Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-47881-20130218203024/@comment-5624498-20130218211706

Since it was discussed in the previous thread, I'll continue it here:

What people are forgetting about the Reach and the Scarab is the two times Blue Beetle has been revealed to the public as responsible for something was in times in which he was going against another aggressor. Thus the Reach can portray things as Beetle protecting the public from other threats.

The public has never seen Blue Beetle go solely on the offensive, only to respond to a threat or to help other people. The Reach can claim either as "peaceful" intent.

"Peaceful" does not mean that when somebody attacks you, you give no response and keep holding up two fingers.