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I can't help but wonder if the script originally said "The IQ of a whack-a-mole" and something got lost in poor penmanship.
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Bloodly posted:Wasn't there at least one Lantern who did not understand the concept of 'Light' thanks to his home's conditions so they had to phrase it as 'Sound' instead? I think it's even around here somewhere... Yeah, Rot Lop Fan, from a story by Alan Moore. Instead of a green lantern, he used a F-sharp bell for his insignia.
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Jul 28, 2015 16:39
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Bloodly posted:Wasn't there at least one Lantern who did not understand the concept of 'Light' thanks to his home's conditions so they had to phrase it as 'Sound' instead? I think it's even around here somewhere... 
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Jul 28, 2015 16:40
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delfin posted:More Head Trauma Hal: I'm going to assume that Hal was too embarrassed to mention this one when the Oans picked Woodrue to be one of the New Guardians...
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Jul 28, 2015 16:47
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Selachian posted:Yeah, Rot Lop Fan, from a story by Alan Moore. Instead of a green lantern, he used a F-sharp bell for his insignia. It's a cool concept, but how do you form sound into things? I guess he could still blast things, but a lot of the GL powers seem to come from imagining an item and then creating it through willpower. I want to see how Rot Lop Fan deals with a threat when all he can "visualize" or process are sounds and other, tertiary senses. I'm not a Green Lantern scholar, so maybe it's already been addressed.
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Jul 28, 2015 17:04
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If he's ever shown up again, it was in panel backgrounds, and you're asking a question about magic space rings, so stop trying to make sense of it.
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Jul 28, 2015 17:21
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That's kind of a weird question. I mean, blind people are perfectly capable of imagining things, albeit not in the same way people who rely predominantly on sight do. All he has to do is imagine something in his way and then use his willpower to create that from the ring's energy, which is what all Lanterns do. Obviously it might seem bizarre or difficult to interpret to a sight-based lantern, but there isn't any reason that his imagined boxing glove punching you in the head would be functionally any different from Hal's.
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Jul 28, 2015 17:30
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Excuse me, his name is Rot Lop Fan, thank you very much. E: gently caress, dogpiled.
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Jul 28, 2015 17:33
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"Better not tell him about how his ring doesn't work on yellow things" So eventually, this dude's gonna die when he can't move an object and has absolutely no idea why.
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Jul 28, 2015 17:43
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theflyingorc posted:"Better not tell him about how his ring doesn't work on yellow things" muscles like this? posted:Nothing about how the ring chooses people based on intelligence, its just "without fear" and "honest."
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Jul 28, 2015 17:46
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So how would you explain yellow to someone with no concept of colour, or what colour or light even are?
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"Sometimes your ring won't work for some unknown arbitrary reason. Just a heads up, something to be aware of."
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Opopanax posted:So how would you explain yellow to someone with no concept of colour, or what colour or light even are? Well yellow is about cowardice right? So you'd explain it as a scared sound.
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Opopanax posted:So how would you explain yellow to someone with no concept of colour, or what colour or light even are? Assuming his people are decently advanced scientifically - You're aware of electromagnetic radiation? Well, for some reason, this one really specific band of it causes massive issues with your ring - any object emitting it keeps your ring from working. Yeah, we don't get why either.
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Jul 28, 2015 17:55
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djw175 posted:Well yellow is about cowardice right? So you'd explain it as a scared sound. Oh gently caress me, I now get why Yellow is the weakness.
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Jul 28, 2015 18:02
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bunnyofdoom posted:Oh gently caress me, I now get why Yellow is the weakness. Well, it's been retconned. At various points it's been: plot device just so that GL wasn't undefeatable flaw specifically put in place by the Guardians to keep the Corps under control Issue caused by Parallax being trapped in the great power battery of Oa mental block of the Corps thinking it's going to not work, so it doesn't something or other else I'm not sure what the current status of this is.
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TheCenturion posted:Well, it's been retconned. That's pretty clearly the reason that it was yellow originally, considering that "fear" as a concept has been wrapped up in GL for a long time. Which would make explaining it to sound guy that much harder. It's also the reason why I dream of the day DC publishes the greatest conflict of all time "Green Lantern VS Big Bird".
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Jul 28, 2015 18:15
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I like the idea that it's all in their heads, and since she didn't tell the blind lantern about it, he'll just never have an issue with it.
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Jul 28, 2015 18:20
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Opopanax posted:So how would you explain yellow to someone with no concept of colour, or what colour or light even are?
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Jul 28, 2015 18:30
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Keeshhound posted:I like the idea that it's all in their heads, and since she didn't tell the blind lantern about it, he'll just never have an issue with it. The idea of it being in their heads didn't show up until like 20 years later.
