Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-4928331-20121016060023

SInce we have a three month hiatus to look forward to, why not put on our tinfoil hats and discuss the upcoming episodes? I'll start!

First, the trailer. We've less than half of scenes shown in the Invasion trailer, located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxkrsLinIA0&feature=related

Here's a breakdown: I initially thought that the scene showing Miss Martian and Black Manta would be in "Before the Dawn". However, this was not the case as Aqualad didn't have his helmet on when she rind-maped him in Before the Dawn. So now, I wonder whether she's meeting him, or his dad. Whoever it is, he's being remarkably amiable in that split-second.
 * Aqualad walks past the podded abductees (Before the Dawn)
 * Tigress and Deathstroke stand on a junkyard, and close up of Deathstroke the Terminator
 * Despero's third eye opening and glowing
 * Static Shock springing into action, and fires an electric arc
 * An unconscious Lagoon Boy given an electric shock (Before the Dawn)
 * Asian-looking abductee kneeling in prayer, and begins to glow
 * An angry Tula with hands summoning Atlantean magic
 * Arsenal shooting a bazooka (Satisfaction)
 * A bazooka hits Lex Luthor's car, blasting Mercy and Luthor back (Satisfaction)
 * An abductee teleports to Ed Dorado Sr.
 * Blue Beetle watches a Megazord activating
 * Batman, Wonder Woman, Hawkwoman, John Stewart, and Martian Manhunter are in restraints
 * El Paso bus depot being attacked by an energy giant controlled by Tye Longshadow, which tosses away a concrete roof
 * Tim Drake in civvies, slashing his bo at something (Before the Dawn)
 * Blue Beetle reboots in front of Impulse (Before the Dawn)
 * Black Beetle attacked by a red laser, and he's not happy
 * A melancholic Tigress looking at herself in the mirror
 * Miss Martian confronts someone in a Black Manta suit
 * Lagoon Boy briefly regains consciousness while his containment pod is wheeled away. He hears the scientists chirping (Darkest)
 * Young Justice Invasion logo (Happy New Year)
 * Black Beetle cuts off the Team's retreat (Before the Dawn)

Another puzzle are the various scenes with a blood-red background - that we haven't yet seen. I'm of course referring to the scenes where the abductees are demonstrating power - Static Shock, and that Asian chick appear to be part of the same episode where Despero is opening his eyes and Ed Dorado Sr. with a teleporter.

Are we seeing scenes of Cornered? If so, then they must be at the Hall of Justice. But two questions pop up if this is the case. (1) Why is the background red, and (2) why doesn't the background where Static Shock is blasting away seem like it's part of HoJ architecture? And why would Dorado be there? If Despero's the gladiator attacking them, who's that robot moving towards Dorado?

Another question - Tye destroying the bus depot by lifting and throwing away the roof does not look like it's part of that scene. Why is he acting like a terrorist? Is he attacking someone, or is he just lashing out partly in shock?

Now, Black Beetle being blasted by a red laser. This isn't heat vision, because there is only one beam. Where is this happening? The scene we see does not look like any conceivable location on Earth. Is this happening on an alien world somehow? It can't be the Watchtower, because the sky is purple, not black. The beam is clearly hurting him - he doesn't seem happy, and we saw him absorb attacks from fusillades of exploding batarangs, gigantic puffer fishes, and a coordinated Superboy-Wonder Girl attack without batting an eyelash. We know Blue Beetle can hurt him, but Blue Beetle's beams aren't red, they're bluish-white.

What are the unaired episodes that we know about? So now, my theories about what each episode entails.
 * 1) Cornered: The Team is trapped inside the Hall of Justice for a cage match against a brutal alien gladiator!
 * 2) True Colors: When the REACH forms a devil's alliance with Lexcorp, Robin leads a squad undercover to investigate.
 * 3) The Fix: No logline released

Cornered will have its primary story where the Team, and the abductees being cornered in the HoJ. The secondary story will have Megan cornered about her rind-maping ways, Nightwing and Kid Flash cornered about their lies and secrets, and Artemis cornered in all four sides by evildoers

True Colors says it's an investigation on Lexcorp and the Reach. The Reach is now totally legit in the eyes of the public, so the mentioned alliance won't be a P.R. disaster. Whose true colors will be revealed here? I am considering three things: first, it might involve the destruction of Aqualad and/or Tigress' covers, as the Light sends psychics to repair the damage done by Miss Martian. Second and more obvious is the role of LexCorp in facilitating an invasion - Luthor signed a paper doing so back in Satisfaction. Third, could this be the beginning of the end of the Light's collaboration with the Reach? If the Reach shows its true colors, perhaps the Light will reconsider its loyalties. We saw at the end of "Before the Dawn" that the Reach is gathering ships at the deepest point on Earth - the Mariana. Could Black Manta's sub reach that deep?

Fix is more difficult to speculate on. There's no tagline, so who's being fixed? Obvious candidate is Aqualad, but then who's the fixer? I speculated that Kaldur's cover might be blown in True Colors. Might this episode involve the Light trying to 'fix' him towards the path of evil? Or could it be Miss Martian frantically trying to undo whatever she did to him - or maybe both? Is there anything else that's broken? Maybe we'll be seeing the trial of the League on Rimbor as a backup story - they broke the law there, and now they must fix things right. Or how about their quick fix by installing Sardath's zeta shield? Could this come back to bite the heroes? Finally, I speculated the Light might break away from the Reach after discovering their true colors last episode. Would the Light be attempting to fix what they unleashed on the Earth?

I've written quite enough for now. I'm interested in hearing YOUR speculations too. 