Tweak

InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "d'aw wifey..."

THORmonger (thormonger) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-08 10:07:00

Entry tags:

char: deadman/boston brand, creator: peter j. tomasi, event: blackest night, group: black lantern corps, title: blackest night batman

A little insight into the Black Lanterns?

Blackest Night: Batman #1 comes out on Wednesday, and I thought this was of particular interest.

Deadman hears the voice of the black ring calling to him. Or rather, to his body, one Boston Brand. He tries to possess his own body, only to find out he can't.

So it appears that the Black Lanterns do have their memories, but not their souls. There could be some very interesting ramifications to this, considering the Dibnys' souls are running around as ghosts, and the Halls tend to be reincarnated with great regularity.

IGN has the rest of the preview here.

(Post a new comment)

	thandrak 2009-08-08 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, good. That's MUCH better. (Reply to this)

	mysteryfan 2009-08-08 02:49 pm UTC (link)
	Can't wait for this book. (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-08-08 02:51 pm UTC (link)
	Ummm, given the fact these guys are a threat to all life and emotion in the universe, did anyone actually think they actually HAD the orignal souls? I've been assuming that they can't have the souls otherwise there would be a lot of hero Black Lanterns who would have no reason to act evilly in the first place. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-08-08 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	No, they're puppets of Nekron, who I believe thinks it's funny to act like the real ones. Imagine what he'll do with Katma(who the damn Blue Lantern told John he'd "see again"; hope can be very cruel). And consider that this corpse Deadman looks a lot like Nekron, including costume. Following a similar template anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

crinosg, 2009-08-08 05:11 pm UTC

xammax, 2009-08-08 05:23 pm UTC

goblinthebamf, 2009-08-08 05:32 pm UTC

jlbarnett, 2009-08-08 05:47 pm UTC

jlroberson, 2009-08-09 04:50 am UTC

	thormonger 2009-08-08 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	I was curious if the BLs just had their memories and powers, or if they also had their souls, trapped and corrupted. The preview seems to indicate only the former. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	geoffsebesta 2009-08-09 06:46 am UTC (link)
	That makes a troubling assumption -- that only the soulless can be evil. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

icon_uk, 2009-08-09 08:34 am UTC

geoffsebesta, 2009-08-09 09:17 am UTC

	icon_uk 2009-08-08 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	I've been assuming that none of them had their souls, otherwise why would revived heroes be acting in a monstrous manner? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-08 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	GAH!! Is anyone else having chronic, and I mean CHRONIC problems with Firefox since the last upgrade or so? Mine keeps playing silly buggers with login cookies, deleting them between one page and the next. Driving me NUTS!! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jlroberson, 2009-08-08 03:05 pm UTC

lultam, 2009-08-08 04:55 pm UTC

jlroberson, 2009-08-09 04:51 am UTC

	thormonger 2009-08-08 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	It could have been possible they could have been trapped on the inside looking out, much like Kyle Rayner was when Parallax took over them, trying in vain to stop the atrocities their Black Lantern forms were committing. Even so, the heroes' souls don't look they're going to have an easy time stopping their old bodies. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dreamreaver 2009-08-08 03:04 pm UTC (link)
	No doubt many people had this train of thought since the soliciations were posted (I know I did), but it's nice to have confirmation. (Reply to this)

	neotoma 2009-08-08 03:37 pm UTC (link)
	So the Black Lanterns are just the bodies and minds of the dead, not their souls? That's... interesting. I don't know that this will make it better for anyone who has to confront a Black Lantern, or worse, actually. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-08-08 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	Why would it make it worse, as long as the hero knows it's an empty shell with nothing of the genuine original occupant, it makes it a whole lot easier to deal with. It's not a person you're dealing with, it's a construct. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

neotoma, 2009-08-08 05:42 pm UTC

katzedecimal
2009-08-08 04:41 pm UTC (link)

