Hal was probably better prepared for the media circus than most of the others, all things considered; he was used to them taking an interest, as a member of the Justice League, and gossip rags tended to speculate here and there - it was mostly just the level to which the gossip rags and the news were intertwined and nigh indistinguishable that took some adjusting. (Though he couldn't honestly say it was a surprise, given the patterns that had already been showing in the media of his own time.)

"I think I'd have preferred the straight fight, honestly. It was mostly psychological bullshit on our end." He'd known to expect it, and he did consider that mission to have been the best one to put him on, given his past experience with the Spectre, but tackling his inner demons was twice as exhausting as a good fight.

After a while, he really just longed for an enemy he could punch in the face and be done with.