A genuinely good hero gets crushed by responsibility and slowly goes insane

[u/Outrageous_Gene_7652]

Hal Jordan (Green Lantern): Civilian life in shambles, overworked superhero life, spiralling mental health for years and unable to cope with the fact that he was'nt able to save his city because he was on another mission, Hal loses his mind, literally trying to bring back the dead, killing the entire corp and later literally erasing space and time to rewrite the universe

Zero (To Be Hero X): Being the first hero of the world and being worshipped for being so since he was 10, Zero achieved Godhood as a 15 year old but ultimately the pressure got to him and he went mad at 17 and nearly caused the end of humanity.

[u/Moist-Singer9219]

Hal’s downfall is heartbreaking because he started out wanting to save everyone, but the guilt of failing to save one city pushed him into becoming the very threat he once fought against.

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