I figured that out when we saw the Dibneys. We've seen the Dibneys in the afterlife previously, and they weren't all ebil and resenty. This is why I'm making popcorn for Black Lantern: Flash. I know they won't really be our boys (and girl), so I can sit back and let my 'only hurt the ones you love' genes be massively entertained by the angstnado they're going to create.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

neotoma, 2009-08-08 05:40 pm UTC

jlbarnett, 2009-08-08 05:49 pm UTC

neotoma, 2009-08-08 06:36 pm UTC

katzedecimal, 2009-08-08 09:21 pm UTC

04nbod, 2009-08-09 02:37 am UTC

	queenanthai 2009-08-08 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	So the Black Lanterns work on Whedon Vampire Theory, then. Good to know. (Not sarcasm.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sailorlibra 2009-08-08 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	Somebody break out the gypsy curses! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kirayoshi1 2009-08-09 02:18 am UTC (link)
	I just had this mental image of Sue Dibny's ghost looking at her Black Lantern corpse and saying, "But I'm so evil and skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

04nbod, 2009-08-09 02:38 am UTC

kirayoshi1, 2009-08-09 06:31 am UTC

04nbod, 2009-08-09 09:33 pm UTC

	I KNEW IT! silverzeo 2009-08-08 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	I hope this means we can Ghost Sue Dibny will somehow fight agianist Bl Sue... that would be AWWWWWWESOME.... (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-08-08 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	I wonder why Boston Brand is a skeleton. I wonder if that means a lot of them are going to be skeletons. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	statham1986 2009-08-08 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	Presumably it's because Boston's been, well, dead longer than most. If you look at some of the other Black Lanterns that have been shown so far, it seems the likes of Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, E2 Supes - They all have rotting flesh on their bones, whereas Katma Tui's body has dwindling flesh. So I think it depends purely on how long they've been dead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mullon, 2009-08-09 12:23 am UTC

aaron_bourque
2009-08-08 05:53 pm UTC (link)

The whole Deadman sequence was awesome, but that he got kicked out of his own body us amazing and interesting. It certainly implies something about either Deadman's possession ability, or the nature of the Black Lanterns. Or both.

Like, remember The Quiver? Why didn't Boston possess Ollie give the explanation of what a "quiver" is? Just to reduce the amount of exposition telephone? After all, he possesses Blood/Etrigan, the only one who actually knows what's going on. Or . . . maybe he couldn't. Maybe he can't possess a body that doesn't have a soul?

(Reply to this) (Thread)

goblinthebamf, 2009-08-08 05:58 pm UTC

kingrockwell, 2009-08-09 03:34 am UTC

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-08-08 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Yay Deadman! He's one of my favorites, and I was slightly worried about his status in this event. I hope he goes and visits P.S. while he's borrowing somebody's body. (Reply to this)

	comicoz 2009-08-08 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	VERY happy with this - plus it means the Dibneys may play a bigger part! (Reply to this) (Thread)

comicoz, 2009-08-08 07:21 pm UTC

kingrockwell, 2009-08-09 03:35 am UTC

comicoz, 2009-08-09 04:27 am UTC

kingrockwell, 2009-08-09 09:33 am UTC

	kd_the_movie 2009-08-08 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	I thought the rings were bringing back ALL the dead on earth, not just superheroes and those affiliated with them. I hope the rings are taking their sweet time resurrecting everyone (tho given that Dick and Damian are bringing the Wayne's bodies back to the cave sets up a fight there). (Reply to this)

	sir_razorback 2009-08-08 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	This takes losing your house keys to a whole new level. (Reply to this)

	sistermagpie 2009-08-08 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Yay Deadman. And somehow it's fitting for a Bat to meet his grandparents as rotted corpses. Of course it's raining when you visit the Wayne's grave. (Reply to this) (Thread)

runespoor7, 2009-08-08 08:12 pm UTC

sistermagpie, 2009-08-08 08:30 pm UTC

runespoor7, 2009-08-08 08:52 pm UTC

kingrockwell, 2009-08-09 03:40 am UTC

drake_crus, 2009-08-11 06:48 am UTC