I mean, if you use those elements and act like they're specific to that character instead of associated with another...I dunno, it just feels disingenuous to me? It's like whenever Barry fights villains created for Wally.
Of course it just goes to show much of a mess the GL franchise is in terms of who the protagonist is.
Do you have an example of "acting loke they're specific to that character?" because I don't see it. Green Lantern is a property and they're going to use everything related to that property when they adapt those characters.
I'm also compelled to remind people that Hal Jordan is still the most popular Green Lantern, he has more media appearances than any other GL and is essentially the face of the franchise itself. I only came across this notion that Hal Jordan is unpopular when I joined this website a month ago. Is this bubble world?
The internet is honestly a series of bubbles. And Hal is deeply divisive depending on which bubble you stumble into. And it's hard to say where he stands overall but the safe bet is around half the fandom loves him and half LOATH him. Each side tends to be convinced it's in the majority but there's no real way to prove it. The pro-Hal point to your argument the others point to these days how massively popular the JL cartoons with John as GL was and how that means he's still the default face of the franchise and people saying otherwise are comic fans stuck in a bubble. Previously you would get how well Kyle's run was.
That makes sense to me, but I think that really plays to how well Green Lantern can work as a franchise. What other comic book property that isn't a team book has had so many characters in lead roles, with each of them considered special and important in their own way? That's only counting the earth Lanterns.
In my opinion, Sodam Yat should be the star of the show
I have the same feelings toward the Flash. There's so much material, why do we keep getting Flashpoint, and why should two Batmen and a Supergirl be a part of a mythology that's already so expansive and brilliant in its own corner of the DCU?
Don't feel compelled to answer... just putting it out there
“Special”? Maybe. “Important”? No. Alan, Kyle, Guy, and Simon aren’t important at all, they’re the ones who get scraps at best. Hal and John are at the top, they’re the important ones, and it’s a constant fight over which of those two gets to be the face of the franchise. Underneath them is Jess who is growing in popularity thanks to her constant appearances in animation. Jo is too new to really say if she’ll last.
But the GLs are not on equal footing. Not in terms of popularity, usage, contribution to the mythos, or sales.
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I say important as in (almost) all of them have been leads of different series, so maybe not "important" to the overall mythos but moreso in regards to their star power and character development. I think if given enough of a pedestal they could all be on equal footing someday.
I'm not sure why comparing GL to Flash is supposed to make it sound better? Both franchises have similar problems that keep them down.
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