History Characters / GLBlueLanternCorps

* BadassPreacher: Let's reiterate: he's a priest with a power ring.

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!!Green Lantern 2814.1: Harold "Hal" Jordan/Parallax/The Spectre II
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[[caption-width-right:350: The [[{{ComicBook/Daredevil}} Other]] Man Without Fear]]
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* NotSoDifferent: He claims that he and Atrocitus are this. Atrocitus disagrees since he has someone to blame for his pain.

* GoodShepherd: While being a priest is not a requirement of becoming a Blue Lantern, most of them are priests and holy-men truly dedicated to helping others and bringing hope and guidance to the lost.

* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Blue power rings have the same powers as green ones, plus healing, the power to soothe emotions, and the power to instill hope in masses of people. However, most of their powers only function in the presence of a Green Lantern. More experienced and/or powerful members can use those powers without one nearby, however.

* TheMedic: Healing is one of the Blue Light's powers. This can range from healing simple wounds to undoing wounds or conditions that would require complex surgeries to treat. In one particularly impressive instance, Saint Walker and Warth rejuvenate a dying star by several million years.

* SaintlyChurch: Compared to the Green Lantern Corps (which is basically [[SpacePolice an intergalactic police force]]), the Blue Lantern Corps is more like an intergalactic ''religious'' organization--for example, the head of the BLC has the title of "Saint" (i.e., "''Saint'' Walker") while most of the other members have the title of "Brother" or "Sister" (i.e., "''Brother'' Warth" and "''Sister'' Sercy").

* SaintlyChurch: Compared to something like the Green Lantern Corps (which is basically [[SpacePolice an intergalactic police force]]), the Blue Lantern Corps is more like an intergalactic ''religious'' organization--for example, the head of the BLC has the title of "Saint" (i.e., "''Saint'' Walker") while most of the other members have the title of "Brother" or "Sister" (i.e., "''Brother'' Warth" and "''Sister'' Sercy").

* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Blue power rings have the same powers as green ones, plus healing, the power to soothe emotions, and the power to instill hope in masses of people. However, most of their powers only function in the presence of a Green Lantern. More experienced members can use those powers without one nearby, however.

* SaintlyChurch: While the Green Lantern Corps is basically [[SpacePolice an intergalactic police force,]] the Blue Lantern Corps is more like an intergalactic ''religious'' organization--for example, the head of the BLC has the title of "Saint" (i.e., "''Saint'' Walker") while most of the other members have the title of "Brother" or "Sister" (i.e., "''Brother'' Warth" and "''Sister'' Sercy").

* SaintlyChurch: Compared to something like the Green Lantern Corps [[SpacePolice (which is essentially an intergalactic police force)]], the Blue Lantern Corps is more like an intergalactic ''religious'' organization--for example, the head of the BLC has the title of "Saint" (i.e., "''Saint'' Walker") while most of the other members have the title of "Brother" or "Sister" (i.e., "''Brother'' Warth" and "''Sister'' Sercy").

* SaintlyChurch: While the Green Lanterns are basically [[SpacePolice an intergalactic police force,]] the Blue Lanterns are more like an intergalactic religious organization -- for example, the leader has the title of "Saint" while most of other members have the title of "Brother" or "Sister."

* [[HopeBringer Hope Bringers]]: Only those who either have great hope in their hearts or who can inspire great hope in others are inducted into the Blue Lanterns.

* PhlebotinumOverload: A large enough concentration of the Blue Light can make the Power rings of other colors implode with enough force to destroy a limb. For that reason it wasn't allowed for other Lantenrs to ge ttoo close to the Blue Central Power Battery.

* SaintlyChurch: Compared to a group like the Green Lanterns (which is basically an intergalactic police force), the Blue Lanterns are more of a church (hence why their leader is called "Saint" and why most of the others members are referred to as "Brother(s)" and/or "Sister."

* NumberTwo: To Saint Walker in the Corps.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: There’s no question that they’re one of the nicest lantern corps around, but they’re also much more powerful than they let on. They can do things that no other lantern can do (like removing and negating the effects of a red lantern ring, for example). Also, [[KryptoniteFactor their mere presence can make yellow, orange and red lanterns weaker]]. And at some point, a few of them are seen effortlessly restraining or moving around lanterns of other corps effortlessly, hinting at being more powerful than they let on (In the [[WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries Animated Series]], Saint Walker basically screws around with Red Lanterns even without having his ring on, while Brother Warth, in the comics, is seen being able to effortlessly restrain Bleez when she goes on a rampage on Odym).

