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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

I really want to see everyone's reactions to this ability.
I really want to see if Mr Zoat remembers his own rules for assimilation.

Because Angstrom is like a thousand different people in a single body, and that's more then enough memories to completely destroy this Paul's mind given a single symbiont was nearly enough to do similar.
 
I really want to see if Mr Zoat remembers his own rules for assimilation.

Because Angstrom is like a thousand different people in a single body, and that's more then enough memories to completely destroy this Paul's mind given a single symbiont was nearly enough to do similar.
He is a bunch of mesed up memories that have left him mostly mad, if anything his lacking sense of self should make asimilation easer than normal, IMO.
 
If I remember correctly, Paul doesn't get blasted by a construct's memories unless something destroys the construct. So he should be able to avoid the mind whammy if nothing ever pops that bubble.
Also, when he absorbs the Construct Lanterns into his rings, if I recall. It happened to Grayven when he assimilated Savage or the Illustres when he absorbed the Praexis Demons, for example.
 
Oh crap An OL with a reliable means of Dimensional travel.
and he's not mainline Paul which may or may not be a good thing.

at least he's not Paul who's gone the monarch route


I really want to see everyone's reactions to this ability.
Bricks of pure neutronium were shat.

"What the fuck did you just do?!"

"You know when your wife finds out about this you're pelvis is going to be ground to powder with how much she's going to ride you."

"Dude really, He just sucked the guy into his ring and you're on about how his wife is going to find that hot?"

"It's Anissa."

"Wait he's married to that crazy bitch, ok yeah I can see her getting turned on by this."
 
"They couldn't fly. I went up until I got out of the atmosphere; no sound up there. Then I met up with Gay Invincible and his boyfriend gave me ear plugs."
Until now I thought this was just a joke or baseless assumption from the others, but then I thought for a moment and I realised they probably think Orange Lantern is a male version of Atom Eve. I feel a bit silly for not getting it, given how the idea of him being an alternate Atom Eve has come up multiple times.
 
The Invincible being sacrificed is presumably one of the invaders captured, knocked unconscious, and put in local!Invincible's costume.

For my own amusement and based on literally nothing, I have decided that the Invincible who was captured was Thong!Invincible, and that local Mark is now wearing the thong costume during the ambish of Angstrom to pose as an invader.
 
For my own amusement and based on literally nothing, I have decided that the Invincible who was captured was Thong!Invincible, and that local Mark is now wearing the thong costume during the ambish of Angstrom to pose as an invader.
No, he's wearing the fake moustache.
 
Care to enlighten those of us who aren't familiar with Family Guy lore?


There was a bit where mostly Peter and Stewie and Brian when they see something truly gross they start puking and don't stop. It's supposed to be what they saw was so gross.

It's about the ipecac drinking contest
 
If I remember correctly, Paul doesn't get blasted by a construct's memories unless something destroys the construct. So he should be able to avoid the mind whammy if nothing ever pops that bubble.

We'll probably see, "bubble popping" is not a bad summary of Invincible's fight aesthetics
 
One thing the Invincible arc is doing is reminding me of how Jervik the Controller upgraded his Effigy Corps with a bunch of enhancements, of which Viltrumite smart atoms were probably the most valuable. There was an arc back in late April fic-time (so between 2 and 3 months before the "present" of 10 July) when OL went out and put the Effigies through their paces, tested them out, and then went home.

It ended up thumbs-up, all great, guess NEMO is now going to use way more Effigies on the front lines as the primary soldiers and Orange Lanterns will be used more for their technical capabilities. And that was where it was left.

I wonder if that's really going to be it, and Jervik's efforts were simply a huge success.
 
Invulnerable War (part 10) New
6th March 2025
11:52 GMT -5


"G-ah!"

Resistance detected.

-try to assimilate him, but it's not like I've had a lot of practice at this. This close, I can just about make out Shrinking Rae as she climbs out of his nose and up his face. She won't actually move in case she needs to attack one of the other Invincibles, but at the moment they seem content to just-

"Wait, what's that?" Purple Invincible points at me. "What's he doing?"

-watch.

Invincible shrugs. "It's not like we like Angstrom, right? We all came because he offered us something. They way I see it, mind controlling him gets us what we want without having to fight the people who are obviously prepared to kill us."

