A bit late to the party, but thought I'd have fun with this.
"Rhino of Earth, you have great rage in your heart. Welcome to the Red Lantern Corps."
After the events of the Gauntlet, the Rhino is, bar none, the best candidate for a Red Lantern amongst Spidey's foes. Red Lanterns are motivated to rage through loss, and that loss is never caused by their own actions. (Eliminating such candidates as Venom and Fusion.) By the by, if you haven't read the Rhino issues of the Gauntlet, go do it now. Seriously.
"Quintin Beck of Earth, you want it all."
Sure, all of Spidey's foes are greedy, but Beck's entire motivation is the selfish desire for fame and adoration; he isn't avenging a perceived wrong or pursuing an ideal like so many others. Beck is in it entirely for Beck.
"Otto Octavious of Earth, you have the capability to inspire great fear. Welcome to the Sinestro Corps."
I think Doc Ock is the single most feared of any of Spider-Man's opponents. Guys like the Green Goblin or Carnage are feared, certainly, but Ock has committed more acts of global terrorism than most of them put together. Aside from that, Otto's shown several times that he'd probably see eye-to-eye with Sinestro on the need to instill order in a chaotic world.
"Harold Osborn of Earth, you have the capability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps."
How much has Harry had to overcome in his life? His crazy-ass dad, his crazy-ass brother-in-law, his crazy-ass ex-girlfriend, attempted murder by both Hobgoblins, and various chemical addictions and mental breakdowns. (And that's just off the top of my head.)
Aside from overcoming fear, Harry had to display the willpower to overcome his drug addiction, and reject his father's legacy. I doubt he'd like this Corps' color scheme, though.
"Peter Parker of Earth, you have the capacity for great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps."
Do I really have to explain this one?
"Edward Brock of Earth, Nok Lok."
We really don't know all that much about the Indigo tribe, but we do know that members give up their past lives and worldly possessions. Anti-Venom would like nothing more than to free himself from his past life, and is probably the only member of Spidey's cast that would be willing to go through the doubtlessly rigorous training and self-discipline to join the Indigo tribe.
"Lily Hollister of Earth, you have great love in your heart. Welcome to the Star Sapphires."
Okay, Menace is crazy. But think about it: everything she's done, she's done for love. Love for her father, love for Carlie, love for Harry or Norman, love for her unborn child. She'd probably need some time in the Zamerons' purification crystals to get her head straight, but she'd be a good Star Sapphire.
(Seriously, if the Sapphires were willing to take Karu Sil, a cannibal with no attachments to anyone, they'd take Menace.)
"Jason Macendale of Earth, rise."
Why? Because cybernetic demonic mercenary space zombie, that's why!
Okay, the CDMSZ aspect aside, Black Lanterns are chosen based on their ability to elicit a strong emotional reaction from the living. Macendale terrorized Harry Osborn's family, and arranged the brutal murder of Ned Leeds, which gives him an emotional tether to Betty Brant and most of the Daily Bugle mainstays.
Plus, he'd be a cybernetic demonic mercenary space zombie.
Good choices. We really need Lantern-Color-Casting applied to all manner of fictional character, much the way people sometimes use Dungeons and Dragons Alignments.
ReplyDeleteFor example, the X-Men; Magneto is Red, Sinister is Orange, Apocalypse is Yellow, Cyclops is Green, Nightcrawler is ( was :( ) Blue, Wolverine is Indigo, Jean is Violet, and Sabretooth is Black.
I'd suggest Jean as White, if that was part of the meme. At least the Entity isn't as much of a hassle as the Phoenix Force is.
ReplyDeleteI'm still a bit amazed at how incredibly little we know about the Indigo tribe at this point. But if Black Hand's fate is any indication, they may be even creepier than the Star Sapphires.