Yesterday was a day when I was powered by capital-r Rage, starting with a frustrating morning, a car in the shop, and a cellphone that somehow got left in a parking lot and run over. After all is said and deductibles are paid, I’m once again calm, and back to my usual hopeful tone, but there are still residual moments of shrieking terrible fury popping up here and there, which would certainly call down a red power ring if such a thing existed. If I could have a blue ring of hope on my right hand and a red ring of rage on my right, I think I’d be pretty well-balanced (at least in terms of my personality) which leads us to today’s Roy G. Biv query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) still thinks that we really need some Chartreuse Lanterns, or maybe a nice Merlot, asking: What shade of the emotional spectrum (rage red, greed orange, fear yellow, will green, hope blue, compassion indigo, violet love and purple horseshoes) would be the ring you would wear most often?
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Probably blue. Pretty much every one of them, but blue the most, I´d think.
On one hand, despite being male I would go with a Star Sapphire ring. One of the biggest things that drives me is my love for others, be it my friends, my family or even people I don’t even know. There are other reasons that are either too complicated to explain in a short post or deal with subject matter that may not be appropriate here, but all of it stems from the emotion of love.
On the other hand, good old Willpower Green has a special place in my heart. A big part of the appeal of Green Lantern to me has always been that the biggest limitation is imagination and strength of willpower. I was very sick as a kid and am still suffering health problems even now, and it takes a lot of willpower (and stubbornness) to continue to defy the expectations of my doctors. I could easily give up and be angry or pity myself, but that isn’t me. It may be a struggle, and some days it may feel like an uphill battle against an avalanche of trouble, but I refuse to give up or give in until the very end. All my Green Lantern shirts and my ring and other things serve the dual purpose for me of showing my love of the characters and reminding me that I will not give up.
Honestly? I don’t know how to answer this one. I don’t think I really have a standout emotion, so whichever ring I choose, I don’t think I’d really have that much control over it. Red, Yellow, Blue are probably the ones that best fit me personally, but none of them really define me…
I’ve had my moments of rage but they’re few and far between. I’d think my ring would be blue hope because most of the time I have hope for the future and that people are good.
Orange. So much orange. And the more I wore it the more I’d want to, I imagine.