John Stewart and the Legacy of a Fatal Mistake
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
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No moment in John Stewart's life is revisited more often than the destruction of the planet Xanshi. This moment has haunted him endlessly, and yet the further we get from the event, the easier it is to forget the crippling weight of that tragedy. What does it actually mean for a world to die? What does the knowledge that you caused something so terrible do to you? And why was the creation of the Ultraviolet Lanterns the perfect way to bring it all full circle?
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Wow that was a hard hitting story. Never read alot of green lantern stories but i have read the one where he gets taken over by the ultra violet light and didn't know what xangshi was.
Another great video
Bro, this is fantastic storytelling, damn...Jim Starlin is a genious, great video man
I forgot about the new ring stuff, this was a good reminder before his series starts
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Hal will always be my favorite lantern but john is pretty cool too
This was crazy I had no idea this happened.
Watching this while reading War Journal haha. Amazing video I loved it
Did he have the tattoo in that Winter story? Also, we know his tattoo ring status is going to change at some point because if the central battery goes down, it wouldn't affect a John Stewart that was powering himself with his own willpower. And since the Future State guys are writing the book next, this may get swept away as a mild hypertime revision.
It could, but we really won't know until we see the present day in Green Lantern #1. I just checked, and there were at least a few panels in Endless Winter #1 that clearly showed his tattoo ring.
@@MosaicComics But isn't Jo also powered by her own willpower? I feel like they forgot he is his own ring basically and now they're gonna have to come up with some bs contrivance.
@@pickedceasar1216 Right now John’s tattoo ring is loosely defined enough that they could go any direction with it. For all we know, the new series could start with John getting tests back showing that what the Ultraviolet did to him was temporary and has faded away. Or it could end up being a key factor in restoring the Battery eventually. You’re right, both John and Jo seem to be able to power their own rings...if they could somehow teach others, it could be a unique way to restore the fallen GLC.
@@MosaicComics that'd be cool if it's how they restart the corps but it really just seems like they conveniently forgot or are gonna use the vagueness of his powers as a reason for why he can't use them
@@MosaicComics Jess and Simon were able to recharge their rings without the batteries. Maybe it was because their rings were some of the first GL rings ever so their power was charged by/based on their own will. It’s funny, I think guy’s the only human with a regular GL ring anymore. Technically Hal still created his current ring and Kyle’s ring was from ganthet and became a white lantern ring.
Since your channel is named after it, I'm now waiting for an in depth review of GL Mosaic.
It'll come.
Wow! Great video!
Thank you.
He has all this guilt abt xanshi but then he goes and kills mogo without any second thought
great video man
Thanks!
A great video and I really hope you do another about John because there’s so much to talk about. Btw, why does no one ever talk about his sister? I thought the issue where he learns to stand up again was powerful but I could see it being an unnecessary retcon. He already went thro so much at that point with Katma Tui, Mosaic and Xanshi but it helped give him more of a backstory IMO. It’s why I was bored and disappointed to read about it again in Snyder’s JL series. While I liked what Snyder did with John, I thought we were done talking about Xanshi after blackest night and it makes me think: did John ever talk to Martian manhunter before the totality? John was on the JLA after Kyle left in the 00s so he must have talked to MM about it at some point. Even then, it’s been ~30 years, some story should have seen him dealing with xanshi with MM and the JL. Honestly, I really hope Thorne talks about John beyond that specific moment tho because the character is just so well rounded and complex. For me, he’s the best when he’s accompanied by great characters like Katma, Guy and Kyle, leading the GLC and protecting the world with the JL.
Snyder basically did what a lot of long running movie franchises have done recently: make a modern sequel to the original that just ignores all the other movies that came between. Yes, the John/Martian Manhunter stuff doesn't make much sense when you consider that they have in fact been around each other in the 30 years between these two stories, but this was the only time I've ever seen them address it directly and bring some closure to that part of their history, so I don't mind the leap we had to take to get here.
