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

Ciber · Dec 25, 2022

Cherico said:
single best decision that man can make.

Debatable.

TodaBruh · Dec 25, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
"I love you and wish to spend the rest of my life with you. Marry me."

Simple is best.

Razorfloss · Dec 25, 2022

Ngamer11 said:
That should say 'failed'.

I'm interested in seeing how introducing Cable to the current X-Men will play out. And have any of them asked Paul what else he knows?

It's nice that this version of the SI is able to propose to the woman he loves. Also, is this a mistake? Or was this version of the SI able to find a way to reveal his name to the X-Men?

I believe he wrote it down on peice of paper.

Ngamer11 · Dec 25, 2022

Razorfloss said:
I believe he wrote it down on peice of paper.

Do you have a link to when that happened?

Darko · Dec 25, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
I keep a straight face as she stares at me, unamused. I'd make a reference to the Jedi, but Phantom Menace doesn't exist yet so the whole 'no attachments' thing hasn't entered the public consciousness, if it's even a thing at all in canon yet. I don't remember Luke Skywalker hesitating to engage in romance in the old Star Wars novels I read

Probably because he wasn't told everything about the Jedi and their practices.

Handlewithcare · Dec 25, 2022

"So you fixed every conflict on Earth 534834? How???"

"I got married"

Bud-E · Dec 25, 2022

Kinda curious to see how Paul will handle Bishop and all the drama he brings.

Rebu · Dec 25, 2022

I never thought about how Storm is like Raven or Starfire, with the emotions and the relationships thing.

Chojin Patriarch · Dec 25, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
Earth 534834

8th February 1992
23:43 GMT +3

Ororo looks up as I approach, standing watch over the floodlight-lit beach. People appear to have mostly tried to get back to their holiday. A quick scan shows that most of the staff have been allowed to return to work… Well, it's not like this was a democracy. Either they didn't have any say on what was going on, or they're intelligent enough to know which way the wind has already blown.

Yeah, and from a recent-reread of X-men comics from the era, I noticed that a lot of people didn't even know what the 'Mutates' even were really. Though the only real perspective came from Phillip Moreau, so take that with a grain of salt.

I smile as a group of parents try to keep their curious adolescent offspring away from the remains of a crashed robot.

"Things settled down here?"

Ah, yes, kids dig giant robots. It's something primal to a boy's DNA, really. Robots, Dinosaurs and Superheroes, among other things.

"Yes, though we have filed to make any progress on deciding what to do with the nation."

"Is that really our job?" I shrug. "We can ferry home everyone who wants to leave and… Hand over everyone in the government who thought that slavery was a good idea to the Hague or something, but beyond that… Is it our job to impose a particular government on Genosha?"

You want to leave it to the UN? It's not like they could make it much worse, honestly.

"It is not. But there are risks which come with overthrowing a government, and I would spare these people its consequences."

"Oh, I know. They don't actually teach us about The Partition of India in British schools, but they probably should." Oh. "Um, funny thing…"

Ah, Europeans, swinging their big colonial willies around in other countries affairs.

Nigh-on five hundred years of that shit...

"From the way you are expressing yourself, I suspect that it is not."

"Have I ever told you that you speak really good English? Especially considering your background."

I wouldn't be surprised to find the Professor uploaded it into her mind when she joined the team, since what little English she'd have remembered from her childhood would have given way to Arabic on the streets of Cairo, and then... The specific dialect of her mother's tribe during her Goddess days..

"I think that it would be better if you told me your concern."

"I bumped into Magneto and told him about Genosha. Honestly, he seemed more worried about the fact that he had two children he didn't know about, but… He might end up heading this way."

Don't forget to mention reuniting Scott with his long-lost brother! You did some good today, after all.

"And he will do to the unpowered humans what they did to the mutants."

"Not necessarily. There's far less advantage in enslaving baseline humans than there is in enslaving humans with powers. And… It's not like Genosha has been settled all that long. He wouldn't be kicking people out of their ancestral homeland or anything."

True enough. Probably because only Europeans would want that god-forsaken rock.

"In the future, please avoid passing information about our missions to our enemies."

I nod. "Will do."

Not that he's likely to be able to stop himself... But it had to be suggested, at least.

She smiles faintly. "In your travels, were you able to find the courage to propose to Rogue?"

"Courage wasn't exactly the problem. But Scott helped me see that I was overthinking it. Do you know where Anne-Marie is?"

"Oh, also, I kind-of invited her foster parents to the wedding, and disinvited Sabretooth, just in case."

"I believe that she has retired for the evening."

…

"Okay, so, I'm not a woman-."

