Did They Nerf Green Lantern in the DCAU?

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[@ravoniesravenshir3926]

If you want to kill a green lantern... use a #2 Pencil, it is both Yellow and made of Wood.

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[@TimChapelLosesPasswords]

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[@MtnSmithy]

The fact that they just made everything that beat him yellow and didn't call it out explicitly was perfect, I think.

[@dannyphantom3090]

True calling it out would've been stupid because it is a silly weakness. I never noticed it until the video

[@millo7295]

The people calling it out are US WE CAN SEE THAT YELLOW IS THE ONLY COMMON THING

[@MegaZeta]

@millo7295 Yeah the point is that they’re better than KZbin trivia mongers at putting together an entertaining TV show

[@Rattrap007]

There was a great bit in Batman Brave and the Bold where Guy Gardner meets Alan Scott. At one point Guy mocks him for being weak against wood. “What happens when someone attacks you with a pointy stick?””Same thing that happens to you if they paint it yellow”

[@Ultriac301]

Does this mean that if i can go at them with a yellow stick i can beat them both?😅

[@firebird1080]

@@Ultriac301a number 2 pencil would do the trick

[@corryjamieson3909]

​@@firebird1080The Eraser: Well well well, if it ain't my lucky day.

[@ashleytuchin7693]

That reminds me of the Big Bang Theory episode where Raj says he could beat every Green Lantern with a no. 2 pencil.

[@magnusm4]

"Happy Australian camping noises".

[@The_Phantasm]

For all the issues I have with Geoff Johns' writing, the retcon that the reason for the Green Lanterns' weakness to yellow was Parallax being trapped inside the Power Battery was very efficient and also helped redeem Hal Jordan in a way that made sense.

[@Paradox-es3bl]

And it’s pretty freaking cool. Like, name another weakness with such a badass excuse. Kryptonite? Ooh, it’s irradiated shards of your exploded homeworld. Boo freaking hoo. Lame. Weak to everything, because you’re just a normal human? Pedestrian. Weak to yellow because the LIVING EMBODIMENT OF FEAR IS TRAPPED IN YOUR SOURCE OF POWER? Freaking awesome.

[@_V.Va_]

@@Paradox-es3blStill lamer than radiation poisoning. Scary feeling in the battery!

[@chrisblanc663]

I liked the reasoning behind the weakness. Also for most of these superheroes, they have stupid weaknesses. Superman: weak to pebbles. Martian manhunter: fire, which is very common. Flash: being disconnected from the speed force, or the cold. Wonder Woman: being tied up. (Her creator was kinda kinky) Batman: bankruptcy. Hawkgirl: disruptive memories.

[@RippahRooJizah]

@@chrisblanc663 To be fair, said "pebbles" gave Lex cancer.

[@chrisblanc663]

@@RippahRooJizah true.

[@bobtherandomguy805]

Ever notice both of Shayera's outfits are yellow? She was GL's biggest weakness afterall

[@Artista_Frustrado]

ok but if you think about it Parallax living in the central battery can justify the weakness to Yellow entirelly: - the Lantern rings are connected to the Users mind on a subconscious level, right? - so if Parallax who is the Yellow Light of fear is inhabiting the Central battery then it means every Lantern is subconsciously aware a parallax - the Green light of Willpower weakens when exposed to ANY Fear, not just the Yellow Light of Fear therefore Yellow works on lanterns because they ARE Subconciously afraid of yellow. Why? because Yellow represents the biggest fear a Lantern could ever have: the Fear of Fear Itself

[@loganshaw4527]

Their is nothing to fear but fear itself.

[@pokefire953]

That actually makes a lot of sense. Reminds me of that time when one of Batman’s contingency plans against gl was to put his ring on while he sleeps, which would convince him he’s blind, and then the ring would actually make him blind

[@Artista_Frustrado]

@@pokefire953 lmao, that's so convoluted i love it

[@pokefire953]

@@Artista_Frustrado yeah, when it gets used on him superman just tells him to take off the ring and he's able to see again

[@MegaZeta]

If you’re just going to rattle off wiki trivia for cheap approval from dimwits, at least don’t be so pathetic as to pretend otherwise

[@steelydyl]

Green Lantern would be doomed in a Simpsons crossover Also with my green lantern ring the first thing I'm doing is flying.

