#also dw about timelines I'm so fucking lost dude 🤝

[lanternbats]

first, i gotta apologise if this makes literally no sense timeline wise. most of the comics i’ve read are like from the 60s, so my knowledge of anything after 1968 is murky at best. also, this is sorta going off on the last ask but not really—

i’ve had this idea bouncing around in my head about Bruce and Hal sorta dating from early days. maybe it was before Hal became GL, maybe not. doesn’t matter much for this. but the main idea is this:

the whole Parallax thing sorta lines up with Jason’s death. so Bruce is so angry at himself not only for losing Jason, but because he was so blinded by his grief and anger that he failed to recognise Hal literally getting possessed by a space monster.

another idea i had that has no proper story to be worked into is Tim walking up to Hal after Bruce gets lost in time or is presumed dead or whatever and going “you’re gonna help me find Bruce right now.” and Hal just goes “…fair.”

again, i have no clue if either of these would even work. but it sounds good on paper for endless angst so. thought i’d share :)

If you wanna get crazy self indulgent, Jason’s death could be one of the events that leads to Hal's weakening mental state that allowed for Parallax to posses him 👀 Like Hal returns from space only to find out that his and Bruce's son has been dead for months and the corps didn't think this was worth interrupting the mission he was on, which is just another drop in the "man the guardians suck" ocean. He missed the funeral and Bruce isn't talking to him and the break up is messy and horrible for everyone involved and Hal notices that beginning of grey hair on his temples and he's only in his 30's but goddammit it's been a stressful year this totally isn't a sign of anything else ahaha ;)

So Hal wouldn't be around when Tim enters the family, but Tim is very much aware of who Hal is and what he means to Bruce, and Bruce getting lost in time would probably be a great time for them to bond and meet.