ASLUME (formerly Batman (DC Superheroes) 2024 - Rumors & Discussion)

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Does that mean I’m here because the writers forgot about me? Or did my love interest get fridged? Oh no… Mara, Jessica, Merrin!!! 

I feel like all three of those could make it out of the fridge luckily. 

1 hour ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Yeah, it's not even the only time it happens. The character Lex grooms, Lana Lang also had a season where she dated her highschool gym coach played by Jensen Ackles. Network TV was wild, for better and especially for worse.

Wait was Lex older than Clark/Lana/etc in Smallville? I mean either way the Jensen Ackles one is wild, he's being typecast.

1 hour ago, Murdoch17 said:

I'd prefer Clock King (if you don't mind), as I'm always been kinda obsessed about schedules, timing, planning things out, and being punctual.

Ok you can be clock king, but, like, he's gotta have a tray of ice cubes nearby or something. 

[Lego Nostalgia]

Kyle Rayner had Ice cubes in his fridge I'm pretty sure

[Renny The Spaceman]

10 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Wait was Lex older than Clark/Lana/etc in Smallville? I mean either way the Jensen Ackles one is wild, he's being typecast.

Yeah, Lex is a 20-something who's already been through college when the show begins, Clark and his social circle are 15 when the show starts even though they don't look it

11 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Does that mean I’m here because the writers forgot about me? Or did my love interest get fridged? Oh no… Mara, Jessica, Merrin!!! 

(Being in a prison is unironically the reason DC gave for Kyle’s writer-forgetting-about-him induced absence between the end of Hal Jordan and the GLC and Dark Crisis)

What was he in for, Child forgery?

11 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Wow, he was Soldier Boy before it was cool.

Yeah, and the show killed off Jimmy Olson before it was cool too. In the last season they said he had a twin also called Jimmy to fix that

[psqidexslizer]

17 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Yeah, and the show killed off Jimmy Olson before it was cool too. In the last season they said he had a twin also called Jimmy to fix that

They should just do this whenever a character dies in a comic book related property. Oh, Superman died again? Well, jokes on you. He’s got a fifth secret twin who is also named Clark Kent and who just happens to have super powers and personality.

[Mandalorianknight]

24 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

They should just do this whenever a character dies in a comic book related property. Oh, Superman died again? Well, jokes on you. He’s got a fifth secret twin who is also named Clark Kent and who just happens to have super powers and personality.

Not the exact same thing but I've been reading the 2021 Moon Knight run and his... sidekick? Rival? Brother? Hunter's Moon dies and is then brought back offscreen less than a single issue after his death. It's like a minor inconvenience. It wasn't a fakeout death, he had a ton of crowbars sticking out of his body, he just gets revived almost immediately and Moon Knight treats it as essentially a minor inconvenience since, well, he's brought back almost immediately.

17 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Yeah, Lex is a 20-something who's already been through college when the show begins, Clark and his social circle are 15 when the show starts even though they don't look it

That's such a puzzling decision. I feel like usually they're about the same age.

[CloneCommando99]

What are your pitches for DCU projects?

Here’s a couple of mine

I think something like this one should be done, it would do a lot of world building.
World’s Finest (Animated anthology series akin to Invincible)

Episode 1: World’s Finest (Batman, Superman and Robin (optional) vs Magpie)

Episode 2: Hard Travelling Heroes (GL and GA vs Clock King)

Episode 3: World’s Fastest (Batman, Superman and Flash vs Rogues)

Episode 4: Odyssey (Wonder Woman and Aquaman embark on a mythological adventure)

Episode 5: Who wants to be a Billionaire? (Batman and GA infiltrate Lex Luthor’s gala)

Episode 6: Speed of Light (Flash and GL fight a Yellow Lantern Reverse Flash)

Episode 7: Into the Deep (Batman, Superman and Aquaman vs Floronic Man)

Episode 8: Beacon of Hope (Remake of the STAS GL episode)

Episode 9: Trinity (Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman solve a case on Themyscera)

Episode 10: A League of their own (all characters vs Eclipso/ Despero)

Now something I’d to see as just a one off special because it’d be funny. Screw logic.

