I like how even tempered Zod is compared to his wife and his son. I didn't see Ursa getting the Eye of Ekron coming, that felt a little random, but cool nonetheless.
As for Nightwing faking his death...hmm...perhaps. He could have a bloodcap hidden somewhere on him like Artemis did when she faked her death.
Of course everything had to return to Earth. I'm hoping for an epic battle, but I also want to see some heartwarming reunion moments with Superboy and the others (assuming he'll be okay) and general season finale beats.
That's definitely a running theme. We see characters like Kent Nelson and Jay Garrick still doing hero work after they say they're retired.
Reminded me of Mala on Superman the Animated Series. She had served her time in the Phantom Zone, so Superman freed her.
I can already see the end tag. M'Gann or Perdita or someone is watching over Beast Boy in a hospital bed, and his monitor is giving off a slow "Beep...beep...beep..." as the credits roll.
I don't know about "everyone", but it would be great to see most of the important characters. Season 2 really had a great finale with co-ordinating different squads around the world.
Aquaman was on the watchtower (last I checked) so he could theoretically contact The Flash to be there in a nanosecond or scramble whoever is available to head to Metropolis.
It must have occurred to the writers of this show that the Perez/ Wolfman version of Beast Boy backstory was REALLY messed up (and he's lucky that they didn't bring Terra into it) to the point where it's a wonder the dude can function all. and it wouldn't take much to push him over the edge.
The show kinda likes showing heroes in atypical situations (for superfolk). It got away with giving Connor a 'roid addiction early on.
It feels like Beast Boy's depression arc should have been given to M'gann. I don't recall her really doing anything during the season's middle. It would also have added an extra layer to Nightwing not wanting to tell her that Connor might be alive until they were sure since by that point, M'gann would have just started to get better through treatment.
Also, they spend significant time on Beast Boy's decline and denial, but they didn't spend as much time on his recovery, so it kind of ends up falling flat as a recovery arc. There's some nice scenes (corgi buddies!), but it doesn't feel like a worthwhile investment storywise due to the time it borrowed from some arcs, such as Zatanna's, and it feels so isolated from the season's overall story and doesn't play a part in its finale (I really doubt it's somehow going to change in episode 26)
It also felt contrieved that nobody, in an organization that has emphasized mental healthcare and has teens with trauma, would make sure he'd received consoling after his brother-in-law died. There would have been some of the teens that would have seen the writing on the wall because teens actually know about this stuff.
It's another season four idea that I think could have been good, if different story choices had been made concerning it and the execution had also been different.
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I don't begrudge them for wanting to do a Superhero mental health arc (and lord knows Beast Boy has enough problems to warrant it) so much as just there was so many more interesting things they could have focused on instead.
Like actually developing the Outsiders as a team would feel, to me, more worthwhile and significant than just developing Beast Boy's depression across an entire season only for it to really have no bearing on the plot.
I guess people who have actually gone through depression can probably better relate to it than I can, like how Halo's self-discovery is probably more relateable to others than to myself, but I'd rather see Cassie, Tim, Virgil, or any of the new Outsiders on mission than seeing Beast Boy's life spiral out of control.
Pieter Cross (Dr. Mid-Nite III) was actually in season 1.
That's a good point. I guess they picked Beast Boy because death is so prominent in his life and it was technically set up since "Nightmare Monkeys", but M'gann would've been a solid alternative. It also would've been ironic to see the teen counselor refusing to get help for her problems.
I'm assuming they wanted to cut to the chase on his recovery because they didn't think showing the specifics of him choosing animal therapy was too crucial. Plus it would annoy people who already thought he had too much screentime. Perhaps they could've done his Black Canary scenes sooner and develop his recovery more. But it is also an ongoing process and not something that ends the moment Garfield gets a dog.Also, they spend significant time on Beast Boy's decline and denial, but they didn't spend as much time on his recovery, so it kind of ends up falling flat as a recovery arc. There's some nice scenes (corgi buddies!), but it doesn't feel like a worthwhile investment storywise due to the time it borrowed from some arcs, such as Zatanna's, and it feels so isolated from the season's overall story and doesn't play a part in its finale (I really doubt it's somehow going to change in episode 26)
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Would it have worked better had they had the Black Canary session by the midpoint of the season? I guess they would've needed to cut out all the buildup.
They wouldn't need to cut all the buildup: just cut out the repetition. For example, there's multiple scenes that hammer in the same point: Beast Boy can't sleep and is getting addicted to sleep medication. We don't need to see that again and again.
Have Beast Boy's story start in Artemis' arc, have a brief scene of it in the first episode of the magic arc and then return to it during Kaldur's arc - perhaps also using it to contrast his and Kaldur's handling of Connor's death. Beast Boy's story is so intrusive to the magic arc because the arc is already so overstuffed that it didn't even have time for its own central story, not to mention that Beast Boy's story is so disconnected from it that it might as well be taking place at another point in time because of how egregious it gets when the threat starts spamming volcanos across the world and necessitates a world-wide villain-hero team-up and it's just not a thing in Beast Boy's story.