History Tearjerker / WithThisRing

--> '''Grayven''': He tried to cook some rice for his baby sister, because she was hungry. He spilled boiling water on himself. He lived until just after the worlds reconnected. It's the personal stories that get you, isn't it?

* June Robbins, the only survivor of the Challengers Of The Unknown, stuck in a nursing home with severe Alzheimer, no longer being able to recall who she is.

* 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]].

** When OL overthrows the theocracy, you'd think everyone would be happy. Nope, without the religious foundation for their society, violent crime rises something like 200%, no matter how cruel and necessary it was. Dox even calls him out on how the Orange Lantern Corps now has to devote a ton of extra manpower to this one planet because it has to restructure both its culture and society within a single generation. Not that Dox thinks it's wrong, he just points out that OL gave them a ''ton'' of extra work.

* When Klarion splits the world and separates adults from children, the urgency of tracking him down is high enough that Paul uses his ring to view people's desires as he flies over the Earth - meaning that he becomes aware of the hundreds of deaths that are happening at any given time. In this case, all of them children or teenagers.
--> Mommy! Daddy! Help!\\
''Exultation, joy, speed, lights out''.

* 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 names]].

** Most notable is the sad fate of Johnny Thunder, a Golden Age hero who's power came from a genie he could summon from a pen. He ended up having five strokes over the course of several years, the second of which screwed him up bad enough he had to move to a nursing home. By the time the fifth killed him, there was basically nothing left of him.

** Alan confesses to Paul he briefly thought of [[SuicideByCop letting Orange Lantern kill him]] because he was so ''tired'' of living without a real purpose, left adrift without love or companionship, just hanging on existence by sheer willpower and habit. Then he realized [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments mentoring Paul could be his new purpose]].
* When the Team first finds Wolf, the genetically-enhanced wolf pup, she's still a newborn and doesn't even have her eyes open yet. According to Paul, he had to turn off the translation function on his ring for her, because it translated the pup's frightened whining, which turned out to be crying for its mother. Thankfully, she's adopted by Teekl who helps raise her.
* Watching Paul and the Team slowly gradually lose hope of the course of ''Contingency''.
* Having Zatanna lose her father is such as painful as it was in canon. Which is made even worse due to the fact that Zatara was saved in the Renegade timeline.
* It's low key tearjerker, but still; Cassie Sandsmark's disappointment that she won't be able to meet her father while visiting Themyscira, since he's not present on the island at the moment. She doesn't know who Zeus really is, and is far too young to understand what a horrible father he'd be, but she's still a child and wants to know her daddy. Zeus is also one of the few major Olympians who has made no appearances in person, good or bad, but his track record with his kids isn't in his favor.

* Justice Lord John Stewart and Shayera. They have the same passionate and deep love of each other as their Earth 12 counterparts do, but John had to spend a year watching the love of his life slowly and painfully die.

* Helmut's despairing reaction to finding out he's a genetic clone of Adolf Hitler. Other than his genes, he has absolutely no ties to the Nazi party, and is just a decent, normal family man who just discovered he's basically the reincarnation of one of history's greatest monsters. He's even married to a South American African woman and they have three children together, if the truth about him ever got out, his life would basically be over, which is why Rocket and Orange Lantern cover up his true origin.

** Wolf, whom she had taken to raising, misses her but doesn't know she's dead. And when she does learn later on, she ends up howling in despair at the fact that "Cat Mother" was dead. This is after Wolf lost the rest of her family before.
* Sisken 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, 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'', Grayven returns to Earth, Green Lantern in hand to find Alan Scott has already passed away.

** When OL overthrows the theocracy, you'd think everyone would be happy. Nope, without the religious foundation for their society, violent crime rises something like 200%, no matter how cruel and necessary it was. Dox even calls him out on how the Orange Lantern Corps now has to devote a ton of extra manpower to this one planet because it has to restructure both it's culture and society within a single generation. Not that Dox thinks it's wrong, he just points out that OL gave them a ''ton'' of extra work.
* A Kryptonian left behind a hologram of himself on one of Krypton's moons, which OL and Kon find. There's something low-key sad about the way the program comes to terms with that Krypton is utterly obliterated and the closest it can get to following it's directives is ceding power to Kon-El, as he is the closest thing to the leadership that remains.

