Maxx Crowley
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Meh, face doesn't do it for me. Also, you call that bulging?
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Meh, face doesn't do it for me. Also, you call that bulging?
Once Wonder Woman showed up, all re-empowered and redeemed, I was going to say that. But there didn't seem to be any point in bothering.
Here you go.
Well, he just spilled the beans to Kara soo... Farm soil cleanup will probably happen at some point.The Renegade hasn't had any contact with Superman 50 since dosing his with gold kryptonite. Neither he nor you know anything about what he's thinking or doing now, or what he's been doing since the Renegade left. So I have no idea how you can draw any conclusions about how I feel about him.
I mean, Grayven probably doesn't care that much if he was willing to secretly depower the guy. The fact that he only secretly depowered him was probably just so that he didn't hurt his relations with the other Justice Lords, and because there's really no point in purposefully killing him if merely removing his powers removes him as a threat to Earth-50.Well, he just spilled the beans to Kara soo... Farm soil cleanup will probably happen at some point.
Maybe.
OTOH, wasn't it mentioned that those organelles aren't there just for fun, with Kara-16? Soooo... Grayven is literally killing Lord!Superman? Just a question of time scale?
Sorry. I picked the "Homosexual" perk.
Gives me added defense to sacks of chest fat.
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Spider Queen: "Ah, good. I'd been concerned at the time that the lack of release from your forelimbs indicated dissatisfaction, but even after learning that your kind don't keep their reproductive organs there things had been awkward.""I killed the citadelians and I won't mourn the psions. I like the Queen."
I don't think it is. It's actually a rather nice change of pace to find someone with a complicated moral choice that has short and long term consequences, and actually said "Fuck it, I'm not listening to my gut here. Anyone have a pencil and some paper?".Well, you should be, because his argument is both arrogant and ridiculous.
Paul "like" her long time."I killed the citadelians and I won't mourn the psions. I like the Queen."
Ah, a glimpse of the fallout from Jiggety-Jig...
Oh, yes. He's certainly more conscientious about his work than his brothers...No, no. Any more fretwork and it's just going to get covered in whatever the local moss-analogue is. Simplify it… Yeah. Hades always struck me as the practical sort of god.
Yeah, I don't think he wants you in his head right now.He looks at me for a moment, and then bows his head. "Alright, out loud it is then."
Heh. More souls for Hades."Neither the karnans nor the gordanians have a God of Death. A lot of people died without funerary rites. Not only can that be deeply unpleasant for the departed, the arcane side effects of spirits remaining in the material world can be dangerous for the people who remain." Oh, right, he left before-. "The existence of the soul-."
Man, the Golden Age was weird...Blake nods. "I knew Lance Gallant. I know the sort of power the dead can possess."
Little hard to be sceptical in the face of proof."I used to be an atheist. Then I received unambiguous evidence that souls, gods, and all that sort of thing exist. At that point, picking a afterlife services provider seemed like a sensible plan. Are you religious at all?"
Well, that she did. To the point of becoming a separate species entirely."No, though I.. do respect your pragmatism. I originally came to Vega because I heard of X'Hal and wondered if she might be like me. Someone who -by pure happenstance- became a more advanced specimen of the species that bore them."
Ah, the meat of the matter."Alright, fine, polite small talk done. I can't believe that you didn't consider the idea that I'd be willing to provide additional support. And you know how I'd think about a request in a place like this better than our non-human friends. So what the heck were you thinking by not calling me in?"
That sentence feels a little unfinished. Perhaps 'training regimen' because the 'a' feels lost.He nods. "I certainly considered it. I don't know precisely how skilled most members of your Corps are, but assuming that they had a slightly more intense training than the princesses...
Well, he's not wrong there, Vril Dox would consider that....The cost to you would have been between two and four Lanterns, though I agree that your commander would have most likely considered it worthwhile to give the rest field experience."
Not happening.He shrugs. "That sort of calculation just isn't possible. There are far too many unknown variables. But knowing what I do about history -human and alien- I strongly suspect so. Unless you move the Orange Central Power Battery here, or leave a major garrison fleet to do what the Alliance is doing right now."
"Okay, hold it right there. Maybe you should hear about something similar on Earth...""Ending the Branx Corporate War by eliminating the Citadel-aligned consortia. Then all that's left is a show of force in front of anyone who might be thinking of carrying on in the old way."
Ugh, I hope he did check Earth history while he poked around in OL's head..."And that's one of the things we'll be changing. Ridiculous concept."
"But not the way people are saying. Seriously.""I killed the citadelians and I won't mourn the psions. I like the Queen."
It's funny, isn't it? Not nearly so fun."Heh. Hm-uh." He raises his eyebrows. "It's just a bit strange for me, being on this side of the conversation. I'm assuming that you'll be sticking around to oversee things?"
