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eh, I'm just here to follow people...

[clarkent]

me @ 10

me @ 30

[emmaziadarcy]

[sontiypontiy]

i’m so not ready for the final akotsk episode… and while waiting i just had to draw something simple and fluffy with baelor and maekar being small and happy…… to use as a band-aid for my devastated broken heart🪦

[some1onao3]

Doomed brothers

Baelor and Maekar's relationship has me in a choke hold and I'm not even mad. I'm glad that A Knight of The Seven Kingdom seems to understand them perfectly. Any younger sibling with a more loved older sibling can probably relate to their dynamics. Baelor is the first born, the perfect heir and the Hand of the King. He's the soul of chivalry and the heart of wisdom. Maekar is the fourth son. He's so far down the line of succession that if not for the Battle of the Redgrass Field, he'd almost be an afterthought. Even Maekar's greatest achievement cannot be separated from Baelor's glory. He's the anvil, but Baelor is the hammer. He's a skilled warrior, but he can't compete with the Baelor Breakspear who defeated Daemon Blackfyre in a joust only at 17. Even Maekar's sons aren't turning out half as normal as Valaar and Matarys.

Maekar thirsts for recognition. Deep down he wants to be like his brother, wants to have what Baelor has - the love, the admiration, and the authority. He's the one with the classic Targaryen features. He names his kids after famous Targaryen figures in history, while perfect Baelor has no need for such tangential association. Baelor casts a huge shadow, and Maekar resents having to live in it for his entire life. The worst thing is - he can't even hate Baelor. Aerys is too bookish, Rhaegel too strange, both lost in their own worlds. Only Baelor shares his martial inclination. We can see how Maekar acts like a sullen little brother around Baelor, always trailing five feet behind him. They grew up together, put down a rebellion together, go to a random tourney in Ashford together, go hunting together. Maekar isn't likable or charismatic, but Baelor still spends time with him. The only time (and probably the last time) we see Maekar smile is when he's sitting next to Baelor in the first round of jousting. They are comfortable around each other in ways that only close siblings can be. There's so, so much love there, but also resentment, competitiveness, guilt, envy, helplessness, exasperation, pride and frustration.

Then on Baelor's side, it's not just about being the peace keeper in his family, he also has to keep the peace for the realm as well. We can almost see that in every frame, Baelor seems to have this carefully hidden layer of exhaustion hanging around him. He must have some idea of what his brother is feeling, and he does his best to be mindful, to mitigate any hard feelings. I believe that's why even though he's the second highest ranking royalty in the entire seven kingdoms, he didn't just simply order Aerion to drop his accusation, probably because he respects Maekar and doesn't want to undermine him. Baelor recognizes that his House is in decline. They don't have dragons anymore. They just barely survived the Blackfyre rebellion. Things are precarious enough that Baelor knows as Hand and heir, he can't afford to make a wrong move. Because he represents what House Targaryen needs to be seen as - protector of the Realm. He looks more Martell than Targaryen, so in order to be fully accepted as future king, he has to be perfect. That burden is something he cannot share with anyone. So when Aerion demands the Trial of Seven, what other choice does he have but volunteer himself as Dunk's last champion, even if he has to go against his brother to do it. Because this is bigger than the conflict between his cruel nephew and a hedge knight. Beyond his own sense of honor, this is what his House should stand for. He can't change others, but he can lead by example and stand with justice.

Imagine what goes through Maekar's head when he sees Baelor arrives and takes Dunk's side. Perfect, honorable Baelor would rather defend a lowly hedge knight than side with him, and everyone cheers. Perfect, honorable Baelor is again the shining beacon of honor and justice. And he's actively stopping Maekar from reaching Aerion when it seems like Dunk might kill him. Imagine that resentment that he's been harboring for 30 years, coupled with his desperation to protect Aerion, is it any wonder that all those repressed feelings might've come out in the heat of battle in one devastating blow?

