Lobo was a member of Comic Teen Titans as some point but Teen Titans is insane.
Also of the main League only Batman won't kill for sure (unless is Darkseid). Wonder Woman, Superman and some of the Flashes will kill if needed.
Also a rage ring and Super Tamarean powers would have a hard time dealing with Superman, much less the main League members together.
What they are doing is like if the Joker walked to the League and asked to join. Heck at this point they basically have killed more people that the local Joker!
Makes sense. The extreme emotions are the destabilizing ones. Once you are enlightened in them they stop being so. It reflects mastery over the emotion rather than being overpowered by it.Somehow enlightenment of the most extreme emotion is the most stabilizing effect on Paul. It's not like he even had a better support structure or loved ones. Others have that as well. But he is much more put together than most. In particular Paragon is still somewhat a mess.
The league in the teens titans verse isn't the same as the standard one we usually get.
For one they came after the teen titans went global and after Trigon turned most people to stone and killed millions. The league becomes the league because the adults got owned and got shown up by the kids... Well in this case both Raúl and Black Fire were there killing Trigon and his demons, so that will probably increase their chances of getting in and we don't exactly know what is the league membership like or their recruitment standards, I doubt they need an unanimous result, a majority will be enough.
All evidence points to Enlightenment not actually stopping the destabilization.Makes sense. The extreme emotions are the destabilizing ones. Once you are enlightened in them they stop being so. It reflects mastery over the emotion rather than being overpowered by it.
Alec.Been a while since we saw this Paul, I'm very glad we get to see his married life with Blackfire and that we learn their son's name, but what would Alikand'r's name be in english?
No plans for any.
Thank you.
Would you be open to some suggestions?
Chuu, I never read comments.
And yet you read this one...
They wouldn't pass.
Batman would vote no cause they are mass killers.
Same for Superman.
Same for any of the GLs.
Flash, most of them, tends to be big on redemption but would vote no as is not like they have really changed.
Wonder Woman may vote yes cause warrior culture.
To sum up, most of the Seven would vote no save perhaps Aquaman and Wonder Woman so no way in Hell they are getting in the League not unless this somehow became the Injustice Universe instead of Teen Titans.
Even on a trial basis they are mass murderers.
So yeah, may need to Jump Universes to Join the League.
I know next to nothing about the setting. I've probably seen more porn of it than actual animation.And if we are giving suggestions, I do feel the Miraculous Ladybug universe and Paul would be hilarious.
I know next to nothing about the setting. I've probably seen more porn of it than actual animation.