History TearJerker / WithThisRing

* Watching Paul and the Team slowly gradually lose hope over the course of ''Contingency''.

* At the end of ''Hoard'', Paul finally has to put his foot down and tell Zatanna that there will never be any sort of romantic relationship between them, as the events of the story have made it clear that she isn't getting over him and that the Star Sapphire has been making the issue worse. Even if he wasn't involved with Jade, the age difference is just too much for him, and he simply isn't interested. The poor girl is devastated.
* It is revealed in ''Wing and Dagger'' that Kara isolates herself whenever she can because, although everyone looks similar to Kryptonians, the moment someone says something, they don't say it in Kryptonese, and she is reminded that [[YouCantGoHomeAgain her home is gone forever]].

* Zoat can imagine OL asking Alan to look up old friends, and when he returns, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17512978/ it's to Alan slumped in his chair, looking through a long list of crossed-out names]].

** He finally does appear in ''Coup Data'', and it's just as bad as expected - he doesn't care about Cassie at all, seeing her as nothing as another "by-blow" from his affairs, and states that if his daughter, his ''ten-year old'' daughter'' wants his attention, she has to earn it. It's no wonder Helena doesn't want Cassie to meet him after Hephasteus overthrows Zeus and exiles him to Earth.

* ''Hullevow'' reveals that Captain Cornwall had his brother arrested and sent to a magic prison where the latter has been for the last ''twelve years''. Cornwall Boy is outraged when he finds out that his uncle was actually innocent and that the real perpetrators of the crime, high-ranking members of the British government, had him framed when he was mistakenly accused.

* OL is genuinely depressed after his appeal to Luthor fails at the end of ''A Star Reborn''.
* It's revealed that Martian Manhunter was both widowed and lost contact with his child for over 50 years in ''Demeanor'', leading him to believe he has no reason to come back to Mars.
* OL ends up pressing Harleen's BerserkButton (and unintentionally SlutShaming her), despite having gone on a date a day before, in ''Escalation''. Thankfully, he is able to apologize and explain himself almost immediately.
* In the process of empowering John into becoming a Lord of Chaos in ''Last Supper'', he has to use Teekl to do so. [[AccidentalMurder The process actually kills her.]]

* Michael Siskin is killed in ''Falling Action'' while trying to restrain Nabu.
* The aftermath of ''Falling Action'' isn't pretty: The Team finds out that Paul and Zatanna were lying to them for months about Nabu, and discover that they didn't even trust them enough to tell them their plans, John's new [[PowerIncontinence powers]] are threatening to rip him apart and he tells Paul to lose his number, partially blaming him for the situation. Giovanni is horrified by the lengths they went to for his sake and thinks it would have been better to leave Nabu in control than to kill him, Adom had to tell Siskin's family about his death because Paul was unconscious, and when the Justice League finally calls him to the Watchtower to get his side of the story, Paul launches into a [[WhatTheHellHero rant]] against them about the Nabu situation, alienating them when WordOfGod states that several of them would have taken his side if he had explained his actions a little more calmly.

* In part 17 of ''Rapprochement'', the Renegade returns to Earth, Green personal lantern in hand, only to find Alan Scott has already passed away.

* The Archangel of War, Karrien Excalibris, kills Ted Kord off-screen for supporting Paul. (He gets resurrected, but still.)

--> '''Paul''': I'm sorry, this was a bad idea. I'll go and bother someone else.
--> '''Lois Lane''': Yeah. You do that.