User blog comment:Coolbloo12/Beastboy joining YJ?/@comment-4541619-20111208110050

Beast Boy was never a dark, angsty character in the comics or any other reliable media form. He has a lot of angst, do not get me wrong, but he doesn't show that side of himself often, instead he is a jokester. Many people recognize Beast Boy from the Teen Titans show, but in reality, he first appeared in a Doom Patrol comic all the way back in 1965. For those of you who don't know, the Doom Patrol is basically a (depending on your sense of humor) humorous X-Men like team, they're led by a cripple and they are all freaks. Doom Patrol came out 3 months before X-Men, don't even say Doom Patrol is copying X-Men. ANYWAYS, the major differences between X-Men and DP is that Xavier took all the freaks in, yet Caulder (DP's leading cripple) caused most of the tragedies that lead to a majority of the original DP members to, well, being freaks. Caulder even made The Brain, well, THE BRAIN, if you know what I mean. When Garfield first appeared to the Doom Patrol, he was rude, tempermental, yet respected those he felt earned it. Niles Caulder put it best in Beast Boy's debut issue by saying "Fantastic! Totally unbelieveable! The most irritating combination of juvenile guts and ego in the world! And --we-- we don't even know how he got that way!" They could make Garfield's character like that, somewhat cocky and rude, but has a good heart. Let him have his puns, especially if he says "Watch out! Endangered species comin' through!" Another thing is, Garfield had an acting career after the Doom Patrol members besides him died. They could make him have the ego of a stereotypical celebrity. I say make Garfield like, sixteen, just for fun. He's the older kid no one could take seriously due to his jokester nature. About Raven, you could have her show up as a character-of-the-day. Like in the comics when she tries to get some help to fight her dad, the Justice League says no because Zatanna senses her demon heritage, so she has to turn to Young Justice (instead of re-forming the Teen Titans.) This could work greatly, because Wally is the same Kid Flash she recruited in the comics. Raven also made Wally fall in love with her to save him, which could be interesting to see in this show. Then the Trigon fight occurs and throughout Garfield shows feelings for Raven and blah blah blaaaah. Back on topic somewhat, I think the best way to write Beast Boy as a character would be the goofball who shows, sometimes, a very mature side to him. You know, when a character is down and alone he comes up and lifts their spirits, because he has had some experiences that have made him a better person. It would be interesting to see and is not out of character for Garfield.