User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 203 "Alienated" discussion/@comment-166.147.113.13-20120516225653

I think aqualad was the best choice to go rogue from the original team. Think about it, he had the most legit abilities, and the least screen time. I saw a comment somewhere that they couldn't put a huge focus on aqualad because since he was already the team leader, if he was portrayed as the most powerful and put the smackdown on every villain the team faced the show would be AQUALAD, not YJ. However, if we make him a villain, then the team gets an implacable adversary with scarily awesome abilities and an in depth knowledge of their weaknesses, hence making him possibly the most physically dangerous villain the team will face. This way, the show can capitalize on his wicked awesomeness, and they can still give the rest of the team their air time because they can now show Kaldur kicking butt and taking names, while still having a character episode. (ex. Coldhearted=Wally, Insecurity=Artemis, etc.)