User blog comment:Rassilon of Old/Young Justice spoilers at Comic-Con 2012/@comment-98.70.76.153-20120803162748/@comment-99.55.67.73-20120813050512

I'll be the first to admit that Teen Titans was the most epic show I'd ever watched when it first came out. It was full of action, full of enjoyable characters, and full of a good share of rewatchability (meaning I can go back and watch an episode over and over again and never get bored, which is one thing YJ is missing). However, times have changed since it got canceled. The whole cheesy family bit is giving most people nowadays lactose intolerance, and a more hardcore, progressive story is needed.

Just not Jason Todd hardcore.

At heart, this is still a kid's show, with a couple one-liners and deeper themes younger kids won't understand anyway (and if they do, it's not like it'll scar them for life or anything). Jason Todd isn't subtle, and he's not supposed to be. If they do bring him back, which is their decision, by the way, they can't make him as bloodthirsty, and they'll probably change a lot of his backstory to fit in with the rest of the series. He won't be the Jason Todd you already know and love any more than the Aqualad we were introduced to was the one we already knew. But we learned to love him anyway, and isn't that the point?

Young Justice isn't the Teen Titans, and it isn't the comics. It's a new story, and I'm content to let the writers write that story. They haven't let me down so far, and I doubt they will anytime soon.