Batman/Superman: World's Finest #38 - "Superior Species" (2025)

Lian knows what’s up

Dick Grayson being annoying is actually so important to me

At what point do the viewers start thinking Jess' videos are staged and what do the lanterns do about it

hello! excellent question

it's pretty early on, actually, as the audience becomes increasingly confused and suspicious of the fact that hal never knows what's going on.

this man is so horribly out of date with current affairs that he's genuinely shocked when jess tells him obama is no longer president and hasn't been in years. the theories come in from the viewers: confusion, brain damage, early onset dementia.

or maybe, just maybe, he's faking it.

part of the draw around hal is that he's very out of touch on internet things. this is thought to be because he's older but that's not quite it. hal just doesn't spend enough time on earth to ever bother to know what's going on and even though he's staying on earth a lot more these days, he's not the type to actively research the president.

there's other stuff too. it's entirely unbelievable that jess casually knows two green lanterns and everyone else there is a complete enigma and also really fucking weird. hal also seems a little too clueless at times while doing certain things and trends that are particularly connected to pop culture (he barely knows who taylor swift is, someone help him)

it gets to a point where jess is facing outright accusations of faking everything and things kinda do spiral. she doesn't tell hal (lord knows the pta meets do enough damage to this man's blood pressure already) but she does tell the others.

kyle suggests some kind of qna. jess vetoes that because hal probably wouldn't want to. jo says to maybe do some kind of challenge to distract? jess considers that but it's a fat maybe. simon kinda just grumbles that there's really nothing they can do because anything could be edited on the internet and they'd never have the trust of the masses. no one could ever get how weird hal is in person. jess's eyes light up.

the next dozen videos are all just to showcase how fucking odd this man is. he eats a spoonful of cinnamon with a straight face. hal even turns to jess and asks if she's got more (she doesn't give him any). he does the ice bucket challenge. hal barely flinches. the internet learns that hal jordan cannot do the worm but can toss jess and kyle into the air like a cheerleader effortlessly. his favourite movie is top gun and he doesn't know there's a sequel until jess tells him on camera (he then spends two minutes frantically googling before bolting out of the room to ask john if they have it on streaming). he can fly jets. he watched his dad burn to death (this garners a lot of alarm over the internet and gets zero follow up from jess). he dated a ceo. he has no clue what queer labels are but is 'auntie hal' just as much as he's 'uncle hal'. he's (allegedly) married to a man (no one knows to who and it's driving them nuts).

the point is, hal jordan is a wholeass enigma so who cares if he doesn't know who the damn president is?

the internet drop the entire thing pretty quickly. the lanterns become uber famous shortly afterwards and no one ever gets any answers ever. jess comes out on top as she always will.

THANK YOU FOR NOT MAKING JASON SLYTHERIN LIKE ALMOST EVERYONE DOES.

I KNOW ITS SO STUPID JUST BECAUSE HE'S THE "BAD" ONE LIKE NO STOP MY BOY LOVES TO LEARN OKAY

I’ve never really shipped Hal and Bruce before but after reading this issue (green lantern 2005, issue 9) I can see why people do

(do I still need to warn for spoilers if it’s been like 13 years?)

They’ve obviously hung out enough before at the manor that Hal knows about Alfred’s amazingness

Hal being upset that Bruce called him Jordan

Bruce being petty (not pictured: Bruce turning quickly so that Hal bumps his head after Hal was going on about not needing a seatbelt)

Hal bringing out Bruce’s immature side (also: inside joke)

Bonding over dead parents

Hal trying to help Bruce get over the trauma of his parent’s death (by letting him use his ring)

Bruce getting over his paranoia and accepting that Hal is back (and actually verbalising his emotions for once in his life)

I still don’t know if I ship them but either way this whole issue was so good and adorable

I feel like- Outside of the whole hero aspect, Kon is one of those friends who are very close, very physical, but—in a somewhat brusque and annoying way LAKSDASK That kind of friend who, when he pats you on the back, accidentally break you like a stick.

Kon is like that, AND HE KNOWS IT- THAT ALIEN TANK KNOWS IT, AND HE KEEPS DOING IT BECAUSE HE'S LIKE A HUSKY MIXED WITH A ROTTWEILER.

Batman fans will go on and on about how much all the other JLA members suck and then imagine scenarios where Bruce has the personality of Elon Musk

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No Kyle would have made pigs