#ALL WILL BE WELL BLUE LANTERN OATH SKIN#

The line “and twist your minds to pain and hate” incorporates the great pain Red Lanterns experience. Rather, it was the dramatic failure of his plans and subsequent imprisonment, and his hatred towards the people who ruined his plans. Though someone (at least purportedly) dear to him died, it’s clear that this death did not cause rage in him. Despite claiming to love Duloc, the local Green Lantern, he killed him through poison in the hopes that he would be Duloc’s successor. He believed he could use the power of a Green Lantern for good. Ragnar, learning how Hal Jordan acquired his ring, sought to become a Green Lantern.

#ALL WILL BE WELL BLUE LANTERN OATH SKIN#

His hair and skin burned off, but a Red Lantern ring arrived and saved his life. The gang’s boss believed Skallox had betrayed them, so had him thrown into an furnace to be burned alive. Skallox was the favored interrogator of a crime syndicate. At this point, a Red Lantern ring shows up. After 40 years, he begins to hallucinate until it drives him mad from rage. On the twentieth year, he finds a “friend”: hatred, which he considers to be a constant companion. His tendrils were amputated, and after going on a hunger strike, he was force-fed by robotic arms. He was arrested, shot upon, and sentenced to be imprisoned for 80 years. (outside of special suits) Wishing to meet real friends, Ratchet left his pod. Ratchet lived in a society that refrained from any sort of physical contact.

While several Red Lanterns’ rage stems from the death of loved ones (hence the line “ ripped from a corpse so freshly dead”) not all of them do. According to this ( ) link, the Red Lanterns’ rage stems from loss.

To a degree, the GLTAS version makes more sense than the original. The GLTAS version replaces the Media Watchdog treats with lines that preserve much of the spirit of the letter. The original is more grim and outrageous in its declaration of hatred. The difference between these two is the middle two lines. We fill mens’ souls with darkest dread, And twist your minds to pain and hate. Ripped from a corpse so freshly dead, Together with our hellish hate, We’ll burn you all-that is your fate!” For this reason, it may be inaccurate in respect to the comics’ depiction of Red Lanterns. This post uses primarily GLTAS canon, rather than comic canon. Though familiarity with GLTAS or the Green Lantern mythos helps, this post may also be read by people with only a small degree of familiarity with the premise of the Red Lantern Corps. Analysis of Lantern Corps’ Oaths: Red Lanterns

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