Sector 2814 (Brooklyn 99 parody)

Captain Holt = Ganthet
Terry = Kilowog/ John Stewart
Jake = Kyle Rayner   
Charles = G’nort   
Amy = Jessica Cruz   
Rosa = Simon Baz/ Jo Mullein   
Hitchcock = Hal Jordan    
Scully = Guy Gardner. 
Gina = Two-six
Doug Judy = Sinestro

 

 

[Mandalorianknight]

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

What are your pitches for DCU projects?

You shouldn't have asked me this question, I've written waaaaaayyy too much about how I'd make a new DC universe, here's just my phase one copypasted here;

Alright, I've been given the floor, we're gonna have to work fast. First of all we're going to heavily market SUPERMAN as the START of the DCU, and we're gonna make a few changes to it. First of all, we're gonna alter Lex a bit to initially have nothing against superman in this movie. We'll develop that later but plenty of DC villains are generational level haters for no reason, let's at least give Lex a reason that makes sense to him. Next up we're going to cut Nathan Fillion's Guy from this film but promise him he'll have the role of Hal later on. Alright, now we've got to fast-track development for our new slate. Luckily I've got some synopses here for us:

2026:

Batman: Without Fear: Batman, just a few months into his crusade, is focused on taking down the mob. The mob hires Scarecrow, the first supernatural-seeming villain in Gotham, to kill Batman, but his tactics spook them, and many are uncomfortable with using a “freak”. Batman defeats Scarecrow (who we never see outside of his costume) and stems the flow of the mob, though they of course are still around. Minor Dick Grayson Robin setup, as the mob killing circus performers is mentioned and at the end, Bruce adopts Dick. A gritty tone, but not as grounded as the Nolan or Reeves films, and more heroic than noir. The only post credits scene is Maroni and Falcone, opposing crime family heads, meeting, saying they’re going to have to up their game if these freaks are here to stay.

2027:

The Flash: Fastest Man Alive: Flash origin story and fight against Captain Cold and his Rogues, though Cold is the only one with a special weapon, stolen from STAR labs. (Barry gives him the name captain cold, and he hates it.) A more lighthearted story about Barry learning responsibility. His mother’s death is referenced, but his father isn’t in prison. Post credits where Batman takes note of Flash’s existence while watching monitors in the batcave, and says he handled the Cold situation “adequately”.

Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman is introduced as having lived in the outside world for some time, but not having been involved since WW2, and having faded into legend. An archeological finding reveals to her the work of the Greek gods in modern day, and she has a god-of-war style gauntlet set of fights against some of the minor ones, like Dionysis and Aphrodite, through their avatars. The tone is heavily action-focused. Post Credits of batman noting that she may be a good place to start the Legion Contingency.

TV: Detective Comics: John Jones: A gritty detective drama featuring John Jones, aka The Martian Manhunter. He solves crimes while also keeping his true identity secret. He uses his telepathy in places, but doesn't fully transform until the end, when a murderer they’re hunting turns out to be a White Martian and kills his partner. Batman shows up in the final scene and he and John have a tense conversation about these white martians.

2028:

Superman vs Lobo: The main villain is the bounty hunter Lobo, sent to abduct Superman. This Lobo is all business, an unkillable terminator with machine-like precision. Luthor helps Superman defeat Lobo- who due to the damage sustained in the battle gains a personality more similar to what he's now known for-, but upon learning that Lobo’s carnage was due to hunting Superman, he gets into a shouting match with him and they cut ties with each other. This Lex's hatred of superman is born from the idea that Superman is attracting metahuman and alien threats, supported by the idea that superman was the first metahuman to publicly appear in the modern era. The first post credits is Braniac, noting that his hunter couldn’t collect, and deciding that perhaps he will leave the kryptonian alone for the time being, though he will continue to monitor him. After all, he already has one… as it pans to Kara in stasis. The second post credits is Luthor, angry that he was “misled into thinking superman was truly a hero”, but noting that “some good may come of all this”, as he holds a vial of supes’s blood collected from the final fight with Lobo.

