This episode in no way diminishes Hal Jordan’s claim or worthiness to being chosen to be a Green Lantern. The story she told was strictly John’s mother’s perspective from her own POV, which we know is not Hal’s full story. Banger episode. #Lanterns
It’s a far more interesting and insightful origin than a happy-go-lucky story where he fights off a bully at school from beating up a kid for his lunch money then magical beings show up and say, “Omg you’re so brave here’s a magic ring now save the world!”
The world is a sick
She’s not meant to be “likable”. She’s akin to Terence Fletcher in Whiplash. She broke down her own child to make him into a machine without fear.
We all are who we are because of how we come up in the world. She shaped his entire worldview, even though some might think it
