#red lantern guy gardner

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character ask game excuse for you to talk about Guy Gardner

yippeeee! a chance for me to talk about my babygirl!

Song that reminds me of him:

I gotta say "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" by Toby Keith. not for any particular political reasons, i just think Guy has the energy of the song. his favorite band is canonically Aerosmith though, so i gotta say "Dream On" by Aerosmith. different vibes, but now that im thinking about it i want to cryyyyy

What he smells like:

his constructs specifically smell like rosemary (for the green ones) and hot sauce (for the red ones)

guy himself probably smells like Irish Spring deodorant/body wash and Old Bay seasoning

An OTP:

guyhal! tbh i prefer aroace guy gardner, but theres just something about guy and hal and their relationship. they make each other so much worse but also push each other to be better through healthy competition.

A NoTP:

ummmmm honestly i cant think of any particularly squicky ones for me because i dont really like any except guyhal.

i dont like guytora because i like them better as friends, and i dont like guykyle outside of canon instances because to me, kyle is so much younger than guy.

Favorite platonic/familial relationships:

guy and kilowog- theyre besties and i adore all of their interactions. they care so much for each other

guy and arkillo- fucking love them. they beat the shit out of each other and then went "hey its ride or die time"

guy and john- i love them. theyre so different in personality but their dynamic is great

A headcanon that is popular in the fandom that i disagree with:

GUY GARDNER IS NOT JUST THE "ANGRY GL" HE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT OH MY GOD PLEASE ACTUALLY WRITE HIM WITH A REAL PERSONALITY! HE IS FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE! HE IS LOYAL, DEDICATED, AND REALLY LOVES THE CORPS AND HIS FOUND FAMILY

also literally any iteration of guy gardner that is abusive or a cop is written so fucking wrong. look at guy gardners backstory please. this is about canon comics as well as fanon

The position he sleeps in:

he sleeps on his stomach with his arms under the pillow. he also sleeps either completely nude or in boxers

A crossover au i'd love to see them in:

um. literally none? aus maybe, but no crossovers i think. the only other media that i can think of for crossovers make me want to scream bc i dont fucking want that

wait no i want him to beat bobby flay or absolutely dominate on guys grocery games or a similar cooking show. not quite a crossover tho lol

My favorite outfit theyve ever worn:

in costume, literally any of the composite lantern looks for him (im obsessed)(first image from Lost Army, the second from Emerald Warriors)

if we're talking out of costume, this has to be my favorite (i adore the leather jacket and the Warriors shirt)(from Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps)

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four other prompts from twt <333

[melonnabar]

The gang!!

[thecrowmonster]

dc characters as tumblr/twitter posts

[wajjs]

GUY GARDNER AS GREEN LANTERN IN SUPERMAN TEASER TRAILER [ x ]

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Hey! Just wanna say im really glad i found this account ive been getting into green lantern comics recently and your page is a godsend.Aside from that its one of the few that isnt overrun with batman/batfam content propinng him or his orphan child soliders by putting down other dc characters..so i was curious if you knew any dc fanfics that portray the lanterns as competent and or calling bruce out on his bullshit ( sorry if my text is a bit jumbled english isnt my first language)

I'm glad you like my content!

Tbh the fanfiction situation for Green Lanterns is just as bad as it is on Tumblr, if not worse. So a few of these fics are going to be bat-centric, but I've specifically selected those that I feel actually respect and understand the GLs instead of flanderizing them to be stupid assholes.

I've tagged the authors whose Tumblr usernames I could find in the fic or their AO3 profiles. If you're one of the authors I haven't tagged, just let me know and I'll edit the post to add you.

But without further ado, the GL contents of my bookmarks in no particular order:

Fics where the Bats are uninvolved or only play a minor role

In the end, we all bleed Green. by @catboyollie (series) - a collection of GL shortfics

Kink Meme #5 by Perpetual Motion (perpetfic) - Most people forget Guy Gardner was a teacher...

