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Anonymous writes...
This is a question about the writer's room and your relationship with the writers.
Do you and Brandon develop all of the premises for the episodes yourselves? What if a writer comes to you and says: "I have my own really cool idea for an episode. Can I pitch it to you?" or "I don't know if you guys are planning to bring back Wally or not, but, if you are, I have a really cool scene in mind for Wally's return."
Would this be inappropriate? Is he or she crossing some kind of line? Is he in danger of being fired? Is a writer's job strictly to develop the premises you give her? Or, is there some flexibility to parameters of his job description?
Greg responds...
For the last two seasons, Brandon and I skipped the premise stage entirely, and we broke every episode together on index cards, and I took those cards to outline. Then Brandon, myself and the freelance writers are handed a completed outline. (We have no staff writers on the show, and haven't after season one, for budgetary reasons.) So, no, a writer can't come in and say "I have my own really cool idea for an episode." Freelancers are not in danger of being fired; they simply don't have that opportunity on this series. It's too intricately plotted. They do come on at the outline stage, and we talk through everything and try to stay very open to their ideas for the episode they've been assigned and to the other episodes in the writers room that day. But the story is the story. If they decide to bring Wally back in an episode where we didn't previously plan to bring Wally back, it's simply not going to happen.
But no one ever suggests going that far off book, anyway. That's just not this gig, and that's made clear up front.
Marvelman writes...
Young Justice: Phantoms didn't seem prominent to me at Fandome. In fact, I haven't seen much marketing for the show. I get the impression that the show isn't that important for the folks at DC or HBO. Am I wrong? Am I jumping to conclusions?
Greg responds...
They'd say otherwise.
Kyr writes...
Hi Greg, loving Phantoms so far.
I was hoping you could provide a little elaboration for the warehouse fight scene from the tie-in comics issue 10: Hot Case.
At the end of the fight, Yarrow tries to shoot Robin but Superboy swoops in and takes the bullet himself.
1.) Is Superboy traveling faster than the bullet or did he jump before the bullet was fired and just got lucky?
Here's the scene https://imgur.com/a/UQ2wula
Greg responds...
I guess it's open to interpretation, but I'd say he leaped in AND was moving very fast.
Alan writes...
Hi Greg, huge fan of Young Justice and all your other projects.
You said that the Green Arrow DC showcase and Catwoman Hunted loosely exist in the young justice timeline, that versions of these events happened but maybe not exactly the same. What team years did these almost events happen in the YJ timeline?
Greg responds...
No spoilers. ESPECIALLY not for Catwoman: Hunted, which hasn't even come out yet.
jade writes...
How did you come up with Aqualad´s new deisgn, it looks really cool and i hope we get to see him again in season 4 !
Greg responds...
I'm not sure which new design you're referring to. Do you mean his Aquaman design?
Inertia writes...
1 When Bart is asked to join the outsiders he says Kid Flash is out, too, from back in Wally's day so he has no problems with being a public hero without a secret identity. Does this mean the World knows Wally West was Kid Flash and think Bart is the same as Wally. I just don't get that line it's from First Impressions.
2 When nightwing said "Still, everyone's here except the one guy I really need." was the one guy he was referring to Wally? Last time when I asked the question i forgot to mention that is from the series finale of season 3 when the team is assembled before black lightning is elected as leader. I asked this question again since I don't think the question was properly framed with the necessary information the first time, apologies for that.
Also thanks a lot keeping this relic from my childhood alive really appreciate it and have a great day.
Greg responds...
1. No. He's saying that Kid Flash was a known hero, as opposed to, say, Nightwing or Miss Martian. Many people incorrectly assume that Bart as Kid Flash is the same person as Wally was as Kid Flash. But neither of them have revealed their secret identities to the world. Though Bart isn't particularly careful about his.
2. No. He was talking about Black Lightning, who showed up a few seconds later. He needed Black Lightning, because he was about to recommend him to be the League's new chairperson.
Will writes...
1. Is Dreamer the New God a more powerful psychic that can get information that normal telepaths can't at least without harming them like she did in her first appearance?
2. What were the Light’s traditions that Ultra Humanite was referring too?
3. Why didn’t the Light dispose of Speedy when they were okay with it for the other sidekicks when they were captured in Cadmus?
