![]() ![]() When Laira was chosen as the cover character for the Faces of Evil focus issue, she had cracks around her lips as if she was breaking apart. Originally, a Lantern's body would slowly be destroyed due to the influence of the red light within the body, and this damage started around the mouth. There was another example earlier on when the Red Lantern Corps debuted. Body Horror: Internal example-the rings replace their own blood with burning plasma.Bloody Murder: Their main weapon is to puke super-hot plasma blood at.Blood Magic: Used to forge the battery and the rings, and Atrocitus can also use it to make divinations.Bleez and Zilius Zox perhaps fill this role a little more than the others, though - Ratchet and Skallox seem pretty chill as far as Red Lanterns go, and Atrocitus is more about the grand plan than the individual battle. The Berserker: Considering their power source is Unstoppable Rage, it's unsurprising this amounts to literally every one of them.Envisioning the power to vomit blood hot enough to burn in the vacuum of space doesn't scream " 100% Heroism Rating" either. Bad Powers, Bad People: What morals a Red Lantern had before procuring their ring usually goes out the window considering the wield The Power of Hate to use it.Ax-Crazy: Most Reds are mindless Blood Knights.Even then, it takes some time for them to all gain the ability to form constructs. After Bleez and later Guy Gardner take control, they give everyone their minds back. Atrocitus eventually realizes this and decides to grant intelligence to a select few. The initial Reds are incapable of any organization or strategy above a pack mentality, have little self-preservation, and can't even form energy constructs. Awesome, but Impractical: The idea of a Lantern Corps made of mindless and blood-crazed berserkers.On top of that, while they won't be particularly aggrieved about collateral damage, most of their actual targets are often people who deserve it. Anti-Villain: They default to this, as despite their antagonism towards the Green Lanterns, they usually have VERY good reasons to be pissed off (red rings are usually drawn to rage resulting from personal loss).The Red Lanterns may appear to be villains, but to them, the Green Lanterns are the bad guys. Most members have lost everything except their anger and Atrocitus used that feeling to give them back meaning to their lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Red Lanterns are beings who have been caught up in struggles they had no say in. Atrocitus is the survivor of a massacre committed by the Guardians of the Universe’s Manhunters while Bleez was a princess on her home world before she was assaulted by the Sinestro Corps. While they may desire vengeance upon Sinestro and the Green Lanterns, it’s actually understandable once their backgrounds are brought to light. Atrocitus' intentional selection of Sinestro victims isn't just ironic statement for his army, it's a reveal that re-contextualizes the most misunderstood Corps in the Emotional Spectrum.īecause of their appearance and bloodthirsty nature, many assume the Red Lanterns are villainous. After amassing the worst criminals from all across the universe, Sinestro and his underlings tore apart several sectors in their mission, leaving an untold number of victims in their wake. The Sinestro Corps War was Sinestro's attempt to replace the Green Lanterns for good with a Corps that utilized the Yellow Light of Fear. ![]()
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