[@siraxlrose5659]

How did you comment 21hrs ago on an 18 minute old video

[@steelydyl]

@@siraxlrose5659 my abilities are beyond your comprehension

[@Paradox-es3bl]

But what’s the first thing you’re MAKING? That was the question.

[@steelydyl]

@@Paradox-es3bl I’m making a plane to fly in!

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

You're joking, but in the 60's he got a plucky Asian sidekick, who's skin the ring did not work on, explicitly because it was yellow. There's no logical reason to mention this, there's no reason you would ever need to use your ring's powers on another human's skin, but the went there, because racism.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

All roads lead back to that damn yellow batsuit.

[@ravinraven6913]

you mean the black bat suit with the yellow on his chest with a bat? Which reflects the spotlight the police use to call batman? God people are dumber than a box a rocks, the hippy that carries it and the yuppies who buy them put together.

[@violacola]

Truthully, if I had a green lantern ring, I'd probably spend the first couple of hours designing the coolest looking green lantern uniform possible so I'd at least have a sick outfit to wear while inevitably failing my first super hero-ing attempt in spectacular fashion. I'm thinking something with a hood.

[@ArcDragoon]

So... Hal Jordon as The Spectre?

[@amalgama-dette1430]

ohhh thats ocool ill steal it from u, i would make mine with a dress or a skirt or shorts-skirts, and gaunlets cuz cool

[@TheRenegade...]

Green Lantarrow

[@TheUncleBob]

Food for thought. Those little blue men in red dresses aren't known for telling the truth, embellish their own importance (and power), and have a history of rewriting historical events to make themselves look better. It's entirely possible the Parallax entity did exist in the DCAU, was trapped in the primary Power Battery, got out, did a little crazy and a little killing, was defeated, and by the time Kai-Ro became a Green Lantern, GL School included a chapter on how the Guardians managed to single-handedly defeat Parallax, with no help from anyone else, thus removing the Yellow weakness. And they can see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

[@LeviChurch]

*sees GL has turned evil* Batman: "It's time" *puts on the yellow batsuit*

[@bloody4558]

The lantern was Kyle, Batman gets steamrolled in seconds.

[@wolffang489]

You know he has a wood suit somewhere too.

[@ravinraven6913]

I think the wooden one would have worked and looked better.

[@Nathan-qp9uv]

@@wolffang489 he doubled up its a wood suit painted yellow.

[@wraithgames]

I would make a mech suit with my green lantern ring

[@Storm_Bringer_666]

Honestly, just sucks my favorite color is blue yet the Blue Lantern Core is the one i don't fit in at all-

[@officialwatershieldchannel3858]

Cool man

[@MetroBison]

Bro how did you comment 18 hours before the video came out

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[@all9472]

They should make batman batmobile and jet into a transformer that's a giant mech, car, jet good buff and not to similar to iron man yet still similar rich Playboy genius vibe

[@jxbermudez]

I love the idea that a Pikacku could solo an army of green later. As for the qotd: I'd make a hoverboard. I wanna see if it's as cool as it sounds

[@Paradox-es3bl]

Back To The Future style? Of course. It’s a flying skateboard. What’s cooler? Besides sex.

[@PIMPTD]

I get that but I think if you can fly , Hoverboard is kinda weak experience compared to flying.

[@Josephmc2503]

21:54 I was really worried that the guardians were gonna do something with a “yellow impurity” at this point in an old comic like this 😂

[@davinator1212]

thank god I'm not the only one that thought that... I mean... look how they drew the people...

[@TonyGiannamore]

@@davinator1212dude my whole body tensed up when he was explaining the story with that still image😂😂😂

[@PosthumanHeresy]

25:05 It might be because it's the whole Justice Lords, not just him. He's merely part of a council of leaders, not the unilateral leader of the society, and they may feel that it's fine for a Green Lantern to be a governmental leader, and not have an issue with a power structure like the Lords, since it's not dissimilar to the Guardians themselves.

[@falleneldor]

Oooh. Very good point!