...I don't think she'll mind getting woken up for this.

"Please do not ask me for relationship advice."

Yeah, she's right. If she didn't want to wait six months then she's not going to worry about making a decision fully awake. I can-.

No, seriously, don't ask Storm. She does not have the best track record, with male or female partners...

Ororo sighs.

"Um, if you want relationship advice from me-?"

Ha!

"I do not. My powers are tied to my emotional state. Becoming attached to anyone in such a way would put all those around me in dire peril."

"Seriously, your English is amazing. If the superhero things doesn't work out, you should consider qualifying as an English teacher. But I also think that living without attachment is a half-life, and that it's probably something you could learn to adapt to."

...Is that a joking reference to the Movie-verse Storm?

"Thank you, but I do not believe that it is worth the risk."

"Becoming a teacher isn't that hard."

Heck, sooner or later, you will be, given the increasing rates of mutant births.

I keep a straight face as she stares at me, unamused. I'd make a reference to the Jedi, but Phantom Menace doesn't exist yet so the whole 'no attachments' thing hasn't entered the public consciousness, if it's even a thing at all in canon yet. I don't remember Luke Skywalker hesitating to engage in romance in the old Star Wars novels I read.

"I'll leave you to it. Excuse me."

...Yeah, Luke did more or less have a new girl in every novel, until Mara Jade. The less said about earlier stuff like 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye', though, where he's teased with Leia...

"Your shift begins in twenty minutes."

I stop in the air, wincing. I mean, fair enough, this is still a mission, but… "What would it take for you to make that an hour?"

And let's not kid, he can provide just about anything she could ask for, short of reviving the dead or fixing the world.

"You would have to find another member of the X-Men to provide you with cover."

Hah! Joke's on her. Hopefully. Ring, is Cable still around?

I mean, technically... He has sometimes been an X-Man in the comics.

Location available.

Because I definitely saw an 'X' on his costume, and even if he only inherited it from his father I'm pretty sure he'd be willing to help. I-.

And best to not leave him to his own devices, someone's likely to end up dead.

Actually, ring? Don't make me appear right next to him.

Compliance.

Good plan. Instincts honed by a lifetime of war might not react well to sudden appearances.

I appear… Near the prison where they're holding the high value prisoners. Cable-. He's below me, moving his binoculars up to see what the glowing orange thing above him is. I wave down, lowering myself slowly towards him so that he can object or leave if he doesn't want to talk.

He lowers his binoculars and picks up his gun, but he doesn't actually point it at me as I drop to his level.

Well, that's a good sign. I suspect out of curiosity, at least.

"What?"

"Cable, X-Man from the future. Needed a break from fighting Apocalypse?"

...And then Lantern goes busting out the information no-one in this era should know...

His eyes narrow. "Something like that. How do you know me?"

"Parallel universe thing. Look, I need an X-Man to police the beach, and-" I point to his collar. "-you count. Help me out and I'll help you out."

I don't know, Storm might object to a functionally random stranger being invited to join the team, even temporarily....

He snarls as he looks towards the prison. "This place reminds me of Apocalypse's breeding pens. Every one of them deserves to die."

"People seldom get what they deserve. I'm afraid that they'll probably just get live imprisonment. Also, none of them are going to be in a position to hurt anyone else ever again."

...You hope. Still, better than letting Cable take matters in hand.

"And you'll owe me."

"I can introduce you to your father's younger self. I haven't tested myself against someone in Apocalypse's weight class before, but I think I can make myself useful. If that's what you want. Food and equipment, to transport back to the future?"

Hell, the Ring could probably do a number on En Sabah Nur's Celestial technology...

Or the Techno-virus in Cable's system...

He considers, then nods. "I can do guard duty. But don't tell my father about me. I don't want to erase myself from time."

I nod as I send out filaments. "Transporting now."

Bah, as if the Marvel Universe's timeline is that fragile. Heck, in the comics, there's multiple timeline-orphaned Summers children running around, including a younger Cable.

We appear on the beach, and I detach my filaments from Cable before flying back to… Her original room. She didn't move, because her stuff was already in here. I land on the balcony and walk into the room.

"Anne-Marie?"

Presumably the fighting didn't take place in her room, then.

"Uh?" The shape in the bed stirs. "Paul, hun? That you?"

"Yes."

If I remember right, the Professor helped pin down at least his given name, correct?

Anne-Marie blinks, then yawns and stretches and my goodness, yes, those are magnificent breasts.

Right then.

Ah, mutants. They're either hit with the ugly stick a dozen times... Or they make supermodels look frumpy.

