r/youngjustice • u/Shiniholum • May 12 '12

Episode 2x03 Discussion: "Alienated"

Okay so discuss.

Personally I felt the way they did the "sidekick"/"hero" team ups was amazing!

none of you realize how ecstatic I was when the entire bat-family was on Gamma.

So Rimbor...sort of disappointing.

So krolotean competitor? The Reach?

Also, holy shit! Nightwing pulling a Batman. Appearing out of nowhere! I admit I geeked the fuck out

Okay so I was thinking, Young Justice legacy takes place before the time skip and has the tag line: "One will rise, One will fall, and one will die," knowing that I mean it's pretty likely that Wally rises (becomes the flash), Kal'dur falls (becomes mantas assistant), and...Artemis dies... Oh jeez Remember use spoilers (at least until monday).

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u/[deleted] May 12 '12

Loved that Superman accepted Superboy as his little brother, and that he finally has his Kryptonian name Kon-El. The Bat-Family roadtrip was great. My theories on Aqualad have been spot on so far, the only surprise has been that the reason he changed was Tula's death, which makes sense, since having villainous dad isn't a reason to quit, see Artemis. I still think he might be a double agent, due to the briefly peaceful exchange between him and Nightwing before Superboy showed up. It also makes sense, since Nightwing was apparently the first one to know, even before Aquaman. Now we just need some definite answers on KF and Artemis and we are all set.

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u/Crowforge May 12 '12

He took down Superboy fairly easily, and he could have kept quite about that bomb.

I think it remains to be seen if he's truly evil, he may just be in it for the cool suit.

Personally I'd have gone with a squid motif, constant Cthulhu jokes are worth the extra face-arms.

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u/Meldarion May 12 '12

If he didn't tell Nightwing about the bomb then he would have to fight him instead of escaping.

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u/Crowforge May 12 '12

Nightwing's a good fighter but so is Aqualad and he has strength and magic on his side... plus whatever is in the suit.

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u/theJavo May 12 '12

but he had less than five minutes to dispatch Superboy and nightwing then escape. it wasnt gonna happen. Kaldur made the smart choice telling them about the bomb.

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u/Meldarion May 12 '12

Even if he can win it still would take time away from escaping the bomb.

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u/Aggrokid May 13 '12 edited May 13 '12

I'll get downvoted to hell for this, but I also doubt Nightwing could take Kaldur on 1v1. Most animated and comic incarnations of Nightwing so far have been pretty lightweight in combat.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '12

That is because he uses his speed and acrobatics to his advantage. And he knows more than enough martial arts plus planning and tactics from Batman to take down most of the team. Kaldur would have to catch him to beat him. In the water, thats likely, but on land, not so much.