Hacking a GL ring

[Jokerr]

Teen Lantern...Teen Lantern???Aside from all the other stuff he's done so far this takes the cake. I really didn't care much about what he was doing but now he's messing with green lantern lore! Just leave it alone man! You mean to tell me a 5 year old (or whatever her age is)
Hacked the most powerful weapon in the universe! Who at DC greenlit this? It just takes away from the whole concept of being a green lantern, and what makes them special. The ring has to choose you. But now apparantly anyone can become a green lantern. And I bet we don't get any explanation about it.
Not to mention the whole thing is so corny.
I can't be the only one frustrated about this?

[j9ac9k]

The ring has been "hacked" at least two other times in the past year. Has there been at least a good explanation for how this new one was able to hack a GL ring?

[Jokerr]

The ring has been "hacked" at least two other times in the past year. Has there been at least a good explanation for how this new one was able to hack a GL ring?

How exactly has the ring been "hacked" ? Also keep in mind there is a difference between corrupting the ring and being able to wield it! Something Geoff John's touched upon in GL rebirth when Green Arrow puts on a ring to defend himself against sinestro. He says, and I quote:
Green Arrow-"I don't know if I could've used this thing again. Feels like I haven't slept in days, hard to think...I'm exhausted. Forcing your willpower into the ring. Asking it to give your thoughts life...is that what it feels like?"
Kyle- "Every time"
Green Arrow- "Damn"
So apparently it's not just something you can put on and trick.

[j9ac9k]

How exactly has the ring been "hacked" ? Also keep in mind there is a difference between corrupting the ring and being able to wield it! Something Geoff John's touched upon in GL rebirth when Green Arrow puts on a ring to defend himself against sinestro. He says, and I quote:
Green Arrow-"I don't know if I could've used this thing again. Feels like I haven't slept in days, hard to think...I'm exhausted. Forcing your willpower into the ring. Asking it to give your thoughts life...is that what it feels like?"
Kyle- "Every time"
Green Arrow- "Damn"
So apparently it's not just something you can put on and trick.

I believe it was hacked by an AI in Hitch's JLA run. Cyborg Superman did it near the conclusion of the GLs title. (hmm, it was Baz's ring both times...)
And while I mostly like John's retcon that it's not easy to use a GL ring, that wasn't the case for a long time before that. Any idiot could use it before *cough*G'Nort*cough* Seriously though, if anything, having G'Nort as an official GL never made sense as anything other than a one-off joke.

I get your reservations about what's been written about TL so far, but I am adapting a "wait and see" attitude since we don't know anything about her or how she got her powers. She seems to wield a gauntlet and power pack not unlike Krona's old gauntlet rather than a ring so there are any number of reasons Bendis can come up with. Black Hand created a device that could use and manipulate GL ring energy back in the day, so who knows?

[ChrisG]

Teen Lantern...Teen Lantern???Aside from all the other stuff he's done so far this takes the cake. I really didn't care much about what he was doing but now he's messing with green lantern lore! Just leave it alone man! You mean to tell me a 5 year old (or whatever her age is)
Hacked the most powerful weapon in the universe! Who at DC greenlit this? It just takes away from the whole concept of being a green lantern, and what makes them special. The ring has to choose you. But now apparantly anyone can become a green lantern. And I bet we don't get any explanation about it.
Not to mention the whole thing is so corny.
I can't be the only one frustrated about this?

useless fans complain and keep buying the book. Just drop it, the only way the learn is when they see sales falling.

[13th Superman]

Meh. It's been hacked before and we don't know her full story. Let's just wait and see.

[AdamFTF]

In a universe where unbelievable things happen all the time, this is what you find unbelievable?

[Jokerr]

In a universe where unbelievable things happen all the time, this is what you find unbelievable?

I never said that I found it unbelievable. I just find it stupid and that it really dumbs down the whole idea behind the power rings if a little kid out of kindergarten is able to "hack" it

[AdamFTF]

I never said that I found it unbelievable. I just find it stupid and that it really dumbs down the whole idea behind the power rings if a little kid out of kindergarten is able to "hack" it

Okay, your overstatement is a bit much. Because "teen" definitely does not equal "kindergarten". And come on. There's lots of stuff in these comics that's stupid and other readers eat it up. I've thought the "Emotional Spectrum" concept was stupid since Johns introduced it.

[Jekyll]

We don’t even know much about the character seeing as how her ONLY line of dialogue so far is just to repeat, “I’m Teen Lantern” over and over. It’s been a very forced and awkward introduction so far.

[Noodle]

People have talked about a Teen Lantern for decades. It's a running thing since the Titans, as Green Lantern was one of the few major DC characters to not have a teen sidekick. Bendis was just the first one to have a idea and plan for one that got the OK to move forward. It was going to happen eventually even if he didn't do it.

[Jokerr]

People have talked about a Teen Lantern for decades. It's a running thing since the Titans, as Green Lantern was one of the few major DC characters to not have a teen sidekick. Bendis was just the first one to have a idea and plan for one that got the OK to move forward. It was going to happen eventually even if he didn't do it.

I have honestly never heard one person ask for a "teen lantern" like ever...And what's the deal with it being "Teen" lantern. Once you get recruited into the corps you are a GREEN Lantern plain and simple regardless of your age. And another thing, the green lanterns are a intergalactic police force not a daycare center. You don't get a sidekick, you get a partner.
Do you see now why this idea so flawed. It makes no sense. And besides how many more green lanterns is earth going to have. Pretty soon it's going to be a corps all on its own.
I don't know about the superman theory but there's definitely something going on with the green lantern theory.