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Jul 28, 2015 18:46
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theflyingorc posted:The idea of it being in their heads didn't show up until like 20 years later. How was she able to see into the future? 
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Jul 28, 2015 18:47
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When Hal first got the ring Abin Sur's explanation was that there was an impurity in the lantern that caused the weakness and removing the impurity caused the lantern to not work.
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Jul 28, 2015 18:51
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theflyingorc posted:The idea of it being in their heads didn't show up until like 20 years later. Man, has it really been that loving long? I really just meant in a serendipitous sense though; like just by random coincidence, the lantern who inducted him being lazy and irresponsible wound up saving him from having to deal with a boatload of "I can't do anything to yellow stuff!" bullshit.
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Keeshhound posted:Man, has it really been that loving long? I really just meant in a serendipitous sense though; like just by random coincidence, the lantern who inducted him being lazy and irresponsible wound up saving him from having to deal with a boatload of "I can't do anything to yellow stuff!" bullshit. Remember when Batman pained a room and himself yellow so he could beat the poo poo out of Hal?
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Jul 28, 2015 19:08
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bobkatt013 posted:Remember when Batman pained a room and himself yellow so he could beat the poo poo out of Hal? I picture the anti-Lantern dossier just being a bunch of paint swatches.
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muscles like this? posted:When Hal first got the ring Abin Sur's explanation was that there was an impurity in the lantern that caused the weakness and removing the impurity caused the lantern to not work. Now I'm picturing Hal getting frustrated because he considers certain shades to be more orange than yellow and STUPID RING THAT IS DARK GOLDENROD AT BEST
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Jul 28, 2015 19:16
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bobkatt013 posted:Remember when Batman pained a room and himself yellow so he could beat the poo poo out of Hal? theflyingorc posted:It's also the reason why I dream of the day DC publishes the greatest conflict of all time "Green Lantern VS Big Bird". I now envision Batman's last resort plan for Hal is wearing the Big Bird suit altered to be the Big Bat suit with the little spiky bat ears and his scowling cowl over Big Bird's face, and a bat symbol on the chest but no other major changes. 'I AM BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTER B' while doing his kung fu side kicks with the ribbed orange legs.
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Jul 28, 2015 19:23
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John Dyne posted:I now envision Batman's last resort plan for Hal is wearing the Big Bird suit altered to be the Big Bat suit with the little spiky bat ears and his scowling cowl over Big Bird's face, and a bat symbol on the chest but no other major changes. All Star Batman 9 
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Jul 28, 2015 19:30
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Hal's going to realize that the glass the lemonade is in is clear, not yellow, and smash it into Batman's face.
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Jul 28, 2015 19:32
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Hal is not that clever, and no, that's not quite what happens.
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Jul 28, 2015 19:36
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Endless Mike posted:Hal is not that clever, and no, that's not quite what happens. Change my vote from "is" to "should, if he weren't an idiot"
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Jul 28, 2015 19:39
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bobkatt013 posted:All Star Batman 9 Is that the smartass Robin? He looks like a little smartass, with his ice cream and his smirk.
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Endless Mike posted:Hal is not that clever, and no, that's not quite what happens. prefect posted:Is that the smartass Robin? He looks like a little smartass, with his ice cream and his smirk.
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prefect posted:Is that the smartass Robin? He looks like a little smartass, with his ice cream and his smirk. When I was looking for this page, I saw a page or two later where Batman throws and punches Robin while calling him a "stupid little snot". Twice. Our hero, everyone!
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Uthor posted:When I was looking for this page, I saw a page or two later where Batman throws and punches Robin while calling him a "stupid little snot". Twice. Here is him threatening to break his neck 
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Jul 28, 2015 19:50
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Uthor posted:When I was looking for this page, I saw a page or two later where Batman throws and punches Robin while calling him a "stupid little snot". Twice. I actually really like All Star Batman and Robin, and when I let my friend read it, he characterized Batman as basically being the Joker in a cowl without all the clown gear.
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Jul 28, 2015 19:52
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bobkatt013 posted:Here is him threatening to break his neck What did he do to Green Lantern to require a tracheotomy? Also, who's in the narration boxes?
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Jul 28, 2015 19:57
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prefect posted:What did he do to Green Lantern to require a tracheotomy? Also, who's in the narration boxes? Dick...chops him in the throat, I think? Dick is the narrator.
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10 Beers posted:I actually really like All Star Batman and Robin, and when I let my friend read it, he characterized Batman as basically being the Joker in a cowl without all the clown gear. I enjoyed it for how ridiculous it was, but I wouldn't call it "good". Was ASBaR the one where Robin spends like two issues in the Batmobile and his face gets put on a milk carton before Batman even gets back to the Batcave from Gotham City?
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Uthor posted:I enjoyed it for how ridiculous it was, but I wouldn't call it "good". Yeah that sounds about right.
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