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[greenygal]

So the very first thing that happens in Green Lantern: First Flight is Hal Jordan being inappropriate with Carol Ferris in a workplace setting. Some things will never change, apparently.

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[greenygal]

My usual sum-up of Hal is that in a crisis he's totally That Guy--brave, competent, inspiring, and unwilling to ever give up. (Sometimes also pretty arrogant, depending on the writer and the timing, but he can generally back it up.) Whereas in his personal life he has trouble keeping a job, has the Love Life of Doom, and can be self-absorbed and a jerk, which is why the harrassing Carol thing struck me as unusually obnoxious but not OOC per se. But he's always...how should I word this...always passionate about what he's doing. Not necessarily loud, that's Ollie, but fighting the good fight is important to him. Whereas this guy mostly did all the right things, although I think most Hals of my acquaintance would have been more actively troubled over torturing people (and would have stepped in sooner the first time), but that sense of "Right here, right now, I am going to save lives and stop bad things from happening and YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STOP ME"--I wasn't getting it. Whereas New Frontier guy has that sense of caring in spades, so I totally agree with you about liking him better.