I walk to the side of the bed, then kneel and hold out the rings. Her eyes widen and I hear a sharp intake of breath as she becomes very awake.

"I love you and wish to spend the rest of my life with you. Marry me."

...Better hope her forcefield is in place and yours, because the next moment is probably going to be a very strong hug...

Simple, direct and honest. About as good a proposal as you could hope for. Though I fear for any hotel the honeymoon will take place in. Ring or not, there's probably some broken beds in their future.

Still, that's one interesting butterfly flapping its wings there. Never seen one with a bionic arm before...

...Yes, I'm talking about Cable meeting the X-Men early.

I'm afraid that they'll probably just get live imprisonment.

I'm afraid that they'll probably just get life imprisonment.

theaceoffire · Dec 25, 2022

Cherico said:
single best decision that man can make.

I mean, depends on the other person too.

When it goes wrong it's horrible, when it goes right it makes life worth living, a joy every moment.

Still, they are both attractive, young, powerful people within influence, money, and a powerful social network that supports them... I feel like they got a chance.

BR549 · Dec 25, 2022

Chojin Patriarch said:
...Yeah, Luke did more or less have a new girl in every novel, until Mara Jade. The less said about earlier stuff like 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye', though, where he's teased with Leia...

To be completely fair to the author of that, that was the first-ever Star Wars novel and it came out before ESB. Which means the extent that was known of Luke and Leia's relationship at the time was "for luck".

And George was playing that set of reveals close enough to the chest yellow spandex wouldn't have shown it off, so it wasn't like he was going to call it out when it presumably came by for approval...

Mr Zoat · Dec 25, 2022

Ngamer11 said:
That should say 'failed'.

Thank you, corrected.

It's nice that this version of the SI is able to propose to the woman he loves. Also, is this a mistake? Or was this version of the SI able to find a way to reveal his name to the X-Men?

I'm going to assume that he's been able to convey it by now.

Darko said:
Probably because he wasn't told everything about the Jedi and their practices.

That's a Watsonian answer, but I think that a Doylist answer is more likely.

Mr Zoat · Dec 25, 2022

Chojin Patriarch said:
Ah, Europeans, swinging their big colonial willies around in other countries affairs. Nigh-on five hundred years of that shit...

Were somebody's ancestors not very good at fighting?

...Is that a joking reference to the Movie-verse Storm?

No.

I'm afraid that they'll probably just get life imprisonment.

Thank you, corrected.

Chojin Patriarch · Dec 25, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
Were somebody's ancestors not very good at fighting?

Pfft. Australian born and raised, cobber. Though of Scots and Irish descent, so...

Maybe?

Mr Zoat · Dec 25, 2022

Chojin Patriarch said:
Pfft. Australian born and raised, cobber. Though of Scots and Irish descent, so... Maybe?

Australia once lost a war against flightless birds.

BrotherofaStudio · Dec 25, 2022

That proposal was a beautiful scene, well done. I've noticed you've made a lot of entries for this Paul. And one last thing, Merry Christmas.

rkyeun · Dec 25, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
Anne-Marie blinks, then yawns and stretches and my goodness, yes, those are magnificent breasts.

Right then.

I walk to the side of the bed, then kneel and hold out the rings. Her eyes widen and I hear a sharp intake of breath

-very magnificent breasts-

as she becomes very awake.

"I love you and wish to spend the rest of my life with you. Marry me."

"My breasts accept, now ask my eyes too."

jaelin910 · Dec 25, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
Australia once lost a war against flightless birds.

We went to war with our biggest native dinosaur species only to give up because the bullets it took to kill them were expensive enough that it was easier to just let farmers deal with them.
Let me know when your country does something half as cool.

Stsword · Dec 25, 2022

It was odd for me him repeatedly gushing about how great Storm's English is.

In the comics, you see, Storm is from New York. She's got grandparents in Jersey.

They apparently simplified her origin for that cartoon though, although I suppose it's possible she still has grandparents in Jersey.

Yeah somewhere in the Marvel multiverse there's undoubtedly a world where Storm wasn't lost after that plane crash and grew up to be a Jersey girl.

Sordid Snake · Dec 25, 2022

Stsword said:
It was odd for me him repeatedly gushing about how great Storm's English is.

You have to read that as meaning that she's speaks the Queen's English with zero US influence either in accent or word choice.

Yeah somewhere in the Marvel multiverse there's undoubtedly a world where Storm wasn't lost after that plane crash and grew up to be a Jersey girl.

<Insert Pawn Shop Meme>"Best I can do is Themiscyra!"

DeathReaperZ · Dec 25, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
And I'm a man again. That was mildly unsettling.

