Was it a good redemption arc?
Was it a good redemption arc?
Yes
People shit on Zero Hour and Final Night but if you're invested in the character of Hal it's a good story overall
Only because Rebirth exists.
I love Geoff’s run as much as the next guy, but it completely undoes Hal’s redemption arc from Final Night and Spectre. It’s weird how much Geoff shook up the status quo while simultaneously restoring so much of it.
Only because Rebirth isn't canon.
It doesn’t really undo his redemption, Hal still sacrificed himself to save the world
That was undeniably the beginning of his redemption, but I think he still had a ways to go. If you ask me, his redemption was complete when he became the Spirit of Redemption himself.
It totally undoes his redemption.
It means it was this Yellow Space Bug and not all.
>inb4 well he was giving him control
Cool!
So Hal needed to have to let a space bug giving him the permission for having a choice!
That makes it better doesn't it?
Well that’s not really how it worked, Paralax was more or less pushing Hal into doing the terrible things he did like the devil on his shoulder. Hal was still in control but he was being manipulated into doing it
I wish, that would still give Hal a lot of agency, but as I remember it, that’s not what happened. Granted I haven’t read the run in about a year.