that was unexpected... (warning for TV Tropes links)
Okay, I have officially fallen in love with Guy Gardner.
I really didn't expect to. I read Green Lantern (volume 4) first, and I like Hal (although he's painfully arrogant). I expected to like Kyle, because he's pretty much designed for the modern fan to like. I have no idea about John Stewart, because he doesn't appear in the GL titles much (he's the GL in the JLA, so he gets his screen time there).
But Guy? He's...well, as TV Tropes tells us, he's a Jerkass. A Jerk With A Heart of Gold, but still a Jerk. So yeah, I really, really, really didn't think I'd like him much.
That heart of gold does shine through, though. And he's funny. And then there's this quote from the TV Tropes page on Green Lantern:
Jumped At The Call: Guy Gardner. And Sodam Yat.
* It goes deeper than that. The other GLs, when they lose their rings, get all mopey and feel useless. Gardner, when he lost his ring, went out and stole a yellow one from the vault of the Oans (a ring that could only be recharged by fighting other Green Lanterns), which got him his own ongoing, then when he broke that ring fighting Parallax, he unleashed his hidden alien DNA to become Warrior, then briefly joined the Corps' secret black-ops squad, and eventually got a new green ring. Gardner doesn't just jump, he knows where The Call lives and he will hunt it down.
Those things softened me up to Guy. But you know what just tipped me over the edge and made me write this post before finishing reading the issue it appeared in?
This panel:
So. Much. Love.
Not only does he use a Star Trek reference as a battle plan, he knows the season and episode number.
I officially need a Guy icon.
<3 <3 <3
I really didn't expect to. I read Green Lantern (volume 4) first, and I like Hal (although he's painfully arrogant). I expected to like Kyle, because he's pretty much designed for the modern fan to like. I have no idea about John Stewart, because he doesn't appear in the GL titles much (he's the GL in the JLA, so he gets his screen time there).
But Guy? He's...well, as TV Tropes tells us, he's a Jerkass. A Jerk With A Heart of Gold, but still a Jerk. So yeah, I really, really, really didn't think I'd like him much.
That heart of gold does shine through, though. And he's funny. And then there's this quote from the TV Tropes page on Green Lantern:
Jumped At The Call: Guy Gardner. And Sodam Yat.
* It goes deeper than that. The other GLs, when they lose their rings, get all mopey and feel useless. Gardner, when he lost his ring, went out and stole a yellow one from the vault of the Oans (a ring that could only be recharged by fighting other Green Lanterns), which got him his own ongoing, then when he broke that ring fighting Parallax, he unleashed his hidden alien DNA to become Warrior, then briefly joined the Corps' secret black-ops squad, and eventually got a new green ring. Gardner doesn't just jump, he knows where The Call lives and he will hunt it down.
Those things softened me up to Guy. But you know what just tipped me over the edge and made me write this post before finishing reading the issue it appeared in?
This panel:
So. Much. Love.
Not only does he use a Star Trek reference as a battle plan, he knows the season and episode number.
I officially need a Guy icon.
<3 <3 <3