I'm a little bit surprised that other black girl Green Lantern isn't included in any of those covers. I guess her standing in continuity is dubious. Also, I would have rather seen Jade acknowledged over Teen Lantern.
Since itīs Valentineīs Day (yet), letīs remember his love interest, beginning with (to me) the hottest girl he had: Hawkgirl Shayera Hol
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His best one, in my opinion, too. That said, I see some serious flaws with it. It takes quite a hit with the way the show copped out on it in the final season, and the will they/won't they was carried on much longer than it should have been. The build up was pretty spectacular, but after it climaxes in Wild Cards and Starcrossed, the romance kind of falls apart, and not necessarily because the two weren't together, but because the plotline totally took over both characters (it didn't do that before, and it took over John Stewart more than Hawkgirl, because she at least had her redemption angle going on), it had dragged out pacing, and finished with a non-resolution. It seems to me the writers had no idea how to handle a regular, steady relationship between the two while still having drama (it is very possible to do this), so they avoided having it.
All that said, it has a lot more meat to it and than any of John's other relationships, including Katma Tui, and when the writing was good, it was written much better than all his other relationships.
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Reading List (Super behind but reading them nonetheless):
DC: Currently figuring that out
Marvel: Read above
Image: Killadelphia, Nightmare Blog
Other: The Antagonist, Something is Killing the Children, Avatar: TLAB
Manga: My Hero Academia, MHA: Vigilanties, Soul Eater: the Perfect Edition, Berserk, Hunter X Hunter, Witch Hat Atelier, Kaiju No. 8
I think it's because there are too many human Green Lanterns lol. So someone has to take the cut. Let's be real here. It'll never work out. No matter how many people says it does. There will always be consequences. By her missing, there's proof of that.
I agree about Jade. She's even was a Green Lantern as well. She should've been acknowledged.
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That, above all else, is what got me to officially renounce Green Lantern fandom. I still talk about Green Lantern (I guess because I know a lot about it), and I can appreciate some things about it, but I don't actually like it any more. The mythology has gone off the rails for me. First, it was all the redundant Corps and how they dominated everything for so long, and more recently, the number of human Green Lanterns watered down the mythology tremendously, and spread the focus well beyond a bursting point, and DC just kept doubling down and piling them on willy-nilly, not even knowing what to do with all those redundant characters. I just had enough, and realized that the mythology was more frustrating for me than it was fun. I guess I could have continued crossing my fingers and hoped things somehow improved, but I don't have patience for things like that, which are completely out of my control. At least I don't have the patience for it these days.
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This image made me think that if Flash can date a female speedster, then John can date a female GL--maybe Jessica. They haven't had much interaction so far, but it could still happen at some point.