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2[[caption-width-right:295:The Team]]
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4-> '''Artemis''': Can you ''actually'' do all this stuff?\
5'''Paul''': Um, probably?\
6'''Artemis''': Faster than light travel.\
7'''Paul''': Of course. How do you think Lanterns patrol their sectors?\
8'''Artemis''': Create an energy shield a mile across?\
9'''Paul''': About that. I struggle to go above a kilometre.\
10'''Artemis''': Turn people into constructs?\
11'''Paul''': You've met Teekl, right?\
12'''Artemis''': Accelerate your brain?\
13'''Paul''': Yeah, but that always feels-.\
14'''Artemis''': Alter every cell in someone's body?\
15'''Paul''': You've seen the rats.\
16'''Artemis''': And what exactly did you do to earn this?\
17I shrug. Can't deny that I kinda won the superpower lottery.\
18'''Paul''': Nothing. Or if I did, I don't know what it was.
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20''[[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-story-only.8961/ With This Ring]]'' is a [[SelfInsertFic Self-Insert]] ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' fanfic written by [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/members/mr-zoat.282476/ Mr Zoat]]. It features him as [[{{Greed}} Orange]] [[Franchise/GreenLantern Lantern]] 2814, and a founding member of [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheTeam The Team]], after he mysteriously appears in near-Earth space wearing a power ring at the beginning of July 2010 (canon season 1).
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22His presence, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall meta-knowledge]], and [[PersonOfMassDestruction powers]] have increasing ripple effects as time goes on, thoroughly altering many canon events and exploring the wider DC universe. He works with the Team for a year, setting the Light's plans back and refining his skills, then goes out into space to recover the Orange Central Power Battery, form a [[TheChosenMany Lantern Corps]], and lead a war against [[EvilEmpire the Reach]]. Along the way, he recruits, fights, negotiates and argues with characters from all walks of the DC multiverse, as prominent as the Guardians or as obscure as Lord Manga Khan, and quite a few original characters as well.
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24[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with the trope WithThisRing, which is about wedding rings, or with the similarly named ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' [[Fanfic/WithThisRingGreenLantern fanfiction]].
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26!!! Structure
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28Chapters are released daily (since [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si.267344/post-11606651 Aug 14, 2013]]), grouped into episodes of approximately twenty to thirty chapters covering an average of one InUniverse week, and typically written as a PresentTenseNarrative in FirstPersonPerspective.[[note]]Eg "My bed feels soft. Did I go to sleep on top of the duvet? Stars? Did I leave the blinds open?"[[/note]] As a result of this level of detail, the story is [[{{Doorstopper}} over three million words]], and takes about four RealLife years to cover each InUniverse year. Mr Zoat states in the [=FAQ=] that he intends to cover the entire period of the canonical five-year TimeSkip between seasons one and two, so it is expected to be in progress for decades.
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30Chapters are sometimes written from the point of view of AlternateUniverse versions of the SI, such as one who arrived on Earth -14 (the Crime Syndicate universe) with a blue ring, or one on Earth 32 (the Teen Titans universe) with a red ring. The most prominent alternate is the Renegade, identified by the chapter timestamp appearing in red text, who started out similarly to the main timeline, but started making [[GoodIsNotNice more direct and ruthless choices]], leading to increasing divergence until the two storylines are almost entirely different. Most episodes include at least a chapter or two from the Renegade timeline, and there have been several episodes that are Renegade-first with occasional chapters from the original timeline.
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32There are also rare chapters written from other perspectives, such as Lois Lane (in an uplifted {{Omake}}), Lex Luthor, Justice League members, or Artemis.
