I'm a little boggled at the thought of "You know what would make a good weakness? YELLOW!" being considered a workable idea twice.
The trick is though that they sort of explained the weakness in a way that let them get Hal Jordan back free and clear. Between that and finally having a decent explanation for what green lantern energy actually is, I'm willing to overlook the silliness of the weakness.
Considering the original Alan Scott weakness was wood, it's not as if they lack a 65 year tradition of WTF?-ness.
Total deja vu on reading this conversation.
Burrell, the babies are gorgeous! And when did Franny get so grown up?
I'm a little boggled at the thought of "You know what would make a good weakness? YELLOW!" being considered a workable idea twice.
I never had much of a problem with it. I figured it was a function of the spectral characteristics of the ring's light. I thought the recent change to blame it all on Parallax was kind of dumb.
The original Green Lantern, with powers of a different origin, also has a weakness. His? Wood.
Yeah, but his ring was specifically based on magic, so it's sort of the same thing as the fact that a wooden stake will dust a vampire.
Considering the original Alan Scott weakness was wood, it's not as if they lack a 65 year tradition of WTF?-ness.
Except that they were specifically reinventing the character when Hal became GL. As far as DC knew at the time, Alan Scott was never going to be seen again.
The original Green Lantern, with powers of a different origin, also has a weakness. His? Wood.
How does that work? Is it like Superman is to kryptonite? Or that his power won't work on wood. Which still seems awfully limiting.
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Franny and Isaac are gorgeous.
How does that work? Is it like Superman is to kryptonite? Or that his power won't work on wood. Which still seems awfully limiting.
It doesn't work on wood. There's a camping trip story where this and yellow are factors.
Shoot, DX, Matt, either of you remember who all was involved and who wrote it?
How does that work? Is it like Superman is to kryptonite? Or that his power won't work on wood. Which still seems awfully limiting.
IIRC, in the very first GL, it was specified that the ring only worked on things made out of metal, but not on non-metal. Later the non-metal thing got changed to wood.
We just had our office June Birthday party. We had cake.
It wasn't very good cake, but still, cake.
It doesn't work on wood. There's a camping trip story where this and yellow are factors.
You all know this is just PORN, right? You know that, right?
Green Lantern, goes out to the woodshed, powerless against the wood, and then gets a golden shower, so weak he falls to his knees, and then the pizza boy comes in...
