"Beware Their Power" - Green Lantern Mythos Appreciation 2021

[SJNeal]

but your insistence that this has to be some thinly veiled attack against everyone else is proving my point. tumblr isn't a hive mind like here, it's not a fan message board it's a social media platform with hundreds if not thousands of sub cultural pockets. it is a meme post, no one is thinking THAT deeply about it. now maybe I'm misunderstanding your point, I can't speak to the posting of it on this platform but as for the image itself, especially within the tumblr context, I don't think it's as deep or malicious as you think but because it doesn't agree with your perception of John (which appears to be what your arguing on the post above this one).

I'm sure the conversation is indeed very different on tumblr. But we're not on tumblr, we're on the CBR forums.

[lemonpeace]

I'm sure the conversation is indeed very different on tumblr. But we're not on tumblr, we're on the CBR forums.

I agree, my point exactly.

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Dress for success

Aaaah! Kill it with fire!

[lemonpeace]

[lemonpeace]

[Sodam Yat]

Robanker isn't saying anything deep, how else can you read that meme?

I read it as a typical tumblr joke. Let's say if the roles were switched with John and Hal, I wouldn't feel any different to be honest.

[Robanker]

I read it as a meme, they took some characters they like and aligned them in goofy positions. Robanker is insistent that because one character is in a goofy position that it's some how some slight against the other goofy positions; it's not, it's a meme. within the context of tumblr I highly doubt the person making the meme really cared that deeply. the humor doesn't translate here because people here DO care that deeply because this is a niche platform catered to these characters; and that kind of malicious tribalism behavior that is being projected on to the meme is far more likely here. what's the intent for posting it here, I can't speak to, but it's just meme from tumblr; you're meant to chuckle and scroll.

I'm arguing it's a meme to build up John at the other's expense. That's not really the issue, just that it shouldn't be in the general GL thread which is about appreciating all the GLs when this does betray a pretty hard bias against the others. It's the action, not the image.

In any case, these threads are supposed to be fun and I've said my peace, so I'll refrain from continuing the conversation.

[Sodam Yat]

I have a feeling there's going to be an upcoming Green Lantern Corps book coming out sometime.

[SJNeal]

I loved Boodikka! And while I was a little annoyed that she was radically altered to serve the "Alpha Lanterns" story, I got over it because at least she got considerable panel time for a minute.

But then I realized the whole thing was Johns' plot to cull GL's he didn't create/want to use... *sigh*

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I read it as a typical tumblr joke. Let's say if the roles were switched with John and Hal, I wouldn't feel any different to be honest.

*coughs* bullshit *coughs*

[Gaius]

I loved Boodikka! And while I was a little annoyed that she was radically altered to serve the "Alpha Lanterns" story, I got over it because at least she got considerable panel time for a minute.

But then I realized the whole thing was Johns' plot to cull GL's he didn't create/want to use... *sigh*

Oh damn, you’re right. Just realized that.

[liwanag]

[Robanker]

I loved Boodikka! And while I was a little annoyed that she was radically altered to serve the "Alpha Lanterns" story, I got over it because at least she got considerable panel time for a minute.

But then I realized the whole thing was Johns' plot to cull GL's he didn't create/want to use... *sigh*

Yeah, unfortunately that's what it felt like to me. It's like they realized with Iolande, they don't need another lavender lady GL. I miss Boodikka. Hell, a lot of the older Lanterns don't get used anymore. When's the last time we really saw Arisia or sweet, sweet Chaselon?

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Yeah, unfortunately that's what it felt like to me. It's like they realized with Iolande, they don't need another lavender lady GL. I miss Boodikka. Hell, a lot of the older Lanterns don't get used anymore. When's the last time we really saw Arisia or sweet, sweet Chaselon?

Poor sweet Chaselon...

[liwanag]

Poor sweet Chaselon...