Friendship, Ice Cream, and Green Lanterns by MildlyRebelliousMint - GLs hanging out after a battle

Family is What You Make Of It by @exasperatedfey - in which Hal has to bail his fellow GLs out of jail

In Case of Emergency by @susanphoenix - Kilowog’s been adopted by the Earth heroes as the GL to go to if they can’t find the earth lanterns. No one told him that.

i ate up all the light by @effietrinket1619 - Six times Hal was there for a fellow GL (and one time they're there for him). TW for roofie

Good Cop/Bad Cop by @meduseld - shortfic of Hal being a scary mf

Adrift by @rose-cake - Simon and Jessica are partners. That word has multiple meanings. Minor Simon/Jessica

These Mountains by pastelplastic - Superman meets Tomar-Re, the Green Lantern who failed to save Krypton

Justice League's most wanted fugitive: Hal Jordan by Panamic - The Justice League are trying to find Green Lantern. Hal does not want to be found by the JL. Shenanigans ensue

No Rest for a Superhero by Crimson_Crystal - Kyle sacrifices sleep to finish an art commission and crashes

A Mind Of His Own by @wolfsbanesparks - The Justice League finds out Captain Marvel is actually a kid, and Hal is the only one who still treats him like a fellow hero

The Goddess of Petty Annoyances by @galahadwilder - Jessica invades Apokolips specifically to annoy Darkseid. Crack

Shooting for the Stars by @green-lanterns-c0ck - Guy in his yellow ring era bumbles into saving a galaxy far far away. Crack crossover with Star Wars

canary in a coal mine by BrandyFromTheBottle - Guy is an asshole to Dinah, but he's trying to be better about it

Hal & Kyle fics (there's enough of these that they warrant their own category)

Luminance by @lanternwisp - Hal slowly realizing he thinks of Kyle as a son

trajectory from me to you by @softpunks - deaged!Kyle thinks Hal is his dad

the moldy cup is not a metaphor by MildlyRebelliousMint - Kyle calls Hal "dad" and Hal goes to visit Barry, totally not freaking out

friendly fields and open roads by @ufonaut - Hal returned to life and feels like shit. Kyle comes seeking a mentor.

ship in a bottle by @hopeworth - Two former hosts of Parallax meet up for brunch

Fics involving Bats that respect Green Lanterns

we're in the mellow mayhem together (series) by lunaratlasky - Jason seeks out Hal whenever he wants to piss off Bruce

Emergency Line (series) by @crucifixinhell - jason looked at hal once and went "you seem like good dad material"

For Whom We'd Give Blood (series) by Boogalee99 - How Hal Jordan becomes the favorite uncle of the batfam

There's Always Another One by lapsedpacifist - Dick gets fired and decides to crash at Hal's place

To Overcome Fear (ongoing) by @dc-sideblog - Stephanie gets fired and Kyle decides that if the Bats don't want a perfectly good superhero, the Green Lanterns definitely do

Disclosure by @aj-artjunkyard - Maybe Hal isn't as at peace with a certain android's death as he thought he was... and maybe he's not alone in his grief either.

Stars in a Paint-Filled Sky by @thenaphorism - Kyle has to explain to the Justice League why he has a Red Hood/Troia tramp stamp

because you know better by @matchahater - Ion and Red Hood contemplate the ethics of resurrection

catch the asteroids that come your way by @thepackwantsthed - the only JayKyle fic that I've ever liked

Justice League International - Spoiled! by @secretlystephaniebrown - Guy Gardner, Crystal Brown's childhood neighbor and best friend, ends up taking in her daughter Stephanie after an unexpected turn of events.

the superhero game (ongoing) by Nyame - Jason Todd Peggy Sue longfic ft. a near-omnipotent White Lantern

I'm gonna pin this post and update it as I encounter more fics I like, so drop some recommendations in the comments for me and everyone else!

[jasontoddsgaythoughts]

Batlantern and Jaykyle fans don’t use Guy Gardener and Dick Grayson as a chaotic duo enough, because what do you mean there’s no fic where Batlantern and Batlantern jr vacation at the same alien planet by “coincidence”

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normal friend behavior

[zed-sabre]

soooooo i've been playing around with the idea of making stickers

but stickers specifically for my interests that never get merch ever

[mpjz03]

saw it and thought of them

[ketchup-monthly]

anyway i have a lot of feelings about billy being a red lantern and helping the other red lanterns find hope again that they had lost to rage

[arrowmaker15]

(Red Hood and Batman on a patrol again)

Red Hood:

Batman:

Red Hood: I heard that you and Wonder Woman-

Batman: We are not.

