User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 207 "Depths" discussion/@comment-432124-20120609222118

This episode was really good in and of itself, but it doesn't change my mind about anything that I've said about this season so far. And even though it turns out that Artemis didn't really die and Kaldur didn't really go bad, I think that with everything that's happened, there's still room for other YJ members (i.e. Miss Martian and Superboy) to turn to darkness and for things to go wrong to the point where, despite Bart's interference, the following sequence of events leads to his dystopian future, as was hinted at the end of "Bloodlines".

For example, despite the pictures that we saw on World's Finest and Greg's announcement on his blog, it turns out that Superman and Martian Manhunter are still facing trial on Rimbor and that they were being covered for by their proteges in this episode. The fact that they took so long to respond to their status as fugitives, the amount of damage that they apparently caused on Rimbor, and the length of their absence so far despite the evidence that they might have presented to the court all have me thinking this trial isn't gonna go so well for those 6 Leaguers.

For Miss Martian, her abuse of her telepathy and the lack of remorse of it gives me the idea that there's an evil something or someone that has been slowly and subtly corrupting her for a while. This corruption, the grief from her loss of Laga'an (and possibly Martian Manhunter, as hinted in the above paragraph), and the certain anger from the revelation of Nightwing's deception might cause her to lose faith in the Team and the League and turn to darkness.

As for Superboy, even though he seems more mature and noble this season and his relationship with Superman has improved, we can't ignore the fact that he still has issues that the bad guys can use to manipulate him. For example, the whole "not-aging" thing must be making him pretty miserable and he gave a hint of suicidal thoughts in "Salvage". This depression, combined with the possible loss of Superman and the certain anger from discovering Nightwing's deception might break his spirit and make it easy for certain villains (i.e. Lex Luthor, the Partner, Darkseid) to sway him into turning to their side.

The loss of these 6 prominent Leaguers and the corruption of either one or both of these 2 YJ members is not a good combination and if the Partner is from the future, it might be part of his plans to cause the "mode" that happens in Bart's future. This all might cause everything to go downhill and might make it necessary for other time travelers to show up and fix things.

If anybody's gonna respond to this, do not bash or mock me for making these theories or addressing my concerns. Just tell me if you agree or disagree with this.