I imagine that he's in some revealing female armour that isn't meant for him, lol. And why is this infused with the orange light? Is the armour making it easier to do everything with the ring

Windona · Dec 25, 2022

DeathReaperZ said:
I imagine that he's in some revealing female armour that isn't meant for him, lol. And why is this infused with the orange light? Is the armour making it easier to do everything with the ring

I mean, Paul didn't have to make it revealing. Technically Paul could have gotten away with minimal alterations, but probably wanted to look 'obviously female' for the Citizenry so tried to avoid bell curve ends of cis women that are broad shouldered, slim chested, and don't have wide hips.

DeathReaperZ · Dec 25, 2022

Windona said:
I mean, Paul didn't have to make it revealing. Technically Paul could have gotten away with minimal alterations, but probably wanted to look 'obviously female' for the Citizenry so tried to avoid bell curve ends of cis women that are broad shouldered, slim chested, and don't have wide hips.

I meant the New God armour, not sure if he modified it/took it off.

Lord Ernest · Dec 25, 2022

DeathReaperZ said:
And we're finally on the 115th page.

Well, that's one reason to marry her.

Dude, don't post in the Story Only thread.

Mr Zoat · Dec 25, 2022

BrotherofaStudio said:
And one last thing, Merry Christmas.

My Christmas got flued off. I've just got a sore throat, but my sister's family and my parents are staying in bed.

rkyeun said:
"My breasts accept, now ask my eyes too."

I've made my decision.

jaelin910 said:
Let me know when your country does something half as cool.

We invented the jet car during World War Two.

Stsword said:
It was odd for me him repeatedly gushing about how great Storm's English is.

In the comics, you see, Storm is from New York. She's got grandparents in Jersey.

They apparently simplified her origin for that cartoon though, although I suppose it's possible she still has grandparents in Jersey.

Yeah somewhere in the Marvel multiverse there's undoubtedly a world where Storm wasn't lost after that plane crash and grew up to be a Jersey girl.

Since when? I thought Storm was always from Egypt.

Ah, quick check. No mention of her growing up in the US.

transhumansage · Dec 25, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
"Is that really our job?" I shrug. "We can ferry home everyone who wants to leave and… Hand over everyone in the government who thought that slavery was a good idea to the Hague or something, but beyond that… Is it our job to impose a particular government on Genosha?"

it would do more damage to not stay and set up a stable system and letting anarchy reign. the genoshan people can provide their input but an egalitarian democracy must be set up. with equal rights for both mutants and non-mutants. does anybody know what happened in canon? both in the cartoon and comics?

Cherico said:
single best decision that man can make.

*insert marriage is awful joke here*

Razorfloss said:
I believe he wrote it down on peice of paper.

it happened in the update before this one, where he talked to magneto.

Mr Zoat · Dec 25, 2022

transhumansage said:
it would do more damage to not stay and set up a stable system and letting anarchy reign. the genoshan people can provide their input but an egalitarian democracy must be set up. with equal rights for both mutants and non-mutants. does anybody know what happened in canon? both in the cartoon and comics?

The next time we see it in the cartoon is when Magneto attacks it in order to bring all the mutants living there to Asteroid M. There were still mutant slaves, so I'm not sure exactly what happened in the interim.

Ardy · Dec 26, 2022

Mr Zoat said:
The next time we see it in the cartoon is when Magneto attacks it in order to bring all the mutants living there to Asteroid M. There were still mutant slaves, so I'm not sure exactly what happened in the interim.

maybe they were just really kinky cosplayers and Magneto didn't look too closely

SotF · Dec 26, 2022

Stsword said:
It was odd for me him repeatedly gushing about how great Storm's English is.

In the comics, you see, Storm is from New York. She's got grandparents in Jersey.

They apparently simplified her origin for that cartoon though, although I suppose it's possible she still has grandparents in Jersey.

Yeah somewhere in the Marvel multiverse there's undoubtedly a world where Storm wasn't lost after that plane crash and grew up to be a Jersey girl.

When did they change that, originally, she was from a part of africa, various issues happened such as the event that gave her claustrophobia (If I remember correctly, trapped in a collapsed building via mudslide. Then she ended up in Cairo as a young teen when she tried to pickpocket Xavier, and the guy running the pickpockets turned out to be, if I remember right, the Shadow King.

More recent versions gave her a sister as well, mainly those since X-Men Evolution since they attempted to include Spyke in the universe who is her nephew.

Ct613hulu · Dec 26, 2022

There is also an ongoing comic centered on her time in New Orleans serving as a sidekick to Gambit. This takes place after she was transformed into a child by the Shadow King.

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