Originally posted by MrMind
You been training in the GLC for a year with the best teachers
You are sent out on a mission,
to kill the most powerful someone you are capable of beatingno outside help
who do you go for, any characters from any fictions allowed, not just marvel and dc
you get 3 days prep, your ring energy is rechargable in the mid battle
give me details of how you are gonna fight, not just names
I'd put shields up and kick the shit out of street levellers and a bunch of low, maybe mid-metas.
High-metas? Some of the ones without psionic powers, sure.
Im confused by the mechanics of how will power works here. Does it mean that anyone who can operate one also has perfect will outside of powering the ring? If that's the case does that mean they never do things that arent productive? If they cut corners, or do something lazy, or fail to fight a compulsion, impulse etc. is it because they willed it ? If not would there be a net loss of total will power? Or when they drink a soda, when they know water is healthier, is it justified by a nietzschean conception of will, as in will to power? If so your will could be predicated on having fun at any cost, if it were fun to make gl constructs would that make your will go up and cause greater control and power output of the ring, which would lead to even more fun on and on ad infinitum?
To me will power is defined as making the choices you want to over time, that are often in conflict with our more primal instincts, so is it just about being emotionally stoic and abstemious? So would this mean a gl never does anything they dont want to? How does it correlate to construct creation?
My line of questioning evokes the story of the phantom ring and how frank's driving force was to become a gl, if he were given a gl ring i dont see why his single minded obsession should have given him max stats. But maybe his obsession occluded a truer, more authentic will?
Idk anyways, i would beat up billy zane as the phantom.
Originally posted by DarkSaint85
Boks is also an Aussie special forces sniper, bee tee dubs.
That might have meant spmething 20 years ago (who'm I kidding at least 25)
I havent fired a gun in years, I've got a blown out right knee that has had tw surgeries (and in need of a third) as well as a left knee that has had one. I need a knee replacement in both butt my doctors wont do it till I'm closer to 70. I'm overweight and now cant see worth a damn withiut my multifocals.
I'd be like John Wayne in big Jake when his younger son (the sniper) offers him his riffle to try saying the scope is set to 2000 yards when he replied "son, I can'tsee that far" or in that early scene where they were hanging the sheep farmer and he got his rifle out, looked, squimted, put on his glasses, and still couldnt make the shot.
All my history is good for now is great stories (that get better and more embellished every time I tell them 😉
Originally posted by Stoic
Most true to life people lack the will to quit smoking cigarettes, or taking highly addictive drugs like meth, or heroin. How are they supposed to willfully beat top tiers capable of punishing planets? I agree with the thought that most would overestimate their willpower.
I would imagine that because the ring actually chose us, anyone lacking in willpower would have had it boosted to the minimum requirements before the thread question even gets asked.
So stuff like shields and energy blasts should be the very least anyone is capable of.
Originally posted by -Pr-
I would imagine that because the ring actually chose us, anyone lacking in willpower would have had it boosted to the minimum requirements before the thread question even gets asked.So stuff like shields and energy blasts should be the very least anyone is capable of.
Okay. Well from that perspective, I'm certain that I'd have the power to challenge land locked opponents like Aquaman. Lol, had to do it Pr. To be honest though, I really have no idea how powerful I'd be?
Originally posted by Damborgson👆
Green Arrow, an established Super hero, struggled to even produce an arrow.
And even Batman, who has worked with Green Lanterns for decadeS, studied their rings extensively, and has actually used a ring himself on a few occasions, can still barely even interface with a ring... Let alone control one to any noteworthy extent.
Originally posted by Adam Grimes
Nice try, Wonder Man wannabe.
I was just asking if anyone, more informed than i, had any insight into the mechanics of how will power worked in dc. I think the green arrow example only obfuscates things. I dont get why cynicism would affect will, wouldnt that indicate oliver queen wouldnt be able to accomplish what he wants ? But we know he is in fact very successful, which in the info age is most highly predicted by the traits of high iq and conscientiousness, which to me would be somewhat linked to will power.
Also i think dc tries to create a false dichotomy between willpower and fear. People can have low will power because of things that arent fear. The gl ring's intro to it's user is "you have the ability to overcome great fear" which is why i asked if someone who was fearless, but couldnt fight addiction or impulse, which are the examples other posters are using for why people who are addicts or impulsive wouldn't make good gls, would in fact make a gl based on the criteria of the ring in it's choosing weighing the ability to overcome fear vs. Say fight addiction or impulse.
I know their have been emotional and impulsive lanterns like guy gardener, i think simon baz had anger issues but not sure on that, the g.l.s from the apokalips sector. To me emotionality is impulsive, which is antithetical to fear, but despite that these emotionally impulsive lanterns are efficacious because the single criterion of overcoming fear, as i said is only a minor aspect of will power.
Originally posted by Galan007
👆And even Batman, who has worked with Green Lanterns for decadeS, studied their rings extensively, and has actually used a ring himself on a few occasions, can still barely even interface with a ring... Let alone control one to any noteworthy extent.
Is this from inexperience? Surely batman has overcome great fear as that is one of his main motifs. Is this saying that batman has low will power? Running a fortune 500 company and being the peak of human physical performance and dedicating his life to study would take more will power than flying a plane fast, no?