[@pamelabenson6212]

if I had a green lantern ring I would make a tiny Godzilla and a tiny King Kong and see them fight

[@safebox36]

Worth mentioning that, while probably unintentional, the word that "parallax" derives from can also mean "to change" or "to exchange". Which kinda ties in with the idea that a parallax is a change of perspective (whether literal or figurative), and can be seen as relating to anxiety and fear being either a useful survival mechanism or a crux in that moment.

[@duckie730]

That shirt design is actually cool. And if I had the ring I would make an extend hand so I can grab things without getting up.

[@ShockWithoutFear]

I think it's also important to mention that the yellow impurity was officially taken away from the GL comics once Kyle took over with the last power ring made uniquely for him. Implying that the guardians had the ability to take away the impurity before the parrallax retcon. I think this had a play in how lax they could be with the weakness in the show and leaving it in as an homage makes a lot of sense. It's definitely there but can fit in the space where the Guardians can take it off once they trust that the lanterns won't turn on them like the manhunters turned on second 666/in dire situations

[@Theycallmetomu]

Giving the ring weakness to yellow is like taking an ability flaw on a tabletop RP character to get some extra feats. They removed the weakness at the cost of something else when they realized the weakness was too problematic. As for the QOTD, if I had a green lantern ring I would make ... well I'd start making simple shapes in order to feel out the capacity of the ring obviously. You know, kind of like a telekinetic stress ball. Then, since I associate green lanterns with psionics, and psionics with crystals, probably some crystals. But like, what would I WANT to make? I dunno, nothing the lantern rings make is permanent, and it's not like I'm fighting supervillains or anything. I'd probably just use the danged thing to fly.

[@darkychao]

5:10 you _do not_ need yellow to make green light, you can create any color of the rainbow with a single wavelength. the only lantern color that requires more than one wavelength is the white light of life (and maybe arguably the violet light of love, since that's usually depicted as closer to magenta).

[@rolandswift4311]

An easy explanation would be that the GL ring requires the user to be in the right state of mind. Fear makes the necessary state of mind harder, but not impossible, to maintain. The yellow light of fear can project fear into a person’s mind, making it harder for GLs to fight YLs. With their greatest weakness being symbolized with, empowered by, and just generally being yellow; GLs probably develop a conditioned fear response(basically what PTSD is) to the color, so they have a debilitating moment of panic when they see it, which pushes them out of their necessary mental state and disrupts their ability to use their powers.

[@blakethebeast3174]

I'm most impressed with how many times you put pop culture references to yellow in this one. (And the Hawkgirl shirt comment made me make a noise of amusement, it was very unusual.)

[@jacksonhorrocks4281]

So Kryptonite was randomly made up because the Superman voice actor on a radio show wanted to go on vacation and they needed a reason for him to be gone

[@loganshaw4527]

Lol that mahogany color kryptonite. It causes Superman to race swap.

[@chriscaseybrown5587]

“because it’s Friday” doesn’t rolloff the tongue. QotD:A wave motion gun whenever I’m fighting a large group of enemies.

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[@SaipanMen]

There was a tie in coloring book for the justice league show. In the Dr. Destiny episode, they made GL’s nightmare that he was trapped in yellow. They had to simplify most of the fears, so the flash’s fear was being trapped in roots. May not be cannon but they did acknowledge it. QOTD: I would create a Gundam robot mech suit. Would draw alot of attention but it would be super cool

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Oh cool! Which coloring book?

[@SaipanMen]

@@dcauwatchtower my family got rid of the book awhile ago but let me see if I can find a similar one

[@loganshaw4527]

​@@dcauwatchtowerI thought flashes fear would be ice a strong weakness of his is captain cold.

[@ContagiousRepublic]

Sounds like a paintball machinegun is the only accessory a sidekick would need, LOL.

[@Duskof81]

It's always a good day when the WD posts a new video! Always found weird that we never had that classic weakness for the GL in the DCAU, especially before the comics' retcon.

[@demfrodegroot7596]

Arguably, the guardian's 'dealing' with the yellow weakness might not have been them just snapping their fingers to remove it, it could have been a battle, even the expression and the way he says it, that they 'dealt with it', treats it like a problem, not an intentional flaw to limit the power of green lanterns.

