Off My Mind: What Will The End Of Brightest Day Bring?

Max has accomplished his task too, in the issue of Generation Lost where Magog dies the White Lantern says "mission accomplished life returned."

That's the question T!
 
One would hope that we wouldn't need any more "set-up" and that new projects would be launched for Aquaman, Deadman, Firestorm and maybe even the Hawks and Martian Manhunter (although fan interest in their BD storylines is low) but with recent FLASHPOINT teasers, I fear that we will be getting more "Wait and see..." from DC.
 
My pessimistic view with regards to Brightest Day is "You ain't seen nothing yet, nor will you!"  LOL

you know when you just get out of a movie and its still daylight outside you get a little blinded. odds are thats whats gonna happen.

Brightest day seems like it will be a pain to read in trades.

Jade, Professor Zoom and Maxwell Lord have all acomplished their missions already. Leaving Hawk, Osiris, Boomerang, Aquaman, Hawkman, Hawkgirl Firestorm, Martian Manhunter and Deadman up in the air.
 
The original motto of Brightest day was "Some second chances work, some don't" or something like that so AT LEAST one of them is biting the dust when this is over.
 
Now let's be frank, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, Hawkgirl and Firestorm are pretty much confirmed to survive this.
 
So taht leaves Hawk, Osiris, Boomerang and Deadman. Who survives?

Aquaman is getting a new series and that's all I care about.  :D

" Jade, Professor Zoom and Maxwell Lord have all acomplished their missions already. Leaving Hawk, Osiris, Boomerang, Aquaman, Hawkman, Hawkgirl Firestorm, Martian Manhunter and Deadman up in the air.  The original motto of Brightest day was "Some second chances work, some don't" or something like that so AT LEAST one of them is biting the dust when this is over.  Now let's be frank, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, Hawkgirl and Firestorm are pretty much confirmed to survive this.  So taht leaves Hawk, Osiris, Boomerang and Deadman. Who survives? "

I think your review is pretty insightful.  The new picture that your referring to with Deadman and the dust is so open ended it could mean anything.  That's what teaser do, they create speculation. 
 
I have to agree with some other comments, Deadman being alive right now is pretty cool.  There's a lot of stories to be told there and if Geoff and Peter make him dead again to wrap up the series it would be a shame.  I don't think he will die again.  Geoff and Peter are story tellers. Deadman being alive is a whole hell of a lot better story than him being dead.  Deadman has been dead for so long he doesn't know how to process everything.  Everything is a new experience for him again. He's be so caught up in him being alive that he hasn't been "living" until recently.  In the last issue he starting to charge the power battery.  This is huge.
 
Again, there still a lot of story to be told.  What happens when the battery charges completely?  
Most importantly, I think your missing the twist.  I think Deadman is the Avatar or guardian for the White Lantern. Just like Black Hand was the Avatar for the Black Lanterns.  The chosen one, is actually, who's going to be the White Lantern.  At first, it looked like it was going to be Batman but, that's not the case.  My hunch is it's going to be Dove.  She was killing off Black Lanterns and nobody knew why.  She is the embodiment of peace.  She would be perfect as the new White Lantern.  
 
 As far as individuals completely their tasks, there a ton of speculation there as well.  If an individual doesn't complete a task do they die again?  If every task isn't complete what will happen?  Will the White Lantern be destroyed?  

So, many questions it makes my head hurt.  I have the wait and see approach as well. 
We are in good hands with Geoff and Pete Tomasi. Regardless, of what happens it will be good. 
 

Hope it ends soon, BD has just been one big mess with no clear direction. Blackest Night was fine, it was simple and fast paced as a zombie apocalypse and a doomsday clock can be, even if it was just great big ring fest. BD however is more like 5-7 different stories thats only vaugely connected to each other.  
Could ofcourse be that the only one of those who came back that i care about is J'onn. 
 
As posted others before me, i also wonder why the lantern wants people to die. It's been demanding Magog's, Doves and anyone Osiris can get his hands on's heads to get the big prize. A vaild question is; is this Lantern really a force of good? Or is it something like Jigsaw that wants people to do horrible things to teach them something. Like Osiris learning that ressurecting a life goddess like Isis by killing people is probably not smart. (we know already she is comming back)

Dove will die. I'm calling it now

It will all be worth it if Aquaman comes back in some capacity but seriously  I hope for his own book again

One thing, I seriously doubt that Boomerang is going anywhere. I feel like Johns brought him back mostly so he could have all of the Rogues when he started writing Flash. He hasn't kept any secrets about his love for the Rogues. I think he'll keep the complete set.  
 