* SaintlyChurch: They are a monastic order of Hope Bringers.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: There’s no question that they’re one of the nicest lantern corps around, but they’re also much more powerful than they let on. They can do things that no other lantern can do (like removing and negating the effects of a red lantern ring, for example). Also, [[KryptoniteFactor their mere presence can make yellow, orange and red lanterns weaker]]. And at some point, a few of them are seen effortlessly restraining or moving around lanterns of other corps effortlessly, hinting at being more powerful than they let on (In the [[WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries Animated Series]], Saint Walker basically screws around with red lanterns even without having his ring on, while Brother Warth, in the comics, is seen being able to effortlessly restrain Bleez when she goes on a rampage on Odym).
* CareBearStare: One of the Blue Lantern ring's signature abilities. The blue ring reads its target and tries to make a spiritual connection with them by finding out what makes them hopeful. After it establishes this connection, the ring creats a construct based of the target's history (the construct usually takes the form of some living thing, person or animal, that the target admires, respects, loves, or feels strong positive emotions towards) which seeks out the target and kindles within them feelings of hope and light. The results range from emotional comfort to physically healing the target. Examples include:

* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Blue power rings have the same powers as green ones, plus healing, the power to soothe emotions, and the power to instill hope in masses of people. However, most of their powers only function in the presence of a Green Lantern.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Relic destroyed the whole Corps during ''ComicBook/LightsOut'', leaving Saint Walker and his Power Ring as the sole survivors. Currently, the only living beings that can wield the Blue Light of Hope are [[SoleSurvivor Bro'Dee]] himself, [[OmnicidalManiac Volthoom]] and the wielder of the [[AllYourPowersCombined Phantom Ring]].]]

* HopeSpringsEternal: All Blue Lanterns are powered by hope. If they lose hope, they cease as a Blue Lantern. And it goes both ways too. They’re powered both by their own hope and by the hope they instill in others.

->'''Base of Operations:''' Formerly Odym and Elpis; currently none.

* DeusExitMachina: The power of hope triples the output of a Green Lantern ring. As a result, either a Blue Lantern is required pretty much any time there's an existential crisis... or the writers explicitly write them out of the way.

** Blue light drains the energy from Sinestro Corps rings because hope dispels fear.

** The blue light of hope is the only power that can purge the red energy of rage from a Red Lantern and remove a red ring without killing the host for the red ring.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Relic destroyed the whole Corps during ''ComicBook/LightsOut'', leaving Saint Walker and his Power Ring as the sole survivors. The ring currently roams the universe, without a wielder, and if ''Future State: House of El'' is canon, it will keep doing so for a thousand years until it ends up in the hands of Ronan Kent, one of Superman's descendants. Currently, the only living beings that can wield the Blue Light of Hope are [[OmnicidalManiac Volthoom]] and the wielder of the [[AllYourPowersCombined Phantom Ring]].]]
* KryptoniteFactor: When the green light of willpower is nearby, the blue light becomes the strongest of all seven. But by itself, the blue light is the weakest of all seven. Also, the rings can only work depending on the sincerity of their wielders. If the DespairEventHorizon has been crossed, the rings stop functioning properly and leave their current owner.

* DespairEventHorizon: When he comes out his coma and learns that [[spoiler: he's the last Blue Lantern]], Saint Walker is so distraught that he loses hope and his ring comes off his finger. It stayed with him, but was unable to use it without hope.

* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler: Saint Walker is the last surviving Blue Lantern after Relic wiped them all out]].

* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: [[spoiler:Once his ring abandoned him, he decided the Blue Light of Hope was too dangerous for the universe's survival.]]
* NotSoDifferent: He claims that he and Atrocitus this. Atrocitus disagrees since he has someone to blame for his pain.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Relic destroyed the whole Corps during ''ComicBook/LightsOut'', leaving Saint Walker and his Power Ring as the sole survivors. The ring currently roams the universe, without a wielder, and if ''Future State: House of El'' is canon, it will keep doing so for a thousand years until it ends up in the hands of Ronan Kent, one of Superman's descendants. Currently, the only living beings that can wield the Blue Light of Hope are [[OmnicidalManiac Volthoom]] and the wielder of the [[AllYourPowersCombined PhantomRing]].]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Relic destroyed the whole Corps during ''ComicBook/LightsOut'', leaving Saint Walker and his Power Ring as the sole survivors. The ring currently roams the universe, without a wielder, and if ''Future State: House of El'' is canon, it will keep doing so for a thousand years until it ends up in the hands of Ronan Kent, one of Superman's descendants.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Relic destroyed the whole Corps during ''ComicBook/LightsOut'', leaving Saint Walker and his Power Ring as the sole survivors. The ring currently roams the universe, without a wielder, and if Future State: House of El is canon, it will keep doing so for a thousand years, until it ends up in the hands of Ronan Kent, one of Superman's descendants.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Relic destroyed the whole Corps during ''ComicBook/LightsOut'', leaving Saint Walker and his Power Ring as the sole survivors. The ring currently roams the universe, without a wielder.]]

* {{Hope Bringer}}s: Only those who either have great hope in their hearts or who can inspire great hope in others are inducted into the Blue Lanterns.

%%* SexyPriest
%%* StupidSexyFlanders: ...oddly enough for a vaguely cetacean-looking alien.

* TheWoobie: Related to DeusExitMachina. The amount of crap the writers have put him through so he's not around to help is downright distressing.

* TheMedic: Healing is one the Blue Light's powers. This can range from healing simple wounds to undoing wounds or conditions that would require complex surgeries to treat. In one particularly impressive instance, Saint Walker and Warth rejuvenate a dying star by several million years.

* DespairEventHorizon: When he comes out his coma and learns that [[spoiler: he's the last Blue Lantern]], Saint Walker is so distraught that he loses hope and his ring comes off his finger. It's still with him, but unless he can find hope again, he won't be able to use his ring.