To be fair, Santa never beats Darkseid one on one. He gets in and gets out of APokalyps every year and can doge the Omega Effect so it's not like he'd be useless, but he's far from a sure bet.
That should say 'your'.
That should say 'though'.
That should say 'as'.
That should either say "they've gotten further" or "they're further".
I guess Paul is going to have to deal with Orion's issue sooner than expected. I can get that Orion is angry at the changes to his body and soul, but he signed up for this when Paul made the offer. Hopefully Paul can cause him to start channeling that hate and rage into a positive direction rather than lashing out at allies, hating himself for what he's become, and mindlessly trying to destroy everything related to Darkseid.
Will be interesting to see what it does to Paul.
Yes, yes he did.
Paul already did this, we just didn't get to see what he saw.
Not true. He told Orion that accessing the red light would probably affect him, and Orion agreed to do it as it would help him fight Darkseid.
For all you know, the lot of you are standing there practically shoulder-to-shoulder, each able to see only as far as you can reach. I don't think distance really has any meaning in this place. It's all a state of mind, really.
Self-deception can be the strongest form of lying, sometimes. We want to believe the lies we tell ourselves...
Looks like he's found some sort of inner border.
...A border that doesn't want anyone crossing it, it seems.
Painted in an infinite number of shades of black...
Make some noise, they'll probably find you.
Not sure if OL's thought that far ahead. He's operating in the classic hero manner right now: Making it up as he goes.
Let's hope it doesn't stay that way once you're out. Touching the light of Life is not something to be done casually.
Always pays to be polite, especially to an old-school gangster like Big Brucey.
Does seem a little nasty to have done that, but you want what you want...
At this point, he's lying in Mannheim's soul like it's a comfy bed...
Is it? Is the Anti-Life losing it's grip on, or is he losing all desire completely?
Gotta remember, OL, Alan hasn't invested as many skill points in the more esoteric branches of the Lantern role skill tree as you have.
Having a moment of introspection, Alan?
A chance that, in the end, you wouldn't have now if not for OL... Funny how life is.
What, you don't think the Life Entity could lend a hand to defend itself through you?
Heh. Good tack. How many of us are where we thought we'd be when we were ten?
Heh. Leaves a lot of possibilities as to what it was.
It's good to see that you're starting to make some headway, at least.
Probably feel strange as hell, given this place seems to allow for far deeper links than normal.
You hope it will, anyway. If nothing else, it'll leave the Anti-Life without a mortal mind to work through, which seems important for it.
To be fair, Malvolio, now you're inside all his defences. Imagine trying to bash through the Anti-Life using the White Light as a battering ram.
Or, for all you know, there'll be two Mannheims after this. One mortal, one a clone of Darkseid...
At least he's being reasonable about it. No 'eye for an eye' logic here. Not until Mannheim can understand that he did wrong.
I imagine Mannheim's fears are pretty simple right now...
...Heh.I suppose it was a fairly low-difficulty skill check there.
What about Balewa? Or are you trusting that he can make it here on his own?
I mean, you did agree to it. No regrets now, New God.
He weasel worded so Orion would think the potential effects were both known and minimal.
He told Highfather, who definitely knew what it could lead to, which is why he was so hesitant to let Orion help Paul. And Orion was told that it would affect his mind, with no guarantees as to how bad it would affect him.
Thank you, corrected.
Unfortunately, it seems that it affecting his mind is exactly why his mind is being unreasonable.
That should say "He'd".
Now that more people are aware of the Life Entity, is there any chance someone with malicious intent can get this info from any of them?
Part 18 is missing in the TOC.
That might be more than Orion can manage in this state, OL. Rage has become part of him, and its fury burns hotter than anything else right now, and you are its target of the moment... And Red lanterns aren't known for changing targets before the previous one is dead.
Oh, boy. His anger is infectious too? This just gets better...
Not with such a raging fire, it isn't.
One more step completed then. Where it'll take you all remains to be seen.
More likely two months, at least. He'd have to have been channelling it before he sent the whole plan live.
Not doomed today, at least. Tomorrow is still up in the air.
I wonder if any of this feels familiar to Balewa. There must have been some point like this when he was touching the edge of the White Light...
Any loving connection will work. As long as it's something more than simple desire, anyway.
OL has no idea. And that's scary as hell.
Kind of hoping everythign jsut works out, huh? Like throwing yourself on the mercy of author fiat.
Especially dangerous because OL is closely tied to his Entity. And once Anti-Life hits the centre of all Want in the universe, everything will want to give in...
You've come a long way since. To be fair, having a Lantern Ring kind of made you overlevelled for your early days.
Overwhelming? You're probably not the only one feeling that way.
Just Love and Compassion, then. Things Mannheim was short of in his mortal existence, I bet.
Oh, that seems familiar... Or it could be like something out of Evangelion, with this being the absolute borderline of Mannheim's soul.
Well, you were holding onto his connections a moment ago... Pick them back up.
And all of us readers kind of want this plotline over and done with too.
Methinks Arc Fatigue is setting in...Let's hope the others find connections as easily.
I bet it was something about his mother. I know it's a cliche, but all bad men do love their mothers. What form that love takes, that bond, depends on the lady in question, though...
A man who's lived a hard life, but can see a better place ahead of him.
Lofty goals, tempered by mercy.
Yeah, Batman will need some careful handling after this. With any luck, he can learn to let go of that fear, though.
I see Mannheim and Orion have a bit in common, eh?
Hey, at least it's anthropoidal. Some Angels, and some of Lovecraft's weirder critters... Anything but.
But is he still hostile or not, that's the question.
I shudder to imagine the collective hangover.Unneeded space.
...the few remaining strands trying to connect to him.
We both want to be out of here, and we both want the Anti-Life-
Hello, life entity. Looking very eldritch today.
It certainly looks that way.
I presume OL's going to remove the fear gas/smilex from Batman - I didn't get the sense that this was intended to be a permanent state of affairs
Removing the fear effect, assuming Batman even allows him to do it, won't remove the paranoia that was created by this betrayal.
thought -> though
they're -> they've
thought -> though
'able to'?