Two brothers come to attend the Ashford tourney to celebrate the birthday of a minor lord's daughter, and none of them returns, not truly. A part of Maekar forever leaves with Baelor. Ever since that day nobody has seen him smile again. He marks Baelor's death day every single year. Up until the end, Maekar never truly finds peace. The whisper of kinslayer follows him to every corner, all the way to the Iron Throne. He didn't just lose Baelor, in some ways he lost his other family that day too. Imagine how King Daeron the Good and Queen Myriah Martell must feel, when every time they look at Maekar they get reminded of someone who should've been there. Everytime something bad happens, everyone would wonder if Baelor could've prevented it. His dream of getting out of Baelor's shadow gets realized in the worst way possible. The shadow is gone, because Baelor took all the light with him.

[hootyhoowoo]

I think Shen Qingqiu should be allowed to do the Ojou-sama laugh

[some1onao3]

I'm not even surprised that Shen Yuan turned out to be the CEO running the Shen family's business while one of his elder brothers fucks off to explore Antarctica, and the other wanders around in the mountains in search of some ancient tea tree (which is giving major Shen Jiu vibe but I digress). Look, as a 20-something years old CEO, Shen Yuan would 1000% see running a successful business as sitting around doing idle work while waiting to die. We were fooled by SY stating that his older brothers are set to inherit the family's business, thinking it meant they'd inherit the business from Shen papa and mama. In actuality, they would be inheriting the business from Shen Yuan himself. He is totally planning to eventually hand off the business to his older brothers in order to retire and mooch off his family's money like the idle fuerdai he aspires to be. Nobody saw this coming, and we all know he's been lying to our face from day one. Remember how he said he was gonna hug thighs and kiss ass to save his own hide, only to immediately contemplate blowing himself up to save supposedly fictional characters? Remember how he said he was idling away to a ripe old age on Qing Jing, while his daily activities look like this : "Every day on Qing Jing Peak, he played the guqin, read books, wrote calligraphy, painted paintings, practiced his cultivation, occasionally nitpicked Luo Binghe’s food, occasionally bickered or sparred with Liu Qingge, and from time to time reported on his work to Yue Qingyuan". And we know he teaches his students and goes on missions too. He reads through the entirety of Qing Jing's library (which must be extensive, considering QJ is the scholar peak) in roughly 3-5 years on top of his other duties. This bish is the most productive lazy person ever and I'm honestly just mad at myself for not expecting this level of deception from the Peerless Cucumber.

[hackauthorairplane]

I dont think lbh ever really tried to kill lqg during the 5 years of corpse-zun...but i think it would be hilarious if, because liu qingge is an anomoly who was never meant to fight lbh, who admittedly isnt on binghe's level but hes still pidw's war god.....

Lbh just is incapable of killing lqg. Like some sort of video game glitch, like when you take an item out of its designated area when youre not supposed to and the game cant quite do what you want to, everytime binghe tries to kill lqg some sort of looney tunes-shit happens that save lqg last minute. Like the worlds game engine can let them fight, and Lqg will never be able to beat lbh in a fight, but everytime lbh tries to actually kill the man, he starts falling into xianxia manholes and xianxia anvils start falling a la the beam falling during the skinner incident

[zazablah]

[cyt0sis]

when i say "bring back spectre hal jordan" i dont mean i actually want him back as the spectre what i mean is bring back his niece and let him raise her again. There was NO REASON for his girldad status to be taken away once he went back to being a green lantern....i miss this

its the "im never leaving again, right?" and then her never being brought up that especially stings. hal jordan "fans" of the 90s- early 2000s your days are fucking NUMBERED.

[callmelabrat]

Compilation of Helen Jordan being cute in The Spectre 2001

[some1onao3]

DC you coward!!!! Bring Helen back! Give her back. Please, I'll do anything. HELENNNN COME BACKKKK pleaseeeeee!!!!!!

