if you think lois is a bad parent then what does that make hal? lois runs that household like the goddamn marines and what does hal do. people only blame lois for sending francis to military school like hal had no say in that decision or any other decision. hell hal was the one who encouraged her to step up and stop being so gentle with their kids in the first place. he basically gives her all the dirty work of disciplining their kids and keeping them in line so he can be the “good parent” but really it’s just borderline neglect and he could never handle those boys on his own. i don’t even hate hal but the way people demonize lois and put him on a pedestal drives me crazy.
If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.
1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.
2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.
3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.
4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.
5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.
Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.
Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.
i was just watching a yt vid abt fake fans in comic communities and just randomly out of nowhere the ytber started talking abt ao3 and how it just blew in the mainstream community this year and was just made aware it.
The thought of Hal having the perfect potential to be a dictator is funny to me because, to be a perfect dictator, you have to make others believe you are, in fact, not.
Hal is not a "dictator", he is a "leader".
He is pursuing what he believes is right; the others just agree with him, and they choose to follow him.
Intelligent. Brave. Determined. Inspiring.
Simply being in his presence fuels you with the desire to contribute something, anything to his cause, which is everyone's happiness.
He is good; he is benevolent to everyone. So kind. Be sure to be grateful. Be sure to stay on his good side.
He can be strict, but understandably so, because he is only strict to those who would cause harm to everyone. He does not want to punish anyone; others simply force his hands.
He is not 'controlling' others; he is 'influencing' them to do the right thing for the greater cause.
He is not a 'king'. He is a charming womanizer. He is a soldier who would suffer for his loved ones. He is a dreamer at heart who likes to gaze at stars. He is one of the people; he is not a king, no, he would never be.
He is not cruel. He likes dogs. He likes airplanes. He can be clumsy. He often overlooks small details, but it is all right. Everyone has flaws. That is what his 'friends' are for, right? To help him with his flaws. To be there when he needs help. To lend a shoulder, an ear, a hand to lessen the burden on his shoulders.
Such a poor soul. All he wants is to be free, but he is too kind, too devoted; therefore, he is stuck down here with the people to help, to inspire, to serve.
And what if others suffer? They are simply unlucky ones. Unlucky, foolish ones. They do not understand Hal Jordan. They cannot see how much Hal Jordan is suffering for their cause. And what if there are mistakes? Hal Jordan is just a man, after all, a man who is trying his best. Those who oppose him are just ungrateful, greedy fools.
Jesus gave the poor, the tortured, the outcast bread and wine, didn't he? But there were still fools who doubted him, weren't there?
And isn't it a dreadful but necessary duty to find and kill Judas before his betrayal?
Bruce, on the other hand, would suck ass at being a dictator like that man would end up sending everyone around him to Gotham's version of Gulag out of doubt; it would be a Stalin situation right there. He himself knows that sh. And he's scared of Hal Jordan turning evil because he also knows Hal would make a perfect dictator.
ok but jason has just gotten a batarang to the neck and he's alone, bleeding out on that roof, and batman's gone to a vaporized bludhaven, hoping hoping hoping that dick made it out alive, and jason gets it, okay? he's praying too because dick doesn't deserve to die. not like that at least. actually never. because dick is jason's robin, is nightwing, is magic and hope and the future. but he's just confirmed that batman would choose his morals over him, just like sheila chose joker over him, and just like his father chose crime over his son, and catherine chose drugs over little jason, and so jason is always second choice, will always be last choice.
and then there's superman, no superboy, no superboy prime (??) hovering over him, pressing careful, so careful, hands to his throat to stem the bleeding
deeply miss hal's gothic dubcon marriage to a vampire countess. nobody besides me seems to care that the guy that they just fought in the latest crossover arc was hal's father-in-law
belzebeth is unironically one of my favourite, modern i suppose, green lantern characters. even besides the fact that she's a vampire and i love vampires- she came in and succeeded at every goal hal's villains have set for themselves like she 1) got to rule the universe 2) married hal and 3) made him her king consort. she's so perfect
well now I'm curious about his social media presence in other sites, you can't keep baiting us like this 🫵
LMAO, that's on me! Here's some other social media ideas I had for him:
tumblr: 1 blog, he doesn't really do sideblogs or anything. All he does is reblog fanart. Occasionally, he makes a 500 paragraph analysis post that gets 2 notes. Has thought about making a gimmick blog but doesn't really have the time for it. Sad.
YouTube: Posts 4 hour long DC analysis/rant videos and 8 minute long Marvel videos, and his Marvel videos get 100x more views. Beyond that, a fic I like very much (breakaway by highlonesome on ao3... it's explicit, that's your warning, but it's amazing and you should read it if you're chill with that) has him as a YouTuber and essentially nails what I imagine his videos and fanbase would be like. People who hate him, people who are attracted to him, and people who are both.
tvtropes: I made an account for him for a fic I'm writing... Basically, on tvtropes, there's a lot of extra bits you can add to your account for ~flair~. I put the details in the fic, so stay tuned! Other than that, he posts a lot on forums and edits a lot of the pages on comics and stuff. I think he has a troper wall that gets vandalized a lot.
Instagram: He used to only use it to talk to his friends (like a proto-Discord, I guess), but now he uses it just to post Superman selfies, or like comic hauls or whatever. I don't see him using it as much as other sites.
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