Specs returns to Oa and meets Razer through Aya. Saint Walker seeks him out to learn about this Blue Lantern who is not a Blue Lantern, and they quickly connect. On patrol, Spectrum tries Green beside Walker’s Blue. Both feel the effect: Green grows stronger, and Walker feels something strengthening his Ring beyond the usual presence of a Green Lantern.

Mogo calls for help. IndiKid takes them to him, and they find the living planet breaking apart from the inside. One Blue and two Greens cannot pull him together. Spectrum turns Blue, joining Walker near Mogo’s core. Their Hope empowers Mogo to heal himself, with The Green growing over wounds his constructs cannot heal. A field of multicolored orchids restores the Corps seal on his surface; from a distance, the flowers appear white.

The Story

Back to Oa

Saint Walker

The Story

Back to Oa

“Aya, this is perfect timing… The crystal hut was getting a little warm the closer we get to summer… and you can finally shut up about him… or I’ll start caring more.”

Specs laughs.

“Is he cute?”

“I have never thought to ask him.”

Specs arrives on Oa after another successful Indiport. He still does not like doing them.

The plan is to stay for a while. Aya introduces him to Razer. This is their first meeting. Razer is both Blue and Red, and Specs is interested in that combination. Aya has had plenty to say about him.

Saint Walker

Saint Walker seeks Spectrum out to learn about this Blue Lantern who is not a Blue Lantern. They click quickly, especially when Spectrum is Blue.

Blue shows Walker a rerunt: Kermit the Frog performing “Rainbow Connection.”

Green beside Blue

The next day, during Walker’s routine patrol, Blue explains.

“Back home, Blue doesn’t offer much more than rerunts and easy flying… no GLs around… and I don’t even know what it’s like to be Green and see if I feel you…”

They look at each other with a shared Blue calm.

“All will be well,” Walker says.

Blue grins and slips into something Green.

Immediately, they both feel it.

Green feels stronger. Walker’s Ring normally reaches its real power when a Green is nearby. This is that—but different. Something is strengthening his Ring as well.

Mogo’s call

Mogo calls for help.

Before he can finish, IndiKid has teleported them both to Mogo’s side. Spectrum switches back to Green, powered up with a powered-up Walker beside him.

They fly toward the problem.

Mogo is breaking apart from the inside out.

More Hope

Green, Walker, and Mogo try to pull him back together.

The closer Walker flies to the core, the more Mogo powers up from his presence.

It is not enough.

Green gets Walker.

“One Blue and two Greens can’t do this… even if one of those Greens is Mogo!”

“Then perhaps, we don’t need more Will… we need more Hope?!”

They nod to each other.

Green goes Blue, and both fly toward Mogo’s core.

Healing

As they get closer, they can feel their Hope empowering Mogo. He grows stronger and stronger.

There is something like before, like Walker felt—but more. Two Blues, these two Blues, close together, empowering and powering up one of the greatest and largest Green Lanterns.

Mogo heals himself.

His Green pulls him back together. The Green trails his great constructs. Where wounds cannot heal, plants grow over them.

“Healing comes in all forms,” Walker says as they watch the plants spring up over the planet.

Orchids

Flowers appear across a large field: orchids with a strange mix of hues.

From farther away, the field reveals the great Lantern Corps seal that marks Mogo as a Green Lantern, healed.

At that distance, the multicolored orchids appear white.

“Yeah, I guess they do,” Spectrum replies, shifting back to Green to enjoy the feeling of being Green beside Walker’s Blue.

“Good job, Kermit,” says Walker.

“All will be well,” says Green.

They tour the locale, enjoying the feeling of each other’s presence.

About The Story

Blue Blood and Razer

Razer interests Specs because he is both Blue and Red. Aya’s constant talk has already made him a presence before the meeting. The title plays on Razer; the return to Oa brings that connection into the foreground.

One Green and two Blues

Walker’s presence lets Specs compare Blue’s quieter abilities at home with what happens around Green. When he slides to Green near Walker, both feel a change. Walker reaches the strength his Ring can access beside a Green, and senses something more strengthening that connection.

Mogo’s crisis changes the combination. One Blue and two Greens cannot repair the damage, even with Mogo among the Greens. Two Blues near his core amplify Hope until Mogo can heal himself.

Healing in more than one way

Green light pulls the planet together. The Green follows the constructs, growing over wounds that cannot simply close. The flowering repair is part of what “Healing comes in all forms” means in this scene.

The orchids contain a strange mixture of hues. Seen across the great field, they look white, healing the Lantern Corps seal from that distance. The view changes the apparent color without changing the flowers themselves.

ReRunts and Rainbow Connection

Aya’s name for the shared visions has spread among the aliens. Blue uses a ReRunt of Kermit’s Rainbow Connection with Walker. The later “Good job, Kermit” returns the reference through Walker, giving the shared joke a place beside “All will be well.”

What the flowers carry forward

The orchid and mushroom later accompany Specs’ conjured note for Guy. Guy passes them to Alan Scott, whose mantle holds them for the following decade. Their journey connects these early encounters to the later note without Specs having to foresee its destination.

Mogo’s overlapping roles

Mogo’s connection to The Green is service to the domain. Later background also gives him the role of Gravity among the Tricksters, whose work keeps things moving. That belongs to the wider worldbuilding around him; the rescue itself centers on the connections the characters discover through Hope and Will.

Writer's Notes

The title and Razer

Blue Blood brings Walker and Mogo together with the interest in Razer’s Blue and Red connection.

