Miss Webb
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As much as I find parts of the technicolor sparklefest wars interesting, some parts are just, I dunno. First off, some of these "lanterns" don't even represent emotions. Avarice and Hope are not emotions. Emotions are primal, born from instinct. You learn avarice, and hope comes from faith and emotion both. I think they're straining to find a niche for all of the spectrum. By these standards, where are the GRAY LANTERNS OF INDIFFERENCE/APATHY? The BEIGE LANTERNS OF BOREDOM?
Willpower is a state of mind, not an emotion. I would make Willpower, Avarice and Hope the fulcrums of the spectrum, with the emotions as the joining point.
And yeah, let's kind of wrap up this BL stuff...I'm tired of lookin' at ugly, decayed stumblebums from dead city. We get it, already. Art is spectacular though, and I relish it for that alone.
Now my sapphire rant.
It gets tiresome the pink/girly/emotion trope. Someone save us females from the hell of pink symbology! Yeah, its's sexist and silly. They remind me of rubber play dolls instead of a corps. And all the t/a exposure is ridiculous in battle. What's to stop an enemy from punching those boobs and kicking exposed butt? If you're stupid enough to show it, then pay the price of injury. They don't get their hands dirty in battle, (unlike members of other corps) they just point their toys and fly around in latex. Even Wonder Woman seems to have lost her battle skills and just points her trinket. Conveniently there are no male sapphires because as we all know, irrational emotion and love is PINK AND A GIRLY THING. Cripes, what a load of bull. And do they have the lamest oath ever? Frightened hearts? Sheesh!
Carol has reverted to mooning for Hal, despite the fact she turned him down in REBIRTH and said she was happily married. Now, she has no life and is empty except for her hopeless love for Hal. And the old childhood airfield pictures are as overdone as Batman's crime alley/pearls flashbacks. It's the classic "woman defined by her love life/trapped by emotion" bit. Funny how Hal loves her back, but isn't mooning, lonely and depressed. 'Cause that's a dude thing. Men don't obsess about the past and relationships, only womens. Duh. Who writes this 1780s shlock?
Mera on the other hand is crazy as a plaid rabbit, but she means buisness. She'll burn friends, enemies, husbands, and babies. While again the boob thing is unecessary, at least she looks like a real corps member and warrior. And her costume has a cool design and real theme. Like Hal, she can make constructs even in rage (but no one noticed, unlike the blue lanterns did for Hal). So apparently her willpower is great also.
Can you imagine Hal, Guy or John in crouching poses with ass out and half exposed pecs? Thigh high boots? Just sayin'.
Willpower is a state of mind, not an emotion. I would make Willpower, Avarice and Hope the fulcrums of the spectrum, with the emotions as the joining point.
And yeah, let's kind of wrap up this BL stuff...I'm tired of lookin' at ugly, decayed stumblebums from dead city. We get it, already. Art is spectacular though, and I relish it for that alone.
Now my sapphire rant.
It gets tiresome the pink/girly/emotion trope. Someone save us females from the hell of pink symbology! Yeah, its's sexist and silly. They remind me of rubber play dolls instead of a corps. And all the t/a exposure is ridiculous in battle. What's to stop an enemy from punching those boobs and kicking exposed butt? If you're stupid enough to show it, then pay the price of injury. They don't get their hands dirty in battle, (unlike members of other corps) they just point their toys and fly around in latex. Even Wonder Woman seems to have lost her battle skills and just points her trinket. Conveniently there are no male sapphires because as we all know, irrational emotion and love is PINK AND A GIRLY THING. Cripes, what a load of bull. And do they have the lamest oath ever? Frightened hearts? Sheesh!
Carol has reverted to mooning for Hal, despite the fact she turned him down in REBIRTH and said she was happily married. Now, she has no life and is empty except for her hopeless love for Hal. And the old childhood airfield pictures are as overdone as Batman's crime alley/pearls flashbacks. It's the classic "woman defined by her love life/trapped by emotion" bit. Funny how Hal loves her back, but isn't mooning, lonely and depressed. 'Cause that's a dude thing. Men don't obsess about the past and relationships, only womens. Duh. Who writes this 1780s shlock?
Mera on the other hand is crazy as a plaid rabbit, but she means buisness. She'll burn friends, enemies, husbands, and babies. While again the boob thing is unecessary, at least she looks like a real corps member and warrior. And her costume has a cool design and real theme. Like Hal, she can make constructs even in rage (but no one noticed, unlike the blue lanterns did for Hal). So apparently her willpower is great also.
Can you imagine Hal, Guy or John in crouching poses with ass out and half exposed pecs? Thigh high boots? Just sayin'.