Young Justice Season 3 Episode 3 Eminent Threat Review A way for wally to return
Gar's Role
When I first saw gar I thought he was there to give us a feel of how the citizens feel about current events and inform the citizens of events but what he really does is inform us the viewer of this universes event without breaking the 4th wall. This is a very useful way to fill in blanks from the time skip and helps to remind us of past events that may still be relevant and considering after a five year hiatus some of us may be a little hazy on our young justice history. On a side note when your green how do you have a choice over whether to be an openly meta civilian or not what would you tell people that you really like to eat your spinach, you followed Popeye the sailor mans advice but instead super strength and lump muscles you turned greener than a cucumber. I know they have could have identity hiding tech or a Zatanna charm will do but still what choice to most Meta's that look like meta's or monsters have over whether they are open or not. Who are the other Openly meta civilians? Gar said he is one of the very few so who is the others?
Wally Reminders
I thought episode one would be enough wally reminders but when the writers went out of their way to have Gar say he met Queen Perdita at a funeral of a fast friend of ours it was clear the writers wanted us to make no mistake, he was talking about wally otherwise why not just say we met at a friends funeral?
Perhaps it's simply about the interest the writers know the fans want wally west to return and constantly teasing him keeps us watching for the hope of a return. So at the risk of hanging onto something that may never come I'm going to make a slight case for Wally to return.
When the girl Artemis/Tigress saved was attacked by the controlled Meta she was nearly killed and then healed herself and then almost immediately after the boy meta was shot straight through the heart and actually killed. What they were doing was telling us the limitations of her powers by having her state "No Life Cannot Heal" as the reason she could not save him. What this does is set up the conditions for the future use of her powers of which will undoubtedly be important for future episodes. I think you can probably see where I'm going with this. Energy cannot be destroyed only transferred or transformed so If it was discovered that Wally was in some way alive and the energy from the magnetic field disruptor perhaps altered his state and the requirements of the girl's powers will allow her to restore wally to his original form as energy is life.
To build further on a long shot of a long shot if Wally was alive in some way Lex would know. it was his plan to have The Flash and impulse use their speed to counter the Magnetic Field disruptor, he's smart enough to figure out if Wally was alive and would only reveal it if it benefits him.
For now, I do think Wally's dead but wanted to suggest a way he could be alive in a universe that has not been confirmed to have the speed force.
Every mention of Wally is very sad I feel as though they let him died but won't let us live without him but if I'm honest and go back to my original point the idea of a wally return increases the chances that I and I think other original young Justice fans will keep watching, retaining viewership even if he stays dead. I think that's the main reason he will definitely keep showing up in mentions or other forms.
If anyone has a way wally could return other than the speed force or has something to say about my way I really would love to hear it.
Drama Fails
When you take the spy approach you need two things unless it's a comedy those things are cool and drama.
The cool part is easy it's all about the gadgets and so far young justice season 3 has done okay but where they need to be stronger is the drama. Drama works when it surprises you with great twist and turns. I feel the drama has been very forced when the girl said kill in that tone it was so out of character it was not believable.I was shocked for a second but knew it was just a ploy to send viewers off the trail in order to make the drama hit harder but it didn't quite work it was too obvious with not enough set up.
Cool Gadgets
When Oracle is communicating with Dick it's always written that's probably because voice communication would be easier to intercept. It was a nice touch that Oracle lost the signal when Dick went through the door and the robot beetle switched to functioning on Dick's voice control without a Oracle controlling it or influences, probably courtesy of a Wayne satellite. I find superboy following prince Brion with infrared to be a nice touch, infrared can be used to see heat. These are small details but I do personally find them cool, oh my god I'm such a nerd. You don't realize it until you read your own thoughts out loud, oh well these things fascinate me. Any way please share your thoughts on my wally theory and maybe a theory of your own.
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