• ApollosArrow@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Hey can anyone here explain what Hal went to prison for ten years for? For not acting heroically enough when some alien blasted their town from orbit?

    It was likely reckless endangerment. All the bad guys went boom, so you only have the townsfolk story and Hal’s story. The town hated him, so he was the scapegoat. The Guardians wanted him gone, so they did not lift a finger.

    Why does everyone in town hate him so much? He was literally shielding people from the orbital blasts and shit. That just never made sense to me.

    The same reason people love Trump.

    Also they just agree to bury Hal with a literal wmd on his finger because John asked nicely? Lol ok

    No one agreed to it. John tricked Guy into stealing it. Guy was worried about being found out.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      No one agreed to it. John tricked Guy into stealing it. Guy was worried about being found out.

      I must have zoned out during that episode because I don’t remember that at all lol. I remember John telling the Guardians lady that he thinks Hal should be buried with it. Then I remember him digging it up.

      • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        John turned the Lantern signal to draw Guy Gardner in. Guy visited John when he was in jail and mentioned that Hal should be buried with his ring. Guy said it’s heavily protected and he’d get in trouble for trying something like that. John guilted Guy and basically made him feel like a scaredy cat. The mental manipulation worked on Guy. The next we see Guy he’s standing in front of the casket and tells John they are even now.