TV: Lanterns: After Hal discovers a dying Abin Sur, he, Jon, and Guy (Hal was selected by Abin with the other two located via an algorithm the guardians created to determine willpower) are abducted and taken to Oa to train as lanterns, with the training forming the majority of the show. They learn that the Guardians know White Martians are invading earth, and plan to let them do it and quarantine the solar system rather than risk Lanterns in a war. This is why they took multiple to train as lanterns. Hal escapes to earth, Guy is caught, and Jon is left on Oa with the guardians believing he agrees with them, when he’s really on Earth's side.

JLA: Invasion: Crossover against a White Martian invasion. Team lineup is Batman, Superman, WW, Flash, Hal, and the Martian Manhunter. The League doesn't officially form Batman shares his suspicions with John that the white martians weren’t invading earth for conquest, but fleeing something else.

TV: Detective Comics: The Question: A second season of detective comics starring the question, investigating, among other things, a government project to create metahumans. Batman and Huntress have supporting roles, and when Batman appears, we learn he’s taken on Robin as an apprentice.

 

[Swordy]

Breaking: I just scored the Dummy (no accessories) for $9 + shipping on Whatnot. Should come in within the next week.

My joy is immeasurable. My insanity has peaked. My arc is complete.

[CloneCommando99]

17 hours ago, Swordy said:

Breaking: I just scored the Dummy (no accessories) for $9 + shipping on Whatnot. Should come in within the next week.

My joy is immeasurable. My insanity has peaked. My arc is complete.

Congratulations.

 

 

Alright. Let’s have a little powerscaling debate. I’ve been watching Invincible S3 (really good btw) and am wondering who would win in a fight. The Viltrumite Empire or the Green Lantern Corps.

I know I may be biased in this so I need a second opinion.

Viltrumite Advantages

• Conquest and Thragg are… well…. Conquest and Thragg
• Innumerable amounts of non-Viltrumite soldiers 
• Regeneration.
• Planet killing abilities (yeah, Mogo ain’t doing anything against them)
• Fleet of massive warships
• 50 pure blooded Viltrumites

GLC Advantages

• Hal Jordan took on Zod, Faora and Eradicator in the same fight and almost killed all 3 of them if the guardian’s hadn’t intervened.
• Sodam Yat is a Daxamite and therefore practically a Viltrumite with the added GL ring.
• Guardians are pretty OP
• John Stewart can turn himself into a impenetrable construct
• Kyle Rayner is either a White Lantern or Ion. Both are pretty powerful
• Parrallax gets involved?
• 7,200 Corpsmen

Edited March 7 by CloneCommando99

[Mandalorianknight]

On 3/6/2025 at 11:03 PM, Swordy said:

Breaking: I just scored the Dummy (no accessories) for $9 + shipping on Whatnot. Should come in within the next week.

The Aslume has now directly contributed to the economy. We are three degrees away from being responsible for Jared Leto being selected as the Iranian Ambassador to the UN.

7 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Alright. Let’s have a little powerscaling debate. I’ve been watching Invincible S3 (really good btw) and am wondering who would win in a fight. The Viltrumite Empire or the Green Lantern Corps.

VAUGELY ALLUDES TO SPOILERS FOR THE INVINCIBLE COMIC

We actually might have a pretty solid answer to this- Atom Eve is arguably more powerful than a standard Lantern- I don't know if we've gotten to that point in the show yet but in the comics at one point we do get some pretty solid confirmation that her power is a more powerful version of a GL ring. She also can't defeat even the weaker-than-mark Vincibles. This would seemingly imply that the average viltrumite in the empire could body a GL with low difficulty.

