Fridge / With This Ring

Fridge Brilliance:

• Both Gotham and Brockton Bay from Worm are considered Wretched Hives. As such, it is only fitting for the two to be found in the same area when comparing the maps of where they are located in their respective works.
• Paul is a Lovecraftian horror because he meets several criteria of one: he's a being from an outside who possesses the soul of a serpent and whose can't be spoken or seen by even gods and wizards.
• If you use the Arcana to analyze Paul and the Renegade, you can find that both equally fit the Hanged Man, because they're trapped by the world, and the Hierophant, because both bridge the Divine and the Mortal World in different ways.
• Of course the arc crossing over with the DC Animated Universe is a two parter episode; almost all Justice League episodes are two parters!
• Paul and the Renegade show they are two sides of the same coin in how they make other heroes more efficient. Paul supports his teammates, while the Renegade tries to motivate them by acting as an adversary for them to overcome.
• Constantine's methods wouldn't work for Tula and Garth because the former uses tricks to punch above his weight class, while the latter are simply need more experience in utilizing their natural strength of magic.
• Paul and Nabu can't get along because their alignments oppose one another.
• Politicians are more open to making agreements with Paul than members of the Justice League because he's someone they can relate to instead of someone they can look up to.
• Batman won't let anyone kill the Joker because doing so would mean the latter's beliefs on how the world works is more true than the former's.
• Paul is flirting more to try and make up for his earlier cases of obliviousness as a result of turning down his testosterone.
• Paul helps demystify Sportsmaster to Jade in order to help show her that her larger than life father really is just another human being.
• Paul and the Renegade are foils when it comes to improving Earth in that the former finds things that could do great things for the world and brings them to prominence, while the Renegade finds the worst things the world has to offer and gets rid of them.
• Paul killing soldiers at Shiruta didn't change anyone's opinions about him because that was an extreme situation, so Paul is excused for going to extreme measures to save lives.
• Lynne Wayland can help the Renegade's Character Development because her presence means he can't be as cynical as before.
• Paul is taking his time with his anti-Nabu plan because he can only safely do it after his oath to follow Wonder Woman and Batman is finished.
• Future Orange Lantern helping redeem Tai Lung makes sense when you realize that he's similar to Teth Adom.
• If you see things from Nabu's perspective, him simply taking Zatara's body for himself makes more sense.

Fridge Horror:

• Word of God is that during the events of Displaced, if a pregnant woman gave birth, the newborn would immediately be transported to the child world, where they will most likely die in minutes.
• Sabbac I wants to be a villain because it's the only thing that he thinks could justify all the horrible things he's gone through.

Fridge Logic:

• Why doesn't OL give Alan the Danner Formula if he doesn't want Alan to grow old and die? Word of God is that the only way OL can get the Danner Formula to work in adults is by injecting it through his ring. Since OL can't heal him because Alan is largely infused with Green Light, that option is currently off the table.
• "Red Star" wouldn't name himself that in universe because Star is a female noun in Russian and sounds similar to the Russian word for vagina.
• Robin was unable to control himself when using an orange power ring because he's used to ignoring the things that he wants for a greater good, and using an orange ring requires that you do just the opposite.
• Superheroes could legally work if they were treated more like police officers, giving them the legal protection that cops have when they are forced to use lethal force.
• Teth Adom is probably on board for fighting Dr. Fate because he can relate to someone who's forced to watch as someone else pilots the body he inhabits.
• As far as Fire knows, she's on a double date with the world's greatest Peeping Tom, which is why she's so angry at Paul.
• Lynne's attitude towards the Renegade is only natural considering that, after everything she's been through, he's possibly the first positive experience she's ever had.
• It sort of makes sense for Ambush Bug to dislike Paul. This is because, from his perspective, Paul is a Marty Stu.
• It's possible that the orange ring made Paul less likely to notice others' interest in him.
• As Paul points out, there's absolutely no reason for a clone of Hitler to actually BE Hitler, especially since the plans to raise the man into Hitler's successor fell through. Now he's just some guy who happens to have famous genetics.
• There is a thematic link between Paul, and the people that Future Orange Lantern visits in Fool's Canon.
• Nabu may be acting the way he is due to insanity.
• Nabu may be more concerned with maintaining the status quo than doing good.
• Back in Belle Reve when M'gann said her uncle Ma'al taught her a telepathic trick, which should be impossible since she later states that he was born with no telepathic abilities, she actually meant one of his pets that could do it.