Young Justice: Phantoms was damaged up into a number of character arcs, and co-showrunners Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti now clarify this choice.
Young Justice co-showrunners Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti shared the rationale behind Season 4’s deal with character-driven story arcs.
Weisman and Vietti mentioned their strategy to the DC animated collection’ fourth season, Young Justice: Phantoms, in a fan Q&A posted on the official DC Comics weblog. “We felt it was time — after two seasons the place the plot drove most of our decisions — to get again to the core characters of our collection and see the place every one was of their lives, a decade after we first met them,” Weisman stated. “When it comes to the order of the arcs, the choice there was a mix of the overarching plot of the season and a need to combine issues up in order that no two arcs in a row felt too comparable.”
Vietti added that Young Justice: Phantoms’ better emphasis on character-over-plot-driven storytelling was additionally motivated by the need to present every season its personal id. “We have additionally tried to make every season really feel distinctive by altering the general story buildings every time. Making an attempt to interrupt the mould a bit for every season retains us on our toes creatively and hopefully defies viewers expectations to some extent.”
Weisman and Vietti went on to debate one thing else that helped make Young Justice’s early seasons completely different from these launched extra just lately: DC ruling sure characters off-limits. In line with the duo, DC instructed them to not embody Darkseid, Wonder Women Donna Troy and Cassie Sandsmark and the Ted Kord incarnation of Blue Beetle of their scripts for Season 1. “We do not know why these explicit characters have been off-limits,” Weisman stated. “And clearly these restrictions have been ultimately lifted, as all 4 have since appeared within the collection. Since then, there have been no different characters that have been declared off-limits.”
Young Justice premiered in November 2010 on Cartoon Community. The primary season launched the present’s unique core solid of junior superheroes: Dick Grayson/Robin (later Nightwing), Kaldur’ahm/Aqualad (later Aquaman), Wally West/Child Flash, Conner Kent/Superboy, Megan Morse/Miss Martian and Artemis Crock/Tigress. Afterward, Zatanna Zatara and Raquel Ervin/Rocket would be a part of, and Phantoms’ character arcs highlight every of those unique members, save for Wally West.
Regardless of its deal with character-driven arcs, Phantoms does comply with the identical storytelling strategies of the present’s earlier seasons. The most recent season kicked off with one other time soar after Season 3, one thing that was finished throughout all 4 seasons. Additionally, like its rapid predecessor, Young Justice Season 4 is cut up into two components, with Half 2 premiering on Mar. 31, 2022 after a mid-season break.
Young Justice: Phantoms is now streaming on HBO Max, with new episodes arriving on Thursdays.
Supply: DC Comics