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Hm. It would be good if Grayven could communicate that the Thanagarian Empire - driven by desperation from fighting their Grayven or not - tried to destroy Earth without them even being their enemies. Heck, they were practically allied with Earth as they tried to destroy it - and it happened to...
It’s nice to see him not pussyfooting around her willing blindspots. People sanewashing psychotic, openly malevolent or monstrous people/actions in the name of Both Sides/Golden Mean fallacy is exhausting to me, so the alternative is quite refreshing.
I suspect he’s read the report, realized...
Vaermina doesn’t actually have a set of standards or preferences that he’s adhering to; he’s a professional troll that’s gotten banned from a bunch of threads on SV/SB. Don’t expect general consistency; instead, expect a reasonable amount of consistency in him hating one of the Pauls - Renegade...
Don’t forget that these idiots tried to kill him; it’s good to make it clear that doing so just gets your plot ripped apart, where he might not have cared otherwise. Keeps the murder attempts down, though not completely.
He did blow up the Citadel. Though the fact that they’re giving him shit for blowing up the Citadel…
I dunno. Maybe they blame him for Pluto, which was… always a Mother Star. Because… an Orange Lantern’s (Manga Khan’s) mining laser was used? Paul can be inhuman and seemingly deranged, but the...
I love it when he actually uses construct lanterns. I wonder if he’d use assimilation more often if he could learn to undo it himself? Sort of like how to gain enlightenment, he needed to learn how to turn his desires off. Just… not want the construct-lantern, or want it with all its...
I… yes, that's why I said 'maybe he got authorization?' I can square those two together.
The reason I said 'but then' and then quoted Paul saying that killing is discouraged, but allowed is - how does that work out? Did he simply mean that Sinestro should be happy because killing is allowed at...
I mean, I'm happy to help if that's helpful and not presumptuous, but the demon quote at least makes it clear he doesn't like them (his reaction to the Hellwraith - a shade of a person twisted by hell until their soul was unrecoverable - being destroyed was 'couldn't have happened to a nicer...
A few questions, regarding contradictions in the story - or just something that doesn't make sense.
Here, Paul makes use of a demon. Specifically, in regards to the Sheeda:
Now, I can understand not wanting to mess with Mammon. But he's clearly willing to assimilate beings that are...
As has been pointed out, the Sheeda invasion was early in the year (May), while Zeus and Ares fell in November.
It’s not a plot hole or a gotcha or anything - they’re lazy as fuck - but Ares spends all his time trying to cause war and be empowered by it, and this takes place outside of Greece...
Sigh. It looks like Smiley - like John - is well-versed in the art of the Shiny Distraction. So much for tracking him down now that Paul is absolutely certain he's a big threat invested in opposing him, personally.
…wait, this just hit me. Why wasn't Ares empowered by the Sheeda War? It was...
Be…cause… he's been… assimilated into the norm by the system? Because of the Source, and merging with Original Grayven? Because Paul's original body was killed and his soul is made of Orange Light; I suppose his Enlightenment doesn't restrict him as much as Grayven's Role does, but… it still...
On Smiley v Grayven:
So! Grayven also uses magic to enforce a lack of corruption, though instead of using truth compulsion in trials/political oaths, he has a secret police of telepaths who work for him. Does that empower Smiley enough that he's fine with him, because dictatorships are corrupt...
It’s sort of funny that Boss Smiley is protected by Paul cutting corners; he really needs to go recruit a New God (Allyn, anyone?) for checking over Earth. Drag ‘em through the Honden.
Now this stuff, the magic reasoning, is really cool. And it’s lovely to see them finally making actual...