YOUNG JUSTICE: OUTSIDERS Co-Creator Says The DC Universe Streaming Service Allows Them To Tell A Darker Story

@LongMayHeReign - I don't know who's in charge of these projects, but I get the feeling he/she was forced to live in a cold room with no windows as a child.

@LongMayHeReign -
Because not everything has to be "light-hearted" or "fun" either. That mentality practically ruined Arrow Season 4, the DCEU, ETC. If it makes sense for the progression of the show, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with it going darker.

@LongMayHeReign - Generally I agree, but with animation, I think it's valid. Generally speaking, the only television animation most adults tend to watch are raunchy comedies on Fox and Adult Swim. Action based American animated series like YJ, Clone Wars, and AtLA find viewers outside of their target audience, but I'd say we're a handful of hardcore amongst the sea of younger viewers that make up the bulk of the viewership. The subject matter and quality of the writing for many of these series are akin to that of a great comic or PG-13 film, but you can often feel that their hands are tied. They'll dial back on violence, dance around certain subject matter rather than addressing it directly, state things in a way that's a bit obvious so the younger viewers can follow. That's the nature of making an animated series to be aimed at a young target audience on a major network like Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, or Disney XD. In this context, I don't think it's about gratuitous "darkness" as the overwhelming tone, but the freedom to go to the dark places that naturally suit the best version of the story.

@MarkV -