[fangedxnight1836]

Characters of the day:

The Jordan Family!!!!!!

Most underrated and funniest family in all of DC.

They have the most relatable and hilarious family dynamics ever.

It is honestly funny whenever people HC or imagine that Hal is a loner, only child guy who clings onto the bat family or others too seek closeness when he has a whole family with multiple nieces, nephews and a cousin that adore him.

Neeeeeeed a family sitcom about them asapppp

We will talk about a couple members of the family and give our facts and HC’s about them:

(I included Helen in a different post, so check that out if you want to see her)

Jack Jordan:

The oldest child of Jessica and Martin Jordan, the brother of Hal Jordan (Green Lantern).

Often seen as the “golden child”, he was the most successful in terms of employment and economically.

Jack Jordan married a woman called Janice and had Two kids called Jason and Helen.

Canonically used to cheat on his wife with many people.

Took a lot of stress out on Hal when Jessica got sick.

Some HCs:

The kids all know the names of the women that he cheats on Janice with, they make a Bingo card with all their names on it, and compete with each other to see who wins.

Calls Hal, Jim and vice versa

Janice is in denial about the whole ordeal.

Jason Jordan

Son of Jack Jordan and Janice Jordan, twin brother of Helen II Jordan and the nephew of Hal Jordan.

Protective of his sister, and loves his uncle Hal.

Some HC’s

He listens to instrumental music a lot

Pretends to like phonk since his friends do, but can’t get into it.

He makes a lot of Pinterest boards for the things he likes and uses it as a bucket list for inspiration.

Sends Hal airforce memes and any references to Green Lantern at all.

Him, as well as Jane are the ones who update him on internet trends he misses.

James Jordan (Jim Jordan)

Youngest son of Jessica and Martin, younger brother of Hal and Jack.

Husband of Sue Jordan and father of Howie, Jane and Arthur.

His wife (who is a journalist) married him because she thought he was Green Lantern, later found out it was actually Hal and … yea….

Hal’s most supportive brother.

Some HCs:

Knowing that his wife thought he was Green lantern still keeps him up at night .

He tried to become a vegetarian once and then accidentally ate something that had meat within it the following day(he cried ).

He plays candy crush.

Howard (Howie) Jordan:

Eldest son of Jim Jordan and Sue Jordan

Brother of Jane and Arthur

He is quite a smart kid, often pointing things out that even Hal doesn’t notice, and speaking his mind when he feels like it.

Some HC’s:

Howie pretends to be a superhero whenever he is alone in his room.

He always wears the colour green when Hal comes round.

He was the class president in his high school

He can name all the dinosaurs and spell them out correctly ( idk i just think he likes dinosaurs a lot).

Jane Jordan:

Is the daughter of Jim and Susan

Sister of Howie and Arthur

Used to have quite long hair, but cut it quite short

Some HCs

She is definitely the rebellious type .

Asks Hal the come to all her parents evenings.

She loves the young justice group.

She once has split dye hair (Green and pink iykyk).

She probably had a Ben 10/danny phantom phase.

Arthur Jordan:

Youngest child of Jim and Susan

Literally a baby

Soooo cute

Some HCs:

He watches coco melon.

iPad and YouTube kids enjoyer most likely says “Skibidi” .

Makes aeroplane noises when Hal comes over.

He knows everything and hears everything NO ONE IS SAFE.

Harold (Hal) Jordan Jr:

The son of Larry and Helen I

The cousin of Jack, Hal and Jim

He is the third Airwave and has “radio powers”, his dad and mum were the first and second. He inherited these powers from his dad.

Is implied to be queer.

Some HCs:

He sucks at mortal combat .

He always tries to help out and keep everything sane.

He tried to do a back flip once for the first time it went terribly and Helen (his mum) instead of taking him to the hospital she phoned Hal.

Doug “Hip” Jordan:

The no-good distant cousin of Hal and his family.

Runs around in a lot of gang circles, and tried selling Jim in a green lantern circle to a gang in an attempt to get into it.

