Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130303202540/@comment-25866432-20130303212032

Ninja 989 wrote: Intergang was working for the light in season 1, but then tried to go solo this season and their leaders both ended up getting lobotomized. Despero is also true. But Desaad's role in all of this is still questionable. In the comics, Superboy thinks that he's the one attracting all of the aliens to Earth. They didn't appear to be going solo to me, they appeared to be under the Light's watch while they performed a test of their newest weapon. Desaad is obviously from Apokalips. Apokalips is obviously the Light's Season One Partner. It's even believed by some that Darkseid isn't the partner but Desaad, either way, that he's related to the Light is obvious. In Salvage, I distinctly remember Sportsmaster saying something about people trying to leave the light before or after lobotomizing Ugly and Whisper. And it's not obvious that Apokolips was the season 1 partner (they never even referenced having one). There were actually a lot less references to Apokolips last season than this season. I think it would be more accurate to say that Apokolips is still their partner, as demonstrated by the continued use of boom tubes and father boxes. But yes, Desaad is obviously from Apokolips and related to the Light. But my point about his role is that we don't know his specific role in the whole scheme of things and the Light's long term plan (which appears to be to make the Earth superhuman and conquer the universe). Is Desaad the mastermind, is he a partner of the Light like the Reach or Krolos, is he serving the mastermind (ie Darkseid), is he simply an equipment supplier, or is he something else.