Bean Lanterns

[thehefner]

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 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.

Comments

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Up to a point, I'd imagine!

Is it so? I've wondered if I'd enjoy it, particularly with the show's right-wing leaning (I wonder what dirty hippie poppa Sutherland makes of it?)

[heykidzcomix.livejournal.com]

Oh Heffie, I believe you would enjoy it very much :D. Of course, this is what the show looks like through my eyes, and I have frequently felt that I am watching an entirely different show than the vast majority of America. But yeah, it's right-wing in an entertainingly crazy way--my favorite part was when Jack tortured a guy's balls IN THE WHITE HOUSE in order to prevent an attack ON THE VERY SAME WHITE HOUSE. Also, as a resident of the DC area, you would surely be interested to learn that there's a container port in Alexandria, and also a secret system of poorly-defended sewers under the White House!

I'm such a fan I'm eagerly waiting for the mailman to deliver this lovely fella unto me :D.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

You do paint a compelling picture of it, that's for sure. I'm kind of dying from bits like "SO SADLY Jack has become infected with the bioweapon, which is a form of mad-cow so severe it may well nuke everyone in the brain, forever. THIS IS SAD AND NOT AT ALL RIDICULOUS, AND PRIONS CERTAINLY DO NOT TAKE DECADES TO KILL YOU. THAT IS A LIE TOLD TO YOU BY LIBERALS."

Sadly, even if I had the time (I still haven't finished watching season 1 of BREAKING BAD!), I worry that I'd be missing out by not watching it with you.

[heykidzcomix.livejournal.com]

Did I mention this season has Janeane Garofalo in it? I don't think you should make your decision without knowing that.

But yeah, it's a lot more fun to watch it with other people. Maybe if I make it to SPX this year we can hold a screening or something there. "24-Hour Prion People" would make a way better panel than "Journal Comics: How To Make Yourself As Tedious As Possible For Acclaim And Profit".

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh god, you single-handedly make me want to watch this show. In one day. With beer. Being fed directly into my veins.

I wonder if I'll even be in the area for SPX? I hope so! That'd be totally boss. Let's not invite Jeffery Brown and watch him make a comic about it!