Hal got him arrested.

Drugged the whole family and used the kids to help him do it.

Known as the black sheep of the family.

Some HC:

He is always spotted at the wrong times when someone is either hurt or fighting.

He sold John Constantine a vape.

He tries to use Morden day slang to fit in with the kids .

He uses the term “Where my hug at” to anyone that approaches him.

[goodman-grace]

one of my biggest pet peeves is how the general dc fandom treats hal like he's an idiot in fanfic. YES slapstick and idiocy are a big part of his comics. YES he's incredibly intelligent and has experience both piloting and maintaining planes-

Funny thing is that the only slapstick in Hal’s comics has to do with the very concept of being a Green Lantern and being able to make constructs to whack at each other like they’re in Looney Tunes. Hal is far from being an idiot, he’s just impulsive sometimes and lets his mouth run, but he’s fundamentally a brilliant person who cares deeply for others and knows when it’s time to be serious. He just comes off as an ass because he’s a more lighthearted person than his peers and likes quipping in his fights like every single hero who has ever graced a comic has. No clue how this translated into Hal being an idiot, and that somehow extending to Barry?? But I like to blame the DCAMU because that fuckass Justice League origin film is the cause for half of these characterisations.

That’s not even mentioning how extremely powerful Hal is as a Green Lantern, becoming the Spectre — which is one of the most powerful entities in DC — his experience in military secret operations, becoming Will itself and being one of the most powerful JLA members in the entire roster. He may not have an engineering degree anymore, but he can reverse engineer jets and planes purely because he has such in-depth knowledge that it rivals the skill of actual engineers. From memory, he’s also been called the military’s most skilled pilot, and that is a hard as shit to achieve when you realise he’s competing with the entire airforce in America, as well as all the technical knowledge you need to fly a fucking aircraft, especially jets, which are notoriously difficult to pilot. Saying Hal has some of the best knowledge of science when it comes to physics is barely scratching the surface, not to mention how he has enough knowledge about the human body to rewire literal neuron’s in the brain.

[some1onao3]

Curse those DCAMU movies. I personally think those stupid movies did more damage to Hal's reputation than the 2011 Ryan Reynolds movie. The Green Lantern Animated series is right there with the best and most accurate Hal's characterization but no, they chose the stupid ooc version to write fanfics abt. On a meta level it's very likely Hal has an aerospace engineering degree. Im pretty sure he's an Academy kid, and he's a fighter pilot and test pilot who tests experimental military aircrafts, meaning he probably got into USAF TPS (test pilot school). To be accepted into the TPS program, Hal more than likely graduated the Academy with a degree in STEM and has been an exceptional and experienced pilot for years before he could even qualify. By the end of that very competitive program, Hal wouldve been granted a Master of Science in Flight Test Engineering. My man is incredibly educated and people need to know that.

Also, the impulsive cocky hotshot is a very popular characterization when people think of Hal, but he seems impulsive because he thinks fast on his feet. He cooks up a plan and executes it on the spot because he's confident in his ability to pull it off, or at least get out alive if it doesnt work. For ex, when forced to jump off a cliff, Bruce would either find a safer alternative, calculate the possibilities and plan ahead on how to best survive the fall and stick the landing. Hal would just jump, then figure out how not to die on the way down. He's a fighter pilot. My man works well under pressure. And don't even get me started on the nerfing omg. Dc forgot how they used to tell us several times that Supes and GL are the League's heaviest hitters, with Hal's power being almost comparable to Clark's. Nowadays the power rings are mere jewelry pieces that the Guardians give out for funsie and the GL constructs are more breakable than cheap glass.

Last but not least, DC, give this man a goddamn daughter (Helen, dear, where did you go? Come back 🥺)

[wajjs]

"No, Hal. I would just do this for you."