[@AlienIOIandroktone]

Yeah I'm guessing from everything that it's there, to an extent, in some GLs, but it's not telegraphed for obvious reasons, and doesn't completely nullify the green energy, just works better against it (& maybe specifically yellow energy/gas, not really solid objects, unless it's jello). I like the idea that overcoming fear is in play too, and DCAU John hasn't really overcome it like his Justice Lord counterpart, but would be immune to the yellow impurity is he was, like Jessica becomes. Then at some point the Guardians are able to remove it completely. Hey maybe Kai Ro is weak to wood

[@bluethediglett2596]

I mean how can it be yellow when in this universe one of the most famous green lanterns wears exclusively yellow and blue

[@kanna-san.]

Eyyyy

[@monorayjak4377]

I always loved one particular explanation the most, one I found originally in the "Generations" series (the series where time actually passes and characters age - it probably didn't originate there, but its where I first saw it) - the Guardians were well aware that the rings were far too powerful to not have some kind of counter to them, so when they began the core they also spread the idea that the rings were weak to yellow, and since the rings are fueled by the power and belief of the wielder (something we've seen in other stories like Tower of Babel where Kyle Rainer is given a post-hypnotic suggestion to believe he's blind, and since he has his ring on it actually makes him blind for as long as he keeps it on), the weakness became "truth" to everyone who heard about it, and since it was common knowledge within the core, everyone had heard of it. This is also used to explain why the original green lantern was weak to wood - during his first fight he was beaten by someone sneaking up behind him and hitting him with a wooden club, making him think that the ring must be weak to wood because it didn't automatically protect him from it - in essence, he created the exact kind of mental block by accident that the guardians produced on purpose. This inconsistency is even used in the series when Hal Jordan works it out that the weakness isn't real, he had turned down the role in this reality, but he knew that the original lantern was weak to wood but had no issue with yellow and that newer ones were vice-versa, so he figured it was probably false that it had any weakness at all.

[@bluegatito8684]

I never tought they would make this video, I hear that idea for old video, and it finally came out.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

One time in the comics, Hal Jordan realized that a space ship that had been painted entirely yellow still had to have vents for its propulsion system and that the entire interior of the ship is not likely yellow. Guess what happens when you will the lantern energy to enter those vents and start breaking the propulsion systems and all that energy suddenly has no where to go and be used?

[@laerbear6760]

"until you conquer your fears - whatever they may be -" And it's hawkwoman strutting her stuff

[@ashleytuchin7693]

So, was John hooking up with the yellow-clad Hawkgirl the equivalent of Martian Manhaunter hooking up with Fire in Tom King's 'Human Target' series? Was it some sort of weird BDSM type thing for him? Furthermore, does that mean she started wearing even more yellow as a kind of 'f#$k you'?

[@powerrangernerd8122]

If I had a Green Lantern ring, the first thing I'd make would probably be a bubble. But a really good bubble... shield!

[@andydrew3834]

18:33 Nah that’s just her cool new monocle

[@leblanc3536]

Lex accidentally beating John by throwing yellow jello at him was hilarious

[@jimhenry5552]

For a short time, one writer made a point that the phrasing was "Due to a necessary impurity..." (As opposed to an "inherent impurity.." The idea was that a lantern or two abused the power of the rings and they added an flaw/weakness so that the Lanterns would not be "all-powerful." This fact allowed the Guardians to make changes to rings at times. too. The ring that Alan Scott would come to possess was a regular Lantern Corp ring that was being abused by a GL on Earth in Asia. He was tormenting Rice Paddy farmers and a Guardian *shifted* the weakness from "yellow" to "wood" -- which allowed the farmers to stop the rogue Lantern. When Alan Scott found the ring, it retained the new weakness to wood and not the color yellow. I really liked this ret-con and thought it was quite elegant and innovative. It answered a lot of questions and added to the lore.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Yep! We bring that up later in the video 🫡

[@jimhenry5552]

@@dcauwatchtower I wrote that after watching half the video. I saw that you had indeed covered it later on. I should have had more patience....

