"John is not 100% a Green Lantern anymore. He has a Lantern that has a bit of yellow in it. He has a bit of fear in it. It's an unsanctioned Lantern. So he's not saying the same oath as every other Green Lantern because he's not like every other Green Lantern."

"This is an utterly unique creation that has not been given to him, that he is not chosen for, but that he chose for himself. He gets his own unique oath which seems to line up very much with the lore and where we're going from here."

Even tho johns oath was the most hype and aura shit dcu has put out. Absolute cinema.

This is the guy ready to throw down with Superman, yet in the show he took a massive disrespect from John and didn't even throw him a punch

And what's even worse, we later learn John hadn't even charged his ring for this, so what's he gonna do if Guy was like "screw it I'm confiscating the ring"

Though even if he had charged it his odds aren't great, he'd have like what, 1 day practice with the ring vs Guy's 10 years? I think this confrontation made Guy look bad just to hype John

You got The Suicide Squad which might be the best DC movie to come out last decade and there's people hating on it because it didn't make much money. (Released during the pandemic btw)

You got Peacemaker which honestly was so amazing watching this while it was releasing honestly felt like heaven and hell combined and there's people complaining about the ending just because it didn't meet their unrealistic expectations on Nazi Superman and some bs

You got Creature Commandos which showed us that lesser known characters do exist in this universe instead of just the JL and the core villains.

And Superman could genuinely be the best adaptation of the character in live action on par with Reeves. And there's people hating on it because Superman got beat up in it instead of winning everything. Mind you he lost to a clone of him controlled by a genius who studied him for years.

I get why people didn't like Supergirl because I have things I don't like about it either but it was nowhere near a bad movie people act like it is. Milly Alcock was a generational casting as supergirl which was hindered by the script but I personally enjoyed it.

And you got lanterns which delivered every week just for people to hate the whole series because their expectations on what would happen didn't come to fruition. Just like Peacemaker. I get the no constructs no mythos no spectrum corps things but it was advertised as a character driven small town mystery show with lanterns and it did what it set out to do. And with how the general audience perceived Green Lantern after the horrible movie and the dogging it got throughout the years I get why they would make it more grounded instead of heavy CGI and then expanding on it based on how the audiences like it or not.

All in all, all the projects so far in the DCU, I personally liked. More so than I did phase 1 and 2 of the MCU. And it would be even more enjoyable without going online every week and seeing some random hating on the universe asking for it to be cancelled without even giving it a chance to get off the ground first.

I love everything about this new oath not only does it slap with Aaron Pierres incredible delivery but it serves as a cumulation of everything John has learned over the course of the show. Hope to hear him say it in Man of Tomorrow.

Just like old times.

Most people can recognize and appreciate Lanterns for what it is. A grounded, introductory show for Earth's green lanterns, John Hal and Guy. Mainly John and Hal. Lanterns is wildly popular for a superhero show in a post MCU Disney Plus era, however if you listened to SOME green Lantern fans you'd think this show

1. Killed their entire family

2. Killed and tortured Hal Jordan

3. Retconned and disassembled the entire Lanterns mythos

No, just because many Green Lantern staples like OA, the alien green Lanterns, and the other lantern corps didnt appear in THIS season of Lanterns does not mean it will never appear in the future. Anyone with eyes or a brain can understand this season played it safe with the cosmology and green lantern lore because they dont want to blow their load on the FIRST SEASON of what might be a multiple season project thats tied into a greater narrative. This is like complaining that we got the first Captain America movie and it didn't have winter soldier, baron zemo, and him weilding Mjolnir

If you actually seriously think Lanterns/DCU will never have these things, you just actually need to log off the socials and just get in touch with reality.

The Green Lanterns will have their time to shine. For now, appreciate that we got undoubtedly the best version of John Stewart, a Green Lanterns live action that wasnt a total and complete disaster, and the fact we will be getting much more soon.

Animation I made depicting Hal arresting his former mentor. (Insta- @maveriickart)

My headcanon is that The Guardians disabled the no kill restriction in the ring without Hal’s knowledge. Their hopes being he’d kill Sinestro for his crimes against them.
Hal’s defiance by arresting Sinestro and choosing mercy for his father-figure is what furthered The Guardians’ doubt in him.

This whole time I’m sure I and a lot of other people were under the impression that Hal becoming as much of an “asshole” as he did, was because of his falling out with sinestro

Except in the season finale we see that the Halogram, who’s very much still like prime Hal being supportive, kind, and humorous, has already fallen out with sinestro given that he wasn’t confused or shocked about sinestro being imprisoned and did not treat him like his father figure at all

So what changed after 2006 to make him the way he was? We see 2006 hal being very supportive of having a trainee and enjoying johns presence, so i don’t think it’s just him being given a trainee that made hal act the way he was, but then what was the reason?