the discourse around Lanterns shows why comic book projects don’t usually dare to take on some of the deeper societal issues in their shows because you guys can’t handle nuance and truly see everything as black and white.
you are uncomfortable acknowledging racism, and also uncomfortable acknowledging how John’s parents are using racism which is a real issue and weaponizing it against their own son for John Sr’s failure at becoming the Lantern because the ring CHOSE HIM FIRST.
you are uncomfortable acknowledging that Hal will never have to have some of the obstacles John has due to race, but not seeing how the show is screaming at you that Bernadette’s worldview is flawed and she isn’t acknowledging Hal’s own fearless built from watching his father blow up as a child which TRAUMATIZED him and gave him a large portion of his fearlessness, something John has never had to experience.
you see the abusive cycle John is put through in the show and the way Bernadette justifies it and think the show is trying to tell you this is just because Hal is white. No
Episode 3 of Lanterns wants you to UNDERSTAND John, not tell you Hal shouldn’t have the ring because he’s white 🤦♀️
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It would be better for Peter to get a different love interest to change things up for the new trilogy and to have the impact of NWH be meaningful. But they won’t do that cause Tom and Zendaya are together irl 🤷♂️
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Luka next year is going to average something like 35/8/9, drag a Laker team who everyone is saying is bad to at best mid to 50+ wins, and come 4th in MVP voting because of “rts%” and yall will think that’s perfectly reasonable 😂 god bless yall man
Ever since that Peter face change something has just been off with Insomniac, I can't prove it or say exactly what it is, it's just a vibe, but the first game just hit so different