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[@crazyvool9567]

I'd like to belive it's like how the plan is to make Hal go blind, When they notice that the beam is yellow long enough to process the color that yellow weakness pops up at the back of their brain so it makes it weaker in the moment

[@Arachnid-scribe]

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[@mysterionlibrary]

12:57 Parallax's name makes sense because it's reference to idiom "fear has big eyes".

[@spidremi875]

If i had a green lantern ring, i'd make a construct that allows me to scratch my back easily. Pretty useful, isn't it?

[@omniunown]

I always thought it was a nice touch that the yellow weakness is still sometimes a thing, even though mechanically it's not. The nature of Green Lantern powers makes it so that, if they subconsciously acknowledge the weakness, even though it no longer exists, it should still count. It'd be even cooler if old Green Lanterns had trouble with yellow, but new ones who never had to work around it didn't

[@yourconscious]

It may not be the first thing I'd make, but if I were a lantern, I'd absolutely make use of feints. You think I'm hitting you with a construct from the right? No, that one isn't solid. The one behind you is

[@Roz4628]

What would I make with a power ring? I'd try to make a prism crystal to see what the hell happens if you force a green light construct to produce other colors.

[@Idran]

But prisms don't work on single-frequency sources like lasers They only make rainbows because most light sources are already a mix of frequencies

[@Hanmerhack]

I remember that another Alen Scott reboot was that the Guardians had attempted to get rid of magic but were just able to draw all the magic of Oa into the green meteorite and it escaped into space crash landing on earth.

[@ramble3539]

First thing I would do with a Green Lantern ring? Give myself a cool hat.

[@eliandervalderen5849]

Well in the comics how Jordan after a few years of being a Green lantern believing that his ring wouldn't work directly on yellow started using indirect action to affect yellow things including heating up the are so that the yellow metal would start glowing red hot and allow him to use his ring against it

[@andrewdeluca7352]

Booster gold walks into the watchtower cafeteria. Every Green Lantern in the room: (Indescribable sounds of pain).

[@TheRAZORVIDS]

I have a vivid memory of reading a JLU kids book or colouring book where John fights a knight in yellow armor. I swear he actually mentions this or the narration does. Something like the yellow specifically making him weak.

[@dcauwatchtower]

If you figure it out, lemme know!

[@David_Gallaher]

What an amazing episode

[@cleebe823]

I can reconcile the guardians being able to alter the purity of the lanturn "at will" while parallax forces an impurity. Perhaps Parallax, as you put it, is a *bug*. The guardians are supposed to be "tech" based, and an undetected bug that gets into the (like a computer virus) makes sense. It's an entity that's essentially made of fear, and the battery is mainlined into the spectrum. That's not really even head cannon though as I only found out about their ability to change it at will here 😅

[@theclassicnerdyguy]

Now I'm just curious to how a DCAU Parallax story would play out. As for the QotD, I'd probably try making some decent headphones I could sleep in.

[@just_a_tepig3611]

The writer's statements make it seem that at the time, jon having trouble against yellow items was just a meta reference, not a hard rule. The one thing thats really funky to ne is just the yellow jello breaking the shield.

[@Solitaire001]

Thing about the yellow weakness is that it just means that the rings are ineffective against yellow. Being around the color yellow doesn't weaken them like kryptonite does Superman. Also, although Green Lanterns can't affect yellow directly, there are ways around it. Hal Jordan was able to defeat an enemy in yellow armor by tossing him into a pit of mud. While covered with mud Jordan was able attack and defeat him. Another option is to create a bubble around the target and then remove all of the air within it, knocking the target out. Concerning Sinestro's ring, Guy Gardner discovered how Sinestro's ring was powered: It is powered by contact with the energy from a Green Lantern ring. Thus, when Sinestro fights a green lantern, the green lantern is powering the very weapon he is using. Also, it is logical that if Sinestro's ring is powered by fear and the Central Power Battery contains Parallax who is the entity of fear, then Sinestro is tapping into the power of fear through green lantern energy.

[@kwayneboy1524]

27:46 I would make a sandwhich so I could have a light lunch.

