#oops this got long I'm splitting the kyle and jo section off into another part

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need a shorter name/tag for my "Kyle successfully rebuilds the Green Lantern Corps" AU

Torchbearers!AU maybe?

Anyways, y'all seemed to like it so I'll yap about it some more. I kinda forgot/ran out of time to talk about Jo and Keli in the original post but I think that, like Simon and Jessica, their origins don't need to be changed that much to fit this AU

Like, Keli's whole thing with finding her gauntlet in the junkyard and joining Young Justice before finally meeting a Green Lantern could still happen. Except instead of it being John who comes to investigate, it's Simon and Jessica who show up. It'd be even funnier if this was like, their first time actually doing GL stuff without Kyle, and they find a literal child with a bootleg version of their power rings and the determination to be a hero, despite virtually everyone doubting her.

No one has ever believed in Keli Quintela, not since her abuelita died. Not her fellow scrappers, not even the other members of Young Justice, really. Even the dying alien who gave her his gauntlet, Iorl, had thought her ridiculous when she said she would be a hero. When two Green Lanterns she didn't recognize showed up, she was ready to fight them to prove she had what it took to be Teen Lantern. But instead, they offer to train her.

Simon and Jessica know very well what it feels like to have the whole world doubt you, and how much it means when even one person gives you a chance. More than that though, it's clear that this little girl was alone for a long time, and looking for somewhere to belong. Keli claimed the name of Lantern, and there's so very few of them these days.

So instead of being all "where did you get that gauntlet it's not safe blah blah blah," Simon and Jessica choose to put their faith in the kid, just as Kyle had done for them.

And why not? From what they've heard from Guy and John, even the old Corps occasionally had kids as members. The alien who gave the gauntlet to Keli sounds more concerning anyway, like that was obviously someone trying to impersonate a Green Lantern. But why? And how did the gauntlet's creator manage to replicate the powers of the ring?

But first, they have to explain to the rest of the heroes that Green Lantern has a kid protege now

Justice League: Whatcha got there? Simon & Jessica: (holding Keli) A smoothie!