That's a love declaration unlike any other I've ever seen

Green Lantern (1990) #150

[haljordangreenjedi]

lets talk about military rank + hal jordan

spawned by my inability to let sleeping dogs lie, and in response to the ask @wajjs​ got, with them egging me on, i think it’s time to explain military ranks and how they apply to the various iterations of hal jordan.

first things first, each branch has their own way of breaking down ranks. a captain in the air force ≠ a captain in the navy. more on that later. the second thing you need to know is that an officer (designations O-1 to O-10) outranks enlisted personnel (E-1 to E-9). A person can move from enlisted to officer ranks, but it requires a lot of time in service or generally speaking, a college degree. the third thing that you must know is that all pilots are officers. this means that they have some sort of college degree (a 4-year bachelor’s), from a normal university, or a service academy, and they have gone through OTS as well as flight school. 

hal jordan usually appears to be assigned the rank of lieutenant:

(as seen in superman: space age.)

OR, and i believe this is the last time his rank was addressed in the main continuity, they say that he is a captain in the air force:

(this is from a Geoff Johns run, GL Vol. 4).

now, in the air force, there are two ranks of lieutenant, and they are the lowest of the officer ranks. those would be the second lieutenant (O-1) and first lieutenant (O-2), and you are commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation from OTS—Officer Training School, which can also be referred to as OCS (Officer Candidate School). the shortest amount of time that anyone can spend as a second lieutenant before a promotion is 18 months. then, they are required to spend two years as a first lieutenant (O-2). the next promotion in the air force is to O-3, captain. for the next few promotions, from O-3 to O-5, it’s a minimum of three years in each rank. so that’s three years as a captain, three years as a major (O-4), and three years as a lieutenant colonel (O-5). the final rank I am going to talk about here is a colonel, O-6, and that’s because colonel is the highest rank that one can hold in the air force and still actively fly as a pilot. there is only a one-year minimum of service prior to promotion beyond colonel, which means at that point, the service member has at least 12.5 years in. factor in four years for college/the academy, and they would be 34-35, assuming they started at the age of 18. 

why did i just spend all this time explaining that? well, what we know of hal’s rank can be used to get a better estimate as to what his age is supposed to be in canon. 

as far as the alternate universe of superman: space age, i believe it’s reasonable to figure that hal would be between 23 and 25 years old. we don’t have any specification as to what rank of lieutenant he would be, but if you figure he graduated with a degree around the age of 22 and then factor in time for flight school, I would say 23 is the minimum. and if he hadn’t been promoted to first lieutenant yet, he would have been well on his way. 

then, with main continuity, it gets a bit harder, because there are less markers for the real passage of time, and they don’t say how many years have passed since hal’s discharge. however, the same reasoning applies, and hal would have been between 25 and 28 years old when he was discharged from the military. i don’t know if i would say it has been fifteen years since hal popped his commanding officer in the jaw, because the reality of the military letting someone in their 40′s back in just doesn’t fit much with the culture that i know. but, DC doesn’t always do their research on the reality of some subjects, i know, because im still mad about the whole dishonorable discharge concept. but that’s a story for another day.

the last thing that i want to do is double back to what i said about ranking in the different branches. this is largely because i know everyone likes to say that hal loves top gun and sometimes i think it would make more sense for him to be a naval aviator than an air force pilot. as I mentioned, a captain in the air force is an O-3. well, captain in the navy is an O-6 designation, so a naval captain is equal rank with an air force colonel. in the navy, O-1 is an ensign (ENS), O-2 is a lieutenant junior grade (LTJG—sometimes people just say lieutenant JG), O-3 is a lieutenant (LT), O-4 is a lieutenant commander (LCDR), and O-5 is a commander (CDR). another key difference is that the air force has generals, while the navy has admirals.

i’m not going to go into detail on how the air force handles educating its pilots, or the road to becoming one, but i did find a good article explaining the steps here.

if you have any questions or more references to hal’s career, I would be happy to talk about them, just head over to my ask box.