DC's biggest chance is going to come through on the differences in the universe's rules. Due to invincible being one story/universe (there are minor differences in the show, the biggest being nothing character Ray turning into character-with-an-actual-arc Rae, but is pretty much just an adaption of the comics), there isn't as much of a history to pull from, and the greatest feats are really just planet destruction and the sun fight. In addition, due to invincible being significantly gorier than your average DC fare, the characters in invincible bloody eachother a lot more often than in DC. The question then becomes, do viltrumites hit a lot harder than kryptonians, or are they just a lot less durable?

I think in the end I'm gonna say the Viltrumites take this one. I think many of the more powerful Superman versions would destroy anyone short of Emperor Mark, but given how easy it is for viltumites to break Eve's constructs- someone who is definitely stronger than your average GL- I think the corps are decimated.

Or, of course, there's the obvious answer, which is that if Mark's using the yellow suit, the corps is done for.

 

Also, an important invincible related news tidbit that fits with the Aslume, the alternate marks (who are referred to in official, from-skybound writing as "aura farming") have subtitles such as "nogogglevincible", "inmaskible", "Mohawkcible" etc. Unfortunately the only canonized fan name seems to be Sinister Mark, no Gripper Mark (Now the much less funny "sporty invincible") or Omni-Mark (now the much wordier "Omni-Man Invincible")

Edited March 8 by Mandalorianknight

[Renny The Spaceman]

58 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

 

Alright. Let’s have a little powerscaling debate. I’ve been watching Invincible S3 (really good btw) and am wondering who would win in a fight. The Viltrumite Empire or the Green Lantern Corps.

I know I may be biased in this so I need a second opinion.

Viltrumite Advantages

• Conquest and Thragg are… well…. Conquest and Thragg
• Innumerable amounts of non-Viltrumite soldiers 
• Regeneration.
• Planet killing abilities (yeah, Mogo ain’t doing anything against them)
• Fleet of massive warships

GLC Advantages

• Hal Jordan took on Zod, Faora and Eradicator in the same fight and almost killed all 3 of them if the guardian’s hadn’t intervened.
• Sodam Yat is a Daxamite and therefore practically a Viltrumite with the added GL ring.
• Guardians are pretty OP
• John Stewart can turn himself into a impenetrable construct
• Kyle Rayner is either a White Lantern or Ion. Both are pretty powerful
• Parrallax gets involved?

 

Can't the Green Lanterns imagine a brain tumor, or like a tiny pair of scissors that cut through the synapses of someones brain. Or like can they use their ring to conjure up a gas that's lethal to Viltrumites but not humans/whatever other species they have with them? I feel like if the rings power is really only limited by battery and the user's imagination depending on how creative the GLs are there's no-one they can't win against but I'm fully aware GLs never really live up to that potential in stories.

18 hours ago, Swordy said:

Breaking: I just scored the Dummy (no accessories) for $9 + shipping on Whatnot. Should come in within the next week.

My joy is immeasurable. My insanity has peaked. My arc is complete.

Beautiful, this has pleased the Dummy. You may now take his hand as you will be in the choir when the Dummy sings with his creations.

Dummy's are way cheaper here in Britain though, kinda mad that's the going rate for one across the pond, not that he's not worth the extra cost of course.

Make sure to send a picture of your Dummy when he arrives.

[psqidexslizer]

5 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

 

Can't the Green Lanterns imagine a brain tumor, or like a tiny pair of scissors that cut through the synapses of someones brain. Or like can they use their ring to conjure up a gas that's lethal to Viltrumites but not humans/whatever other species they have with them? I feel like if the rings power is really only limited by battery and the user's imagination depending on how creative the GLs are there's no-one they can't win against but I'm fully aware GLs never really live up to that potential in stories.

The biggest issue with the Green Lanterns is their own lack of imagination. They’ve got billions of life forms to pick from and yet they’ve got six or seven humans on the team? And the best of the lot is a guy who crashes planes for a living. And the next best GL is a purple alien who read 1984 and made it his entire approach to being a GL (unsurprisingly, he turned evil). Doesn’t seem like they’re recruiting the most creative and imaginative people out there.

