User blog comment:Tupka217/Creative Comment - Greg and Brandon talk Zatanna, Rocket and Beast Boy/@comment-99.55.67.73-20120813042012/@comment-432124-20120813043522

Actually, from what I hear, it's the newcomers (at least the older ones) who want the backstory and the long-time fans who want the action. It's hard to get into the action or the characters if you don't know why everything is happening. Also, the reason for the rushing of the end of Season 1 and the beginning of Season 2 was not because of time restrictions and pacing. According to an Angry Joe interview with the writers, they've been planning this whole thing from the beginning.