# Which Lantern Corp Oath would you put on your tombstone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511 "2015-03-20T17:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/1 "2015-03-20T17:12:54Z")
Which one would you put on your tombstone and why? Green Lantern Corp: In brightest day, In blackest night; No evil shall escape my sight. let those who worships evils might, Beware my power; Green Lanterns Light. Red Lantern Corp: With blood and rage of crimson red, Ripped from a corpse so freshly dead, Together with our hellish hate, We’ll burn you all… That is your fate! Blue Lantern Corp: In Fearful Day, in Raging Night With Strong Hearts Full Our Souls ignite When All Seems Lost in the War of Light Look to the Stars… For Hope Burns Bright! Yellow / Sinestro Lantern Corp: In blackest day, in brightest night, Beware your fears made into light Let those who try to stop whats right, Burn like his powers… Sinestro’s might! Black Lantern Corp: The Blackest Night falls from the skies. The darkness grows as all light dies. We crave your hearts and your demise. By my black hand… The dead shall rise! Violet Lantern Corp: For hearts long lost and full of fright, For those alone in Blackest Night, Accept our ring and join our fight. Love conquers all… With Violet Light! Orange Lantern Corp: This power is mine, this is my light. Be it in bright of day, or black of night. I lay claim to all that falls within my sight, To take what I want, That is my right! Indigo Lantern Corp: Tor lorek san, bor nakka mur. Natromo faan tornek wot ur. Ter Lantern ker lo Abin Sur. Taan lek lek nok - Formorrow Sur! White Lantern Corp: In brightest day, there will be light To cleanse the soul and set wrongs right When darkness falls look towards the sky A new dawn comes let there be light! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/2 "2015-03-20T17:30:15Z")
I’ll go with the original: “The lantern will light three times. First to bring life Second to bring death Third to bring power.” ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/3 "2015-03-20T17:34:31Z")
Interesting. I’ve never heard that one before ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/4 "2015-03-20T17:43:54Z")
“In blackest day or brightest night, watermelon, cantaloupe, yadda yadda, erm…superstitious and cowardly lot, with liberty and justice for all!” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/5 "2015-03-20T17:45:16Z")
An oldie but a goodie: “On worlds afar or scenes at home, wherever the cause should make me roam, always I vow to fight the good fight– to combat evil with all Green Lantern’s might!” I also have a fondness for this one: “You who are wicked, evil, and mean– I’m the nastiest creep you’ve _ever_ seen! Come one, come all; put up a fight; I’ll pound your butts with Green Lantern’s light. Yowza.” Also: From the shoulder, beyond the wrist, look out evil, it’s my fist! ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/6 "2015-03-20T18:50:00Z")
White and Blue are the only ones that really belong on a tombstone. The others are too obviously comic book slogans. I might be an idiot, but what’s the translation for indigo? EDIT: although Black and Red are sufficiently metal to belong on the mass tombstone for the band Slayer… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/7 "2015-03-20T19:04:09Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > White and Blue are the only ones that really belong on a tombstone. The others are too obviously comic book slogans. > > I might be an idiot, but what’s the translation for indigo? > > EDIT: although Black and Red are sufficiently metal to belong on the mass tombstone for the band Slayer… I agree. I’d go with blue. According to the indigo’s wiki: “In its first extended appearance, the Indigo Tribe speaks a language that the power ring cannot translate, although Indigo-1 later explains that her Tribe can speak languages others can understand. Regardless, the oath has only been rendered in the aforementioned fictional language.” > **[Indigo Tribe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_Tribe)** > > The Indigo Tribe is a fictional organization that appears in DC Comics publications, primarily those of the Green Lantern series. In the DC Universe, it is one of the seven major groups known to comprise the Lantern Corps. The group was created by comic book writer Geoff Johns and comic book artist Ethan Van Sciver. It made its debut in the issue #25 of Green Lantern (vol. 4) in December 2007. > The Indigo Tribe is one of the nine Corps of the emotional spectrum within the DC Universe setting. Ea... ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/8 "2015-03-20T19:23:19Z")
\*The man who drives Half asleep Now is buried Six feet deep -Merry Wink Motel, 6 miles\* ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/9 "2015-03-20T20:27:55Z")
When my comic book shop had a display of rings, I bought the Violet one… Guess I’ll go with the Violet oath, too. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/10 "2015-03-20T20:48:54Z")
Really? _That_ many color-ring variations? Sheesh. I guess all the good tropes were taken. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/11 "2015-03-20T21:07:00Z")
Death creates a black ring and almost kills the entire universe. All the rings unite to fight > **[Blackest Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackest_Night)** > > "Blackest Night" is a 2009–10 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous central miniseries, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis, along with a number of tie-in issues. Blackest Night involves Nekron, a personified force of death who reanimates deceased superheroes and seeks to eliminate all life and emotion from the universe. Geoff Johns has identified the series' central theme as emotion. The crossover was published for eight mon The... “Blackest Night” involves Nekron, a personified force of death who resurrects deceased superheroes and seeks to eliminate all life and emotion from the universe." ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/12 "2015-03-20T21:59:43Z")
This is my lantern This is my gun This is for fighting This is for fun ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/13 "2015-03-20T22:38:02Z")
In loudest din or hush profound My ears catch evil’s slightest sound Let those who toll out evil’s knell Beware my power, the F-Sharp Bell! ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/14 "2015-03-20T22:51:01Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > In loudest din or hush profound > My ears catch evil’s slightest sound > Let those who toll out evil’s knell > Beware my power, the F-Sharp Bell! Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/15 "2015-03-20T23:34:12Z")
I kinda like Sgt. Deegan’s: [[Green Lantern Emerald Knights: Sgt. Deegan - YouTube](https://youtu.be/Vb8n_jn9qkU)] Ya freakin’ bastards! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/16 "2015-03-21T00:00:31Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > “In blackest day or brightest night, watermelon, cantaloupe, yadda yadda, erm…superstitious and cowardly lot, with liberty and justice for all!” This. :D:cool: ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/17 "2015-03-21T00:51:42Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > Interesting. I’ve never heard that one before was in the first Alan Scott Golden age GL story. I don’t think it was ever mentioned again. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/18 "2015-03-21T01:08:09Z")
Hardly a driver Is now alive Who passed on hills At sixty-five Burma-Shave. ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/19 "2015-03-21T04:59:26Z")
What about having your tombstone say: " Here lies the Man of Steel " ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/20 "2015-03-21T06:41:17Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > In loudest din or hush profound > My ears catch evil’s slightest sound > Let those who toll out evil’s knell > Beware my power, the F-Sharp Bell! What I was going to post. As much as Moore and Willingham would go on to annoy me separately, they did a very good job on that story. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511.md?page=2)