4. What was the official reason/cover story that Lex Luthor had held Speedy captive for so long?
5. Could martians have children with humans or atlanteans or
even other aliens?
Greg responds...
1. "More powerful" than whom? I'm not too big on power comparisons. Her powers are different but overlap with other psychics we have in the series.
2. I think he states it fairly clearly in the episode.
3. They thought he might be useful, and by that time there was no fear that his existence would out their clone.
4. I don't understand this question. Cover story for whom?
5. It's a good question... that I'm not going to answer, as any answer could constitute a potential spoiler.
Liam writes...
What type of music does the main young justice team like? I’d specially like to know for Artemis, Miss Martian, and Aquaman (Artemis because she’s my favorite, but the other two because they’re from different cultures and I’m interested to know what they would think of human music and what kind they’d like)
Greg responds...
I'm going to leave that to your interpretation.
Impetuous_77 writes...
1. How old is Saturn girl?
2. How old is Phantom Girl?
Greg responds...
Assuming they survive to the end of Team Year Ten, they will be...
1. 18
2. 15
Verdragon writes...
Was the Doom Patrol Go sequence in "Nightmare Monkeys" a response to Teen Titans Go parodying Young Justice in their episode "Let's Get Serious"?
Greg responds...
In part.
Verdragon writes...
What is your favorite episode of each (complete) season of Young Justice so far? Which ones do you think are objectively the best of each season?
Greg responds...
I don't have conclusive or definitive feelings about them in the way you seem to be implying.
I am very fond of Independence Day, Misplaced, Summit, Endgame, Evolution and Overwhelmed. But I honestly love every episode (like a proud papa).
Verdragon writes...
So is there something magically significant about that willow tree that Zatanna meets Dr. Fate under in "Private Security", and later meets Artemis under in "Overwhelmed", or is it just a place that's easy to meet at and has a degree of privacy?
Greg responds...
The latter.
Unless it's also the former.
Verdragon writes...
Is Helga Jace actually from Markovia? Because her accent and name don't fit with those of the Markovians we've met... If not, where is she from?
Greg responds...
No. She's German. Nice catch. I think you're the first person outside of the production to notice.
Antiyonder writes...
1. Is there still the interest in doing a Young Justice/Scooby Doo film? I figure even with YJ now being for a older audience it wouldn't be out of place considering Scooby's appearance on Supernatural.
2. Was it planned as a canon story (and as such the Mysteries Inc. Gang being part of continuity)? Or does the Newsgirl Legion presence change such is previously a yes?
Greg responds...
1. Brandon and I are still interested. I don't know that anyone else at WB ever was.
2. We never got that far. But we were, at the time, willing to do a Scooby import into the YJ universe, or a YJ import into the Scooby universe.
Nick writes...
Hi Greg, I'm glad that Phantoms has premiered now. Almost flipped when hearing we can watch them on HBO Max after the DC Fandome was done. I like how the heroes are not given a big issue to deal with like in the last two seasons. Feels like going back to the first season roots.
Anyway I enjoyed the first two episodes and I have a few questions from them and I can promise that none of them involve spoilers.
1. What's with the iris-change in the Martian eyes? How come J'onn didn't have them when he was on Earth? They look better.
2. Are Harper Row and her brother adopted by Snapper and Beth?
3. One scene I didn't get in "Schooled" was when M'gann formed multiple arms to fight the Monqis and then freaks out after Wally freaks out seeing her with the arms. I don't get it?
4. Is Phil Bourassa not working on the show anymore? I noticed someone else is in charge of character design. Did Dou Hong work under him?
Thank you and till next time.
Greg responds...
1. The iris change allowed them to take in more light on Mars, I believe.
2. Fostered.
3. His reaction startled her.
4. Dou worked as a character designer on Season Three under Phil. Phil moved on after Season Three, and Dou was promoted to Model Supervisor. We also brought back Jerome Moore, who did characters for us during Seasons One and Two, and brought in Austin Reinkins to design with Dou and Rome.
Big Fan writes...
Hi Greg, I love Young Justice so much and I’m so glad that you guys are back for Season 4 and hopefully more. Thank you and your team for all the hard work you have done.
A few questions,
1. I’m a little confused on how the Outsiders work with the Team. I know in season 3 it was said that they are the public squad of the team and report to Miss Martian but it seems like Beast Boy does most of the leading. So are Outsiders members of the Team or are the Outsiders a separate entity?
