The finale of Young Justice: Outsiders gave Artemis Crock some much-needed closure concerning the loss of life of her past love, Wally West. This got here after a season filled with teases that the primary Child Flash would come again from the useless or that Artemis would possibly begin a romance with the previous Red Arrow, Will Harper.
Artemis and Wally first turned a pair on the finish of Young Justice season 1, after they had been Child Flash and Artemis and a part of the primary technology of juvenile superheroes to serve on the Justice League’s covert Workforce. Season 2 noticed the younger couple retired from heroism and dwelling collectively whereas going to varsity, although Artemis got here out of retirement to help their good friend Kaldur with a deep-cover mission. Wally additionally got here out of retirement within the season 2 finale, with the intention to assist destroy an alien doomsday system that will have destroyed all life on Earth. It was right here that Wally apparently died whereas operating at prime pace, his physique seemingly vaporized.
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Season 3 of Young Justice discovered Artemis sharing a home in Star Metropolis with Will Harper and her niece, Lian. At first, Artemis insisted that she was simply attempting to assist elevate the daughter that her sister, Cheshire, had deserted, however because the season progressed it turned clear that each Will and Artemis had been each other with romantic intentions. Will made the primary transfer within the season’s penultimate episode “Overwhelmed,” shocking Artemis with a romantic dinner for 2 on Valentine’s Day. Whereas Artemis was receptive at first and returned Will’s kisses, she was quickly hyperventilating from an obvious anxiousness assault and was solely calmed after she went to her room and noticed the image of Wally she stored on her dresser.
Realizing that she wanted assist getting over her past love, Artemis turned to the magician Zatanna, who had additionally been a part of the primary Workforce. Bringing their buddies M’Gann and Raquel for emotional assist, Zatanna confronted Artemis and advised her that she could not use her magic to summon ghosts or elevate the useless. One of the best she might do was ship Artemis into Limbo and hope Wally’s spirit would possibly meet her midway and even then there was a danger that Artemis would possibly turn into misplaced in a world of phantasm and is perhaps misplaced to the fabric world if her soul did not return to her physique earlier than dawn. Artemis accepted this danger and Zatanna reluctantly agreed to work the spell, whilst she warned Artemis that this would possibly depart her extra damaged than earlier than.
Artemis discovered herself in a realm of mist and clouds and was greeted by a white-clad Wally West. The world round them shifted into a duplicate of their outdated home, as they started to dwell out the life Artemis had dreamed for them, together with getting married, graduating and having kids. Ultimately, Wally shattered the phantasm as he stored commenting on the way it was getting lighter exterior, lastly wishing Artemis nicely and telling her that he wished her to dwell an excellent life with out him.
Whereas this gave Artemis the possibility to say goodbye she by no means had, all was not because it appeared. It was revealed on the finish of “Overwhelmed” that Zatanna and M’Gann had used their powers collectively to create a “psychic playground” that Artemis would subconsciously form herself, since Zatanna actually had no energy to summon the useless and Artemis had threatened to hunt out an evil wizard that did have such powers. Which means that Wally West would possibly nonetheless be alive (maybe absorbed into the Pace Drive, as many followers theorized) and will return in season 4 of Young Justice. Even when Wally really is useless, plainly this subplot will proceed into the subsequent season, given the recurring points involving M’Gann utilizing her powers to control her family members for what she sees as their very own good.