User blog comment:Rassilon of Old/Young Justice spoilers at Comic-Con 2012/@comment-108.75.17.27-20120726014541/@comment-34954086-20120813082236

Then your mind is weak.

He isnt taking a blonde apprentice, he's taking on a black haired apprentice who happens to be a natural which to our current knowledge he is completely aware of.

If you think that Artemis need nightwing to "take care of her" you obviously missed every ounce of her development and characterisation from Season One AND the small amount which she has recieved season two.

Personally i believe that Deathstroke is a factor in Nightwing's plan, while there's a high probability of being wrong, it would negate the "betrayal" as being part of the job and mean that any focus from NW on Deathstroke that You believe willl occur is simply ppart of the act.