- Greg says Donna and Mary didn't appear on the show because there was no time to develop the designs. The bridal shower, required 4 designs (D&M in cost. and not) The designers were already stretched thin. If the designers could have done it, Donna and Mary would have been in the crowd scene of ep 20.
- To clarify on the post about Donna earlier, Greg and Brandon's plan from day 1 was to use Donna in S1 and Cassie in S2. Both were on the "can't use" list from DC then. Once Geoff Johns became the creative director, he made both characters available. At that point, tho, it was too late to add Donna in S1. So Greg hoped to have her cameo in S2, but again, not enough hours 4 design.
- Greg also said that he chose to kill Wally instead of Barry because it was war and the death needed to "really hurt."
- Greg did answer a question about raising Lian. Greg hmmmed a bit and then said: "Okay, I'll tell you." Roy is a full-time dad, he and Cheshire are "trying to make it work." Artemis helps out and Paula is trying to be a better grandmother than she was a mother.
- The YJ videogame will "help explain" why Roy and Cheshire get married.
- Greg was asked by his boss if he should cut the last scene from ep20 since season 3 wasn't locked. Greg said "no" because the villains aren't going to suddenly stop being bad. He wanted to show it was "business as usual" for the villains as well as the team.
- Greg was asked what happened at Belle Reve after "Auld Acquaintance," since the JL knew about Hugo's connection to the Light. Greg said the Light called Hugo and said "the jig is up." And Hugo "opened all of the doors" before he left. Of course Belle Reve is "full again" after the five year gap, but not necessarily the same prisoners as before. He wouldn't say what happened to Hugo, just that if he was in Belle Reve, he wouldn't be the warden.
- Jason Spisak personally thanked Greg for giving Wally "a proper sendoff" on the show.
- There was a Red Tornado storyline planned for season 2, which had to be pulled out because there was no room.
- There was a storyline for Captain Marvel, Sergeant Marvel (Mary), and Lieutenant Marvel (I presume Freddy/Dudley) planned for S2 as well. Since there was no room to do that in S2, this storyline now takes place during the 5-yr gap.
- There's a YJ videogame and music soundtrack coming out... so more merch 2 buy & show demand.
- Greg mentioned that the crew had bad luck regarding the availability of the voice actors on YJ. For ex. they had to recast Flash and Deathstroke in the later S2 eps because the original actors were busy. One VA that was unavailable but "irreplaceable" was Tim Curry... who was busy during the recording of the mid S2 episodes. So Greg voiced Godfrey's lines for the animators and Tim ADRed his voice later (which they usually do NOT do). Greg said as he was recording Godfrey, the director told him to do it slower. So he would r-r-r-e-a-d-d the lin-n-n-es like th-i-i-i-i-s-s-s, and the director said, "Slower, dude."
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<p>As many of you will know, Greg hosted an informal AskGreg Live at Wondercon in Anaheim on Friday. He discusses it here. As he mentioned, some new info was given out, and I've tried to dig some of it up. My tumblr experience being near nil, the only solid resource I've found is this twitter. Though the user admits the information they present is second hand, it seems most plausible.
</p><p>I've assembled the tweets here, slightly reorganised and with a couple of minor corrections, but haven't made any substantial changes:
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<p>Greg addresses a few things that have been mentioned about his chat at WonderCon and a few other issues.
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<p>they thought they were telegraphing wallys death. seriously thats ridiculous, maybe if they had actually made the characters realise he was alive during the season we might have seen it coming but when a character is just forgotten about for a full season then its a bit difficult to see his death coming. </p>
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<p>they thought they were telegraphing wallys death. seriously thats ridiculous, maybe if they had actually made the characters realise he was alive during the season we might have seen it coming but when a character is just forgotten about for a full season then its a bit difficult to see his death coming. </p>
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</p><p>they thought they were telegraphing wallys death. seriously thats ridiculous, maybe if they had actually made the characters realise he was alive during the season we might have seen it coming but when a character is just forgotten about for a full season then its a bit difficult to see his death coming.
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<p>Well, maybe that's how they made it unexpected. No Wally, No Wally, No Wally, Dead Wally. It's how I'd do it. If, y'know, I worked with DC and decided to kill somebody off. </p><p>(Wow. That reads as a lot more heartless than I intended.) </p>
<p>Well, maybe that's how they made it unexpected. No Wally, No Wally, No Wally, Dead Wally. It's how I'd do it. If, y'know, I worked with DC and decided to kill somebody off. </p><p>(Wow. That reads as a lot more heartless than I intended.) </p>
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<p>if they want a death to feel important then a character who has some actual importance to the story should die. the fact is the complete lack of wally for the whole of season 2 ruined any kind of importance the death had. wally became basically a red shirt this season, his death had the same weight as somebody like blue devil being killed off.