[Mandalorianknight]

8 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Can't the Green Lanterns imagine a brain tumor, or like a tiny pair of scissors that cut through the synapses of someones brain. Or like can they use their ring to conjure up a gas that's lethal to Viltrumites but not humans/whatever other species they have with them? I feel like if the rings power is really only limited by battery and the user's imagination depending on how creative the GLs are there's no-one they can't win against but I'm fully aware GLs never really live up to that potential in stories.

The argument would be that Viltrumite bodies are stronger than lantern constructs- we've seen they're stronger than Atom Eve's constructs, at least. You might be able to pop a tumor into your brain but they'll smash yours to mush and then your willpower's broken and the tumor gone.

As for the gas, it's funny you bring that up because there actually is a plotline where the heroes have a gas that would hurt the viltrumites but argue over using it because it could also kill all the humans. It's a possible win condition for the GLs if they're A: willing to sacrifice earth and B: able to find out the formula. Even then the stronger Viltrumites have been shown to be able to survive the gas anyway.

I think in most scenarios the Viltrumites take this. Now you put them up against supermen I think it goes poorly for them, Robert Kirkman's art nonwithstanding, but the fact that Atom Eve is in many ways a more powerful GL and yet can't defeat even the weakened variants of Mark does not bode well for the corps.

3 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

The biggest issue with the Green Lanterns is their own lack of imagination. They’ve got billions of life forms to pick from and yet they’ve got six or seven humans on the team? And the best of the lot is a guy who crashes planes for a living. And the next best GL is a purple alien who read 1984 and made it his entire approach to being a GL (unsurprisingly, he turned evil). Doesn’t seem like they’re recruiting the most creative and imaginative people out there.

To be fair given how much stuff goes down on earth it makes sense that it has a disproportionate amount of GLs.

[CloneCommando99]

52 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The argument would be that Viltrumite bodies are stronger than lantern constructs- we've seen they're stronger than Atom Eve's constructs, at least. You might be able to pop a tumor into your brain but they'll smash yours to mush and then your willpower's broken and the tumor gone.

Yes. But at the same time Eve’s constructs have a set limit.

GL constructs and strength are relative to the GL’s own willpower. Hal Jordan is practically, and has been, willpower incarnate. John’s not too far behind.

 

I do agree that Hal is the exception not the standard. But I do feel like that Hal has the ability to defeat Conquest, maybe not Thragg, but he’d definitely give both a good fight. He and Sodam Yat (practically a Viltrumite already) at base form should at least be the equivalent of Allen and Nolan.

Bd’g and Ch’p could theoretically pull what one of them did to superman in Injustice and use constructs to block the Viltrumites’ synapses from firing.

The real question is if Emotional Embodiments like Ion get involved. Parallax Hal and Ion Kyle would wreck some havoc.

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

To be fair given how much stuff goes down on earth it makes sense that it has a disproportionate amount of GLs.

Someone had to get Ryut, Xanshi and Krypton’s vacant GL spots. Krypton’s might as well go to where the last survivors of the planet live.

 

 

Overall I’d argue that while GLs have a numerical advantage and good number of heavy hitters (Hal, John, Sodam, Ganthet… planet puncher Sinestro) I do agree that it’s either a pyrrhic victory for the GLs (vast majority get slaughtered) or the Viltrumites win outright with at least 15 pure blood casualties 

 

Would anyone else want to see this in a comic crossover between Image and DC? (Image x DC x Marvel: Secret Crisis War would rexplode the box office.)

[Agent Kallus]

I've only watched the first 1.5 seasons so far but something to consider it's that there very well could be a GL from Viltrum in this universe where they co-exist.

 

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Yes. But at the same time Eve’s constructs have a set limit.

GL constructs and strength are relative to the GL’s own willpower. Hal Jordan is practically, and has been, willpower incarnate. John’s not too far behind.

I do agree that Hal is the exception not the standard. But I do feel like that Hal has the ability to defeat Conquest, maybe not Thragg, but he’d definitely give both a good fight. He and Sodam Yat (practically a Viltrumite already) at base form should at least be the equivalent of Allen and Nolan.