Red Hood: C'mon, B, I have always wanted an Amazonian stepmom.

Batman: Since when?

Red Hood: Since I found out that you and Diana are dating.

Batman: For the final time, that is just a rumor, me and Wonder Woman are not dating, it is strictly professional. And once I find out who started spreading this rumor, I will lecture them.

Red Hood:

Batman:

Red Hood: It was Hal-

Batman: Indeed.

[somethingsomethingeyyymacarena]

POV: You're a DC comics character who's an abuse survivor but you're not marketable enough to deserve empathy

[hollowsart]

A selection of Guys

Originals:

[dcdreamblog]

What are your opinions on the Justice League International? They were a controversial time for the League for sure, a lot of news outlets around here, red state, you understand, called them a 'joke' and 'an embarrassment on the good name of the League,' but they were heroes, if you ask me.

Any red state dipshit who wanted to say that about the JLI would have to then meet me in the parking lot after I smacked my work gloves across his face.

(The most iconic image of the JLI, the day they received their official charter from the United Nations. TIME Magazine.)

The "Justice League Detroit" (A name I put in quotes because it IS meant to be pejorative in its original context, though the surviving members of that team wear it with pride ) had disbanded after a violent clash with Anthony Ivo left several of its members dead around the same time that G Gordon Godfrey was first able to whip up a popular discontent around superheroes.

This, of course, lead to the famous "Battle of the Lincoln Memorial" where a group of heroes defeated Godfrey and stymied the plans of his ultimate master, Darkseid. Bringing together a new team with the realization the world always needed a Justice League.

The team would handle various crises until the came into the interest of billionaire philanthropist Maxwell Lord who approached them with an idea: Seek official UN sanction, granting greater resources in exchange for government oversight. This period is when the most iconic lineup joined the team more or less, including the American mandated Captain Atom, his Russian counterpart Rocket Red with personable duo Blue Beetle and Booster Gold.

The First thing that caused an international backlash was the WAY the UN sanction was secured, namely that it was a TRANSFER of the Global Guardians' sanction to the League which was WIDELY unpopular in the majority of the world, especially among the Nonaligned Nations. The Global Guardians were and are deeply respected in the areas where they are active and cutting them out in order to replace them with a line up of the Justice League was seen by many smaller nations as America muscling in on the international stage.

This international outcry was somewhat quieted by the addition of popular Brazilian and Norwegian heroines Fire and Ice to the group and the mandated acceptance of Russia's Rocket Red. Though concerns remained that its claim to an international organization was hollow due to its majority American membership in contrast to the truly global commitment of the Global Guardians, worries I sympathize and agree with to a degree.

The OTHER "problem" many had with the team was with its general bearing and membership. The League was at that time, and still often is, thought of in terms of "The Seven", its most famous and prominent members with other heroes playing a peripheral role in the eyes of the public. With Batman very swiftly bowing out once media attention glued itself to the team, the only member of that chosen few that remained was the Martian Manhunter who is often disregarded by a certain...kind of observer. This lead to a perception that the JLI wasn't the "real" Justice League despite the total confidence placed in the JLI by personages like Superman or Wonder Woman.

It also got itself involved in rather less serious matters and conducted itself in a sometimes less than proud manner, mostly due to the public debacles that Blue Beetle and Booster Gold became wrapped up in. But I've already made a post about my thoughts on both men and why I think both are deserving of respect.

My evidence is as it shall ever be.

If you are slightly older than me you probably clearly remember when an alien alliance lead by a race calling themselves THE DOMINATORS tried to conquer the Earth via military force of arms. Which team was at the forefront of the counter attack that saved all our lives? The JLI.

Who stopped the illegal Bialyan junta under "Queen Bee" from gaining a superweapon? The JLI.

Who pushed back the intergalactic despot Despero to such a degree that he STILL thinks that these are Earth's greatest champions? The JLI. I would dare ANYONE who would like to question their legacy to stand in their shoes and still see if their big mouth avails them.