So yeah, Dove is probably biting the dust, though she's playing a fairly big role in Birds of Prey, so maybe not. I'm not sure.

It does accomplish a lot of things but the format of slicing up such epic stories gets very frustrating in a 20 page format.

I honestly think it's, like some people have said, more of a thing where what everyone is TOLD to do isn't necessarily what they should or are going to do.  Captain Boomerang's been going through something of a moral dilemma now that he's realizing that everything bad he's ever done always comes right back to him, and although he desperately wants to be a Rogue again, I'm not sure he'll throw the boomerang when the time comes.  

Just a theory, and just based on one character's characterization so far, but I think it's something to think about.  Probably everyone won't make it out of Brightest Day alive, but I certainly hope their returns weren't completely in vain.

It should all end with the white lantern bringing back every cool character that dc ever killed off.
Blue Beetle and The question (vic sage) especially

Blurg...@descendentsage said:

" It should all end with the white lantern bringing back every cool character that dc ever killed off. Blue Beetle and The question (vic sage) especially "

IDK but one thing is for sure it will be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some may dislike, but I find the episodic appeal of Brightest day pretty fun^^
(lighten up haters!)
 
It better ends up on some DC books revival, specially Firestorm and Hawkman!

hawkgirls life returned when she snaped hath sets neck 
zooms life returned when he released barry from speed force  
max killed magog 
jade and brother fixed thier issues 
what does firestorm need to do

to protect the lantern until Deadman finds the chosen one

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I think at least two or three will fail to accomplish what they are here for. I think G-Man is right, i think the Power battery is the ash in Deadman's hands (which to me seems dumb because Dove or Wonder Woman seem like two perfect choices for the Life Entity. Obviously they wouldnt give it to Wonder Woman bc she is to big of a character but if Hawk dies protecting Dove, then Dove is left on her own and she has already been shown to have the ability to use and create a white light and feels a tie to it.
 
Either Boomerang or Hawk can complete their goals but they cant both do it. I think Hawk will end up sacrificing himself to protect Dove (not saying he will die but i think he will step in the way of the boomerang)  
    
I believe Deadman will be returned to being an actual dead man.   

Aquaman seems to have succeeded right? It told him to find Aqualad before fighting Black Manta. Thats what he did, his should be accomplished unless im missing something. 
 
I think Osiris will accomplish bringing his sister back. 
 
Jade will accomplish balancing the darkness or whatever with her brother Obsidien. 
 
It looks like hawkman and hawkgirl will accomplish their goals with outside help. 
 
I thought Maxwell Lord was supposed to stop the beginning of Kingdom Come which it seems he has since he killed Magog so i would say his goal is accomplished.
 
I dont remember what Firestorm and Martian Manhunter were supposed to do. 
 
Also we havent found much information out about the Star Forest yet as  far as i know. 
 
That only leaves Zoom which has already accomplished his goal of bringing Barry Allen back from the "dead" "

Unless someone uses the White Lanturn to bring back Vic Sage, then I don't care too much about Brightest Day.
 
Tho I will Admit it's been really interesting all the things they Added to Deadman character just by making him alive again.

I just can't wait to see what will happen. I agree that it won't end on a happy note because of the fact that there is evidence suggesting that it wont. The suspense is killing me.

"Deadman is the best choice for the white entity's "ultimate protector"he serves no purpose in the DCU unless something like Rama Kushna (dead) or the white entity is telling him what to do "

"jade and brother fixed thier issues "

Anyone wondering what anti monitors and black hands missions are 
Black Hand was brought back by the entity he coughed up a white ring it brought back the anti monitor.

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I think at least two or three will fail to accomplish what they are here for. I think G-Man is right, i think the Power battery is the ash in Deadman's hands (which to me seems dumb because Dove or Wonder Woman seem like two perfect choices for the Life Entity. Obviously they wouldnt give it to Wonder Woman bc she is to big of a character but if Hawk dies protecting Dove, then Dove is left on her own and she has already been shown to have the ability to use and create a white light and feels a tie to it.
 
