# Which Lantern Corp Oath would you put on your tombstone?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/21 "2015-03-21T09:23:23Z")

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Not “Corp,” “Corps.”

That is all.

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**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/22 "2015-03-21T11:34:00Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Not “Corp,” “Corps.”
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> That is all.

I guess in the context, ‘corpse’ is perhaps more appropriate. And if I had to choose, I’d go with the black one, seems to be the one most likely to appeal to the recently deceased.

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**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, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/23 "2015-03-21T14:49:52Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> Really? _That_ many color-ring variations?
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> Sheesh. I guess all the good tropes were taken.

Oh yeah all 9

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**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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/24 "2015-03-21T17:14:37Z")

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I have to say I’m really torn between Green and Black now.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/25 "2015-03-22T08:50:27Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> I’ll go with the original:
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> “The lantern will light three times.  
> First to bring life  
> Second to bring death  
> Third to bring power.”

That was the lantern’s schtick. Alan Scott’s oath was,

“And I shall shed my light over dark evil,  
for the dark things cannot stand the light . . .  
the light of the Green Lantern!”

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**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 22, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lantern-corp-oath-would-you-put-on-your-tombstone/715511/26 "2015-03-22T16:54:18Z")

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> [@mbh](#):
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> That was the lantern’s schtick. Alan Scott’s oath was,
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> “And I shall shed my light over dark evil,  
> for the dark things cannot stand the light . . .  
> the light of the Green Lantern!”

I think we have a winner.

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