[ftl-faster-than-life-archived]

The thing that bothers me the most about the dishonorable discharge is the fact that being dishonorably discharged is more like being an ex-convict than getting fired. It impacts your employment. It impacts your credit. You’re not considered a veteran. And the odds that he’d be employable by Ferris Air which handles government contracts with presumably secret and above clearance for all those swanky new jets they make are somewhere in the negatives.

Hal strikes me as an Academy kid though. From extensive experience with pilots (affectionate) (derogatory).

[haljordangreenjedi]

exactly!! you lose absolutely everything. and there are so many other type of discharge, i just wanna talk to whoever decided to go with a dishonorable one.

another thing i hate is the half-assed DUI plot from back in the day, because the FAA absolutely will snatch your pilot’s license back so fast if you are caught driving under the influence. you cannot fly a plane if your BAC is 0.04% or higher. that’s half the legal limit for getting behind the wheel in a car. pilots have a saying of “eight hours from bottle to throttle,” although most commercial airlines now have a 12-hour rule.

i just… if you’re going to have a pilot character, and he was in the military, why do you pick plots that would ruin everything and then just not talk about the consequences?

[some1onao3]

DC obviously not doing their research is nothing new, but as a military kid I am absolutely annoyed by the way they handled Hal's backstory. The chance that Hal would be welcomed back in the USAF after a dishonorable discharge is less than zero. And the likelihood that he was dishonorably discharged is also extremely unlikely. He mightve decked his superior officer in the face but a dishonorable discharge is the most severe punishment for felony-level offenses (ie. Murder/Manslaughter, Fraud, Desertion, Treason, Espionage, Sexual assault, AWOL) that's handled by a court martial, and officers are almost never dishonorably discharged. A dishonorable discharge would essentially make Hal an ex-convict, which makes it impossible for Ferris Air to hire him to test state-of-the-art, experimental aircrafts for the military. Also a test pilot of Hal's caliber would be paid around six-figures, so DC choosing him to be the GL with financial troubles is very odd. He's also employed by Carol who knows abt his GL duties. She may be mad at him sometimes but i find it hard to believe she wouldnt pay him fixed salaries when he's not flying. So, in conclusion, DC writers dont know shit.

[spidey-webs]

The real tragedy of the whole “Batman contingency plans” thing escaping containment into the wider cultural zeitgeist is that it’s become completely divorced from the original context of, you know, the Tower of Babel story-line happening after a beloved member of the Justice League did in fact go mad, become all-powerful, and destroy all of reality.

Which is devastating because it loses so much when you take Hal Jordan out of it! In both adaptations and fan discussions!

Despite only being mentioned by name once in the story, Hal haunts the whole narrative in how unspoken he is. The whole theme of the story is the failure to communicate and how it destroys trust, and an essential part of that is how the whole League won't (and can't) talk about Hal.

When Kyle finally tries to bring him up, Wally shoots him down. He is the forbidden topic at the heart of the League's breakdown of trust!

When the contingency plans plot is removed from the context of Hal's fall from grace, isn't proceeded by a JLA founding member doing what was supposed to be unthinkable, Bruce's actions lose their emotional core. It becomes just "Batman is the coolest and smartest and also a huge untrusting asshole" instead of "Bruce was already on the knife-edge of crippling paranoia regarding his powerful allies, and then one of those same allies started slaughtering people and he couldn't do a thing to stop it, confirming all his worst fears and sending him right over the edge"

You take Bruce's feelings of very personal betrayal out of the equation. He's not operating on just hypotheticals, but fears that were heartrendingly justified!

Bruce claims the reason for his plans on some past mind-control incident, but Clark calls Bruce out on it being an excuse.

Maybe that's how it started, but there's a reason the fail-safes aren't against mind-control and possession. The fail-safes are ways to permanently stop your friends should they willingly or unwillingly become a threat.

And they both know it. They've argued about Hal several times before.

