geese_greasers t1_iul1wuy wrote on November 1, 2022 at 3:27 AM

Reply to comment by Cringehipster in [WP] There's a raving lunatic who somehow knows everyone's secret identities, but not the heroes they're attached to. He thinks Bruce Wayne is Superman, Barry Allen is Green Lantern etc The Justice League aren't quite sure how to deal with him. by LoreCriticizer

I'm confused, is the Flash voting to send him tot he phantom zone or not? Is Martian a traitor? Why the phantom zone for a person who knows a few names, even though they're not correctly matched?

Cringehipster t1_iuld2i3 wrote on November 1, 2022 at 5:30 AM

Great questions. I wanted to have the whole crew vote to send the lunatic to the phantom zone. The phantom zone would be a safe place for the Lunatic to reside in while they find an alternative plan. Everyone wants to protect their identities, even if the names are not connected. An individual like Lex Luther can deduce which names are the correct ones, starting with Clark Kent then Bruce Wayne and so on. As for the Martian Manhunter, he was reading the mind of the lunatic. Somehow the lunatic's powers hint towards psychic abilities of the mind, and he was able to swap consciousness with Martian Manhunter. Now imagine an individual hellbent on revealing the names of the greatest superheroes with phasing and mind reading powers.

geese_greasers t1_iuo3y9x wrote on November 1, 2022 at 8:06 PM

Safe? You know what the Phantom zone is and who's in there, right? Also, I feel like it needs to be explained in the story, rather than in a separate comment. Good explanation, though.

Cringehipster t1_iusolnf wrote on November 2, 2022 at 7:02 PM

Can you enlighten me more? I remember only little about the phantom zone, and eager to hear your take about it.

geese_greasers t1_iuu70ke wrote on November 3, 2022 at 1:11 AM

After doing some research you might be correct about it being safe for him, as people who go in can't age or die, but I still feel like a conventional cell would be less intense and more fitting for a person who, as far as the league knows at this point, is only a crazy stalker. On another unrelated note, some of the league members don't have or have a need for a secret identity, such as wonder woman, who doesn't need to protect her friends because they have superpowers anyways.