Line #3 Recap/WithThisRingEpisode35


1	!! Episode 35: Spring in Blume
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3	Takes place 13-20 February 2011.
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5	!!! Short version
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7	A Construct-Lantern approaches Earth, searching for the lost rings and the one who called them; Paul stages a fight with the local Green Lanterns and fakes his own death to put Larfleeze off his trail.
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9	!!! Longer version
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11	Several veteran Green Lanterns arrive on Earth for Paul to train them in assimilation resistance. However, before they can properly begin, Lantern Green Man arrives and informs them that Blume, one of Larfleeze's Construct-Lanterns, is approaching the solar system, presumably searching for the rings that were scattered through space when Paul called his ring back from Truggs. Since Lantern Blume would be able to detect orange light usage, Paul hides his rings in the Mountain, which is magically warded against detection.
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13	During this time, he visits Holly again, to check that she's still reformed and not backsliding. After he deals with a local crime family member making trouble at a restaurant, then protects her from being harassed by some of her former clients, and then she learns that he used to suppress his testosterone production and no longer does, she offers a three-way relationship with herself and her girlfriend; Paul considers it, but decides that Holly's emotional health is too fragile to make it a good idea and Karon is less enthused, so he declines.
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15	A plan is then laid to convince Blume, and Larfleeze, that Paul has been killed and his ring destroyed. Paul and the Green Lanterns stage a fight in space, with Paul exiting his power armour just before it is destroyed, and leaving behind Truggs' finger (which has previously worn the ring, and therefore will show traces of orange light use), after which Lantern Gardner takes him on a short FTL hop back to Earth. Larfleeze believes the ruse, but then attempts to attack the Green Lanterns and steal all their rings, until they destroy Lantern Blume with crumbler rounds that Paul taught them to use.
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17	With the danger averted, Paul proceeds to teach each of the Lanterns to resist assimilation, as planned. He is also able to make an under-the-table deal with Lantern Jack Chance, giving him several hundred crumbler rounds and a cold gun in exchange for letting Alan recharge from his personal lantern. He offers Lantern Chance an orange ring, but Chance turns it down; the invitation remains open.
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19	The Renegade, having obtained the Sword of Second and Third, now contacts the President of the United States, seeking endorsement of his plan to kill Klarion. The president can't officially pre-approve a murder, but does indicate that his administration would be pragmatic rather than dogmatic.
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21	An omake shows the Green Lanterns who went to Earth, minus Lantern Chance, reporting to a Guardian.
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23	The title, of course, refers to Lantern Blume.
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26	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Similar to last episode, OL says three in quick succession, this time to Guy in regards to the Guardians' actions against the Martians.
27	--> '''Paul:''' There's no way to know what they might have become if they'd been left alone. Would you try and use the worst examples of Human behaviour as evidence that we all needed our brains rewriting?\
28	'''Guy:''' What're you talking about? I read M'gann's report, those things were crazy.\
29	'''Paul:''' We only met one, and the fragments of Guardian reports I read were just the '''Guardian's''' impressions. I have no logical basis for concluding that what they said was either absolutely true or the whole of the truth.\
30	''[Guy takes a breath to start arguing]''\
31	'''Paul:''' But even if it was, once there were no Burners left, why exactly didn't the other Guardians restore Mars? There wouldn't have been much risk to them.\
32	'''Guy:''' They're busy people. It's a big universe. And anyway, what about the Burners hunting down the other Martians on the ship?\
33	'''Paul:''' If an alien race came to Earth and started altering people to serve them, how friendly do you think the rest of us would be towards the people they modified?
34	* BeamMeUpScotty: As Paul puts it, Lantern Chance mangled a ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} quote.
35	--> '''Jack Chance:''' What I do ain't pretty, but I'm the best there is ''at'' it.
36	* BoringButPractical: Paul's work improving electricity infrastructure isn't very interesting to Holly, especially compared to his recent fight, but he knows that reducing contention for oil will save a lot of lives.
37	--> '''Paul''': As far as I'm concerned, my job is to help as many people as I can in whatever way I can. That doesn't always mean.. slicing up Satan.
38	* BroughtDownToNormal: Well, partway, at least. Paul has to leave his rings in the Mountain to avoid detection, but he still wears body armour and a kinetic belt that grants him {{Flight}} and [[ForceField force fields]].