"Gyyyyyyyhhhh!"

Resistance detected.

Thong Invincible shrugs. "True, but we don't like you either."

"I've already gotten what I wanted." Invincible shrugs. "At this point it's less effort to send you home than it is to fight you."

Assimilation failing.

Ah… How do I..? I don't know what I'm-. Focus on… All the people dying because of his mad fixation on the local Invincible? No, not personal enough. I need stop him, control him because he's a crazy supervillain who will come after me if I don't. And… Doing this is the only way I can get home! To Anissa, to our future children, to

Armour Invincible strokes his helmet chin. "I could still use those animal samples."

"Then we'll go get them. If we show the G.D.A. that we killed him, they'll deliver a few dozen of whatever you want just to get rid of us without us wrecking any more cities."

To a world that regards me as a collaborator, despite all the good that I've done for them? Anissa… She's fun as a project, and she's definitely adapting to a human-type relationship despite herself… But it's exhausting, and I don't like having to constantly patch myself up. And the rest of the viltrumites, even Invincible…

Do I even want this?

Ssshnnng.

Oh dear.

The Invincible he was holding prisoner gets dragged through a portal by the drones holding him, and Angstrom smiles.

Ah. Yes, it turns out that I do want this. Even if these arseholes don't want to be better, even if everyone on Earth hates me for siding with their conquerorsI want to know that I was right, and I'm not going to fail to do that just because I was dis-

Ssshnnng.

-tracted-.

OW!

I turn, interposing Angstrom between me and the source of the drones, dodging as another comes at me. He can't swarm me without hitting himself, but it looks like they're programmed to protect him on their own.

Ssshnnng.

A portal-. A scintillating column of white-hot plasma lances out of the portal, and Invincible only mostly dodges, his left arm and legs blackening as it hits. Then-

Ssshnnng.

-another portal opens and more drones stream out, driving Invincible towards-.

Moustache Invincible dodges out, grabs him and then lunges towards Angstrom-

Get. It. Done.

Ssshnnng.

-who blocks with a portal, another stream of drones-.

Armour Invincible presses a button, and with a crackle-hiss the drones start falling out of the air. "Hm. Vulnerable to E.M.P.. Nice to know all those college classes weren't completely wasted."

Moustache Invincible punches Angstrom in the diaphragm.

"Buh-!"

Thong Invincible smiles at Armour Invincible. "So you're changing sides?"

"No, I'm still on my side. But that version of us seems to be making the most sense."

Moustache looks at me. "What do you need?"

"Disrupt his concentration."

"That's easy." He smiles at Angstrom, makes sure that he's watching, and then pulls off his moustache to reveal that he's the local Invincible. "Miss me?"

I don't know where he sent Omvincible, but Cecil can survive having one less super zombie.

Assimilation in progress. Twenty percent complete.

"Uuuh!"

His skin glows orange as I finally get far enough to disrupt his power. Keep going!

Assimilation in progress. Twenty-five percent complete.

Local Invincible floats back a little, checking Invincible's injury. "I think he'll be okay-."

Invincible pushes him off with his good arm, wincing as he does so. "I will. This is a flesh wound."

"You're both okay?" Thong Invincible raises his eyebrows interrogatively, and they both nod. "Great!" Thong Invincible lunges, punching Armour Invincible in the cuirass and sending him careening across the sky!

He gets himself under control a moment later and checks the dent in his armour. "What was that for?"

"I said that I'd do whatever Angstrom wanted in exchange for the chance to fight more people on my level. I mean, after killing-" He shoots forwards, punching Armour Invincible again and sending him up into the stratosphere. "-Allen and Thragg, what did I have left?"

He looks down at the other Invincibles.

"You want to join in, or are you going to wait your turn?"

Purple Invincible shakes his head. "You're all crazy." He heads upwards into the sky. "I'm going back to Thraxa. Do what you like."

"Ah… No." Thong Invincible lunges at him, then-.

Teeth fly-.

Ring?

The rings shows me it in slow motion, as Thong Invincible easily dodges around Purple Invincible's rushed counterpunch and spins, kicking Purple in the lower jaw, and… Snapping it.

