Anonymous writes...

I would like to reiterate something I said last time: I am thankful and admired that you keep answering questions in this site despite all the entitledness that comes your way. That said, the following questions are about this trend of attitudes and how do you deal with them.
1 First, I'm curious about where do you think this normalized entitledness came from. Because you are by far not the only creator targeted by it: it's everywhere (in fact, if you think you're getting crap over Young Justice, you should see how the Avatar "fandom" is treating Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, for example). I realize it's only another symptom of people becoming awful in general, but it calls my attention that it manifests so exemplary within fandoms, of all places. Deauthorizing the authors/creators, searching the fifth foot to the cat in order to have something to complain about, pretending to make "deep analyses" or looking for complex symbolisms without being qualified for it, making unsupported assumptions about what is going on in the writing room and talking like it is fact… The way I remember it, once upon a time none of this was usual, but now it's the rule. I know you're not a psychologist, but as a long-time professional and a victim of all of this, I was wondering if you have some thoughts.
2 One particular instance of the overall phenomenon is the people that carves for excuses to hate protagonists/heroes and defend antagonists/villains. Case in point: certain people demonize M'gann, refusing to forgive her for her past mistakes and to acknowledge she has outgrown them, while simultaneously demanding more sympathy for M'comm, who has done much worse than her and is, as of yet, unrepented. It's funny: in the past, people who could not dissociate "understanding" from "justifying" manifested it by being outraged whenever an antagonist got a reasonably explaining backstory; now it's the other way around, they can't have a complex bad guy without releasing them from any responsibility. How did this happen? What would you say to this people?
3 Nowadays everyone automatically assumes they're experts in whatever topic they're arguing about, so it's not surprising how frequently they appropriate specialised terms and turn them into buzzwords. But, as a Literature scholar and a writer (a beginner, but writer still), the one that really gets under my skin is not even a specialized term, but a common word: "writing". That seems to be used for covering anything and everything now and, of course, everybody is calling anything they do not agree with "bad writing", like they get to be the judges of that. When did people started analogizing personal taste with objective quality? That is not just arrogance, it's delusion of grandeur!
4 The overall attitude, at least when it comes to "pop culture", seems to be "us fans deserve to have a say in where the story goes" (thought the "us" seems to actually mean "ME and whoever agrees with me, because if they don't, they're idiots"). An egotistic corruption of what should be the experience of reception in any work. The problem, seems to me, is that there is no way to call them out without sounding like you're the egotistic one. Have you found a way to navigate this?

Hope you're doing alright and keep finding the patience to deal with these people.

Anonymous writes...

Some more questions about Young Justice Season 4:
1 I didn't ask this before because I was afraid it would be a spoiler request, but in second thoughts I think it's just a problem of perception on my behalf: Why was M'comm glad that Superboy supposedly died? He does't seem to know him enough to have something personal against himâ€"as far as we have seen, he doesn't know him at all. The only explanation I can think of is that he resented his sister so much he would rejoice in her suffering.
2 Results aside, should we agree with Zatanna in that it would have been a bad idea to let Mary be a host for Doctor Fate?
3 When you write G. Gordon's dialogues/mannerisms, are there any particular "media personalities" you have in mind as inspiration?
4 I say the duel between Lady Shiva and Orphan in Season 4 projects some clear echoes of Luke vs Darth Vader. Was this conscious?
5 Not about Season 4, but… In Season 2, in the episode "Intervention", there’s a moment when Zatanna says "Maybe backwards is my native tongue", and Rocket says something like "Seriously?". I have always felt like I'm missing something in that dialogue, like it's a reference to something or a joke. Is it?

Anonymous writes...

Greetings, Mr. Weisman. I'm glad that you're back.
After recently rewatching all of Young Justice and read the tie-in comics simultaneously, I have questions.
1 Am I hallucinating, or did Jonny Quest crashed Dick Grayson's 14th birthday party?
2 What came first, Torch Songs or Musicology 101?
3 Is Kraig the same g-gnome that followed Superboy into the Cave on his first day?
4 Why exactly is Match's body decaying?
5 Kylstar and Mogul's stories sounded practically identical. Was that on purpose?

Now, I want to address something and it might make me look like a know-it-all, but that is not my intention. I wouldn't even bring the matter up if I did't consider it to be important beyond this particular context.
I was about to ask if somebody had already made you aware of the wrong use you made of the word "sentient" in the issues about Gorilla City; I checked the archives and found that there was quite some discussion about it a long time ago. And I'm sorry, but everyone there seemed to be equally misinformed. So, just in case no one has clarify this to you yet, here it is: Sentience is the capability of feeling pain and pleasure, so practically all animals are sentient, in different degrees, as long as they have a nervous system or an equivalent. Both frogs and dogs are sentient. It has nothing to do with self-awareness. It is also not something subject to much interpretation: the word has a specific meaning and refers to something that is measurable (there is a lot of specialized articles which validate what I'm saying, can be found online). As for Gorillas, last thing I learnt is that all mammals (us included) have a fairly similar level of sentience.
Again, I'm not saying this for showing-off or being a totalitarian of semantics. I do it because it is part of a very important political debate.

Guest writes...

Is Psimon a Metahuman?

Kyle writes...

Hey, Greg,

So I had a small question related to Kate Kane that I was wondering if you might be able to answer. In comics, it's a relatively big plot point of her origin that she was discharged from the military due to Don't Ask, Don't Tell. However, seeing as that was repealed in 2011, and Kate in the show would have been 12 by 2011 (I believe you previously mentioned she was born in 1999), should we just assume DADT was repealed at a later date on Earth 16, or if her origin was changed to not involve DADT (if it was changed, not asking for any spoilers. Mostly just curious about the DADT date not lining up with her age)

Thanks for your time. Really hoping one of the higher-ups greenlights a Season 5

Jon L Polacek writes...

Are the Stone Golems created by the Reynards similar to the Golem Rabbi Loew created? If so, is blood from the creator a necessary ingredient to create a golem?

Anonymous writes...

Did Garfield and m'gann see each other more often when Garfield live with Rita than when m'gann visit Garfield when Garfield still lived with his mom Marie logan? This during the time after Garfield first meet m'gann in young justice episode Image.

Victoria writes...

Waec questions on velocity time graph

Anonymous writes...

Hi Mr Weisman big fan of your work. Gonna try to make it short:
1-« Notions as of what’s going on in Zatanna’s love life » were you talking about Constantine? Or if you weren’t, is it a character who’s already on the show? (I know I’m gonna get hit with the « NO SPOILERS » on that one but you can’t blame a man for trying)
2-What would you say is Artemis’s favorite genre of music?
3-Who were Raquel’s bridesmaids at her wedding?
4-Is Will still in love with Jade? And if not, is he seeing anyone? (Again, I know you’re gonna say « NO SPOILERS » but still)

Jon L Polacek writes...

Are the Baxter Building & The Daily Bugle in the Gargoyles universe? If so does that mean the Fantastic Four crossover is canon?