Yes they should. But any other name would sound weird. I'm pretty sure DC knew about this already...but what else can they call it without it coming off as too cheesy or strange?

I think it's fine if you don't sperg over the technical definitions of the words. The emotions of the corps are much more than simply the single words given.  Willpower is also bravery and sentience (which is perfect for it being the neutral center and core of the emotional spectrum). Love is devotion and passion. Compassion is sacrifice, selflessness, and empathy. Hope is optimism, faith, and renewal. Fear is pessimism, control, sadism. Avarice is selfishness, greed, and gluttony. Rage covers everything from vengeance to violence. 
If your really look at the corps and not simply take them at name value you can see a whole series (or maybe tones) of emotion within their umbrellas.

this is somethin i've been saying for awhile.  i get why it is, i dont think tha execution of tha whole concept has displayed tha emotion it could have. 
 
@Mediant: u do make a good point. but even with some of those being expanded upon, i still dont view those as emotions.

Well the way I justify it is that when we read a GL comic we're getting the rings translation and some things don't always fit when translated, especially concepts. Try to translate an idea to someone who's never heard of it and see how easy that is to wrap you're head around.

Isn't Willpower/Green Lantern's actual related emotion Courage?
As in "courage" to overcome great fear.
And also, you might say it's based around Oans' concept of emotions, and therefore probably different from Earth's idea of what emotions actually are.
 
And the whole spectrum is mostly an idea to imagine and represent all sorts of "emotions" that compose life, with 2 extremes. The willpower holds it all together in the middle and the farther you go away from it on both sides, the least control you got over the "emotion" and get controlled by it, like the Sapphire/love and Reds/Hatred. With Death on one side as the lack of emotions and Life on the other as representing all of 'em.
 
That's what I got anyway :P

Kallarkz is right, though I would to see a super-powered monkey moping abuot the universe, sad corps wouldn't work very well 
 
But saying that one can feel willful, you can feel afraid, or even frightening, same with angry, loving, hopeful, greedy etc.

The concept is there, just takes a bit of jiggling around to make sense

" Agree with this sir ^ 
 
I would have hated to see the "Happy Corps" or "Sad Corps" or maybe even the "Depressed Corps". Would have made this seem like a organized mature version of Care Bears. 
 
 
I like it how it is tbh. "

The lack of an Apathy Corps was the only thing I was disappointed with. The Black Lantern Corps encompass that, technically, but they're ****ing Zombies! ZOMBIES SUCK! 
 
Why couldn't someone like Jason Todd join the Black Lanterns? As a regular human, not a ****ing Zombie! That would have been epic.

I agree with you. I am amused by it. I should get a ring for that.

yes of course

I would have it like this

Blue = Happiness, which is powered by Hope and is Opposed by Saddness

Red= Anger, which is powered by Hatred and is opposed by Happiness

Yellow = Sadness, which is powered by Fear and fueled with Hatred and is Opposed by Pride

Green = Pride, which is powered by Will and is Opposed by Love

Purple = Love, which is powered by Compassion and is Opposed by Apathy

Black= Apathy, which is powered by Fear and the ability to simply not care which is Opposed by Empathy

White= Empathy, Which is powered by Love, Pride, and Happiness and is Heavily Deterring to Apathy

Explanation: Happiness can easliy stem from the concept of Hope in any situation, which is the point of the Blue Lanterns.

Anger In the words of Yoda can lead to Hate, which is a branch of Rage which the Red lanterns stand for.

Sadness and fear go hand in hand imagine being locked in a dark room while you yourself fear the blackness, Hate can easliy lead to you having a flood of depression. Its also weak to pride because some can be too proud to fear.

Pride stems from the will do continue doing what you do, while at the same time "Even the proudest hearts can be broken, with Love"

Love is (Com)Passion, but in the presence of one that lacks any shred of emotion is easily corrupted

Apathy is the Nihulistic belief of just not caring. Fear can break your sense of Hope, Pride, and Love and paves the way for one to become a blob of emo hate, which is in a sense living death.

Empathy is the ability to care and the responsibilty to care, Love, Pride and Happiness are all the emotions that imply the love of life and deterence of Apathy.

