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Two of my least favorite storylines are being repeated for the umpteenth time.
Which is the inspiration for this thread.
Bad but constantly revisited idea #1
Hal giving up the ring. Every once in a while Captain America gives up the shield, Tony Stark the armor or Thor the hammer but Hal giving up the ring has been done so many times it is ridiculous. The funny thing I can't recall any great storylines resulting from Hal giving up the ring. Well the loss of the ring around the original Crisis was great for 
but did nothing for the character of Hal Jordan. Yet it is always done. Cap giving up the shield gave us the Winter Soldier or Super Patriot. Thor and the Hammer gave us Beta Ray Bill and the Surtur Saga, ect but Hal giving up the ring gave us what?...
Bad but constantly rehashed idea #2 Where John
is concerned bringing up Xanshi. Cosmic Odyssey wasn't a quintessential John story. There are much better John stories in Mosaic but people that don't know anything about John always default to Xanshi. Like no other heroes have ever failed before but Xanshi is an albatross around John worse than Jason Todd being brained by the Joker was to Bruce. Yet here we go again...Xanshi. Why not revisit John's time as a pseudo Guardian in the Vertigoesque Mosaic? But no we keep going back to Xanshi
Bad but constantly rehashed idea #3 for Kyle
it is the seemingly forced pairing of Kyle with established characters romantically. Donna, Jade, Carol, Natu none of those pairing actually felt organic or like they belonged to Kyle. The only one that ever has was Alex. Actually Kyle has two because the second of his is, Kyle fans which I could never be confused for, say part of his charm is his relatability in earthbound stories yet Kyle is constantly being kept off earth and given Godlike powers making him less and less relatable.
I can't think of any bad retreaded ideas for Guy except how JLI took a crap on him making him more of a joke than a fleshed out character but otherwise, I can't think of anything maybe one of you guys can.
As for Alan
(my 2nd favorite GL) the only bad idea in any variation of the character is the current Earth 2 one. I loved Roy Thomas All Star Squadron version father of Jade and Obsidian, loved Geoff's JSA version even more alpha dog of the JSA and even the classic tales but this new Alan isn't my Alan, I don't connect to him like I did all the others.
Which is the inspiration for this thread.
Bad but constantly revisited idea #1
Hal giving up the ring. Every once in a while Captain America gives up the shield, Tony Stark the armor or Thor the hammer but Hal giving up the ring has been done so many times it is ridiculous. The funny thing I can't recall any great storylines resulting from Hal giving up the ring. Well the loss of the ring around the original Crisis was great for but did nothing for the character of Hal Jordan. Yet it is always done. Cap giving up the shield gave us the Winter Soldier or Super Patriot. Thor and the Hammer gave us Beta Ray Bill and the Surtur Saga, ect but Hal giving up the ring gave us what?...Bad but constantly rehashed idea #2 Where John
is concerned bringing up Xanshi. Cosmic Odyssey wasn't a quintessential John story. There are much better John stories in Mosaic but people that don't know anything about John always default to Xanshi. Like no other heroes have ever failed before but Xanshi is an albatross around John worse than Jason Todd being brained by the Joker was to Bruce. Yet here we go again...Xanshi. Why not revisit John's time as a pseudo Guardian in the Vertigoesque Mosaic? But no we keep going back to Xanshi Bad but constantly rehashed idea #3 for Kyle
it is the seemingly forced pairing of Kyle with established characters romantically. Donna, Jade, Carol, Natu none of those pairing actually felt organic or like they belonged to Kyle. The only one that ever has was Alex. Actually Kyle has two because the second of his is, Kyle fans which I could never be confused for, say part of his charm is his relatability in earthbound stories yet Kyle is constantly being kept off earth and given Godlike powers making him less and less relatable. I can't think of any bad retreaded ideas for Guy
except how JLI took a crap on him making him more of a joke than a fleshed out character but otherwise, I can't think of anything maybe one of you guys can.As for Alan
(my 2nd favorite GL) the only bad idea in any variation of the character is the current Earth 2 one. I loved Roy Thomas All Star Squadron version father of Jade and Obsidian, loved Geoff's JSA version even more alpha dog of the JSA and even the classic tales but this new Alan isn't my Alan, I don't connect to him like I did all the others.
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