Heh. Good to see he's not completely gone native.He nods. "I think so. Sorting out a mess like Vega, that's a job that might actually keep me occupied. And I meant what I said about Earth. There isn't anything… Anyone there I miss."
"Anything? I think I'm going to need to keep track of Koriand'r and Komand'r a bit better. If there's something you want me to pick up for you..?"
"Food, mostly. Bread made with actual wheat, coffee from actual coffee beans. Bacon from a pig."
"Good god, it's strange to see from the outside...""No, I am. I don't see a point in throwing a strop over this. Ferrying a few home comforts is a small price to pay for keeping in touch." I bow my head slightly. "But really? You couldn't have explained this ahead of time and let me use a small squad of Lanterns to hit the Wombworld prisons? It's not like people around here don't know me."
And that proves you're still Human, deep down.
True. There's also the fact that Blake is not a precog (if I'm wrong about that, what happened to him suggests that any precog he does have must have serious limitations), and he cannot have accounted for all factors. For one thing, people will wonder why more Orange Lanterns were not involved, once they've had time to think about it, and that's just one consequence I'm thinking of right now.The misconception that Blake is making, I feel, is that Paul isn't considered an outsider by the wider cross-section of Vega residents.
Specifically, they identify him as successor to The Beast. In the immediate past a number of Orange 'Lantern' Constructs had been sent out searching for Paul and generally making themselves known and wrecking havoc among local space. A group of orange light users under the command of the the individual who's become the New Beast would more likely be seen as a domestic faction to Vega, not a foreign one.
Blake's making a number of faulty assumptions from my point of view and Paul has every right to be angry.
Thank you, corrected.
Hmm, you make a good point. I hadn't thought about Blake having incomplete information here. And he couldn't necessarily check all that easily, because he had to avoid tipping off OL.The misconception that Blake is making, I feel, is that Paul isn't considered an outsider by the wider cross-section of Vega residents.
Specifically, they identify him as successor to The Beast. In the immediate past a number of Orange 'Lantern' Constructs had been sent out searching for Paul and generally making themselves known and wrecking havoc among local space. A group of orange light users under the command of the the individual who's become the New Beast would more likely be seen as a domestic faction to Vega, not a foreign one.
Blake's making a number of faulty assumptions from my point of view and Paul has every right to be angry.
True. There's also the fact that Blake is not a precog (if I'm wrong about that, what happened to him suggests that any precog he does have must have serious limitations), and he cannot have accounted for all factors. For one thing, people will wonder why more Orange Lanterns were not involved, once they've had time to think about it, and that's just one consequence I'm thinking of right now.
Well, you should be, because his argument is both arrogant and ridiculous.
The misconception that Blake is making, I feel, is that Paul isn't considered an outsider by the wider cross-section of Vega residents.
Specifically, they identify him as successor to The Beast. In the immediate past a number of Orange 'Lantern' Constructs had been sent out searching for Paul and generally making themselves known and wrecking havoc among local space. A group of orange light users under the command of the the individual who's become the New Beast would more likely be seen as a domestic faction to Vega, not a foreign one.
Blake's making a number of faulty assumptions from my point of view and Paul has every right to be angry.
While it is true that Paul would not be considered an unknown factor to the citizens of Vega (for the reasons you mentioned), that doesn't change the fact that he is still an outsider. He's not from Vega, but more importantly, he didn't stick around in Vega, and as far as Blake could tell at the time when he made the decision, Paul wasn't planning on being a permanent fixture of the post-Citadel Vega power structure. As such, having him and the OLC swoop in and save the day would have undermined the foundational event of the New Vega Alliance.
As far as I can tell, that's what Blake was more concerned about rather than saving the soldiers of Psion captives lives. While it might seem abstract, that shared suffering and overcoming that challenge, while also establishing themselves as a legitimate power, are going to be absolutely critical for the alliance going forward, especially if they want to maintain peace over Vega. I'm not sure if this decision was entirely correct, especially since Paul's willingness to return to Vega and take some responsibility for it's citizens shows that he might have been open to a more permanent OLC presence in the Vega power structure, but Dox would be less than pleased at that. Overall, while not necessarily a perfect choice, I do think that Blake made the best decision that he could with the information that he had at the time.
The interesting bit here is that I'm pretty sure he's more trying to convince himself that he is or should be angry, than ACTUALLY angry. Especially given the lack of red. Then again, maybe Red Rage doesn't actually align much with sullen anger
True. There's also the fact that Blake is not a precog (if I'm wrong about that, what happened to him suggests that any precog he does have must have serious limitations), and he cannot have accounted for all factors. For one thing, people will wonder why more Orange Lanterns were not involved, once they've had time to think about it, and that's just one consequence I'm thinking of right now.