He once noted that she feels feminine, or something to that effect.
Yea... Gonna be blunt here Zoat...
Well, it certainly is thematically appropriate for a demon of Greed. No doubt the entire space is carefully engineered to drive home upon the summoned that they are entirely in their summoner's power, and their continued existence is dependant on their deference. Demons aren't exactly subtle, after all.
Heh. I have to wonder just how much he values anything he acquires, outside of the challenge of gaining it.
To be fair, he might look nicer in black and white feathers than the bloated mass he affects. But, alas, image is everything, and demons are old-fashioned. That sort of corpulence screams 'wealthy' to the bronze-age logic many operate by.
Ah. I see the lady's had some work done to rectify her physical issues. So I doubt we'll getting her original manner of speech. Thank goodness for that.
A mere formality, I suppose, given he more or less installed her in her current position. I'll bet that eye has all manner of arcane sensors in it.
...Oh, that's going to make things awkward all round.
...Well, her 'father' is listed as the serpent-demon 'Ophur'. I could see it.
Well, can't assail that logic.
She could have just been being formal about things. Image is everything, after all.
To be fair, demonic relationships are hardly ever founded on such pleasant ideas as love or affection.
Heh. Leaving him hanging like that. You truly are evil.
Now that the tomfoolery is out of the way, back to business.
Honestly, I can't imagine the generations between those two being any less trouble-prone.
Hmm. A physical manifestation, or merely the spirits within being drawn here? If it's the former, then Crimson Avenger just got disarmed. So, bonus!
I am so imagining their voices as tiny imps, with the faint sounds of firing mechanisms behind them... But 'nothing'? That was a hell of a lot of 'nothing' back there!
Probably professional curiosity as to how easily he reached out for Best Snek.
...Ominous. And there's the 'little bit of black' the title refers to.They are demons, after all. Lying is woven into their being.
...Oh, that sounds very bad. Dark Druid, or some other follower of the Black, I wonder?
They earned a little relief with that...
Which explains why they use the human host: not only hands to fire, but eyes to aim.
And 'God' could be a gross misrepresentation of what they actually saw. An Elemental of the Spectrum can feel a lot like a God to the inexperienced.
...Which raises the question of 'where did the souls go, if not to Hell?' To Heaven? Or stolen away to somewhere else?
At least he can consider the threat of the Crimson Avenger ended? But the question is now 'Who did this and why?'
Uh, OL... I rather think the League would want the Guns out of circulation. You know, in the name of public safety?Oh, great. Well, hopefully whoever or whatever he sets up can be directed against those properly deserving of it...
"You do realise I can hear the capital letter there?" "Ahhh..."Without turning his head, Mammon eyes me for a second and then takes a step away.
Just noticed. That should say 'nor'.
Heh. Leaving him hanging like that. You truly are evil.
Well, I could see the TV show Lucifer doing something like that.
Thank you, corrected.
Thank you, corrected.
He's involved in all kinds of financial corruption, but I don't recognise those capitals?
Rules out Ares.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Not for a human one, but she was one of the Lilim, and he was an Archangel. They were honest with each other, knew where each other stood, and respected each others boundaries.
Indeed. Nekron, who used Anti-Life during the Angelic Hunt for Orange Lantern, and Darkseid are the obvious choices… but I don't think they are responsible. I suspect Jean Loring (Eclipso) and/or the Spectre are tied into this. Young Justice tinkered with the ages and backstories of many DC characters, so why not Jean Loring?
Given there is no actual description or reference of said cloth in the earlier parts of the sentence the marked part feels somewhat awkward especially given the comment right after about how the clothing most probably isn't made of it.
Paul has subconscious views that are fixated on traditionalist biology. The Ophidian "seeded" Mazikeen and he is okay with identifying as (part of) the Ophidian. The technically biological or biological-adjacent connection is enough for him to count as "valid".
I think it's more like he was ticked off that some alien kid was calling him daddy in a blatant attempt to manipulate him into giving her what she wants. At some level he might respect it, but that isn't what he wants, so he told her to knock it off.
But she was blindfolded though?
No, that's fine as-is. He's thinking that the cloth probably isn't cloth.
Mammon isn't completely sold on the idea. He's more of an asset stripper than an investor. He's going to have Secret on a short leash doing minor things until he's confident in the business plan.
I agree with this. And I'm fairly sure that the demon lady that Paul just encountered has no interest at all in considering Paul to be in any sort of fatherly position for her. Judging by her comment about him not being the Morningstar, it seemed like more of a test of character. So again, Paul was being manipulated by a sort of not really daughter. But Paul was completely fine with it this time. And I don't think it has anything to do with any sort of preference for biological inheritance. I think i he just likes this demon lady more than Princess. Whether it be the likely substantial power this lady already wields, or her demonic nature, I'm not sure. Or it could have just been a joke.
Adults are responsible for themselves. Children are the responsibility of their parents.
Is the implication that Paul, when deciding on who he would and would not be willing to accept as a daughter, considers the amount of effort required? So Princess was off the table because she was a child, and Paul would have been required to actually invest himself in her care and upbringing? That's a pretty utilitarian way of deciding who and who not to enter into an unconditional relationship with. Or maybe you mean something else, and it just flew over my head. My point is not that Paul should or should not pursue a familial relationship with this or that character. I'm simply pointing out that Paul's own reasoning of taking responsibility for something that he only has the flimsiest of connections to is just false, and that the explanation is much more likely to be that Paul simply wants to be involved with this demon lady, more so than he wanted to be involved with Princess. Or he's just joking, I can't tell.
