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Topic	Scarlet Ranks 52 Characters from 52 Sessions of the DCRPG Campaign: Part V
scarletspeed7 05/26/23 11:07:59 AM #7:	#4 - Guy Gardner https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/6/7/AAOJ0pAADYCD.jpg Guy Gardner, the most contentious Green Lantern in the entire Corps. Its almost a miracle that Guy Gardner has lived as long as he has, since everywhere he goes, mayhem and chaos is sure to follow. Guy Gardner, a handpicked replacement Lantern for Hal Jordan, started his life as a University of Michigan graduate and special education teacher, but he eventually wound up a full-time superhero. If you listen to Guy Gardner tell the story, he was the runner-up to Hal Jordan in Abin Surs fateful lottery, coming up short only by a hair to the so-called Greatest Lantern who ever lived. The truth seems murkier than that, but when Hal studied the history of Abin Sur, he did come to one crucial realization - Abin Sur hadnt planned for a replacement should things have gone awry. Hal took that heart, and he began studying Abins own records, learning of Guy Gardners near-inclusion into the Corps. Hal decided that, should something happen to him, he wanted a replacement prepared to face whatever evils plagued him, and thus, Hal inducted Guy Gardner into a probationary status with the Corps. Guy was the first ever replacement Lantern, and the arrogance that welled inside of him from this dubious honor would only swell as he made greater strides within the Corps. Wwhether as a Green Lantern or - more recently - as the Warrior, having discovered that he possesses a Vuldarian heritage that allowed him to transmogrify his body parts into organic weapons, Guy also possessed, for a short period of time, Sinestros ring, capable of wielding it just as skillfully as a regular Lantern ring. More recently, however, his body began to reject his Vuldarian DNA, and Guy nearly died as his body turned itself inside out on the same day that Coast City reappeared. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, Guy was being prepared by Hal Jordans spirit to return to active duty with the Green Lantern Corps, and for the last several months, Guy has relished his time as one of the senior Green Lanterns, taking his opportunity to lord it over anyone who will listen, whether it be those on Earth or those in space. Guy Gardner is your enemy. Not because he thinks he's your enemy, but because YOU think that if he isn't your enemy, he's kind of a bad person. But you only think that because he's rude, offensive, callous, overly loud, obnoxious, and maybe a little sexist, homophobic and racist. And then you start to peel back the layers, and the slick, slimy veneer begins to fade as you realize beneath the color and is a man. A humie man with convictions and a quiet character that, while intensely, intensely flawed, maybe has purpose in the universe. And you start to maybe, maybe, just MAYBE, come to accept that Guy... might have a heart after all. He's the quickest to ally with the party. Hell, he put the party on ice simply because he knew that their words might shake the Guardians from their Sinestro-instated stupor. And you know what? It worked, for the next thing we know, a single Guardian broke from their plurality... and change their mind. Their own mind. Not all of the minds of the Guardians, no. Not a solution. But the hints, the stirrings, of something greater. Just look at the tale of Ice, or the story of Gal Gardner. Or listen to Lanterns who otherwise have no strong attachments in the Corps. As it turns out, Guy Gardner is a patient, kind man when it comes to a Lantern like Rot Lop Fan, whose inability to see has left him an unintentional outcast among the Corps. In fact, it's Rot Lop Fan that sings the praises of Guy Gardner most highly. After all, as it turns out, Guy Gardner spent the first years of his career teaching special education. Of all things, Guy Gardner is a teacher, a gentle cultivator of potential. You just have to know where to look. Guy Gardner remains every bit as horrible as you all believe. But he may, may, MAY just be the hero you need, in the moment. There's a fragile heart there. Maybe even a compassionate one. It just takes a little bit of patience to find. But the finding it... might just be worth it. Top three - the final trio. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:973729028] in Scarlet Ra... [t:80456024]...</cite> <quote>#4 - Guy Gardnerhttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/6/7/AAOJ0pAADYCD.jpg Guy Gardner, the most contentious Green Lantern in the entire Corps. Its almost a miracle that Guy Gardner has lived as long as he has, since everywhere he goes, mayhem and chaos is sure to follow. Guy Gardner, a handpicked replacement Lantern for Hal Jordan, started his life as a University of Michigan graduate and special education teacher, but he eventually wound up a full-time superhero. If you listen to Guy Gardner tell the story, he was the runner-up to Hal Jordan in Abin Surs fateful lottery, coming up short only by a hair to the so-called Greatest Lantern who ever lived. The truth seems murkier than that, but when Hal studied the history of Abin Sur, he did come to one crucial realization - Abin Sur hadnt planned for a replacement should things have gone awry. Hal took that heart, and he began studying Abins own records, learning of Guy Gardners near-inclusion into the Corps. Hal decided that, should something happen to him, he wanted a replacement prepared to face whatever evils plagued him, and thus, Hal inducted Guy Gardner into a probationary status with the Corps. Guy was the first ever replacement Lantern, and the arrogance that welled inside of him from this dubious honor would only swell as he made greater strides within the Corps.Wwhether as a Green Lantern or - more recently - as the Warrior, having discovered that he possesses a Vuldarian heritage that allowed him to transmogrify his body parts into organic weapons, Guy also possessed, for a short period of time, Sinestros ring, capable of wielding it just as skillfully as a regular Lantern ring. More recently, however, his body began to reject his Vuldarian DNA, and Guy nearly died as his body turned itself inside out on the same day that Coast City reappeared. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, Guy was being prepared by Hal Jordans spirit to return to active duty with the Green Lantern Corps, and for the last several months, Guy has relished his time as one of the senior Green Lanterns, taking his opportunity to lord it over anyone who will listen, whether it be those on Earth or those in space.Guy Gardner is your enemy. Not because he thinks he's your enemy, but because YOU think that if he isn't your enemy, he's kind of a bad person. But you only think that because he's rude, offensive, callous, overly loud, obnoxious, and maybe a little sexist, homophobic and racist. And then you start to peel back the layers, and the slick, slimy veneer begins to fade as you realize beneath the color and is a man. A humie man with convictions and a quiet character that, while intensely, intensely flawed, maybe has purpose in the universe. And you start to maybe, maybe, just MAYBE, come to accept that Guy... might have a heart after all. He's the quickest to ally with the party. Hell, he put the party on ice simply because he knew that their words might shake the Guardians from their Sinestro-instated stupor. And you know what? It worked, for the next thing we know, a single Guardian broke from their plurality... and change their mind. Their own mind. Not all of the minds of the Guardians, no. Not a solution. But the hints, the stirrings, of something greater.Just look at the tale of Ice, or the story of Gal Gardner. Or listen to Lanterns who otherwise have no strong attachments in the Corps. As it turns out, Guy Gardner is a patient, kind man when it comes to a Lantern like Rot Lop Fan, whose inability to see has left him an unintentional outcast among the Corps. In fact, it's Rot Lop Fan that sings the praises of Guy Gardner most highly. After all, as it turns out, Guy Gardner spent the first years of his career teaching special education. Of all things, Guy Gardner is a teacher, a gentle cultivator of potential. You just have to know where to look.Guy Gardner remains every bit as horrible as you all believe. But he may, may, MAY just be the hero you need, in the moment. There's a fragile heart there. Maybe even a compassionate one. It just takes a little bit of patience to find. But the finding it... might just be worth it.Top three - the final trio. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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