Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130223164815/@comment-5624498-20130224173523

Zergrinch wrote: I'm going to side with Grayson here. I think the straw that broke the camel's back was Arsenal wasn't even sorry he did what he did. He's basically "the ends justify the means".

In contrast, Dick and Megan were remorseful. This. A thousand times this.

I'll throw in Superboy from Usual Suspects. His usage of the shields and attack on Mammoth nearly gets Artemis killed. He later realizes he needs to fess up about what was happening and apologize for his actions. That's called taking responsibility for your actions.

As far as Arsenal goes, I'm gonna be like Greg Weisman and say "How do you know?" As in, how do you know Arsenal wasn't counseled by somebody, wasn't on another mission, wasn't endangering people on those missions, etc. Remember, Greg, Brandon and company used the comic to go alongside Season One to do more character development. Who is to say that wasn't their intent to keep doing that beyond Players, only for the comic to get cancelled? (IIRC, he mentioned in an interview that he wanted to further explore the whole Green Arrow lineage if the comics had continued, so it's likely you would see more of Arsenal at some point.)

I'm not saying Nightwing is completely in the right. I certainly understand those who say Nightwing should have handled it in private. But if Arsenal had acknowledged his actions put the Team in danger and apologized for it, he most likely keeps his spot on the Team. And that's where Arsenal is in the wrong -- he is unapologetic -- and that's why he's off the Team.