Bd’g and Ch’p could theoretically pull what one of them did to superman in Injustice and use constructs to block the Viltrumites’ synapses from firing.

The real question is if Emotional Embodiments like Ion get involved. Parallax Hal and Ion Kyle would wreck some havoc.

Overall I’d argue that while GLs have a numerical advantage and good number of heavy hitters (Hal, John, Sodam, Ganthet… planet puncher Sinestro) I do agree that it’s either a pyrrhic victory for the GLs (vast majority get slaughtered) or the Viltrumites win outright with at least 15 pure blood casualties 

I don't know how to answer this specifically without spoilers, so I'll just say in the comics we explore whether or not Eve's powers have limits, and the results give me confidence that anyone short of willpower incarnate Hal wouldn't be able to take out viltrumites. At best I'd say people like John might be able to channel all of their ring's power and their willpower into a suicide blast that could take out a viltrumite.

I don't know that hal could beat Conquest but I agree he could at least take out some low level viltrumites through creative thinking. 

I agree that the parameters you set up are where the outcome realistically falls. If it's Geoff Johns or other Lantern writers, the Earth GLs survive with almost the entire rest of the corps killed, with Thragg surviving and Conquest dying to a major lantern sacrificing themselves. If Kirkman writes it, it's a massacre victory for the Viltrum Empire because he thinks Invincible lowdiffs base Superman. Personally I think only a few viltrumites are killed off, the guardians are killed, and the earth lanterns pull back to earth to fight alongside the JL with most other lanterns killed or returning to their home planets.

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

I've only watched the first 1.5 seasons so far but something to consider it's that there very well could be a GL from Viltrum in this universe where they co-exist.

I'm not actually sure (all this is stated in the first 1.5 seasons so don't worry about spoilers in this part): 

Nolan abandoning his post is unheard of, so I don't think any viltrumites would become lanterns. Similarly, we know in most universes it's even worse, where even Mark is evil, so we can assume in a crossover comic it would be the same. Following is stated in 2x5 I think so it's in white: Start: Thaedus is the only potential candidate, but he doesn't strike me as the type of person to become a GL, or someone the guardians would choose, as nice as it would be for, in a way, that tease of a GL Optimus Prime finally come true. End.

[ARC2149Nova]

Green Lanterns are depicted as practically being Red Shirts...even though they really shouldn't be.

Power rings are the most powerful weapons in the universe, limited only by the user's imagination and willpower. On paper, GLs should be <title card>, but instead, they get torn through like tissue paper. However, the GLC has battled Kryptonians, Warzoons, the Reach, the Manhunters, and a host of other super powerful hostile species. And won. 50 Viltrumites against just the A-League lanterns is a fight the Viltrumites would lose. Add in all members, and 

On 3/7/2025 at 4:19 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

Innumerable amounts of non-Viltrumite soldiers 

Planet killing abilities

Do you mean hybrids? Or just random alien allies? If you mean the latter, then its a wash. Numbers advantage or no, they're of no consequence in this fight. If it's the former, iirc, hybrids are more powerful than the pure-bloods (I might be wrong), or that could just be Mark.

If this refers to what I think it does, that's missing key context. They needed another powerful weapon in order to be able to strike through the planet's core. It isn't just something any random Viltrumite can do.

[CloneCommando99]

39 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

*Says something*

You’re alive! Good to have you back.

39 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

Do you mean hybrids? Or just random alien allies? If you mean the latter, then its a wash. Numbers advantage or no, they're of no consequence in this fight. If it's the former, iirc, hybrids are more powerful than the pure-bloods (I might be wrong), or that could just be Mark.

I meant the alien slaves from the first Viltrumite war.

Human’s are the exception for great compatibility. If you look at Thragg’s Thraxan hybrid thousands of them literally splat like flies just by trying to tackle Mark.

