*grins* I'd already read about half her stuff when I made this post. Now I'm going back and reading the het and some of the slash I'd skipped, because there is Not Enough Guy Fic out there. She's about 99% of it.
I'm especially fond of Guy's hypothetical compaign ads were he to run for president and the one where Guy adopts a cat
YES! OMG, I loved both of those so much. I have them book marked to make sure I send feedback. The one supporting gay marriage cracked me up so much I read it out loud to my roommate. *g*
but Guy is my favorite. He never gives up, never mopes, is too snarly to admit he cares about people but really does, and consistantly manages, especially recently in Green Lantern Corp, to be a real, honest-to-god hero yet also simultaneously kind of a jackass.
So much agreement. I like pretty much all the GLs (though I don't know John too well; that'll change soon now that he and Kyle will be anchoring GLC), but Guy is just...special. He's been through so much shit, has been treated so badly by so many people who should have cared about him, and yet he's still a person who is so dedicated to being a hero.
And he and Kyle Rayner are weirdly cute together despite the fact that I mostly ship Guy/Tora and Kyle/Connor.
They totally are. *g* I like Guy/Tora, but I truly ship slash couples almost exclusively, so it's Guy/Kyle for me. But if Guy and Tora get back together in the comics, I'll still be happy!
One of the many things I hate Fraction for is that I can't read JLI anymore without squick issues because my triggery problem with brain damage has gotten so much worse thanks to him (though my Ted & Booster & pre-retconned-evil!Max love combined with the fact that Guy's in it and it's Giffen and Demattis make it possible to endure the squick).
The brain damage is what's making me hesitate to seek out JLI. I want to read more Guy, and I've always wanted to check out Ted and Booster, and here they are all in one book! But I know that between how extra-jerk-like Guy is and how the team responds to that, there's a lot of teammates-doing-bad-shit-to-each-other in JLI, and that's my biggest plot-squick. I want teammates to be deeply trusted family/friends. I hate hate hate when they do bad shit to each other. :-(
you don't rush off to fight it and leave the unconscious dude lying on his back on the floor, no matter how much of a dick he was being beforehand.
Case in point. I have also heard a bit about Guy breaking Ted's ribs. *winces*
Guy is just...special. He's been through so much shit, has been treated so badly by so many people who should have cared about him, and yet he's still a person who is so dedicated to being a hero.
*nods* And unlike many comics heroes, he doesn't angst and brood about all the shit he's been through. Guy manages to have relatively little manpain desoite having way more reasons for it than some superheroes who are practically drowning in it do. (My father physically abused me! Then I was in a coma! And one of my friends stole my girlfriend while I was in said coma! And then I got a new girlfriend and she died!)
And unlike many comics heroes, he doesn't angst and brood about all the shit he's been through. Guy manages to have relatively little manpain desoite having way more reasons for it than some superheroes who are practically drowning in it do.
Yes! My brain had not consciously realized it, but the moment I read this I went, "Oh, hey, she's totally right!" And that's totally a big part of why I like him, because brooding, wallowing characters do not really appeal to me. I like character who really embrace their lives and their calling. And boy, does Guy embrace being a Green Lantern! *g*
*grins* I'd already read about half her stuff when I made this post. Now I'm going back and reading the het and some of the slash I'd skipped, because there is Not Enough Guy Fic out there. She's about 99% of it.
I'm especially fond of Guy's hypothetical compaign ads were he to run for president and the one where Guy adopts a cat
YES! OMG, I loved both of those so much. I have them book marked to make sure I send feedback. The one supporting gay marriage cracked me up so much I read it out loud to my roommate. *g*
but Guy is my favorite. He never gives up, never mopes, is too snarly to admit he cares about people but really does, and consistantly manages, especially recently in Green Lantern Corp, to be a real, honest-to-god hero yet also simultaneously kind of a jackass.
So much agreement. I like pretty much all the GLs (though I don't know John too well; that'll change soon now that he and Kyle will be anchoring GLC), but Guy is just...special. He's been through so much shit, has been treated so badly by so many people who should have cared about him, and yet he's still a person who is so dedicated to being a hero.
And he and Kyle Rayner are weirdly cute together despite the fact that I mostly ship Guy/Tora and Kyle/Connor.
They totally are. *g* I like Guy/Tora, but I truly ship slash couples almost exclusively, so it's Guy/Kyle for me. But if Guy and Tora get back together in the comics, I'll still be happy!
One of the many things I hate Fraction for is that I can't read JLI anymore without squick issues because my triggery problem with brain damage has gotten so much worse thanks to him (though my Ted & Booster & pre-retconned-evil!Max love combined with the fact that Guy's in it and it's Giffen and Demattis make it possible to endure the squick).
The brain damage is what's making me hesitate to seek out JLI. I want to read more Guy, and I've always wanted to check out Ted and Booster, and here they are all in one book! But I know that between how extra-jerk-like Guy is and how the team responds to that, there's a lot of teammates-doing-bad-shit-to-each-other in JLI, and that's my biggest plot-squick. I want teammates to be deeply trusted family/friends. I hate hate hate when they do bad shit to each other. :-(
you don't rush off to fight it and leave the unconscious dude lying on his back on the floor, no matter how much of a dick he was being beforehand.
Case in point. I have also heard a bit about Guy breaking Ted's ribs. *winces*
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*nods* And unlike many comics heroes, he doesn't angst and brood about all the shit he's been through. Guy manages to have relatively little manpain desoite having way more reasons for it than some superheroes who are practically drowning in it do. (My father physically abused me! Then I was in a coma! And one of my friends stole my girlfriend while I was in said coma! And then I got a new girlfriend and she died!)
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Yes! My brain had not consciously realized it, but the moment I read this I went, "Oh, hey, she's totally right!" And that's totally a big part of why I like him, because brooding, wallowing characters do not really appeal to me. I like character who really embrace their lives and their calling. And boy, does Guy embrace being a Green Lantern! *g*
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