** When she first wakes up in the Fortress Of Solitude, she has a brief HopeSpot when she recognizes "uncle" Jor-El. Sadly, he's just a hologram, and all that remains is her cousin Kal-El, now a grown man. That really hammers it home for her.

* 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 has 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.

** A Kryptonian left behind a hologram of himself on one of Krypton's moons, which OL and Kon finds. There's something low-key sad about the way the program comes to terms with that Krypton is utterly obliterated and the closest it can get to following it's directives is ceding power to Kon-El, as he is the closest thing to the leadership that remains.

* In part 17 of ''Rapprochement'', Grayven returns to Earth, [[spoiler:Green Lantern in hand to find Alan Scott has already passed away]].

* Kara isolates herself whenever she can because, although everyone looks similar to Kryptonians, the moment they say something, they don't say it in Kryptonese and she is reminded that her home is gone forever.

* It's low key tearjerker, but still; Cassie Sandsmark's disappointment that she wont be able to meet her father while visiting Themyscira, since he's not present on the island at the moment. She doesnt know who Zeus really is, and is far too young to understand what a horrible father he'd be, but she's still a child and wants to know her daddy. Zeus is also one of the few major Olympians who has made no appearances in person, good or bad, but his track record with his kids isn't in his favor.

* Grayven's moment of triumph after defeating The Light comes crashing down when he goes to Jade, pardon in hand and ready to propose a date for the wedding, and finds her ''absolutely terrified'' after hearing about the League of Assassins being destroyed. When she finds out that Grayven betrayed The Light after being offered a seat at the table, destroying the organization that she dedicated her life to without giving her a moment's thought or warning, she becomes so enraged that she ''physically attacks him'' and makes it very clear that she never wants to see him again. [[FromBadToWorse And then Darkseid shows up to have a chat with his son.]]

* Coutara eh'Jerred, a woman who comes from a society that ritually removes the eyes of their females at maturity to ensure their servitude to the males of their species. She was horrified when she heard that her beloved daughter who loves to paint was going to go through Rite of Unseeing. All she can do is get on her knees and beg OL for forgiveness because she thinks its normal and she shouldn't feel sad about it.

** When she first wakes up in the Fortress Of Solitude, she has a brief HopeSpot when she recognizes "uncle" Jor-El. But sadly, he's just a hologram, and all that remains is her cousin Kal-El, now a grown man. That really hammers it home for her.

* Kara isolates herself whenever she can because, although everyone looks similar to Kryptonians, the moment the say something, they don't say it in Kryptonese and she is reminded that her home is gone forever.

* Renegade!M'gann finally knows how Grayven feels like all the time.
--> '''M'gann:''' This is how you feel all the time, isn't it? You try to fix things and everyone just-
** She then decides to [[LetsGetDangerous let loose]].
---> '''M'gann:''' But if they want Grayven, then they can have Grayven.

** When OL overthrows the theocracy, you'd think everone would be happy. Nope, without the religous foundation for their society, violent crime rises something like 200%, no matter how cruel and unecessary it was. Dax even calls him out on how the Orange Corps now has to devote a ton of extra manpower to this one planet because it has to restructure both it's culture and society within a single generation. Not that Dax thinks it's wrong, he just points out that OL gave them a ''ton'' of extra work.

** Even after OL completely obliterates them and strands the survivors on a planet with no way off, they ''still'' dont grasp that they had done anything wrong, and the leader just promises that if given the chance, he'll repay OL in kind.

** A Kryptonian scientist left behind a hologram of himself on one of Kryptons moons, which OL and Kon finds. There's something low-key sad about the way the program comes to terms with that Krypton is utterly obliberated and the closest it can get to following it's directives is ceding power to Kon-El, as he is the closest thing to the Krypton Science Council that remains.

* Kara isolates herself whenever she can because, although everyone looks similar to Kryptonians, the moment the say something, they don't say it in Kryptonese and she is reminded that her home is gone forever.
* 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 has made it clear that she isnt getting over him and the Star Sapphire has been making the issue worse. Even if he wasnt involved with Jade, the age difference is just too much for him, and he simply isnt interested. The poor girl looks devastated.

* Kara isolates herself whenever she can because, although everyone looks similar to Kryptonians, the moment the say something, they don't say it in Kryptonese and she is reminded that her home is gone forever.

