>>94428787he use to be pretty jive when he was created and during Mosaic
but come Justice League McDuffie used him as a self-insert, those get pretty boring, and that stuck
that doesn't help during Johns run he used Hal as a self-insert, that turned meat head Hal into a boring everyman but also took a lot of spot light from other Green Lanterns
Green Lanterns really are perfect characters for writers to self-insert, but they get boring.
That's why I like Guy, no one really self-inserts as the ginger with the bowl cut so his cocky jerk attitude has stuck with him over the years