Alan!

Alan!

Send Me a Character

And I will tell you my:

First impression: I was first exposed to him in the JSA (2007) series and honestly thought he was very homophobic to Todd and he reminded of how my mom would talk about me being open as a lesbian. Now I know it was internalized homophobia!

Impression now: worse than I thought <3. think maybe he should be held accountable for his actions at some point. admit he makes mistakes would be compelling. go to therapy please Alan, I am begging you do that before making some torture asylum again.

Favorite moment:

I think he should get more bald.

Also when Thorn beats him up:

Also love when he's acting like a bitch <3:

Idea for a story: there is actually an honest discussion of how Brainwave Sr. traumatized him with the vision of all his friends dying and Alan's continual hurt from that & how it made him treat Henry King jr like he needed to pay for the crimes of his father and some acknowledgement that yeah its fucked to forcibly institutionalize someone in an abusive place that you fund.

Unpopular opinion: the accountability is probably unpopular among his fans lol.

Favorite relationship: Vladimir Sokov, aka, his color swapped deviantart oc, they should fuck and end the cold war <3 also just his relationship with Jay, always fun. & the dynamic with the other Lanterns, I still miss the hanging out in Guy's bar era.

Favorite headcanon: still secretly bald (jk he and red lantern are secretly married)

Michael I know your villain arc was a phase caused by idiot homophobes accidentally shooting each other. I realize you might have some feelings regarding the fact that your mother left you to be raised by your unnamed grandmother to play lavender footsie with the GL, only to later take a motherly role to his long- lost adult children.

Why are you shooting your (ex?) stepbrother with a psychic attack ukulele??

Thinking about how Harlequin’s Son / Michael Maybe was conceived of as having been on Obsidian rogue at some point or another- queer themes and family ties aside, I think it would be really funny if DC used this to canonize humor as Obsidian’s primary weakness.

No, I’m not joking.

His powers are deeply tied to his emotions, and his ability to torment people with their own soul/sins/fears/traumas is one of the most terrifying in the DC universe. How hilarious would it be if the best way to keep him from doing so…was to make him laugh?

(As I’m sure the Harlequin’s Son would attest, easier said than done)

Wally: ...

Wally: I am going to make a team that is SO chaotic

I think the Tennyson adult refusal to communicate basic, necessary information (as established in OS) normalized secrets so thoroughly she genuinely didn’t think of them as something bad…which is kinda worse, ngl. In contrast, I think Max is selfishly conflict avoidant in OS and AF /:

Random Mid-Fic Thought: Could you draw a line between Max's secret keeping and Gwen's not telling Kevin shit during the third season of AF? Or are these distinct, separate flaws within the family tree?

AND he'd fuck Hank so much better than all of them.

Oof, underrated nightmare scenario for Alan (he deserves it) 😬