@@MosaicComics Cool, that was what I was thinking but wanted to make sure with you that I wasn't forgetting any previous moments between John and MM/JLA. I kinda wish Snyder would've referenced other moments in John's life tho, especially after he just betrayed Sinestro's daughter before Snyder's run. Btw, what are your thoughts on John's sister retcon? I liked it but no one ever references it and I don't know why.
@@kenlsten4651 I remember reading that issue at the time and not liking it (the sister reveal, not him standing up), mostly because I had never herd of John having a sister, and it felt like they just created a dead sister for the purpose of that moment. I'm honestly not sure if he even had a sister before that scene, I know there were old plans to make John and Black Lightning in-laws via Jefferson's exe wife being John's sister, but I don't think they ever committed to those plans. Maybe I'm overlooking something obvious, but the whole concept of John having a sister has always been oddly fluid.
@@MosaicComics Yeah, I could see that being a case of "fridging" a character, especially unnecessary when you consider all the trauma John already went thro but I thought the issue was so powerful and well done that I ignored these problems. I remember John has a brother but that's it. A lot like Hal, I think writers forget or change John's family tree. And making John and Black Lightning in-laws would've been very weird tho.
That’s my jam in the background.
Thats super cool. I gotta get back into GL
Now's a pretty good time to do it, especially if you like John Stewart.
Damn man. I didn't expect to find this channel on my recommended feed, but this was just a smashing video. You singlehandedly got me invested in John Stewart. I was always keen for Geoffrey Thorne's Green lantern, but only for his philosophy about comics, not the characters he was writing. Consider myself subscribed.
All of that's great to hear! Hope you enjoy Thorne's run now that it's started.
@@MosaicComics also just a quick question (although you may not have the answer), in the #1 of the book, John is using a ring rather than the tattoo. Is that a mistake? Or did he get a new ring in this event or an upcoming one?
@@thechaimug He’s had the tatoo in every appearance since the Ultraviolet Lantern storyline. I get the feeling that they just forgot about it, since it only ever appeared in Justice League and some Death Metal tie-ins. I hope that’s not the case, especially since the story Thorne is going to tell seems like it would be the a perfect place to explore what that kind of relationship to power would mean to John...and there’s still a chance, but I’m not going to get my hopes up too high. But who knows, maybe issue 1 was just too packed with setup to fit everything. We’ll see.
At least he felt bad.
Please do a video on Yrra Cynril aka. Fatality. I think she is an interesting character having connection with Xanshi, her Past and her relationship with John Stewart.
Already working on it!
@@MosaicComics OMG! Thank you. 😍
Amazing! I am even more impressed with John Stewart. I am sad that I did not get to read most of his comics since I am new.
No worries, there's always time to get to them later.
I woukd love an analysis video on sinestro i find him so interesting
It'll happen.
Damn. This story was dark as fuck.
Holy shit
john will always be the side kick because he is beta, at least the most beta amongst the other human Lanterns
You tripping John anything but a beta he what a alpha look like
steven bryant you do realise that he is a sidekick right?
@@legendary3952 not necessarily a side kick but basically like a third string quarterback but he eventually got out of that a became his own lantern and a respected hero
steven bryant lmao no way
He is still the side kick
He does not even have any solo comics lmao
They all flopped
Lol
@@legendary3952 he does got solo comics and that because dc doesn’t put him out there like they do their golden boy Hal and besides John still has a great fan base he still gets plenty of love especially from justice league show
Imagine liking john stewart
he has no substance whatsoever which is why he is a side character
Did you not watch the fucking video? John has loads of substance!
@@zemox2534 what substance lmao
He’s been a side characters for 90% of his existence
And when he wasn’t it got cancelled due to poor sales
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@godlike3591 John is a great character with loads of depth and if you cannot see that it is your own damn fault. And do not blame John for all his series being cancelled. Blame the idiots in DC editorials. If you do not respect John you do not respect GL