--> '''M'gann''': This is how you feel all the time, isn't it? You try to fix things and everyone just-

---> '''M'gann''': But if they want Grayven, then they can have Grayven.

** Alan confesses to Paul he briefly thought of [[SuicideByCop letting Orange Lantern kill him]] because he was so ''tired'' of living without a real purpose, left adrift without love or companionship, just hanging on existence by sheer willpower and habit. Then he realized [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments mentoring Paul could be his new purpose.]]

* ''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.

* It's revealed that Martian Manhunter was both widowed and lost contact with his child for over 50 years in ''Demeanor'', leaving him to believe he has no reason to come back to Mars.

* Coutara eh'Jerred, a woman who comes from a society that ritually removes the eyes of their females at maturity to ensure their servitude to the males of their species. She was horrified when she heard that her beloved daughter who loves to paint was going to go through Rite of Unseeing.

** Alan confesses to Paul he briefly thought of [[SuicideByCop letting Orange Lantern kill him]] because he was so ''tired'' of living without a real purpose, left adrift without love or companionship, just hanging on existence by sheer willpower and habit. Then he realized [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming mentoring Paul could be his new purpose.]]

* The Archangel of War, Karrien Excalibris, kills Ted Kord off-screen for supporting Paul.

* All of OL's Praexis Demons end up being killed off in Hell. They were basically gluttonous monsters, but they were still around for ages.

* It's low key tearjerker, but still; Cassie Sandsmark's disappointment that she wont be able to meet her father while visiting Themiscyra, since he's not present on the island at the moment. She doesnt know who Zeus really is, and is far too young to understand what a horrible father he'd be, but she's still a child and wants to know her daddy. Zeus is also one of the few major Olympians who has made no appearances in person, good or bad, but his track record with his kids isnt in his favor.

* Justice Lord John Stewart and Shayera. They have the same passionate and deep love of each other as the Justice League counterparts do, but John had to spend a year watching the love of his life slowly and painfully die.

* As of ''Rapprochement 17'' Grayven returns to Earth, [[spoiler:Green Lantern in hand to find Alan Scott has already passed away]].

* Helmut's despairing reaction to finding out he's a genetic clone of Adolf Hitler. Other than his genes, he has absolutely no ties to the Nazi party, and is just a decent, normal family man who just discovered he's basically the reincarnation of one of history's greatest monsters. He's even married to a South American African woman and they have three children together, if the truth about him ever got out, his life would basically be over, which is why Rocket and Orange Lantern cover up his true origin.
* June Robbins, the only survivor of the Challengers Of The Unknown, stuck in a nursing home with severe Alzheimer, no longer being able to recall who she is.

* As of ''Rapprochement 18'' Grayven returns to Earth, [[spoiler:Green Lantern in hand to find Alan Scott has already passed away]].
* All of OL's Praexis Demons end up being killed off in Hell. They were basically gluttonous monsters, but they were still around for ages.
* It's low key tearjerker, but still; Cassie Sandsmark's disappointment that she wont be able to meet her father while visiting Themiscyra, since he's not present on the island at the moment. She doesnt know who Zeus really is, and is far too young to understand what a horrible father he'd be, but she's still a child and wants to know her daddy. Zeus is also one of the few major Olympians who has made no appearances in person, good or bad, but his track record with his kids isnt in his favor.

* All of OL's Praexis Demons end up being killed off in Hell. They were basically gluttonous monsters, but they were still around for ages.

* June Robbins, the only survivor of the ''Challengers Of The Unknown'', stuck in a nursing home with severe Alzheimer, no longer being able to recall who she is.

--> I just… Killed my Cat. And not just in a are-Construct-Lanterns-still-people sort of way. She's… Gone.

* All of OL's Praxis Demons end up being killed off in Hell. They were basically gluttonous monsters, but they were still around for ages.

* As of ''Rapprochement 18'' Grayven returns to Earth, [[spoiler:Green Lantern in hand to find Alan Scott has already passed away]].

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

** Wolf, who she had taken to raising, misses her but doesn't know she's dead. And when she does learn later on, she ends up howling in despair at the fact that "Cat Mother" was dead. This is after Wolf lost the rest of her family before.

** 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, 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.