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thebigapricot (thebigapricot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-03 11:43:00

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char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: green lantern/hal jordan, publisher: dc comics, title: cry for justice

Hey, guess what one of James Robinson's fantasies is?
Cry for ~~Justice~~ a Threesome! BoP fans get ready.

From DC's The Source

WTF? At one point I was actually excited for this book. Stop messing with my BoP, sir.

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kagome654
2009-08-04 03:34 am UTC (link)

He's almost always been considered one of (if not the best) Green Lanterns, it's hardly a new thing. 'Honored greetings to the noblest of us all!' and all that.

I don't see Hal as any less interesting than Kyle. Both are archetypes (Kyle pretty much is/was Peter Parker), and both follow rather predictable paths as characters. I think you can find one personally more enjoyable than the other based on what appeals to you more, but I don't see why that means you (general 'you') have to shit all over the other guy. Hal's 'pushing aside' of Kyle is SUBSTANTIALLY more gentle than what heralded Kyle's time as being 'the one and only Lantern,' and sometimes I think fans would do good to remember that before they start complaining about how neglected Kyle is, only getting to co-star in a consistently well written book.

Guy benefits from being an antagonistic and often contrary character (and that certainly makes him interesting to read), and John is the sort of understated character that isn't given as much attention as he should, but he wasn't faring all that much better when Kyle was Lantern.

Hal is suffering, I think, from Geoff Johns' interpretation of the character being the only one we've really seen in a while. I do like his Green Lantern (generally) but I'm liking his Hal less and less as he goes along. I find Johns wants to write him as a generic action character, delivering witty one liners and talking beautiful babes into bed. Frankly I think one of the reasons people find him so dull is because Johns is afraid to make him look a little goofy (Hal can be stupid sometimes, it's part of his charm). He always wants Hal to be cool when sometimes I think Hal should be overwhelmed by sheer wonder. Well, characters like that can be boring (incidentally that's also why I can't get into Wonder Woman, 'Ms Practically Perfect in Every Way!', at least Hal has flaws). I'd love to see more stories like 'JLA: Year One' and 'Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold'.

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thehefner
2009-08-04 05:55 pm UTC (link)

WORD to all the above!

Seriously, it's like folks don't at all remember what it was like to be a Hal fan in the 90's, where every scrap of GL lore was whitewashed in the name of KYLE IS THE ONLY GREEN LANTERN NOW AND FOREVER LOVE HIM LOVE HIM LOVE HIM. Kyle fans have it *way* better today than Hal fans did then, because if they don't like Hal, shit, they at least have *options.*

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