John's father

[Levy Fatality's Blacksmith Find all posts View Profile Close Levy]

I have a question, as I am shamefully ignorant about Jong Stewart.

What do we know about his father and the relationship he had with him?

All the other Earth Lanterns seem to have a difficult relationship with their father, I wonder how John's doing with that.

(Alan too, maybe, even though he is a father on his own so it's slightly different...)

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

I don't recall ever hearing anything about his father (though if we did, it was probably in Mosaic). I remember we saw his mom during the Millennium crossover (and he was an only child), and later it was retconned that he was raised by his aunt, and had a gay brother, and a sister that died when he got in an accident joyriding, and he blocked out her memory for years. So his family background is kind of inconsistent. I'm sure if the writer wanted to, they would simply retcon in an abusive father.

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

I'd settle for a strict militant father. General Sam Lane like...

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

or how about breaking the mold, and make him have a good, strong father to look up to. And guess what, he isn't dead!

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

Oh you mean like Barry Al.....

[Mycroft unable to translate Find all posts View Profile Close Mycroft]

Spoilers.... Nooooooooooooo!

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

Oh you mean like Barry Al.....

but he's secretly an alien...bum bum bum!!!

[Sylent_Asassin Black Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Sylent_Asassin]

I'm sure if the writer wanted to, they would simply retcon in an abusive father.

More than likely, they would retcon that he was raised in a single-Parent household. That formula is pretty much on par as far as minorities are concerned.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

More than likely, they would retcon that he was raised in a single-Parent household. That formula is pretty much on par as far as minorities are concerned.

exactly, which is why it shouldn't be that way. Let's make him come from a wealthy family, with a completely understanding and loving father. And have him work in textiles.

[Sylent_Asassin Black Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Sylent_Asassin]

exactly, which is why it shouldn't be that way. Let's make him come from a wealthy family, with a completely understanding and loving father. And have him work in textiles.

I would actually like to see him come from a well-off, higher middle class family raised with both parents instead of the typical 'raised in the ghetto' under harsh living conditions environment. I like the idea of his Father being in the military so it appears that he followed in his Father's footsteps. That would give a smidge of background information as to why John joined the service and to why he's so stern.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

I would agree with that; the only problem being is that you're treading into Hal Jordan territory by having him join the military based on his father doing it.

Maybe have him join as a means to rebel against his dad.

I guess that's the one great thing about John's backstory, is that it's so open to interpretation any good writer could pump out something solid.

[Sylent_Asassin Black Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Sylent_Asassin]

Either way, what will happen with his Architect background? Retcon it away just like everything else? I really hope they do something interesting with him on the GLC book.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

I think they should leave it vague until the day comes when it's time to give him his own ongoing series again. Let it be that writer who gets the fun out of writing John a decent backstory. What little that has been done with John's family over the last 40 years even needs to be canon. The writers ignored each other anyway.

[redjirachi Star Sapphire's Love Slave Find all posts View Profile Close redjirachi]

John Stewart's mom could be a widow.That or it's Alan Scott

[Levy Fatality's Blacksmith Find all posts View Profile Close Levy]

Mh, so nothing really is there in canon! Thanks everyone for answering.

I agree it would be nice to give John a good relationship with his father because it would fit the gradient this way

Positive relationship
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John: Present/Inspiring figure
Hal: Inspiring figure/Absent
Kyle: Absent/Un-inspiring figure
Guy: Un-inspiring figure/Present
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Negative Relationship