[@jonathanstewart4999]

The first construct I made with my ring was a gatlin gun, the second was a guillotine. And yes I was weak to yellow, but only when it came in the form of well fitted jogging pants/shorts with "JUICY" on the rear 😂😂😂

[@fatenabu1]

My answer: If I had a Green Lantern ring I would make an exoskeleton for I could walk when needed or reach things on a high shelf. That or just float everywhere.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

(also not a US citizen but I wanna answer the QOTD anyway) The first construct I would make would be a cool suit, I have this idea for a trenchcoat & a Daft Punk-styled screen helmet. The second would be a set of tiny tools so I can work on electronics without breaking stuff

[@tom4ivo]

Sinestro's yellow power ring was powered by Green Lanterns using their rings in its vicinity. So he never had to worry about running out of powering when battling Green Lanterns, but they themselves did have to worry about running out of energy. As told in Guy Gardner's comic from the 90s.

[@stevelandmartin-khan2430]

1:44 he was once quoted as saying “I wish I was known for flying the planes” (or something similar, you get the idea) when someone brought up a threesom he had

[@Compucles]

Aside from the Jell-o, all the other examples are things that arguably can either overpower GL at that moment or (like with the gas attacks) start affecting GL before he has time to put up a barrier. I think it works as an homage without making it an actual weakness...again excepting that stupid bowl of Jell-o.

[@erubianwarlord8208]

it was a bowl of jello thrown at Flash speeds though so...

[@TheNewtypeblue]

I've been watching the DCAU since the first episode of BTAS and I never got the Old Yeller joke until this video.

[@dcauwatchtower]

It was news to us, too! So clever!

[@Gibbypastrami]

I’d probably accidentally make a back scratcher, like I would be sitting there, new power ring, thinking “what awesome thing am I about to build” and then I get an itch and go to scratch and it’s just out of reach and I subconsciously make a back scratcher appear and go to town

[@leroyhudson8952]

Bro yellow weakness makes it sound like an old sleazy uncles term for his ladies of the night with Asian descent 😂

[@5uper8eedle]

I feel like my first impulse would be to design a costume with a cape and maybe some shoulder pads. Kinda basic but I think capes are cool and we should all wear them.

[@emerald773sstudio2]

If I had a Green Lantern Ring, I would probably use a flyswatter as my main tool of choice. But, for the first thing I'd make, it would be a jet.

[@ShooterQ]

Hey, I've been watching for what feels like years. I just wanted to say you REALLY outdid yourself with the editing, jokes, research, and references in this video. Kudos, mad respect.

[@thevenom2731]

If I had a ring, I'd make an airplane with a bunch of weapons on it.

[@MildlyAggressiveOni]

Honestly not sure what I'd make with a green lantern ring, but the ability to just fly away to wherever I desire would be pretty nice.

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[@MegaManDBZX]

This is why I’m glad, they got rid of that weakness in the 90s. Hell, even when it was somewhat brought up in GLTAS, it was due to a toxic mineral that acted as a psychotropic hallucinogen.

[@captainbirch2.079]

The first thing I'd make with a gl ring would probably be some cool sword or something like that

[@juicedbagel]

Having the one GL get beat up by the Chinese was something I was not expecting. They were unhinged when writing these comics.

[@nick-playercharacter8583]

The gags in this episode were spot on. I kept wondering when you'd run out of ammo and you just never did.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Thanks, means a lot!

[@quinnheppe2959]

The all star Batman and Robin scene lives rent free in my head, it was so goofy. I’d make something like a shark if I had a ring. Big oceanic life for attacks are always cool to me.

[@QueenStodge]

I would've really liked to see Sinestro's yellow core and Parallax. I very much prefer Yellow Lantern Sinestro, as opposed to Sinestro prior to the yellow lantern core. If it was about before or during the DCAU, I very much feel they'd definitely go with that Sinestro.

[@chickadeestevenson5440]

I do wish that the other lantern cores were a thing in the DCAU. Since blue lanterns usually stop red from working.