Also Mark can be argued to be an exception for humans. Thanks to A) the GDA’s trillion dollar gym and B) Eve’s biological enhancements after Thragg attacks. (Also I feel like we don’t need to hide spoilers because the comic ended 7 years ago. The show has taken a bunch of different approaches already as well.)

39 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

If this refers to what I think it does, that's missing key context. They needed another powerful weapon in order to be able to strike through the planet's core. It isn't just something any random Viltrumite can do.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Space Racer’s laser.

 

I do think that the GLs as a whole do have a decent chance at winning. But it’s going to be a bloodbath for them no matter what.

 

39 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

<title card>,

To outdo Marvel and DC in 2026? Season 4 will have to be

Edited March 9 by CloneCommando99

[Renny The Spaceman]

The Dummy cuff-links are the ultimate status symbol, will be wearing them to the raid on The LEGO House we're planing

[CloneCommando99]

4 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

will be wearing them to the raid on The LEGO House we're planing

*sighs* do you want to take the Victory or the Belfast? Or should we load up Truss into a Lancaster and let that do the necessary damage to Denmark?

[Murdoch17]

13 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

*sighs* do you want to take the Victory or the Belfast? Or should we load up Truss into a Lancaster and let that do the necessary damage to Denmark?

What about a B-52 and the battleship USS Missouri? America is already supposedly going to war with Denmark (over Greenland*), so why not just be the first ones there and claim Billund before the USA does? 

 

*Don't get me started on how stupid that is. It makes us Aslume inmates look sane! 

Edited March 16 by Murdoch17

[Mandalorianknight]

On 3/9/2025 at 11:47 AM, ARC2149Nova said:

Green Lanterns are depicted as practically being Red Shirts...even though they really shouldn't be.

Power rings are the most powerful weapons in the universe, limited only by the user's imagination and willpower. On paper, GLs should be <title card>, but instead, they get torn through like tissue paper. However, the GLC has battled Kryptonians, Warzoons, the Reach, the Manhunters, and a host of other super powerful hostile species. And won. 50 Viltrumites against just the A-League lanterns is a fight the Viltrumites would lose. Add in all members, and 

Do you mean hybrids? Or just random alien allies? If you mean the latter, then its a wash. Numbers advantage or no, they're of no consequence in this fight. If it's the former, iirc, hybrids are more powerful than the pure-bloods (I might be wrong), or that could just be Mark.

I still think the S3 finale has definitively shown that the average viltrumite would tear through the average GL like, as you say, tissue paper. It's partially due to their culture and universe's style, but if a viltrumite closes the distance on a GL, they're dead, and viltrumites can also speedblitz most species. S3 Finale spoilers start, highlight to see: Limit Break Eve's strongest attack wasn't even able to kill an already quite damaged viltrumite, albeit one of the strongest ones. End. I think anyone short of the most powerful versions of Kyle or Hal get speedblitzed or their defenses smashed through before they know what hit them.

IIRC it's specifically human/viltrumite hybrids that are the strongest. Ones like Oliver reach maturity and therefore adult strength faster but have a much lower strength ceiling as their other species isn't as compatible with viltrumites. Humans specifically are not only a genetic match, meaning they can get full viltrumite strength, but due to the way the hybrid reacts with how humans get stronger naturally and adrenaline, Mark gets stronger when:

A: He gets beat up and then recovers after

B: His adrenaline spikes (I saw something on this the other day that people were using "someone close to Mark dies" as an amp and I can't get the image of Cecil trying to talk William or Paul into joining the Conquest fight out of my head)

That said I don't think Mark changes the equation much. 

The only way I see the GLs winning is if Leezle Pon can turn himself into (comic spoilers start): the scourge virus (End.)

5 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

The Dummy cuff-links are the ultimate status symbol, will be wearing them to the raid on The LEGO House we're planing

 

Are you going to be wearing a bright red three-piece suit with helmet and air tanks?

43 minutes ago, Murdoch17 said:

America is already supposedly going to war with Denmark (over Greenland*)

Putting aside the fact that we're not supposed to talk about current events of that nature here, it boggles my mind that people are like "ah, yes, clearly the US is going to war with Denmark." 

