The character I'll miss most in the DCnU

holyhomoeroticismbatman:

I've been thinking about this a lot, really. I'll miss a lot from the old DCU, and two of my favorite characters (Stephanie Brown and Cass Cain) have been set back ten or fifteen years or just forgotten, and The Dude would strike me down for lying if I told you I wouldn't miss Wally West. If I told you I'm not going to miss Donna Troy, The Dude wouldn't have to worry about striking me down, Donna would do it herself.

But I don't think they're the character I'll miss the most in the DCnU.

I think I'll miss Connor Hawke the most.

Connor is the biracial, Buddhist and level headed son of Green Arrow, Ollie Queen. In contrast with Ollie's passion and romantic entanglements, Connor was calm and mostly uninterested in romance (if he was written properly) because he had a job to do as Green Arrow. That's right, after Ollie's death in the 80's, Connor took the mantle, and remained the second Green Arrow for a while after Ollie came back. (Kind of like Dick being Batman while Bruce was still alive.)

Cass and Steph and Wally and Donna and numerous characters whom I'm forgetting (sorry!) are all awesome and epic and I love them greatly. But the thing is, in some capacity, I ultimately expect them to come back within the next few months (or years if we're especially unlucky).

Connor doesn't have fans, really. And that's not the fan's fault for passing over an awesome character, it's the creator's fault for not giving readers enough of a chance to fall in love with Connor. Because of that, Connor is the only character that's been MIA in the DCnU who I don't think is coming back somehow.

The fact that I honestly don't believe he's going to return is what makes me miss Connor the most.

Connor is one of the real symbols of loss I have for the relaunch. I feel there HAS to be a way to bring him back and not tie him to Ollie's age. I miss him a lot.