2. Can members of the Outsiders return to the team and do covert missions or are the not allowed to since they have become public heroes?
3. In Season 4 does the public know the Outsiders are affiliated with the League or is that still a secret?
Thanks so much for taking the time read and answer my question
Greg responds...
1. Well, both, I guess. The Outsiders are autonomous, reporting in Season Three - and until the first few minutes of Season Four - to Beast Boy. But Beast Boy initially reported to Team Leader Miss Martian (and later Tigress), who in turn reported to League Chairperson Aquaman (and later Black Lightning).
2. The two groups tend to stay separate, but overlap can happen situationally, as when Geo-Force joined the Team for their mission to the Orphanage.
3. Secret. Though they know the two groups are friendly.
LoboGuara5bruxaria writes...
Hey Greg, on more than one occassion someone have asked you how strong an average Martian is when compared to a average Atlantean, but you had responded that it is hard to give an straight answer since martians can augment their strength with their shape/denseshifting abilities and telekinesis. So allow me to ask you this:
1) How strong to you think an average Martian is in their... "Biologically Natural*" form without any telekinesis involved when compared to the average Atlantean? I am NOT asking exact numbers of "Y Character is X times stronger/weaker than Z character", but more on a "I think X is a bit stronger/weaker than Z" kind of way.
2) How strong to you think an Average Gargoyle from Gargoyles is when compared to Young Justice's Average Atlantean and "Biologically natural" Martian?
*I say "Biologically Natural" form of Martians (That one of large bipedals with narrow waists and exposed gums) than True Form, since for a species of shapeshifters "true form" would likely be the one they are personally most confortable to stay in. Am I right or wrong on that regard?
Greg responds...
1. These kinds of questions are not really of much interest to me. You're trying to remove all situational criteria, but life is entirely situational. I guess by the terms you're using that Atlanteans are stronger than Martians. But the terms only exist in a vacuum of circumstance, which can never occur - not even in a vacuum.
2. Now, you're crossing shows? No. I'm not going there. Watch the two series. See what you see. Make your own evaluations.
3. Every Martian is different.
Anonymous writes...
1 Was baron bedlam aware of how insane Helga was when he hired her?
2 Why did Helga agree to work for bedlam? Considering any kids who’s metagene she awakened she creeply sees as her children. And bedlam later sells those children.
Greg responds...
1. I'm not even sure I'm aware of just HOW insane Helga is even now. So, no.
2. She didn't initially know about the selling part.
Anonymous writes...
1 Are there any specific qualifications for becoming the light’s enforcer?
2 Was Lady Shiva recently promoted to become the light’s enforcer before killing ocean master? Queen bee made it sound that way
3 Does the enforcer of the light gain special benefits within the organization?
4 Did the light consider any other candidates besides lady Shiva to become the light’s enforcer after Deathstroke got promoted?(not asking you to specifically name them if there were others.)
5 Did Deathstroke recommend Lady Shiva to replace him as the enforcer for the light to the other members of the light?
Greg responds...
1. Um... being a badass?
2. Just before, yes.
3. Dental.
4. I suppose many were at least considered.
5. No spoilers. (But most likely.)
emmy the vampire slayer writes...
seeing "his, her or their" on the first episode of Phantoms made me happy. i even hugged my dog and told him: THEY SUPPORT ME! THEY SUPPORT ME! (simon's such a good friend :D)
this may sound a little cringe, but that's what i felt about the scene.
i'm a fan of YJ for 10 years now (i'm 15 - almost 16) and i found out that i'm a trans girl a couple of years ago. it wasn't easy, of course. i spent years rejecting myself, so seeing you guys saying trans rights(!!!!) is super special to me.
ps: i know halo is non-binary, but she's a mother box, she's not really a person. as much as i love halo (LOVE!!!), she isn't a good representation. but, hey, you're trying :)
and sorry for any mistake. i'm from brazil.
Greg responds...
Hi emmy,
I'm glad you liked the scene. But I take issue with you saying that Halo is not a real person. She's as real as Miss Martian or Tigress or any of the others. What difference does her origin make? Now, she's a living, breathing person - with super-powers, sure - but in every other way, she's currently a human being.
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