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thehefner ([personal profile] thehefner) wrote2009-05-05 02:11 pm

Bean Lanterns

You were warned.



THE BLACKEST NIGHT "DRINKING" GAME IS UNDERWAY.





So as you can see, I've had to go with team affiliations rather than strictly adhering to color. Trying to find beans to correspond to the Blue Lanterns, Indigo Tribe, and Star Sapphires were tricky. Thankfully, the great [livejournal.com profile] nymphgalatea stepped up to the plate, suggesting I use light and strictly blue-blues for the Blues, dark blues and purples for the Indigo, and pink the HELL out of the Star Sapphires.

My local candy store also lacked a comprehensive selection of Jelly Bellies (they had most, but it would have been nice to get, say, "Grape Crush"), but I dare say I made do.

So what do we have here, you ask?



Well, as you know, DC is about to unleash their epic comic saga, THE BLACKEST NIGHT, featuring the war between the Color Corps. So to make things even more fun, we've come up with this "drinking" game!

Here's the goal: for every Lantern member who shows up, you eat a corresponding bean!

In case you don't know the various Corps, here they are:











And so what beans do we have to go with each Corps?

WILLBEANS

Green Apple, Kiwi, Margarita, Watermelon, Sour Apple, Sour Watermelon, Mango, Lemon Lime, Juicy Pear (all three of which really flirted with being Fearbeans, but that's the risk of all Green Lanterns, is it not?).


HOPEBEANS

Blueberry, Berry Blue, Sour Blueberry, Sour Raspberry


FEELBEANS

Island Punch, Plum, Sour Grape


LOVEBEANS

Bubble Gum, Cotton Candy, Strawberry Cheesecake, Strawberry Daiquiri, Candy Cane, Tutti-Fruitti, Sour Strawberry


RAGEBEANS

Sizzling Cinnamon, Very Cherry, Pomegranate, Raspberry, Red Apple


GREEDBEANS

Cantaloupe, Sunkist Orange, Sunkist Tangerine, Orange Sherbert, Sour Orange


FEARBEANS

Crushed Pineapple, Sunkist Lemon, Lemon Drop, Pina Colada, Top Banana


DEATHBEANS

Wild Blackberry, Grape Jelly, and a smattering of Licorice. Because much as I hate licorice in anything not-absinthe, it just had to be this way.



And if we do eventually see the rise of one or more White Lanterns, thankfully there are plenty of options for LIFEBEANS: A&W Cream Soda, Cafe Latte, Coconut, and French Vanilla. Mmm.

Oh hell, let's see this one again, but bigger!



That's the stuff.



Now, if I were truly bold and wanted to give this a serious Russian Roulette flavor, I'd have bought a pack of these and sprinkled them in with the appropriate colors. But no, alas. I want to have a good time. And really, that really requires someone else to laugh at you when you end up eating a Rotten Egg jelly bean. Besides, only about half of them are comparable with the ones listed above.

Regardless. Bring it on, DC. Bring. It. ON.
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[personal profile] musyc 2009-05-05 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
From here, that looks like the most fun party buffet ever.

[identity profile] bagelofdeath.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I honestly barely understand what's going on here, but you look keen and that's a really nice fridge that I think my father might have. Also, I would like some jellybeans. So basically that's what I have to say on the matter.

[identity profile] nectarousness.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
This almost makes me forget I hate jellybeans and makes me want to eat some. Almost.

That's some definite dedication there, bucko.

[identity profile] thirdbase.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
can I have your counter? do you know how many dozens of cookies I could have cooling on it?

[identity profile] fiveseconddelay.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh God, Hef! You've formed a gang!"

So THAT'S Guy Gardner!
Edited 2009-05-05 19:31 (UTC)

[identity profile] rosered2318.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
heffie, this is awesome =)

[identity profile] kagome654.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Have I mentioned lately that you are my favourite geek ever? Because you seriously are.

Also, I want to devour all the Willbeans and Ragebeans, between them they have almost all my favourte flavors.

[identity profile] hybridhelen.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That's bloody awesome.

Uh, yeah, you don't know me from any other random stranger on t'internet, but I saw this on a friend's flist, can couldn't not say something. I remember this being discussed on NS_D, and am so impressed that you actually went out and bought all those jelly beans. And the photos are so pretty! Go you!

[identity profile] tompurdue.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Death is an emotion?

[identity profile] bitemetechie.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You, dear boy, are mad. Adorable, but also abso-bleeding-lutely mad.

[identity profile] gnort.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
They make that huge spread and my namesake gets shafted? What sort of treachery is this?

I read somewhere that he died off-panel (lame!) If this is the case he should come back as a black lantern, everyone else seems to be so it's possible. For some strange reason, I'm OK with a zombie G'Nort

[identity profile] heykidzcomix.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
How come there aren't any people in the orange group? I would very much enjoy the Tales of the Investment Banker Corps.

[identity profile] tragical-mirth.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
If I was there, your Greedbeans would be gone. Which seems oddly appropriate.

[identity profile] chickenhat.livejournal.com 2009-05-05 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I have only one response/battle-cry for that:

"I WANNA PUT IT ON MY SANDWICH!"
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[identity profile] mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
This is the best thing ever.

I am disappointed in the lack of male Star Sapphires. I'm going to pretend the lost one is a drag queen. That okay?

Is this part of an ongoing party project that will eventually cumulate in world-domination some sort of crazy awesome party of world-domination?

[identity profile] parsimonia.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hahaha, good stuff!

[identity profile] hallidae.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, God, the bean flavors call. *_* Except licorice, you can keep that nasty stuff.

[identity profile] finback.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
A+++ would eatread again

[identity profile] bienegold.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Licorice is my favorite! I hope everybody dies!

[identity profile] electronickiss.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
I wish I liked Jelly beans that much. BUT! I will find a way to adapt this - I might actually buy a bunch of flavoured beers or schnaps and truly make it a drinking game.

..

Also. Your hat makes me squee.

[identity profile] swimpenguin.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, Ruffles has an actual name! That's not as fun as the name Ruffles..
I would keel over from your drinking bean game just from the fact that I'm not a jelly bean fan.

[identity profile] benchilada.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
I love you so much.

[identity profile] kinggoose.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
That is just all kinds (colours?) of awesome!

[identity profile] lillbet.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
This sounds like fun! Any social circle that doesn't squee at the thought of eating pretty jellybeans and reading a comic book ain't worth having. :D

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