39	* {{Cosplay}}: Paul made realistic, functioning costumes of characters from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', complete with lethal weaponry.
40	* CurbStompBattle: Slade Wilson may be a formidable mercenary, but he is also limited by the equipment he can acquire. His mundane arsenal proves to be useless against someone as tough as the Renegade and the latter defeats him with little effort.
41	* DoubleTake: Paul does this when Holly propositions him to have a threesome with her and Karon.
42	* FakeAFight: Paul has to have a fake fight with the Green Lanterns to keep Larfleeze's attention away from Earth when Blume shows up looking for anyone using the Orange Light.
43	* FakingTheDead: Paul and the Green Lanterns convince Larfleeze that the 'thief' and his ring are gone, so that Larfleeze will recall his Construct-Lanterns.
44	* HumanTraffickers: Apparently, the government of Kahndaq [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19691032 does this]].
45	* MistakenForCheating: Artemis was angry when she thought Paul was cheating on Zatanna.
46	* MistakenForRomance: It turns out Artemis thought that Paul and Zatanna were dating. Paul has to explain that they aren't.
47	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Played with. Paul identifies himself as "The Cake Man" to an annoying member of an organised crime family. The young man isn't impressed, but his bodyguards know that in Gotham, you always take silly names very seriously. They step outside to settle their differences and Paul trounces him ''without the ring''. He doesn't even bother with his kinetic belt until one of the bodyguards starts shooting.
48	--> '''Paul:''' I work for Batman.
49	* ObfuscatingStupidity: It turns out that Paul knows Zatanna still has feelings for him. He just doesn't seem to know how to get her to accept that he doesn't feel the same.
50	* ObliviousToLove: Paul didn't realize February 14 was Valentine's Day until Artemis pointed it out a few days later.
51	* {{Omake}}: The end of the episode has the Green Lanterns, minus Lantern Chance, reporting on both the Construct Lantern and Paul.
52	* PrecisionFStrike: When Paul swears in front of Holly, she lampshades it and finds it funny because he never swears.
53	* ShirtlessScene: Paul takes off his shirt when baking muffins in Holly and Karon's kitchen. He does this because it is too hot there.
54	* StealthHiBye: Paul does this to Detective Bullock, which the latter lampshades.
55	* VisualInnuendo: When asked if he can make a railgun construct, Lantern Chance makes one that is slightly bigger than Paul's.
56	* WordOfGod: Neither Paul nor the Renegade [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19678404 remember Manhunter]].
57	** Batman has been working on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19680396 how to take down the Renegade]] for a while.
58	*** Paragon Batman has [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19680853 less developed plans]] for Paul.
59	** Mr Zoat gives a shortlist of the Renegade's [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19690137 future enemies]].
60	** How Bialya is run [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19693285 is explained]].
61	** Installing Adilah as Queen will actually [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19694313 make things worse for Bialya]], at least in the short term.
62	** Queen Bee's use of {{Pheromones}} [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19694473 is explained]].
63	** Ploutos uses his human disguise to [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19721046 prevent stupid financial decisions]] made by politicians who ask for his consultation.
64	** The Renegade has [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19808016 misremembered the weakness of New Gods]].
65	** [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19808732 Earth 16 Gotham is in Connecticut.]]
66	** Praying to Hera [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19828799 might not have worked]] for Paul.
67	** OL accompanies KF when the latter [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19840038 visits Luthor's alchemy research lab]].
68	** Paul's fine with Artemis eavesdropping because [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19841769 he doesn't know anyone who's "normal"]].
69	** Blackest Night [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19854572 might not happen]].
70	** Mr Zoat explains [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19894805 why crumblers work on Constructs]] in this fic.
71	** Guy is annoyed because he thought [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19895332 OL would send the ship to Oa]].
72	** Green Lanterns have [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19910137 more difficulty making things]] [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19963348 than other colors]].
73	** Mr Zoat gives an overview on the [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19963463 differences between]] [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19964045 the Lantern colors]].
74	** Sinestro has an [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19964546 advantage]] over Green Lanterns.
75	** Mr Zoat discusses [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/with-this-ring-young-justice-si-thread-eleven.311139/post-19977298 how non-Maltusians create power rings]] in this fic.

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