From the writer’s notes

Over th course of the 8, there’s a lot more flashes of various reasons… by now there’s the Grey, Spectre (more to come!) Lets make 5 Blue Blood, the story with Walker and Mogo but I want to add an adventure/meetup with Razer, met via Aya… Razer is an interesting person Specs… he’s Blue and Red… and that’s … interesting… and, boy, does Aya never shut up about him! The name is a play on Razer.

Back on Oa

The arrival is another successful Indiport, even though Specs still dislikes making them. The crystal hut is growing warm as summer approaches. Aya’s enthusiasm about Razer gives Specs his opening joke about finally meeting him.

Walker, Kermit, and the rescue

The development of the rescue grew out of the Green training and the shared Rainbow Connection reference.

From the writer’s notes

This gets us to Oa, gives us backstory (without a full origion, which comes later), gives us some good contacts to work off of, a new sister, a new flirt… but little in way of progress… The GL’s can’t teach Specs anything about the Green he doesn’t understand fare better … I mean, he can totally do the thing if the things is just Willing a a thing to be Green…. no problem, call me Kermit!! (damnit! Should have used that one, would have made my persons day!!!… I might slip that in as an easter egg somewhere… maybe if/when Specs meets Saint Walker… who sought him out to learn about this BL that’s not a BL… they click fast, especially when Blue… Blue shows a “rerunt” (Aya made it catch on, and the aliens don’t know any better… so it’s all “aster” (see: Young Justice, Robin/Nightwing), The “rerunt” (Blue’s “let me show you” vision) for Walker is obvious… Kermit T Frog, Here: Rainbow Connection. The next day, during Walker’s routine patrol, Blue slips into Green after mentioning that “back home, Blue doesn’t offer much more than Rerunts and easy flying… no GL’s around… and I don’t even know what it’s like to be Green and see if I feel you…” they look at each other with a shared Blue calm “All will be well” Walker says, and Blue grins and slips into something Green… and immediately they BOTH feel it. Green feels stronger, and Walker… Walker’s ring normally just meets it’s real power when a Green is near by… this is that… but, different… like, something is strenthghing his ring as well… and it’s good thing they know that now, cause Mogo has just called for help and before he can finish, IdniKid has teleported them both to Mogo’s side and switched back to a Green Power Up witha. powered up Walker beside. Flying to Mogo, Walker and Green head towards the problem… Mogo is breaking apart from the inside out! Green and Walker and even Mogo try to pull him back together… the closer to the core Walker flies the more you can see Mogo powering up from his pressence… but it’s not enough… Getting Walker, Green proposes: One Blue and two Greens can’t do this… even if one of those Greens is Mogo!” - “Then perhaps, we don’t need more Will… we need more Hope?!” and they nod to each other as Green goes Blue and they both fly towards Mogo’s core… as they get closer, they can feel their Hope empowering Mogo and his growing stronger and stronger… and something, like before… like Walker mentioned… but MORE… two Blues, at least, these two Blues, close together, empowering and powering up one of the greatest, the largest, GL to ever be! Mogo Heals himself… the Green not only pulls Mogo back together, but The Green trails the great Mogo’s constructs, what wounds can’t heal, The Green has grown over… “Healing comes in all forms” says Walker as they watch the plants spring up over the large planet, flowers, a strange flower, an orchid with a strange mix of hues appears spanning a large field… as a distance, you realize this has healed the great Lantern Corps seal that marks Mogo as a GL… at such distance… those multicolored orchids appear to be white. “Yeah, I guess they do” Spectrum replied shiffting back to Green to enjoy that feeling he feels as a Green to Walker’s Blue. “Good job, Kermit” says walker; “All will be well” says Green and they take a tour of the locale just enjoying “feeling” each otheres presence.

Aya and Razer — proposed exchanges

These relationship ideas include the Power Rangers reference and further possibilities for their time together.

From the writer’s notes

Aya is his go to for Green learning, they totally speek the same langauge (which they joke is funny cause “Sorry, Razer, Trini isn’t her to translate Billy for you… perhaps you should ask Blue to show you some Power Ranger reruns… i recall you enjoying the Red Ranger, especially when his prehistoric based reptilian vehicle emerges from the lava and fire…” “yeah, I do love that part… but only when you watch it with me…” “Oh, Razer”…. “oh, my ick!!! Play with Aya’s attachements on your own time!! I’m trying to understand the nature of the unvierse here!!!” says Spectrum.

From the writer’s notes

and then StarS pops in and goes “okay, now let me show you some tricks” and that night StarS slides to Sin as he listens to Razer experince the suggested techniquest a kinky midle aged gay Star Sapphire can teach an AI based life form with a variable apendage body… Sin, then goes out for a night on the town of his own… he hears Guy Gardner opened a bar here on Oa… wonder “what’s on tap” hehe … “good thing I’m flagging yellow”

Where the flowers go

The orchid and mushroom connect to the note and its later home.

From the writer’s notes

on top of the note, conjured, was an orchid from Mogo and a mushroom… writer knows: Guy gave those to Alan Scott later, cause that felt right… Sam put them in a place on their mantle, where they never wilted, never aged (remember, Grundy’s book is 10 years later, so my knowing that means for at least 10 years Sam played Al and I played Sam so Sam could have Alan when I can’t have Allen.

Mogo’s later background

The Gravity material belongs to the later worldbuilding around The Trick. It remains material for later revelation through the journal or inserts rather than an explanation spoken during the rescue.