As a footnote, that's for late phones and keypads. Before that for quite a while Q and Z were actually put on the 1 - occasionally you'll still come across an older pay-at-the-pump keypad that still has that layout.
You're not wrong. Why isn't he jumping into events having skydived to conclusions and acting on those, instead of taking the time to figure shit out before acting?
Learn what? 4 Green Lanterns have been puttering around on earth for years. OL himself spent a full year zapping around and...nothing? Nothing at all. So what shit does he have to figure out?
Learning? What kind of weirdo does things like that?!?
Given how loooong(cat) this fic is, no-one can reasonably blame you for that.
Perhaps, but we're the With This Ring readership, dammit! We're not going to let a little thing like reasonableness stop us from doing something we want to do!
This is called Chesterton's Fence. Never take down a fence until you know why it was there in the first place.
Better not. He's only done it a couple dozen times. No idea what effect it could be having on the wider universe.
There's an app for that
But the possible unknown effects!
None of those Green Lanterns used their FTL in Earth's atmosphere.
At least in Zoat's canon, the Green Lanterns have totally been using Transition.
If OL was a shonen hero the he would have at LEAST 3 different (generic) super forms by now. Plus, he would have discarded the power of Avarice for....bravery or something. Plus, his HP gauge is clearly not covered by your standard DETERMINATION! shield. Otherwise the War Angel would not have been able to kill him....have to get past the DETERMINATION! first.
Flash rockets around at FTL speeds constantly, vibrating through solid matter. Nabu, and other magic users, teleport around as they please. Nabu having an entire magical tower that gets teleported all over the place. To say nothing of the Dolomin gates.
It could just be that, since green has a minimal impact on one's psychology, the effect from green transitions is negligible enough that the Guardians don't consider it worth a warning. That isn't necessarily the case for a transition from the much more psychologically impactful orange light.
Boss Smiley "messed" with Paul's head, sure, but that doesn't mean mind control. Simply planting the idea in his head that it could be harmful, which can be done simply through talking, would have both the demonstrated effect and would match Boss Smiley's visible actions.
1) Guardians were very strict about messing with people's minds, even calming someone forcefully (ie the most likely effect of green light exposure) is considered forbidden - this is shown on-screen in this story
It might be as simple as that, yes.
Or they consider it a minor but beneficial side effect that's not worth mentioning.
Does a fatal stab through the face count as messing with his head?
It'd certainly be causing for a splitting headache.
I think the burning sensation is what really did it.
I'm sure there are creams for that... Something orange-flavoured, even?
That's what you'd think, but I hear it's a real killer. Next thing you know, your skin's all pebbled and I hear the shedding is atrocious.