Bruce has a lot of unresolved feelings about Hal. He's still hurting.

The contingency plans are not some cold, clinical necessity. They are the product of pain.

I think all readings and tellings of the Tower of Babel should be followed by the JLA/Spectre story.

It provides the necessary emotional conclusion to the unspoken conflict! Because they finally have to talk about it! They heal the broken trust! Bruce admits how much Hal's betrayal hurt him and his faith in heroes, and gets past it! Instead of letting a former and potential future threat be eliminated as his fail-safes say he should, he invites the threat back, even if he can't guarantee it won't happen again, because he chooses to believe in his friend!

The contingency plans are a cool and interesting concept, but again, you can't just...take Hal out of it. You can't make it about some evil alternate versions, or about Clark. By doing that, you lose the most heartbreaking part of the story. Batman isn't in the right or the wrong, but he's not heartless. He's brokenhearted.

[goodman-grace]

it is a CRIME to me that the fandom doesn't talk about how much Hal means to Kyle and vice versa. Like my kingdom for more parental Hal with mentor Kyle but at the very least I'd like more fics where Hal realizes how much Kyle looks up to him / how much Kyle means to him!

THEY DRIVE ME FUCKING INSANE!!! KYLE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO STILL BELIEVED IN HAL WHEN HE DIED!!! KYLE ADMIRED AND RESPECTED AND WANTED TO BE LIKE HAL EVEN WHEN HE ONLY MET THE WORST VERSION OF HAL!!! HAL ADORES HIM AND THINKS KYLE IS THE BEST OF THE CORPS!! THAT KYLE IS BETTER THAN HIM BUT KYLE THINKS HAL IS BETTER THAN HIM!! THEY CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND THEY KEEP TRYING TO REACH WHAT THEY THINK THE OTHER IS BUT THEY DON’T REALISE THEY’RE ALREADY AT THEIR BEST!! THAT THEIR BEST IS WHAT THE OTHER NEEDS!! I NEED TO BE PUT IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL!!

No but genuinely their entire dynamic makes me want to rip my heart out they care so, so much for each other and they idolised the best version of each other, only to finally meet and realise that the image they had couldn’t even compare to the real thing. I genuinely wish we had more comics focusing on their dynamic and what they mean to each other past that one conversation in Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps but DC keeps fucking up with Kyle so who knows when we’ll get a good run focusing on them like Hal has had with Guy and John.

Here are some of my favourite interactions of theirs I’ve picked up through the ages.

[bookkeeper-of-oa]

Hey! Just wanna say im really glad i found this account ive been getting into green lantern comics recently and your page is a godsend.Aside from that its one of the few that isnt overrun with batman/batfam content propinng him or his orphan child soliders by putting down other dc characters..so i was curious if you knew any dc fanfics that portray the lanterns as competent and or calling bruce out on his bullshit ( sorry if my text is a bit jumbled english isnt my first language)

I'm glad you like my content!

Tbh the fanfiction situation for Green Lanterns is just as bad as it is on Tumblr, if not worse. So a few of these fics are going to be bat-centric, but I've specifically selected those that I feel actually respect and understand the GLs instead of flanderizing them to be stupid assholes.

I've tagged the authors whose Tumblr usernames I could find in the fic or their AO3 profiles. If you're one of the authors I haven't tagged, just let me know and I'll edit the post to add you.

But without further ado, the GL contents of my bookmarks in no particular order:

Fics where the Bats are uninvolved or only play a minor role

In the end, we all bleed Green. by catboyollie (series) - a collection of GL shortfics

Kink Meme #5 by Perpetual Motion (perpetfic) - Most people forget Guy Gardner was a teacher...

