Chuck Norris can forge his boogers into power rings.
< shakes fist > Beat me to it !
Havenite Captain : “Tactical Officer . . . why is that superdreadnaught glowing green ?!”
Seriously, she’s smart, ultracompetent and ridiculously noble and self sacrificing.
Actually, from the Honorverse, I don’t think HH would be a good choice - that little anger management issue.
However, Queen Berry would do well.
Alas, none of my choices are as good as Atticus Finch.
I’ve got to defend Xander, he took it on the chin early on, but no matter how overwhelming the forces against him, he stood up to them. He wasn’t a coward at all by the end of the series.
Tarzan & Doc, definitely.
I rather suspect being a drug addict would disqualify Mr. Holmes.
I don’t think the problem with Xander is a lack of courage (though he doesn’t reach Hal Jordan levels); it’s a lack of willpower. No way Hal would have left Anya at the altar, for instance; he’d have dealt with whatever issues they were having long before.
Put me down as another vote against Hilda Mae Burroughs. She’s the only moneygrubber I know of who could out-grub L.L. Whatever she could do with the ring, you can bet she would make a profit off of it.
What about Miles Vorkosigan? I think he’d definetely qualify.
And if we’re talking Discworld peoples, I am surprised no one mentioned Susan Sto Helit or Lao-Tze.
Waaaay too . . . excitable. “He may be my son, but don’t try to tell me he’s sane.” Cordelia would be better, I think.
Lao-tze, maybe. But I’d opt for Granny Weatherwax over Susan. Total control, and a will of steel. Even Death won’t challenge her on her own turf.
James T. Kirk probably has the courage and willpower required to wield an Oan power ring. However, I suspect that he would wind up using it to bag alien babes.
And Hal didn’t? :dubious:
THIS woman.
She’s perfect! Imaginative, amazingly strong-willed, & quite familiar with Supers.
The GL Corps needs a new uniform design, anyway.
How about Henry, from Asimov’s “Black Widowers” mysteries? An utterly honest all-around man of integrity who simply never fails as either waiter or armchair sleuth.
Well, if Henry is in consideration, I see him and raise you Jeeves. With a side of the admirable Crichton, if we can keep the power from going to his head…
Doc Savage?
Quoth What Exit?:
Well, I did predict that someone would beat me to it, I just mis-called who it would be. Your post wasn’t there when I started that reply; I must have been typing particularly slowly.
I love the idea of Edna Mode with a power ring, but I think I’m going to have to disagree on Henry the waiter. He’s intelligent, observant, and resourceful, but I don’t think he’s ever demonstrated uncommon courage or willpower (not that he’s ever demonstrated a lack of either; it’s just never come up). One could also make the tenuous case that he’s a DC universe character, since Batman was once the Black Widowers’ Guest ;).
Well, I was thinking primarily of his first appearance, which I’d rather not spoil the details of.
Heh. The first “Black Widowers” story I ever read, as it happens.
(And, winky or no, we didn’t jettison Sherlock Holmes or Doc Savage, right?)
How about a Bolo ? Relentless, courageous, mentally stable; designed as the perfect warrior. Plus, with plenty of megaton-per-second firepower to fall back on if the bad guy shows up wearing yellow.
It’s-a me, Mario.
Although then the games would be way to easy.
Link too.
Daffy Duck was briefly in the Green Lantern core. Actually I guess it would be more right to say Duck Dodgers. He did alright but still not a good idea.
Another candidate from Marvel: Norrin Radd. Who would then, I suppose, end up as the Emerald Surfer.