User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 202 "Earthlings" discussion/@comment-5069635-20120517224027/@comment-5069635-20120518020747

That's what I'm saying. They could've just re-hashed whatever the old incident was of how Beast Boy got his powers. Instead, they saw a parallel and turned it into in-alternate-universe canon, and added a new (additional to her dark side) dimension to MM's character. I like it.