MoonBean writes...

yes this is another one,I will not be making a habit of this. I just had a few more questions. most of these for gargoyles. I also have a few gargoyles one, specifically about fox which I was shocked no one asked.

1 in terms of max steel. How exactly does the situation work in which he can see through Max his eyes. if you went that deep that is beyond plot convenience. we see it both in episode 2 (where he is playing chess on the computer) and episode 12. (He tunes in right as he found out Laura broke up with him) Berto's seems to have a ability to supervise him at a moments notice. at some point,(not during the first watch, more at random) it occurred to me how does this surveillance situation work off hours. (technically episode 12 he was being called into duty but he seems to have the ability to do it on other occasions) and more so. if he is not watching does Josh's life get recorded onto the computer at all times. how do they deal with that. is there someone else on shift off screen.

2 in terms of gargoyles how powerful are fox's powers. we saw a energy blast but The thing with explaining how powerful they are. (other than broken equipment) I am not looking for any spoilers relating to her abilities if it comes up, just where she ranks over all approximately.

3 you mentioned that they were different types like trickster or death god but does the Fox have a specific 'niche' and if she does what is it.

3 how long is Fox's lifespan with her powers and abilities. I mean naturally, if nothing happens.

thanks again for looking these over. I really love both of these shows so I would appreciate anything you have on the subject.

MoonBean writes...

I know it has been a while since max steel. I got into it after the reboot before getting into the original even though they are really different from each other and only found out you were also talked recently when I was looking through gargoyle stuff.

1 I know this was a lifetime ago and you already having trouble answering question 2007 but I feel like this one scene is big enough, since this is the scene when Josh decides to become Max. since I don't at this point you remember the script (even if you remember the scene approximately) there was a line in episode 3 in which Jefferson Smith says "he's just of lab rat" referring to Berto. (The scientist in charge of the controls) after Josh mention he was older then Berto when his father told Josh approximately he was too young.

I just wonder what that line was hinting at something. Was Berto a test subject or experiment before being in charge of the controls. I know I am not gonna have a detailed answer given the amount of time that has passed but anything no matter how vague or shaky would be appreciated.

2 also do you still remember what the S for each episode would have led to if the series did not get derailed after season 1. I know this question has been asked a lot but even if what you remember is probably more vague now I feel enough time has passed that whatever the original reason (I assume the series was still in production in some fashion) for not answering has faded. definitely considering that the reboot resembled very little of the original.

3 anything extra on Berto's backstory on as you envisioned it would be cool. again I understand that we are likely to get less than a sentence but anything extra that was not able to be reviewed for the questions from 2000 (since the series did not finish release) would be appreciated.

4 I know this is a silly one but what is your favourite character from max steel if you had one.

5 how does Laura know about Max's 'existence' in episode 1. was there a specific situation in mind that lead to Josh or Josh's stepdad introducing Max. (it is not really a big thing but just some thing I wondered considering Max mostly just does missions,why would she be involved in the work life)

thank you for your time and I greatly appreciate it that you read through my question. I understand this is not your favourite show given how everything ended but I really enjoyed it for the wet and the character development that I would have definitely love to see go further if you were able to continued on.

Hayden Philyaw writes...

So I started re-reading the young justice comics, and i noticed wildcat had attended Kent Nelson’s funeral. But what surprises me the most is that he looks amazing for someone who is 91 years old.
I did a little research and found in the new earth comics, two of Wildcat’s abilities is resurrection and decelerated aging.
Resurrection: Ted possesses the ability to return from the dead, which he gained in 1945 during a mystical combat between King Inferno and Zatara. However, he cannot come back to life if he is killed nine consecutive times.
Decelerated Aging: The process that enables Ted to return from the dead has also delayed his aging process, enabling him to keep himself in peak physical condition.
Is it possible that Wildcat in Young Justice has those abilities, or at least something similar to those abilities.

Lang writes...

After Garfield got the power to change into animals and learn to control his power why did miss martian not offer Garfield to join the team with her and superboy but if miss martian did why did Rita not allow it when Rita was alive?

Braxton writes...

Why Garfield and m'gann see each other more often when gar live with Rita than when gar live with his mom Marie logan?

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