Bramble Thorn
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"I was thinking more that we kill anyone who looks in danger of getting things organised, but… Sure, we could sic them on my alter ego if you like. I'm guessing… Virman Vundabar, Granny Goodness and DeSaad require most attention. Virman will have the best conventional weapons, Granny the best warriors and DeSaad the most sophisticated technology."
"Granny Goodness mind-controlled Superman a few years ago. He killed Darkseid in revenge, but I don't think he managed to kill her."
Hm. "My conquest aura should let me… Influence a faction if I slay their leader. Granny's Furies might be useful for attacking Thanagar, especially if we're trying to start a war between them."
I don't like the idea of siccing new enemies on the native Grayven, at the very least without investigating how he is running his empire. Because if Thanager 50 also had the Equality Plague like Thanager 16 did, then their conduct is probably the same in the preceding years. You know, fucking over the nation who cured the plague for them, and then set up a expansionist, racist, imperialistic government run by a military junta (and started indrocitinating the younger generation to be the same way), took over nearby inhabited worlds and treated the original occupants like second class citizens or worse (including concerted efforts to eradicate their original language, culture, and historical records) including the other sentient species that evolved on their planet. And topped it off by trying to not just conquer Earth but outright destroy it and effectively end the human race there.Does anyone else feel that Grayven's lighthearted-shoot-from-the hip idea to get Apokolips involved and start a war just like that seems incredibly dumb and hasty?
If Grayven 50 does treat native populations who surrender to him relatively decently (or even just any better than the Thanagarians did), then he's actually a net improvement. Honestly, If I was going to get involved, it would be to go over and make sure none of the government or military that thought blowing up Earth as acceptable got away. Possibly even move on to the newer colonies settled with the jingoist soldier retirees and make sure they get dealt with also. Evacuate any children to one of those older colonies where the brainwashing hadn't spread so much. Tell the survivors they lost the rights to their homeworld due to the many and varied stupid mistakes they had made.
Isn't that a bit the pot calling the kettle black? How may Zoats has this story gone through by now?'Avatars' are up there with 'Doombots' as stupid ways to allow characters to deny their failures.