[@brxtndog]

If you have a green lantern ring the first thing you gotta do is explore space or the ocean or basically anywhere you cant normally go - so yeah fly into space is definitely what i would do

[@speedmaster24official70]

you know I actually love the idea that the weaknesses are controlled by the council. if that were cannon it gives a whole meaning to how the rings could work and why its not a simple matter for a green lantern to just be omnipotent. you could very easily believe that the green energy is some form of magic to control light or something else wacky with gods or whatever and then the rings and such are a technology to be the median thus the council is able to control things such as adding wood or yellow as a weakness. at the same time parallax can still be cannon he can still be part of the reason yellow was the weakness because he would basically just be the yellow magic or whatever.

[@tonysalerno1555]

So, if I had a Green Lantern ring, I’d probably not make a physical item, but go fly around or visit an alien planet.

[@BigBadBalrog]

The most ringing endorsement an unfamiliar channel can get is a line-read from Thought Slime ♥

[@tesloche9349]

If I had a Green Lantern ring, the 1st thing I'd create is an entire skyscraper with a working elevator and different rooms/levels

[@GeorgeInglis]

3:44 love that three-eyed John

[@wesleybutler1868]

Bro the comedy in this video hit hard. So many yellow clips

[@bman7230]

I’ve always thought this was an interesting subject, especially because Kyle Raynor was presented to us in the comics as having an “updated ring” with no weakness to yellow. If I had a Green Lantern Ring, I would create a duplicate of myself and color correct my double to help me with all daily tasks! (Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II #2 from 1991) I would create the ultimate work life balance!

[@SAClassHunterZero]

That one bowl of yellow stuff from ‘The Great Brain Robbery’? Went right through his shield? Classic lmfao

[@hunterdragon7210]

5:12 you can, in light colors the primary are red green and yellow

[@dirtyroad326]

If I had a GL ring, the first thing I would create would be cool outfits. Gotta make sure I look stylish while wielding a ring that makes green stuff.

[@mattwo7]

14:25 There's also the whole Jessica Jones as Power Ring thing which didn't seem to be canon to JLA vs The Fatal Five (DCSG also seemd to ignore that, wonder if I'll ever see an extended media version of her as Power Ring or Yellow Lantern), not helped by the fact that Crisis on Two Earths wound up not being canon (and that movie was based on JLA: Earth-2 which was retconned to be about the Antimatter Universe anyway and the move's version of Power Ring was never established to have the RIng of Volthoon like the Pre-Crisis and Earth-3 versions in the comics).

[@dcauwatchtower]

We're cookin' up a video about that stuff!

[@mattwo7]

@@dcauwatchtower Looking forward to it.

[@TheeSagittarius]

16:12 😆 Don't come at Superman like that.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Check out our video on Superman's cheekbones if you haven't yet! 😁

[@TheeSagittarius]

@@dcauwatchtower will do

[@tencents6]

If I had a Green Lantern, the first I would make is my costume. Maybe make it look like a cross between Iron Man's Armor and a classic super hero outfit. But it would have to have hand cannons so I can use Hand Blasts in my outfits

[@user-lynKx]

I mean, having cheese in your pocket and calling it insurance is pretty badass

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

The sun is not yellow It just looks like that through the atmosphere It's actually putting out more green than any other color in the visible spectrum. Holy cow is that thought slime?! Neat

[@BrendanSmallButera]

I'd use my ring to create a 3 bedroom house and live in it. Might be in a touch spot when I need to recharge it though...

[@11naylor]

First thing I'd do with a GL ring? I think about this way more than I probably should. I would scan my entire body all the way down to the atoms. Then record all of that information into the ring and make a construct of myself. Then connect that construct to myself so that anything that I do to it would happen to me. I'd use it to fix issues with my body for example work on getting my spine to where it probably should be to ease the back pain, pull all black heads out of my face, fix ingrown toe nails. Things like that.

[@marzero116]

My Favorite lost bit GL Lore is LORD MALVOLIO who was deleted due internal DC comics politics. Lord Malvolio was a villain who looked very similar to Hal Jordan parallax. once fought him and had his ring destroyed. But Hal Jordan defeated Malvolio and took Malvolio's ring for himself. It showed later in the comic Malvolio did not need his ring. That that was most likely supposed to be the origin parallax but due to those internal DC politics the storyline was killed and replaced.

[@chaos4654]

Given Hawkgirl wore a yellow top often, John might've been feeling light-headed on multiple levels around her.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Keep watchin' ;)