Either Boomerang or Hawk can complete their goals but they cant both do it. I think Hawk will end up sacrificing himself to protect Dove (not saying he will die but i think he will step in the way of the boomerang)  
    
I believe Deadman will be returned to being an actual dead man.   

Aquaman seems to have succeeded right? It told him to find Aqualad before fighting Black Manta. Thats what he did, his should be accomplished unless im missing something. 
 
I think Osiris will accomplish bringing his sister back. 
 
Jade will accomplish balancing the darkness or whatever with her brother Obsidien. 
 
It looks like hawkman and hawkgirl will accomplish their goals with outside help. 
 
I thought Maxwell Lord was supposed to stop the beginning of Kingdom Come which it seems he has since he killed Magog so i would say his goal is accomplished.
 
I dont remember what Firestorm and Martian Manhunter were supposed to do. 
 
Also we havent found much information out about the Star Forest yet as  far as i know. 
 
That only leaves Zoom which has already accomplished his goal of bringing Barry Allen back from the "dead" "

The lantern told Jade she already accomplished her mission in JLA #48. 
 
Max Lord accomplished his mission in Generation Lost #13. He killed Magog and stopped the war. The war being Kingdom Come. 
 
Aquaman SHOULD have accomplished his mission. Seriously. Sure he needed to find Aqualad to stop the war, but the White Lantern stated he JUST HAD TO FIND AQUALAD. HE IS DONE.

Not sure how it'll end but waiting nearly a year to get 26 issues, I don't think I'll be doing that again

Jade has already balanced the darkness and completed her mission: Justice League of America 48. Max too as said by other duders.

Not sure what's going to happen nor do I particularly care when it comes to most of the people, but I am excited to see them doing something with Obsidian! I'd also like to know what's going on with Black Hand.

" @JonesDeini: The lanterns are a life or death thing though.  Yea its convoluted but i think it will mean the sacrifice of Hawk's life for Doves and in return the White entity will give him life again.  Has Firestorm even been around the white lantern since the beginning ? I have never seen him around the white lantern. Unless he means protect the white lantern from Deathstorm or whatever his name is.   Im still thinking either deadman and Hawk will die and Dove will become the entities host or Dead man will become the white lanterns champion and Hawk will die protecting Dove or Deadman will die, Hawk will protect Dove and Dove and Hawk will end up together  If thats the case i guess he would basically be bringing the outcasted Atlanteans or whoever Mera's people are and the known Atlantian back together, reuniting the under water world  Does Jonn'z know what he is supposed to burn down yet? im guessing it will be the society created on his home planet  Thats true about the image cover but im guessing it will be the Lantern battery its self "  

" IDK but one thing is for sure it will be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

I have mixed feelings about Boston, Hank and Digger. If any of the 12 fail, I have a feeling that atleast 1 of the 3 will. 
 
I put some thought into it and came up with this idea

No idea, but hopefully it will be awesome.

If the lantern turns to dust, everybody dies. It is the source of life, and without life,we are dead.

what if... 
at the end, the white lantern is destroyed, Deadman becomes the entity? :O 
btw, what happened to Osiris? i haven't seen from him in Brightest Day since it began

My money is on Deadman being the guardian for life. And I bet Captain Boomerang throwing the boomerang at Dove was just to help Hawk prove he can be a hero still and not just think about chaos. Not just kill her.

"What do you mean by the lanterns are a life or death thing? You talking about the mission taking place in the GL title?  That would be lame if they have Hawk die only to bring him back again. Johns/Tomasi do things I disagree with but I think they're both better writers than that.   Yeah, it looks like he's to protect the Lantern from who/whatever is commanding Deathstorm   It would be such a waste to kill Deadman again and Dove being the champion/guardian would highly conflict with her/hawks role in Birds of Prey. Therefore I don't foresee Hawk dying or her being the wielder.   I don't think the Atlanteans  & Xebels joining hands to sing kumbaya anytime soon. They were put in that penal colony for a reason and they aren't too pleased with being there. I think Aquaman's gon' have to ensure that they stay locked up. That aside, Aquaman's mission WAS stated as finding Aqualad, so maybe the writers forgot that?   At this point I don't think Johns knows what J'onn supposed to be doing lol "