The unusual world Young Justice is trapped is clearly greater than it appears. Whereas it introduced them again to an easier time, it additionally returned the crew to a time when the poisonous elements of their lives have been on full show. Much more regarding, Dark Crisis: Young Justice #2 (by Meghan Fitzmartin, Laura Braga, Luis Guerrero, and Pat Brosseau) appeared to trace that the world was slowly affecting the boys’ personalities, reverting them again to a extra ignorant model of themselves.
The world appears to be affecting them based mostly on how readily they settle for this new world although. Some members of the crew are extra receptive than others, nevertheless it’s clear that this world is attempting to entice them to remain. Given the disconnect between whom the boys have change into and the place they began although, the one option to actually guarantee they remained right here can be to make them regress again to a much less matured frame of mind.
The primary apparent signal that the world was influencing them got here through the alternate Wonder Girl’s struggle with the Mighty Endowed. As the 2 ladies clashed within the air above them, Bart made a remark about how he was having fun with the view. The second brought about all three to pause and attempt to course of what he had simply. Bart not solely appeared embarrassed, however disturbed that he would say something like that in any respect. That is not who he’s now, and the remark appeared to come back out of nowhere relatively than his option to say these phrases.
Superboy’s response was very telling, as he believed it was an indication that “the previous Bart” was again. That evaluation made Bart uncomfortable, forcing him to ponder if he was ever like that and objectified ladies so casually amongst his buddies. What’s crucial right here is the response the three of them had. Bart was unnerved by the sudden burst of immaturity he uttered, whereas Conner was elated.
Bart has made it clear that he desires to determine what is going on on, however Conner was lower than keen about attempting to go away this new actuality. Whereas Bart is anxious about returning to the lives and household they’ve, Conner is extra open to embracing this new world. He views it as the way in which their lives ought to have been, unburdened by any ache.
Later, whereas driving the Tremendous-Cycle, even Tim could not assist however discover the modifications in his buddies, or relatively, the reversion again to personalities that he acknowledged from their earliest days collectively. To him, Conner appeared happier, much less burdened by his previous now that he had returned to a spot the place all these horrible issues had by no means occurred. Even “Wonder Girl” appeared to be lots happier and fewer indignant, however Tim additionally observed that she appeared clueless because of this.
If this world is reverting their personalities again to their unique states, then it stands to purpose that the boys would change into extra receptive to the informal toxicity of their previous lives.They didn’t see something incorrect with it on the time. Conner is the one most affected as a result of he dislikes the way in which his life has gone, however Bart remains to be on the fence. Whereas he’s excited by investigating what occurred, his thoughts remains to be open to the world’s affect.
Tim’s evaluation although factors out that there’s a value to going again to who they have been. To return additionally means to forfeit all of the progress they’ve made since then. The boys have been immature again then, however they’ve grown up lots, changing into higher individuals as they realized extra in regards to the world and themselves. In the event that they regress anymore, all that progress can be misplaced.