"Dad had me training since I was eight. Not a fan of Little League." Thong smiles as Purple just about manages to stabilise himself. "I don't know why he soft-pedalled the rest of you, but at least try and make me work for it."
 
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Remind me, does an orange construct lantern transformed into a ring act the same as a secondary larfleeze-ish ring to increase battery life? Also, roughly how many other construct lanterns does Matthew have, and have any of the Viltrumites seem him summon them from the original ring embedded in his head? I doubt he has the skill to summon remotely via filaments, and they'd probably notice anyway.

Oh, come to think of it, Jevik's assorted Effogy upgrades generally seemed to parallel Willpower strategies ra.ther than Avarice; but that aside, is a ring resilient enough to survive and not disrupt an Effigy's general being-sorta-on-fire shtick? Will it be offered as a standard upgrade to the GLC or OLC at some point?
 
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Purple Invincible shakes his head. "You're all crazy." He heads upwards into the sky. "I'm going back to Thrax. Do what you like."
I could be misremembering but didn't Angstrom say Oliver was the first one of his kind he had seen? Then again I guess that wouldn't preclude a Thraxan Invincible but still
 
6th March 2025
11:52 GMT -5


"G-ah!"

Resistance detected.

-try to assimilate him, but it's not like I've had a lot of practice at this. This close, I can just about make out Shrinking Rae as she climbs out of his nose and up his face. She won't actually move in case she needs to attack one of the other Invincibles, but at the moment they seem content to just-
Oh, dear. That's the drawback of a desire-based technique. If the desire isn't strong enough, it can be repelled. And this Lantern isn't as dedicated to his goals as most alt!Pauls, is he, feeling like the bad guy so often...

"Wait, what's that?" Purple Invincible points at me. "What's he doing?"

-watch.
Wait, purple as in costume, or as in skin? Is that an Oliver playing Invincible?

Invincible shrugs. "It's not like we like Angstrom, right? We all came because he offered us something. They way I see it, mind controlling him gets us what we want without having to fight the people who are obviously prepared to kill us."

"Gyyyyyyyhhhh!"
An eminently logical proposal. Let's hope all the alternates see it the same way.

Resistance detected.

Thong Invincible shrugs. "True, but we don't like you either."
You don't have to. But if he can get you what you want...

"I've already gotten what I wanted." Invincible shrugs. "At this point it's less effort to send you home than it is to fight you."

Assimilation failing.
Damn, Lantern. You really aren't used to doing this. Have you even tried it before or just looked up an Orange Lantern training manual from Jevek?

Ah… How do I..? I don't know what I'm-. Focus on… All the people dying because of his mad fixation on the local Invincible? No, not personal enough. I need stop him, control him because he's a crazy supervillain who will come after me if I don't. And… Doing this is the only way I can get home! To Anissa, to our future children, to
Careful, if you feel the wrong emotion there, it'll fail entirely, along with your Ring.

Armour Invincible strokes his helmet chin. "I could still use those animal samples."

"Then we'll go get them. If we show the G.D.A. that we killed him, they'll deliver a few dozen of whatever you want just to get rid of us without us wrecking any more cities."
...I doubt Cecil would try to plant failsafes in a bunch of cows or whatever.

To a world that regards me as a collaborator, despite all the good that I've done for them? Anissa… She's fun as a project, and she's definitely adapting to a human-type relationship despite herself… But it's exhausting, and I don't like having to constantly patch myself up. And the rest of the viltrumites, even Invincible…
Oh, man, he's literally talking himself out of this. Focus, lantern, or you don't get to go home at all. More likely you'll die if you don't finish this.

Do I even want this?

Ssshnnng.

Oh dear.
Ah, hell. LEvy's got enough focus to command his tech...

The Invincible he was holding prisoner gets dragged through a portal by the drones holding him, and Angstrom smiles.

Ah. Yes, it turns out that I do want this. Even if these arseholes don't want to be better, even if everyone on Earth hates me for siding with their conquerorsI want to know that I was right, and I'm not going to fail to do that just because I was dis-
Yeah, turns out spiteful desires work well enough.

Ssshnnng.

-dracted-.

OW!
At least you're a bit more resistant to being moved if you don't want to be.

