Nekron is a being beyond time. As in, he's been around since the Entity was around. Not to mention that they already said he really isn't a being either, more or less just the embodiment of death, much like Ion is the embodiment of Will, Parallax the embodiment of Fear, so on and so forth. What makes Nekron different from the other entities? Who knows. Maybe every living thing that has ever died has given power to Nekron and throughout all these years it was finally time for him to rise and take over?
Seems like there's a lot of primal entities around since the beginning. Things are getting a little cluttered by definition, IMO. Beings, entities, whatever they call themselves. Self aware sentients. Nekron has also changed his appearance (I last saw him in FATE). Now whether he's channeling primordial darkness to boost himself isn't clear. I'm wondering if the Starheart is the thief, the entity of magic.
That's the whole point. The Ornage Lanterns are petty, greedy, and care nothing for whats going on other than their own greed. However, we've seen how strong a "unit of one" can be. He can hold off the entire GLC main cast, while having a battle of wits with Jordan underground. You try and take his Lantern and that's enough focus for Larfleeze to destroy you and steal your soul.
The Orange is nowhere unless those aliens in the Vega system make the Orange a legit corps. Otherwise I don't see it surviving. Larfleeze and/or Luthor clutching one lantern is hardly the ticket to...what, exactly? Collecting everything and doing nothing with it?
White has universally and nearly always been associated with Life while Black with Death. This isn't some social commentary on how the world works where Black People are slaves to one master and white people are constantly putting them down. If that's not what you're getting at, then my bad, but the amount of poeple who come in and go RACISM! just cause they use the colors blakc and white astonishes me. Why not cry "well no japs are scary so why would the color of fear be yellow?"
Okay, I'm not getting into any great debate about racism. The color symbolism used is based on western culture. White is the color of death in some cultures around the world. And dead things aren't black, they lose color. No more so than avarice has anything to do with orange. Does anyone ever really see 'red' when they're angry? What does blue have to do with hope, indigo compassion? Nothing. They're devices to give substance to emotions/states of mind for the storyline. The only accurate statement regarding color in this entire rainbow sparklefest is when the Blue Lantern stated that their light burns brightest of all. This is actually true in the real universe. Blue stars are the hottest and brightest.
My comment about the white is this: there's a 'great white father' trope that dates back to the 1600s or so, regarding any non whites and whites. (Spain, Portugal, Africa, etc) It's from the days of 'civilizing' and controlling various cultures and bringing them to the 'light' of christianity. Their souls had to be saved from savagery, idol worship and chaos. Sound familiar? It should. This trope was in every tarzan movie during hollywood's golden era. It's primarily patriarchal and order based. This is Sinestro to his core! Tropes are so prevalent in all media (movies/radio/tv, etc) you'd be surprised. There's even a specific trope for the Batman family by member. Check out a really good site called Tropes.com. Very, very good. Goes by decade and subject matter. In fact, Talia Al Ghul is the Dragon Lady Snake trope.
The whole point of this story is that it's transcending "good and evil". Nekron isn't
evil in the way that Darkseid or Joker is. He's not trying to kill out of spite, or hatred. He's destroying all of reality simply because he grows bored of it and wishes to be alone.
They don't transcend anything, they're part of the tapestry of the universe like the other beings. Good and evil are part of that tapestry and should be represented for accuracy. Just like life isn't good or evil, neither is death. Or emotions. They can be used in either direction, but they don't represent good or evil incarnate. So why not stick in Hurt and Overmonitor? They've jammed everyone else in there. And magic also is not represented (another part of existence). Just sayin.'
I hope not. Already muddled enough with how many allstars they're pulling out here, doesn't need any more high enders.
I agree it's getting out of control. Which is why the last issue is almost welcome at this point.
The dude was a psychopathic killer at age 13.Constantly picked on in school / abused, that kind of thing. Of course he'll see every day in another life as beautiful and death as a sweet sweet release.
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