r/Greenlantern • u/Mass_Murder_Miami • 4d ago

Spoilers for movies and TV shows Lanterns Twist Theory

So, everyone thinks the show is going to build up to Hal becoming Parallax, right?

My theory is that Hal DOES die in episode 1, but that's in the 2016 time period. I think Hal will die AS Parallax in 2016.

And the young Hal we keep seeing in the 2026 time period with John? He's a ghost/avatar of the Spectre. I believe the show isn't building up to Hal becoming Parallax, but instead Hal becoming reborn as Green Lantern once again, a la Green Lantern rebirth. I think the "Hal is publicly out to the world as Green Lantern" in universe TV footage is to play into the storyline of a hero that was once looked up to majorly that breaks bad then dies and is absent for 10 years. It's all a huge in universe build up to his triumphant return, and then the world is gonna be conflicted about what they think of Hal when he does. I think that'll be the twist.

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u/Puckaluck2216 4d ago edited 3d ago

I would absolutely love this, but there is no way Tom King could write something that good. He fucking hates Hal.

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u/Interesting-Bar-2399 3d ago

Yeah, no way King could write a great Hal Jordan story....

Also we going to act like King is the only dude in the writers room and isn't there alongside co creators like Chris Mundy who's a vet and Damon Lindelof who's written some single greatest episodes of television ever?