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nalanzu (nalanzu) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-07 22:14:00

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char: green lantern/hal jordan, group: green lantern corps, publisher: dc comics

I may be overanalyzing this.
This showed up in the back of a Superman comic, I think; the bit where Hal Jordan decides what the world needs is another Justice League. There was something about it that really bothered me, and I am wondering if it was just me.

Does this:

remind anyone else of this?

Here it is again. Seriously, am I the only one who thinks that it's just a short step from these-

-to these?

Before DC went all retcon and decided Parallax was a fear demon, Hal-as-Parallax's primary motivation and defining characteristic was that he wanted to fix things and make them right. It seems to me that what he appears to be doing in A Cry For Justice is incredibly consistent with his actions during Zero Hour. It's just a little less, um, drastic.

Yeah. I'm wondering if this is bothering anyone else.

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	icon_uk 2009-06-07 08:31 am UTC (link)
	It's just a little less, um, drastic. "... so far" I think needs to be added to that sentence Yeah. I'm wondering if this is bothering anyone else. Bothering? It should be reducing the rest of the JLA to freaking bed-wetting terror, considering what happened LAST time. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tahngarth 2009-06-07 11:16 am UTC (link)
	Not to worry, they have a "Break in case Hal goes nuts again" emergency cabinet in the headquarters. (Reply to this) (Parent)

statham1986
2009-06-07 08:41 am UTC (link)

I still don't see how this justifies him breaking apart the League and establishing his own. Given he's meant to be a decent friend to Dinah, surely he'd be lending her his total support and offering her help in reforming the League into something stronger and bitch-slapping Queen into doing the same.

As it is, he doesn't have any right to talk, given he's often been slotted out of the roster for John in most stories, so where's he been whilst everything else was going on?

As much as I like Robinson's writing, this is still one of the most contrived reasons for setting up an alternate squad that I've ever seen.

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	savok 2009-06-07 08:55 am UTC (link)
	If McDuffie taught us anything, it's don't blame the writer for whatever happens with the JLA. Chances are it isn't their fault. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	On A Tangent... ex_stig213 2009-06-07 09:29 am UTC (link)
	The title "Cry For Justice" immediately makes me think of both Black Canary and Superman, neither of whom are going to be part of the team. (Reply to this)

	kagome654 2009-06-07 09:43 am UTC (link)
	I, for one, welcome the DCU's new crazy!pants overlords... I figure that Parallax was intended to be something that simply magnified fears and concerns that were already there. Hal's desire to 'fix' things is pretty consistent with his character. As long as he can do it without killing a bunch of his friends along the way I'm pretty okay with it. (Reply to this) (Thread)