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34!!! Sources
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36The story is currently on its fourteenth thread, and has a story-only thread. Links to the threads: [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si.267344/ Thread 1]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-two.273111 Thread 2]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-three.277974 Thread 3]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-four.281899 Thread 4]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-five.287380 Thread 5]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-six.292893/ Thread 6]],
37[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-seven.298951/ Thread 7]],
38[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eight.302069/ Thread 8]],
39[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-nine.304768/ Thread 9]],
40[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-ten.307750/ Thread 10]],
41[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/ Thread 11]], [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-twelve.25032/ Thread 12]], [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-thirteen.49418/ Thread 13]], [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-fourteen.8938/ Thread 14]], and [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-story-only.8961/ Story only]].
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43The first eleven threads were posted on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom. For [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-twelve.25032/ Thread Twelve]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-thirteen.49418/ Thread Thirteen]], Mr. Zoat moved the story's updates to another forum, Website/SufficientVelocityDotCom, with [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-story-only.25076/ an accompanying story-only thread]]. [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-fourteen.8938/ Thread Fourteen]] and [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-story-only.8961/ the Second Revised Story Only]] onwards are on Questionable Questing, due to him being banned from Sufficient Velocity.
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45The author also made a separate thread called [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-in-praise-of-eros-young-justice-si.4618/ In Praise of Eros]] that shows [[WhatIf how things could have gone]] if the SI went ahead in starting relationships with other characters that he didn't do in the main story. (NOTE: This thread is NSFW and requires a forum account to read).
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47For an in-depth archive/collection of chapters, omakes, etc., try the wiki [[http://wtr.greenmaw.com/wiki/Main_Page here]].
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49!! ''With This Ring'' contains examples of:
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51* WithThisRing/TropesAToC
52* WithThisRing/TropesDToH
53* WithThisRing/TropesIToR
54* WithThisRing/TropesSToZ
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56[[folder: In Praise of Eros]]
57* DroppingTheBombshell:
58** Paul does this when he reveals to Catwoman that he's used his ring to conclusively prove that she is related to the Falcones.
59** He later reveals his true age to the Team, Wonder Woman, and Alan.
60* GoodIsOldFashioned: Humorously, Paul's mentor Alan Scott finds himself a bit uncomfortable with his apprentice's choice in romantic partners, not so much that he's involved with two women, but that it's a relationship with no traditional future. He's even less happy about Paul going out with an actual supervillainess, though Paul points out that Catwoman has been effectively retired for some time.
61* {{Polyamory}}: Paul ends up in a relationship with Holly and Karon. Somewhat unique is the dynamic between Paul and Karon, since Karon isn't sexually attracted to men, and Paul refuses to engage in anything that makes her uncomfortable. Much of the early relationship is establishing exactly where everyone's boundaries are, and how far they're willing to go.
62* PowerPerversionPotential: We are shown Paul actually using his power ring while in bed with Holly and Karon.
63* ThatCameOutWrong: When Paul has Karon just get used to the idea of touching each other via hand holding, he says that she doesn't "have to take the whole thing". He even says the trope name after he says this.
64* WhatIf: These are events that could have happened in the Paragon timeline if Paul did things a little differently.
65* WordOfGod: There is [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-in-praise-of-eros-young-justice-si.4618/#post-1005640 no chance]] of Paul hooking up with Paula.
66** The thread will be [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-in-praise-of-eros-young-justice-si.4618/page-2#post-1007070 strictly non-canon]].
67** Eros/Cupid [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-in-praise-of-eros-young-justice-si.4618/page-2#post-1008112 won't appear]].
68** The US government's relationship with Swamp Thing will be an ongoing matter of contention, [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-in-praise-of-eros-young-justice-si.4618/page-3#post-1008781 but mostly in the background]].
69** Paul has [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-in-praise-of-eros-young-justice-si.4618/page-4#post-1013142 read some stuff]] on what to do during sex.
70** By the time Holly and Karon offered to have a threesome with Paul, he's [[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/with-this-ring-in-praise-of-eros-young-justice-si.4618/page-5#post-1028417 known them for three and a half months and has been seeing them at least weekly]].
71[[/folder]]
72----
73->''"This is my page, this is my fight!''\
74''Shine through the wiki with orange light!''\
75''I've edited all within my sight!''\

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