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<p>There was a clue from Bloodlines that something could happen to Wally, as it was revealed he was slower than the others and, when Neutron first went "boom" that Flash and Impulse had to carry Wally along because he was too slow to escape the explosion.
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<p>that wasnt really a clue, that was more of a "look at the new guy, isnt he so much better than wally, we dont need him anymore do we?" moment.
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There was a clue from Bloodlines that something could happen to Wally, as it was revealed he was slower than the others and, when Neutron first went "boom" that Flash and Impulse had to carry Wally along because he was too slow to escape the explosion.
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<p>Technically, that Wally was slower was revealed way back in "What's the Story?", and then reiterated in "Common Denominators" (which, granted, shipped less than a week before "Bloodlines" aired.) </p>
<p>Technically, that Wally was slower was revealed way back in "What's the Story?", and then reiterated in "Common Denominators" (which, granted, shipped less than a week before "Bloodlines" aired.) </p>
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if they want a death to feel important then a character who has some actual importance to the story should die. the fact is the complete lack of wally for the whole of season 2 ruined any kind of importance the death had. wally became basically a red shirt this season, his death had the same weight as somebody like blue devil being killed off.
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<p>That's a ridiculous statement. You don't truly believe a character who's never spoken and appeared in only a handful of episodes would provoke the fan response Wally's death has, do you? </p><p>Wally not appearing much in season two doesn't erase the connection made in season one. Granted it's not got the impact killing any of the other five "originals" would likely have had, but who other than those five could have provoked as a big a reaction? Blue Beetle, perhaps, and <i>maybe</i> Impulse. An iconic character like Batman or Supes would certainly provoke a 'WTF?!' but not as big an emotional reaction. </p><p>The only people your argument applies to are people who never watched season one. </p>
<p>That's a ridiculous statement. You don't truly believe a character who's never spoken and appeared in only a handful of episodes would provoke the fan response Wally's death has, do you? </p><p>Wally not appearing much in season two doesn't erase the connection made in season one. Granted it's not got the impact killing any of the other five "originals" would likely have had, but who other than those five could have provoked as a big a reaction? Blue Beetle, perhaps, and <i>maybe</i> Impulse. An iconic character like Batman or Supes would certainly provoke a 'WTF?!' but not as big an emotional reaction. </p><p>The only people your argument applies to are people who never watched season one. </p>
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<p>considering how the writers pretty much wanted us to forget wally even exists throughout season 2 i stand by what i said, hell even rocket being killed off would have had more impact because she was actually doing something to help this season rather than sitting around going "gee, i hope artemis is okay out there. damn you dick for putting her in danger, we had a nice life here hiding away from our responsibilities". when a character is actively stopping themselves from being useful when they have the ability to help then i dont care about them. wally was no better than a red shirt in season 2, in fact i think some red shirts actually did more in one episode than he did all season so he might not even rank that high.
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<p>He could have done absolutely nothing the entire season and had the impact. He was a fan favorite from season one. If they killed off Dick in Season One before ANY development, His death still would've had an impact because everyone f*ing loves Dick Grayson. Kill off Aqualad under the same circumstances, the only people who'd react are the ones saying "You killed off the Random, Original Black Guy, RACIST"....no one would've cared for his character, but they would for Dick.
</p><p>The Do, for Wally, due to Justice League. He's a big character in most casual fans minds. It's the same as John Stewart being a favorite despite having no involvement in the series.
</p><p>People liked Wally, that carried over to Season Two, It's why people raged to the forums because He, Artemis, Aqualad, Red Arrow etc Hadn't appeared. Invasion is not an abosolute fresh slate that we can completely rewrite Fan Perceptions of characters with.
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But, I do agree. Wally's Death, was pointless. There's very little that was offered by his death that the equivalent with him being alive wouldn't have offered. Nightwing dying, now we're talking. Show some kiddies morals about not keeping secrets from your friends, cause many lolz in the people who were growing tired of his uselessness the season, tug at some fans heartstrings majorly, fracture the Team's leadership structure quite effectively allowing for upturns, etc. </p>
But, I do agree. Wally's Death, was pointless. There's very little that was offered by his death that the equivalent with him being alive wouldn't have offered. Nightwing dying, now we're talking. Show some kiddies morals about not keeping secrets from your friends, cause many lolz in the people who were growing tired of his uselessness the season, tug at some fans heartstrings majorly, fracture the Team's leadership structure quite effectively allowing for upturns, etc. </p>
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