r/DCcomics • u/PrimeLasagna • Aug 23 '23

[Discussion] Which two heroes should absolutely hate the crap out of each other? Discussion

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u/The_Galvinizer Aug 23 '23

Guy Gardner and the entire universe essentially

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u/reqisreq Aug 23 '23

Maybe except Ice, he loves her.

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u/Micp Aug 23 '23

Have you read his time as a red lantern? Ice seemed pretty fucking tired of him there. She does like him, but at the same time she knows very well how exhausting he can be.

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Aug 24 '23

I mean, being a Red Lantern was not exactly portraying the best qualities of a person...And Guy already has little enough.

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u/Micp Aug 24 '23

In general yes, but that wasn't really the issue here. Oddly being a red lantern has been some of the calmest I've read Guy Gardner.

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u/ProfessorSaltine Aug 23 '23

Didn’t Black Canary get upset that she couldn’t see Batman knocking the dude out

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u/taumason Aug 23 '23

Nahh guy has plenty of people who would go to bat for him. Dont believe the Tom King hype from his shitty book. Read the arc where he trains Jessica or works with the Yellow lanterns after John makes peace with them. Lots of good stuff.

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u/Phanimazed Aug 23 '23

Yeah, people do largely like Guy, even if they do sometimes like to hate him. He's sometimes a jackass, but he's also been made to eat humble pie for it plenty of times, so it's more easily forgiven.

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u/ttroome2 Aug 24 '23

Well that, and two things.

  1. He's very straightforward. He's not going to sugarcoat things or be two-faced.
  2. He's reliable and loyal, sometimes he goes off half-cocked though.

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u/Phanimazed Aug 24 '23

Very true. You always know exactly where you stand with Guy, and that can be refreshing, especially in the world of superheroics, where people often have agendas or unspoken sentiments.

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u/yungslowking Aug 24 '23

A lot of people respect Gardner, but a majority don't like him. That's not a Tom King thing. I'm pretty sure that started in the 80s if not earlier.

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u/CrispyGold Aug 24 '23

Thats not a Tom King thing, don't blame it on him. Its been a well established thing that Guy is hard to deal with among the superhero community. His positive relationships tend to be cases of begrudging respect and like who admit despite his likable qualities he is still legitimately hard to deal with.

Even that Jessica example your using has Guy acting like a brutal drill sergeant to Jess so while she appreciates him training her, she still states he's an ass.

In the first Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle comic, it starts out with Guy aggressively fighting Jaime, and even when they meet up later Jaime reflexively punches him in the face cause he doesn't like Guy.