User blog comment:Giganta/Character Flaws/@comment-1185312-20120711201535/@comment-34954086-20120713051017

@Jrock: Atlatneans histories are pretty much all the same. Greek state, sunk into the water by magic-ish forces. In marvel the only prominent one is Namor McKenzie, the Sub-Mariner intially an enemy of the Fantastic Four, convuleted marvel history ends up being one of the senior members of the X-men at present. X-Gene which i think came before metagene so was it's basis is what gives mutants their powers. X-Gene can be possessed by humans, atlanteans, aliens that biologically have nothing in common with humans, even sentient land masses (compare mogo cept smaller). Namor ahs one that put tiny little wings on his ankles that allow him to fly... Metahuman is typically used in DC to refer to all superpowered individuals ranging from black lightning to superman, static to red tornado, aquaman to zatanna. Majority tho have their powers by non-metagene sources such as magic, gods, xenobiology, natural evolution, etc. Metagene empowerred are typically the ones whose powers spontaneously activate in crisis situations so that they can save themselves or in cases where family members are superheroes, the kid will often be born with metagene active even if parent was not. This isnt necessarily true in e-16 but Black Canary, Snapper Carr, I think in some stories the Flashes, pretty much anyone whose powers would not be given if a real person recreated the scenario in an attempt to gain superpowers (i imagine it would have been relatively frequent occurences).

@+Others: He's just that easy to turn, plus no fans really love his character so there'd be no backlash as when the did aqualad seemingly or if they made practically any other character into a permanent villain. Also i'll say have even more irony, Ocean Master temporary alliance (ala bane). then you dont need to have a hero break any no killing codes and can play out the purist war on the animated screen with him ultimately being proven wrong in his ways by Aqualad, an impure atlantean.