Alright so maybe this is just relevant to the YJ fandom and those who have knowledge of events occurring in season 2 of the show, but it’s a comic book so I’m putting it in my book blog. Aka the importance of reading tie in comics.

This is between season 2 and 3. Most directly after season 2 and deals with the Supermartian relationship even more after the mind rape. Spoilers under cut.

It’s the two part story, Torch Songs, that YJ released on DC Universe before Outsiders premiered and as said above deals more directly with the mind rape incident.

Connor tells, I believe, for the first time what M’Gann did to him since until then everyone believed they broke up for unspecified reasons.

He tells Garfield (yes, he’s a frog. Basically Psimon trapped them in M’Gann safe space in her mind which happens to be a Hello Megan episode) and Garfield says what we’ve all been thinking. That is so wrong!

And when Connor says that M’Gann could have done worse and backed off immediately, Garfield still stands by the fact that even though M’Gann didn’t do worse, she still violated him and he doesn’t have an obligation to forgive her just because she feels bad. It should only come if Connor feels genuine about it. It all should be on his terms.

Best yet, even M’Gann acknowledges that what she did was unforgivable and doesn’t try to guilt him to forgiving her. Rather she just wishes for it in her head, not expecting Connor to see or feel pressured into forgiving her.

I think the best part of it, is that Connor forgives her, not because he still loves her (which he does in his heart) but because for right now he loves her as a best friend and teammate. Important because they got back together after being friends and being able to build up that trust again.

Honestly the comics made me feel a bit better about the circumstances of Supermartian reuniting and made it a bit less iffy. For me at least.

So YJ comics, go read for more behind the missions YJ content.