And Then there is Orange, the corrupted version of Fear, Fear of not having enough AKA Greed, its not its own Corps more of a Terrorist Organization in my version of things.    

That makes sense right?

I don't think Fear is an emotion either, anxiety was always the key in evolution.

Green Lanterns and Blue Lanterns are supposed to ignore their emotions. 

I would have it like this

 

Blue = Happiness, which is powered by Hope and is Opposed by Saddness

 

Red= Anger, which is powered by Hatred and is opposed by Happiness

 

Yellow = Sadness, which is powered by Fear and fueled with Hatred and is Opposed by Pride

 

Green = Pride, which is powered by Will and is Opposed by Love

 

Purple = Love, which is powered by Compassion and is Opposed by Apathy

 

Black= Apathy, which is powered by Fear and the ability to simply not care which is Opposed by Empathy

 

White= Empathy, Which is powered by Love, Pride, and Happiness and is Heavily Deterring to Apathy

 

Explanation: Happiness can easliy stem from the concept of Hope in any situation, which is the point of the Blue Lanterns.

 

Anger In the words of Yoda can lead to Hate, which is a branch of Rage which the Red lanterns stand for.

 

Sadness and fear go hand in hand imagine being locked in a dark room while you yourself fear the blackness, Hate can easliy lead to you having a flood of depression. Its also weak to pride because some can be too proud to fear.

 

Pride stems from the will do continue doing what you do, while at the same time "Even the proudest hearts can be broken, with Love"

 

Love is (Com)Passion, but in the presence of one that lacks any shred of emotion is easily corrupted

 

Apathy is the Nihulistic belief of just not caring. Fear can break your sense of Hope, Pride, and Love and paves the way for one to become a blob of emo hate, which is in a sense living death.

 

Empathy is the ability to care and the responsibilty to care, Love, Pride and Happiness are all the emotions that imply the love of life and deterence of Apathy.

 

And Then there is Orange, the corrupted version of Fear, Fear of not having enough AKA Greed, its not its own Corps more of a Terrorist Organization in my version of things.    

 

That makes sense right?

I would have it like this

 

Blue = Happiness, which is powered by Hope and is Opposed by Saddness

 

Red= Anger, which is powered by Hatred and is opposed by Happiness

 

Yellow = Sadness, which is powered by Fear and fueled with Hatred and is Opposed by Pride

 

Green = Pride, which is powered by Will and is Opposed by Love

 

Purple = Love, which is powered by Compassion and is Opposed by Apathy

 

Black= Apathy, which is powered by Fear and the ability to simply not care which is Opposed by Empathy

 

White= Empathy, Which is powered by Love, Pride, and Happiness and is Heavily Deterring to Apathy

 

Explanation: Happiness can easliy stem from the concept of Hope in any situation, which is the point of the Blue Lanterns.

 

Anger In the words of Yoda can lead to Hate, which is a branch of Rage which the Red lanterns stand for.

 

Sadness and fear go hand in hand imagine being locked in a dark room while you yourself fear the blackness, Hate can easliy lead to you having a flood of depression. Its also weak to pride because some can be too proud to fear.

 

Pride stems from the will do continue doing what you do, while at the same time "Even the proudest hearts can be broken, with Love"

 

Love is (Com)Passion, but in the presence of one that lacks any shred of emotion is easily corrupted

 

Apathy is the Nihulistic belief of just not caring. Fear can break your sense of Hope, Pride, and Love and paves the way for one to become a blob of emo hate, which is in a sense living death.

 

Empathy is the ability to care and the responsibilty to care, Love, Pride and Happiness are all the emotions that imply the love of life and deterence of Apathy.

 

And Then there is Orange, the corrupted version of Fear, Fear of not having enough AKA Greed, its not its own Corps more of a Terrorist Organization in my version of things.    

 

That makes sense right?

@Feliciano2040:  Word, when Geoff "Thinks" bad things happen :P

                    @SleepyDrug:  Most excellently said, good sir!

                   

               

I don't think Fear is an emotion either, anxiety was always the key in evolution. The big bad brave ones never survive for long.