The demise of the Justice League has affected everybody. It is unmoored the surviving heroes and even triggered villains to query their place within the universe. It has additionally uncovered simply how little Young Justice has been capable of course of their trauma from the previous and the way it’s manifesting in unhealthy coping mechanisms right this moment.
Dark Crisis: Young Justice #1 (by Meghan Fitzmartin, Laura Braga, Luis Guerrero, and Pat Brosseau) showcased how Superboy, Robin, Impulse, and even Wonder Girl, haven’t dealt with their pasts correctly. It manifested in unhealthy conduct from the boys, and hurtful ideas from Wonder Girl. Young Justice has been via its justifiable share of losses, and very like their mentors, the following technology has achieved little or no to attempt to course of that to make sure they’ll make higher decisions sooner or later.
It is very important perceive that grief manifests in everybody in a different way. Impulse, who’s at all times racing forward, however by no means actually wanting the place he is going, ended up making tasteless jokes on the memorial service. He requested if they might get as a lot fanfare as their fallen mentors, one thing that silently infuriated Wonder Girl. It wasn’t an excellent joke, however the motivation behind it’s comprehensible. Impulse makes use of humor to deflect from a critical state of affairs, however that additionally means he by no means confronts it, leaving the emotional wounds to fester.
Superboy was extra up entrance about his emotions, responding to Impulse’s joke by saying that nobody cared about their earlier deaths up to now, and nobody would care if all of them died now. It was darkish, however there was a measure of reality to it. Superboy, Impulse, and even Robin (technically) have both died or been presumed lifeless. There was no worldwide protection of the loss, or honoring of their sacrifice, merely the emotional voids left by their absence. Superboy’s phrases nonetheless, showcase that Conner is rising more and more disillusioned with the life he leads and will even have self-worth points when in comparison with Superman.
Apparently, Robin did the least on this situation, however which may be indicative of a wholly totally different drawback. As a member of the Bat-Household, Tim is sadly susceptible to placing up partitions when in emotional turmoil, both blocking folks out deliberately or unintentionally. Granted, taking time for oneself to grieve is rarely the mistaken factor, what’s regarding is being in emotional misery and never letting others understand how he’s feeling. He might really feel it’s his obligation to carry it collectively for the sake of his associates, however that solely hurts him much more.
Even Wonder Girl, who was spared the identical destiny as her associates, is responsible of not dealing with her grief correctly. Her latest losses in Hippolyta and Diana have led her to a spot the place her grief is making her silently lash out at her associates. It isn’t them she is offended with nonetheless, however the state of their lives. That this retains taking place, and one way or the other, as a substitute of uniting of their ache and transferring on collectively, they really feel like strangers to 1 one other.
Finally, their attitudes won’t assist them deal with their loss. Deflection, self-degradation, emotional distance, and rage these items don’t allow higher coping mechanisms for the workforce. By isolating themselves of their issues, they’ve created a rift that has fractured their friendships. The place as soon as was a workforce that would divulge heart’s contents to each other, now exists a bunch of strangers pretending that the little they’ve in frequent anymore is justification for them to be a workforce.