Friendship, Ice Cream, and Green Lanterns by MildlyRebelliousMint - GLs hanging out after a battle

Family is What You Make Of It by @exasperatedfey - in which Hal has to bail his fellow GLs out of jail

In Case of Emergency by @susanphoenix - Kilowog’s been adopted by the Earth heroes as the GL to go to if they can’t find the earth lanterns. No one told him that.

i ate up all the light by @effietrinket1619 - Six times Hal was there for a fellow GL (and one time they're there for him). TW for roofie

Good Cop/Bad Cop by @meduseld - shortfic of Hal being a scary mf

Adrift by @rose-cake - Simon and Jessica are partners. That word has multiple meanings. Minor Simon/Jessica

These Mountains by @pastelplastic - Superman meets Tomar-Re, the Green Lantern who failed to save Krypton

Justice League's most wanted fugitive: Hal Jordan by @panamic Panamic - The Justice League are trying to find Green Lantern. Hal does not want to be found by the JL. Shenanigans ensue

No Rest for a Superhero by Crimson_Crystal - Kyle sacrifices sleep to finish an art commission and crashes

A Mind Of His Own by @wolfsbanesparks - The Justice League finds out Captain Marvel is actually a kid, and Hal is the only one who still treats him like a fellow hero

The Goddess of Petty Annoyances by @galahadwilder - Jessica invades Apokolips specifically to annoy Darkseid. Crack

Shooting for the Stars by @green-lanterns-c0ck - Guy in his yellow ring era bumbles into saving a galaxy far far away. Crack crossover with Star Wars

canary in a coal mine by BrandyFromTheBottle - Guy is an asshole to Dinah, but he's trying to be better about it

the memory hurts but does me no harm by @effietrinket1619 - The Sinestro Corps have captured Hal and want information. He refuses to give it to them

Hal & Kyle fics (there's enough of these that they warrant their own category)

Luminance by @lanternwisp - Hal slowly realizing he thinks of Kyle as a son

trajectory from me to you by @softpunks - deaged!Kyle thinks Hal is his dad

the moldy cup is not a metaphor by MildlyRebelliousMint - Kyle calls Hal "dad" and Hal goes to visit Barry, totally not freaking out

friendly fields and open roads by ufonaut - Hal returned to life and feels like shit. Kyle comes seeking a mentor.

ship in a bottle by @hopeworth - Two former hosts of Parallax meet up for brunch

Fics involving Bats that respect Green Lanterns

we're in the mellow mayhem together (series) by lunaratlasky - Jason seeks out Hal whenever he wants to piss off Bruce

Emergency Line (series) by @crucifixinhell - jason looked at hal once and went "you seem like good dad material"

For Whom We'd Give Blood (series) by Boogalee99 - How Hal Jordan becomes the favorite uncle of the batfam

There's Always Another One by lapsedpacifist - Dick gets fired and decides to crash at Hal's place

To Overcome Fear (ongoing) by @dc-sideblog - Stephanie gets fired and Kyle decides that if the Bats don't want a perfectly good superhero, the Green Lanterns definitely do

Disclosure by @aj-artjunkyard - Maybe Hal isn't as at peace with a certain android's death as he thought he was... and maybe he's not alone in his grief either.

Stars in a Paint-Filled Sky by @thenaphorism - Kyle has to explain to the Justice League why he has a Red Hood/Troia tramp stamp

because you know better by @matchahater - Ion and Red Hood contemplate the ethics of resurrection

catch the asteroids that come your way by @thepackwantsthed - the only JayKyle fic that I've ever liked

Justice League International - Spoiled! by @secretlystephaniebrown - Guy Gardner, Crystal Brown's childhood neighbor and best friend, ends up taking in her daughter Stephanie after an unexpected turn of events.

the superhero game (ongoing) by Nyame - Jason Todd Peggy Sue longfic ft. a near-omnipotent White Lantern

Date Night (ongoing) by WhatsAComicBook - a spitefic in which the Batfamily act like they do in Tumblr headcanons, but the rest of the Justice League are their usual selves and Confused.

I'm gonna pin this post and update it as I encounter more fics I like, so drop some recommendations in the comments for me and everyone else!

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