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fakeangelbr The Awesomest Character from Fortaleza, Brazil Since: Jan, 2010
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#26: Jan 5th 2013 at 10:27:56 AM

Ah.

I didn't catch the annual.

Yes, what you said makes sense.

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TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#27: Jan 6th 2013 at 7:36:31 AM

You kidding?

The guardians as bad guys goes as far as at least Emerald Twilight, if not older.

This is treaded, boring territory we are going through.

Well, maybe for you this storyline is treaded, boring territory. But there are a number of people out there (such as myself) who haven't read up on the Green Lantern storyline as deeply as...Batman.

Besides, Comic Books like these work in a Soap Opera format: if a generation gets sick of it, "No problem," says the comic book company producing them. "We'll just pass it on to a new generation that is not familiar with it." It's hard to say how well that logic works, but that's what they do.

edited 6th Jan '13 11:25:07 AM by TiggersAreGreat

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HyperAlbion Taking Back our 40 acres Since: Sep, 2012
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#28: Jan 6th 2013 at 10:00:00 AM

Wrong post tiggers.

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Distortion00 Since: Nov, 2011
#29: Jan 8th 2013 at 5:38:37 AM

The Guardians are never big parts of GL. In the Silver Age they were mysterious and distant. In Bronze they progressively gained more and more character faults (Ganthet's Tal and Emerald Twilight). In the dark age they died and Kyle had to make his own decisions. To be fair, it's difficult to write an authority figure that's right all the time.

EricW The tropemaster from the 5th dimension (imagination you dolts) Since: Jan, 2010
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#30: Jan 8th 2013 at 3:51:16 PM

Meanwhile, as the war of the third army rages on, Kyle is learning to channel all the emotions, but he's not alone in his quest. Carol's come along with him in hopes of finding Hal, who has recently died.

A new 5th green lantern who's a thief, but sympathetic has recieved a ring, is trying to make sense of things, and just got a visit from the green lantern squirrel who says they've figured out that the guardians have gone "insane".

Salaak got imprisoned for discovering the 3rd army conspiracy, the first lantern swears vengeance for his treatment, oh, and just as Kyle learned to channel greed, the 3rd army attack, which lead to The death of Sayd! Her last words were to Kyle, Carol, Arkillo (who was traveling with them), and Larfreeze to tell Ganthet that she loved him. And now Ganthet is going to take the field against Kyle, while Hal and Sinestro have to figure out how not to be dead.

So all in all, a pretty regular tuesday for the green lanterns of earth. Oh, and John's following fragments of Mogo in hopes that he might ressurect.

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TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#31: Jan 12th 2013 at 5:44:55 AM

I have to say that I find the whole "emotional spectrum" to be quite strange.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, it goes like this: Red = Rage, Orange = Avarice, Yellow = Fear, Green = Willpower, Blue = Hope, Indigo = Compassion, and Pink = Love.

Now, I agree that "rage" and "fear" are emotions. But are "avarice", "willpower", "hope", "compassion" and "love" emotions?

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3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#32: Jan 12th 2013 at 5:56:50 AM

"Greed" is the feeling of "I want this". Envy, etc. I'd consider it an emotion.

Hope is too something you feel. As is love and compassion.

Willpower is the only borderline thing, but as I understand it, it is the neutral center of it. The farther out an emotion is the stronger it is (Anger and Love) and the more it influences you. Willpower is the center.

The Other Wiki says "In psychology, philosophy, and their many subsets, emotion is the generic term for subjective, conscious experience that is characterized primarily by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions, and mental states."

Being stubborn as hell and unwilling to back down, in essence exhibiting willpower, would fit therefore fit too. Unlike the other emotions, which influence their wielder willpower comes purely from the wielder.

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HyperAlbion Taking Back our 40 acres Since: Sep, 2012
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#33: Jan 12th 2013 at 6:29:05 AM

They're. Less "emotions" and more "drives." Motivations if you will.

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#34: Jan 12th 2013 at 7:00:35 AM

Aren't we motivated by emotions? Its probably a thing where you'd need a whole philosophy book to "really" define it instead of just a couple of comic pages.

