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I didn't notice Iris-West's hair color. I barely even noticed her. I'm not a major DC fan.
Megan doing the heavy lifting in her relationship is due entirely to this show deciding to make Superboy an angry, brooding, damaged goods loner type instead of the type of character he was for over half of his existence in the comics (and during the comic run of which this show gets its title). If Superboy was the funny, cocky, and naive sort he was until the last half decade, this relationship might have more life. Unfortunately, he might have then clashed more with Kid-Flash, the OTHER funny, cocky, naive sort. So when the writers were settling on character archetypes, Superboy fell into the angry loner muscle type.
In the show's defense, Megan is an empath. Since she is dealing with a guy who keeps his feelings to himself, which she knows, Megan may HAVE to do the heavy lifting if she wants ANY chance at a relationship with him. Just being Superboy's ALLY required a near death experience at his hands by half the team. If Megan wasn't the one doing the gestures, Superboy would not pursue. He IS becoming less like who he was in the pilot, although "BEREFT" will unfortunately get him back to screaming and hitting things, which is getting old. If I wanted that, I wouldn't watch Superboy - I'd watch the Hulk.
It does seem a little odd that Megan attached to him before she had much chance to know the others. It could be because of the Superman symbol, which she knows even with 6 month amnesia. Superman IS well respected a a hero across the universe, after all. Hell, his symbol is respected, or flaunted, in the street in tattoos and t-shirts. It could be because she "felt" his mental anguish and wants to nurture him. It could be because as a secret White Martian, he is the easiest to manipulate so she can control the team's muscle. Who knows right now.
I am still not convinced Megan is as "pure" as she seems, given her history in the comics. Greg Weisman IS a guy who managed to turn the identity of Green Goblin, despite 35 years of times, prior cartoons and three feature films, into a legitimate mystery. It may be possible that Megan is a deliberate mole for the White Martians, or is part of a plan that runs so deep, not even she is aware of it. What better way to infiltrate the League than having someone pretend to be the family of the home-sick Martian Manhunter, who HAS to be so convincing that she fools his telepathy - which means she has to believe it herself.
That is a good point.
"X-MEN EVOLUTION", amazingly, drug out Scott and Jean getting together for 3 seasons. However, while the show established the two as "long time friends", they allowed them both to date other people. Jean dated jock Duncan Matthews and Scott dated Taryn. Atop of that, Rogue genuinely pined for Scott, shared chemistry in every scene with him, and was part of a triangle with Jean. While even the characters in the show would go, "FINALLY!" when the pair finally hooked up, enough road blocks were set up that it was probably a surprise, or at least not as obvious, to longer term fans too. Heck, some fans STILL ship for Scott/Rogue for that show. I should know, because I did once.
On the other hand, this show quickly set up Megan as hot for Superboy, and then decided to have Wally flirt endlessly for her, as if he has a chance. If anything, the amnesia episode may serve as a deck clearing exercise to get the characters out of some dead-end personality paths. Get Superboy to appreciate Megan more, get Artemis and Kid-Flash to not hate each other, etc. The show was assembled in such a rush, that Wonder Girl wasn't approved until halfway through the writing process for the season, and I imagine things were changed on the fly to get her into scripts. WB approved the show very last minute, which was why we needed to wait 2 months for additional episodes after the pilot; they needed time to edit them for airing. So it is possible that some of the quirks and tropes I am harping on are the result of some very high pressure, very high speed writing with tight deadlines. If so, then the fact the show is STILL as good as it is despite all that is itself impressive.
It was. Of course, in two films, Lex Luthor would utilize high frequency sonic signals to contact Superman, as does Jimmy Olson's signal watch. So how difficult would it be to transmit stuff over a digital TV signal that maybe only Superboy could sense...
Oh, and I am tired of endlessly calling him "Superboy". He needs to get the name Conner. Maybe the amnesia episode will provide that. He may take the name for some reason and then keep it after the experience is over, to represent moving on. That still makes the plot gimmick look like...well...a plot gimmick. But "YOUNG JUSTICE" would hardly be the first or last show to use one. "DALLAS" practically invented using the "it was all a dream" angle to wash away rubbish stories, didn't it?
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