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I'm Not Mister Mxypltk said:
What's the fun in everything going well all the time? Why can't it go horribly wrong
You mean...like Hal going insane and wiping out the Green Lantern corp?
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to the extent of having a regular guy have a responsability like that and have him constantly fuck up and actually learn how to be a superhero instead of getting there in two seconds after getting his powers like Hal and Scott in their original versions?
If you were hiring a bodyguard...would you rather have some random Joe Schmoe with no skills in that area...or would you rather have someone actually qualified to be a bodyguard? I'm fine with the whole "struggling hero" thing in comics..but use it where it's applicable, like with Wally becoming the Flash.
In a way, you're right that my problem was how he was handled. If he was used just as a punchline, like the aforementioned Guy Gardner and G'Nort, I'd be fine with it...but instead writers like Judd Winnick try to pass him off as some savior, a Neo-like figure. Not only is that uncreative, it's lame.
MisterJLA is RACKing awesome.
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