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By VillanElliPaolo

I think in terms of design it fits really well. With some of these you can go deeper and find spirituality similarities as well, and/or thematic ones.

Couldn’t think of one for characters like Crystal, and Iso honestly.

Batman has the Batcave, Superman has The Fortress and Aquaman has The Lighthouse.

I think the difference being while Bruce grew up in a mansion and Clark on a farm. Arthur actually grew up on a Lighthouse a symbol that represents how he was raised and what he represents as a person.

Drowned Earth also had a beautiful direction with this with Arthur’s inner journey and we got one recently that lines up well within Emperor Aquaman.

An Arthur Curry hanging out in the lighthouse after giving up due to his defeat by Lolanna. Arthur’s 3 inner selves coming together to find the inner strength to break free of the entrapment in The Blue and returning to defeat Lolanna.

The symbol of consciousness vs chaos was also a major aspect of The Waterbearer arc where Aquaman had to surrender and abandon his violent tendencies to defeat his foe a showcase of inner struggle.

I think Aquaman’s biggest role to come into at this point is as a guide, a beacon of hope across the universe and training the next generation to follow suit as fellow beacons across the universe. The Aqualads and Aquagirls.

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I started thinking with the mentions of Aquaman’s past from Bendis JL run matching up with what Aquaman was saying in Brightest Day as well as The Flashpoint Origin.

Is the Flashpoint Origin the closest we have to current Aquaman’s origin in present day, going off the age of 13.

This makes you wonder is the history between Manta and Arthur also changed now? Did Tom survive and Arthur just visited him when he got the ability to. I was wanting to make a post on another topic but this started lingering my mind about current continuity.