I turn, interposing Angstrom between me and the source of the drones, dodging as another comes at me. He can't swarm me without hitting himself, but it looks like they're programmed to protect him on their own.

Ssshnnng.
Oh, joy. At least he'll be a useful human shield... Until he dies, one way or another.

A portal-. A scintillating column of white-hot plasma lances out of the portal, and Invincible only mostly dodges, his left arm and legs blackening as it hits. Then-

Ssshnnng.
See, that's the kind of shit you use portals for: Unexpected angles of attack with high-energy weaponry.

-another portal opens more drones stream out, driving Invincible towards-.

Moustache Invincible dodges out, grabs him and then lunges towards Angstrom-
Ah, showing his real colours.

Get. It. Done.

Ssshnnng.

-who blocks with a portal, another stream of drones-.
That's really annoying. How many of those things does he have?

Armour Invincible presses a button, and with a crackle-hiss the drones start falling out of the air. "Hm. Vulnerable to E.M.P.. Nice to know all those college classes weren't completely wasted."

Moustache Invincible punching Angstrom in the diaphragm.
Good way to distract his mind, at least. And exact a little payback.

"Buh-!"

Thong Invincible smiles at Armour Invincible. "So you're changing sides?"
He seems oddly calm in all this. Or does he know something we don't?

"No, I'm still on my side. But that version of us seems to be making the most sense."

Moustache looks at me. "What do you need?"

"Disrupt his concentration."
And if doing it makes you feel better, then go right ahead.

"That's easy." He smiles at Angstrom, makes sure that he's watching, and then pulls off his moustache to reveal that he's the local Invincible. "Miss me?"

I don't know where he sent Omvincible, but Cecil can survive having one less super zombie.
Even one zombie viltrumite is too many.

Assimilation in progress. Twenty percent complete.

"Uuuh!"

His skin glows orange] as I finally get far enough to disrupt his power. Keep going!
Much better! Keep up that attitude, you'll have him see-through in no time...

Assimilation in progress. Twenty-five percent complete.

Local Invincible floats back a little, checking Invincible's injury. "I think he'll be okay-."
I mean, compared to the beatings they've suffered before, that's probably nothing much.

Invincible pushes him off with his good arm, wincing as he does so. "I will. This is a flesh wound."

"You're both okay?" Thong Invincible raises his eyebrows interrogatively, and they both nod. "Great!" Thong Invincible lunges, punching Armour Invincible in the cuirass and sending him careening across the sky!
Oh, no, the inevitable foolish betrayal. 😏 What are you, the Vegeta of the group?

He gets himself under control a moment later and checks the dent in his armour. "What was that for?"

"I said that I'd do whatever Angstrom wanted in exchange for the chance to fight more people on my level. I mean, after killing-" He shoots forwards, punching Armour Invincible again and sending him up into the stratosphere. "-Alan and Thragg, what did I have left?"
...Dammit, I was joking! Of course he's got a shonen battler Invincible.

He looks down at the other Invincibles.

"You want to join in, or are you going to wait your turn?"
On the upside, if he's still here when Conquest arrives, that might be useful if they start fighting each other...

Purple Invincible shakes his head. "You're all crazy." He heads upwards into the sky. "I'm going back to Thrax. Do what you like."

"Ah… No." Thong Invincible lunges at him, then-.
Huh, either it is Oliver, or Omniman visited Thrax before he did Earth.

The drawback of having regular speed people standing around super-speed fights.

The rings shows me it in slow motion, as Thong Invincible easily dodges around Purple Invincible's rushed counterpunch and spins, kicking Purple in the lower jaw, and… Snapping it.

"Dad had me training since I was eight. Not a fan of Little League." Thong smiles as Purple just about manages to stabilise himself. "I don't know why he soft-peddled the rest of you, but at least try and make me work for it."
Welp, let's hope he has no interest in taking down Lantern during or after the Assimilation.

Naturally, there's a 'blood knight' Invincible in the mix. And with ten years of viltrumite training, he's likely to be a better hand-to-hand fighter than any of the other Invincibles. Let's hope he hasn't powerlevelled as much as the local Mark has in terms of strength, but his comments about previous opponents suggests otherwise. And if he disrupts the assimilation, things will be utterly ploin-shaped...
 

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