Hard to Top
Hmmmm...my little dissertation on the showering habits of Green Lanterns seems to have struck a chord. Alas, I don't have any further pictures. Well, actually, I have some more of the Guy Gardner ones, but they're pretty silly.
And speaking of silly...
Here's John, with a milk mustache. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with anything, but it makes me smile, so what the heck. Nevertheless, there is a serious shortage of pictures out there, of John making a fool of himself. OR Alan for that matter, but Alan is old enough and secure enough that I don't need to see Alan being made a fool of. He just has too much gravitas for that.
John on the other hand...is always in control of himself. Oh, he angsts a bit when he's in the mood...there WAS that whole "blowing up the planet" incident after all. But he doesn't seem to slip on banana peels or even bars of soap. Yellow ceiling tiles do NOT fall upon his head. He does not get hit in the face with pies, sit on whoopie cushions, and not even Green Arrow seems to yell at him. He's simply quiet, competent and focused. Perhaps a little TOO competent and focused.
Frankly, I think that John Stewart is waaaaaay overdue for something silly to happen to him. I hope something silly happens and soon, or else he'll be in the hospital for a heart attack or something. Stupid things happen to Green Lanterns ALL of the time, and it's simply not right that none of them happen to John.
Unless...unless HE'S the one making all the stupid things happen! Loosening those ceiling tiles, planting those exploding cigars and so on.
posted by SallyP @ 8:50 AM
3 Comments:
Y'know, you make a good point. John DOES have the intelligence and wherewithal to be a really good prankster. So good, in fact, that his chances of getting CAUGHT at it would be virtually nil. And, of course, the other Lanterns would be completely and utterly clueless as to why "these things keep happening!" ;-)
It would be the best prank in the world, ever, period: a long series of pranks all committed by the same man against the same colleagues, and nobody ever finds out!
The downside, of course, would be that no one can actually laugh at the real joke except John himself, because he's the only one who knows. But y'know, I can totally see John doing that.
Also, Black Lantern. I bet Hal didn't realize he was joking.
You make me want to write John, but he's so hard to find a good hook for.
John, after pulling off another successful prank, goes home, turns off the lights, draws the shades, and...laughs his ass off. Competently.
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