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Distortion00 Since: Nov, 2011
#35: Jan 13th 2013 at 12:07:32 PM

Looking from the previews, we're getting/got a soft recon on the Guardians of the Galaxy Origin. In the Silver Age (GL v2 #40), Krona accidentally created evil. In Ganthet's Tale, Krona caused entropy to leak into the beginning of the universe (making it "Born old"and "killing" millions of civlizations).

It seems now the first Lantern caused the founding of the Guardians. I wonder if Krona has anything to do with this?

edited 13th Jan '13 12:08:20 PM by Distortion00

HyperAlbion Taking Back our 40 acres Since: Sep, 2012
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#36: Jan 13th 2013 at 12:12:39 PM

The origins been changed so many time I dont even care.

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ShadowScythe from Australia Since: Dec, 2009
#37: Jan 26th 2013 at 7:43:45 PM

So...I have finally, FINALLY caught up to Green Lantern after a long binge through Geoff Johns' run since Rebirth (incidentally, I wish I'd known that the main Brightest Day storyline had nothing to do with anything and was so utterly boring, drawn out and just generally pointless)

I've just caught up to issue 0 and for the main Green Lantern series in the New 52 and I was wondering how to go about starting with the new Third Army event.

I've generally avoided reading up on the Green Lantern Corps in my binge (apart from the big events like Sinestro Corps War) as I wasn't as interested in their stories but are their chapters and this New Guardians series any good or relevant to the overarching story arc (at least for issues #1-#0?)?

And this Third Army storyline appears to be #13-16 of each series but is it like other events like War of the Green Lanterns where story moves from series to series or is it one of those cases where I can generally avoid all the other series unless I want to get more details (like with the Night of Owls/Death of the Family crossovers over with the Bat family?)

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#38: Jan 26th 2013 at 7:54:47 PM

So far it looks like you can safely ignore Red Lanterns and New Guardians if you just want the main story. Corps is relatively detached but the last issue picks up directly after the final Green Lantern book.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#39: Jan 27th 2013 at 3:43:17 AM

Apparently the Third Army itself is going to finale next week in Annual...

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TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#40: Jan 27th 2013 at 6:00:41 AM

I gotta say, when Mogo got blown up, it certainly felt like a Wham Episode! surprised They always said that if that one died, the whole Green Lantern Corps would fall apart. I guess they weren't kidding after all.

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#41: Jan 27th 2013 at 7:10:01 AM

He may come back. Maybe.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#42: Jan 27th 2013 at 7:19:44 AM

[up][up][up]And then they start the next Green Lantern crossover story.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#43: Jan 27th 2013 at 7:21:13 AM

[up] Yeah. Volthoom gets out...Am I the only one who wants the Corps whole, sane, normal and just storys in space for a couple of years?

edited 27th Jan '13 7:21:22 AM by 3of4

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#44: Jan 27th 2013 at 7:56:37 AM

[up]Which seems like it will only be two issues long since the 19 solicits don't say they continue that story.

Maybe although they seem to be setting up some interesting things with the New Guardians and I'd like to see them develop that more.

Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#45: Jan 27th 2013 at 9:43:10 AM

How does everyone else feel about Baz? Im liking what Ive seen so far, with his constructs, how he was actually going to stop and talk it out with the JL, and his sister. I also wonder how he was able to do what he did with his Brother-in-Law if it was the glitching ring, or him.

Distortion00 Since: Nov, 2011
#46: Jan 27th 2013 at 4:08:59 PM

Green Lanterns can't have internal conflict if the Guardians exist. This makes it really difficult to tell stories. I think Jones is just trying to *fix* the corps by having this big shakeup.

Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#47: Jan 31st 2013 at 6:03:59 AM

Well the Event ended. In the lead up to a new event about the First Lantern Volthoom. At least Mogo is back.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#48: Jan 31st 2013 at 7:56:59 AM

Mogo socialized with the Third Army...

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SpaceJawa UTINNI! from Right Here Since: Jan, 2001
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#49: Jan 31st 2013 at 9:56:57 AM

[up] [lol]

That's probably the best way anyone could have phrased that.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#50: Jan 31st 2013 at 11:26:44 AM

I wonder if Johns has seen/read Fullmetal Alchemist; the Third Army seem a lot like the Mannequin Soldiers to me, except for the You Will Be Assimilated factor.


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