No, we aren't. There are precisely zero elected officials that want war with Denmark. Not to mention that the majority of parties in Greenland, including the one that won the most recent election, want independence from Denmark, so unless we suddenly attack a NATO nation out of nowhere soon, it's not even like our maniacal invasion of Greenland that we're definitely planning would involve Denmark.

[Murdoch17]

24 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Putting aside the fact that we're not supposed to talk about current events of that nature here, it boggles my mind that people are like "ah, yes, clearly the US is going to war with Denmark." 

No, we aren't. There are precisely zero elected officials that want war with Denmark. Not to mention that the majority of parties in Greenland, including the one that won the most recent election, want independence from Denmark, so unless we suddenly attack a NATO nation out of nowhere soon, it's not even like our maniacal invasion of Greenland that we're definitely planning would involve Denmark.

sorry, wasn't really meaning to talk about it. Kinda joking about it in a gallows-humor kinda way. Apologies if i offended anyone!

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Are you going to be wearing a bright red three-piece suit with helmet and air tanks?

Goes without saying 

 

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

*sighs* do you want to take the Victory or the Belfast? Or should we load up Truss into a Lancaster and let that do the necessary damage to Denmark?

Making Truss Denmark's probably is two birds with one stone, definitely that.

[Swordy]

On 3/7/2025 at 3:19 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

Let’s have a little powerscaling debate. I’ve been watching Invincible S3 (really good btw) and am wondering who would win in a fight. The Viltrumite Empire or the Green Lantern Corps.

Depends on which side has the more likely candidate for a spin-off where the person is now hardened by the loss of his or her people yet finds momentary happiness in a romantic interest until the other has to be thrown off a cliff so that person can bring back all the people who died in this war, then at the last moment is able to defeat the enemy faction with a skdoosh of his or her fingers.

No, I’m definitely not referencing the MCU in a DC discussion chat. Anyway, where’s that fellow who asked if we should be moved to the community tab when you need him? I haven’t said the word LEGO for a whole paragraph or so!

On 3/7/2025 at 10:35 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

The Aslume has now directly contributed to the economy. We are three degrees away from being responsible for Jared Leto being selected as the Iranian Ambassador to the UN.

Technically it already did when I purchased the Soup Mech Day 1. Funny how at first I refused to come to the Aslume, yet I end up being the most financially invested into this insanity. It takes a minority to make sweeping changes, doesn’t it?

Ha, unironically I want this to happen now. It’s not like it’d matter at the end of the day, right? Give him a term, make him the most comic-accurate Joker yet, then send him back to make Joker 3: A Dance in Parie.

16 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

The Dummy cuff-links are the ultimate status symbol, will be wearing them to the raid on The LEGO House we're planing

Do you wear the cufflinks also because they remind you that you’re not your father?

So, we’re just raiding Billund now? No burning of Danish delights? No burnt bread?

12 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

*sighs*

Dude is Sifo Dias chilling on Kamino waiting for a droid attack on the Wookiees.

On 3/8/2025 at 4:40 AM, Renny The Spaceman said:

Beautiful, this has pleased the Dummy. You may now take his hand as you will be in the choir when the Dummy sings with his creations.

What’s with all this—oh, right. I forgot I was joining a cult.

On 3/8/2025 at 4:40 AM, Renny The Spaceman said:

Dummy's are way cheaper here in Britain though, kinda mad that's the going rate for one across the pond, not that he's not worth the extra cost of course.

To be fair, WhatNot is an auctioning app, so mileage may vary (plus I kept bidding up—I was not about to let him slip out of my fingers). Although I do remember seeing him go for $15 on BL a while back; don’t know if I overpaid, and I don’t care if I did.

 

 

The package asset was supposed to come in a couple days ago; now it’s just chilling in a warehouse on the other side of town. I can hear him calling to me… He better be on my desk sharing a coffee break with the Superman mech within the next twenty-four hours or I peacefully protest outside the Capitol in D.C.

Edited March 17 by Swordy