Young Justice is one thing of an oddity within the DC Universe. It’s so in style with followers, but appears to fluctuate out and in of continuity. Even after they’re remembered, there’s nonetheless some a part of the world itself that appears intent on ignoring no matter troubles the younger group goes by way of. No comedian emphasizes that greater than Darkish Disaster: Young Justice #1 (by Meghan Fitzmartin, Laura Braga, Luis Guerrero, and Pat Brosseau).
Within the situation, when her teammates go lacking, Marvel Lady goes to their numerous mentors and members of the family to try to get assist discovering them. Moderately than instantly leap into motion, these mentors and members of the family, brush off Cassie’s considerations, chalking all of it as much as both teen angst or grief. It is a surprisingly flippant perspective all of them needed to the issues of the youthful heroes, and one which demonstrates how little they really take note of the subsequent technology.
One would assume, within the wake of the Justice League’s dying, that extra potential loss would stir the opposite heroes to behave. As an alternative, there appears to be a sure stigma related to the group. The Flash summed it up greatest by rudely stating it was teen angst. In his protection, there’s a number of reality to that assertion. Any teenage group of heroes is sure to have angst, and Young Justice has loads of historical past with it. Be it from relationship points, to betrayals of belief, and even simply adjusting to one another’s personalities normally, the group is rife with teen turmoil. That was a part of the enjoyable of studying about them.
But, this is not the one factor inflicting folks to dismiss their disappearance. Nightwing and Jon fairly believed that there’s a lot of grief going round, and that may have motivated the opposite members of the group to isolate themselves to course of it. Even when that was what occurred, throughout such an emotionally devastating time, it might nonetheless be an affordable resolution to test on the group. Dropping family members can result in darkish occasions for the bereaved, so it might be in everybody’s greatest curiosity to investigate cross-check Young Justice to make it possible for they had been a minimum of emotionally okay. Even this concern is disregarded, nonetheless.
There may be additionally a level of hypocrisy of their attitudes. Every of the heroes Marvel Lady went to had been all in her place sooner or later of their lives. Drowning in teen angst, emotionally traumatized, needing somebody to test in on them to verify they’re okay. Nightwing and the Flash might have benefited from having extra attentive caretakers, and now that they are those in cost they’re making the identical errors as their mentors.
Giving them some protection, they do have their very own issues. Young Justice actually is not the one one grappling with grief and with the Justice League gone the remaining heroes have to select up the slack and cope with the fallout. They could not have any time to fret about one other downside. Maybe additionally they do not need to. They’ve already misplaced mentors, mum or dad figures in some circumstances, the lack of their youthful siblings or youngsters is perhaps the straw that breaks the camel’s again. Something occurring to Young Justice after such a loss is perhaps sufficient to lastly crush their spirit. Pretending the whole lot is okay, is perhaps the simpler, if no more egocentric, course.