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Well, technically human genetics is ALOT more complicated than that and Martian DNA, I don't even want to imagine how complex that would be. That's the simple answer.

You're assuming she has more control over her DNA then she may actually have. The transfusion was a medical experiment with unforeseen consequences (as Beast Boy's powers illustrate). The purpose of the transfusion was to just save Beast Boy's life. It wasn't meant to give him powers or turn his skin green, yet it did. The same logic can be used to explain Beast Boy's other powers.

While Miss Martian is a white martin and isn't a green martin, she spends most of her time in the form of a green martin. Maybe because she spends so much time as a green martin, that form is the dominate form in the DNA she gave Beast Boy. It's like exercising a muscle. The muscle you exercise the most is the strongest. For her the "metamorphic muscle" she exercises the most is her green martin form so that is the form that was dominate in the DNA she gave Beast Boy.

And while Miss Martian may not have the aptitude to take animal forms this does not mean she doesn't have the ability to become animals. Perhaps Beast Boy simply has the mental aptitude necessary to change into animal forms and that Miss Martin doesn't or maybe the combination of his DNA and Miss Martin is responsible or perhaps there was a third factor like the activation of a metagene. To me what makes this a good origin is the unpredictable and random nature of DNA. That's why this origin makes sense to me.

I would follow the model of the DCU created in the Young Justice cartoon.

• The The Hall of justice would be the Justice Leagues public base, but their real base would be the Watchtower which would be a secret to the public.
• Younger Justice leaguers would be based out of Mt. Justice. There would be more then one team of Young Leaguers (similar to how the X-Men divided there teams up by Blue and Gold back in the 90's). One team comprised of the characters from the show Young Justice and the second team would be the team from the Teen Titans show. Naturally there would be two Robins, one on each team. Cyborg would be team liaison between the JL and the YJ.
• The Justice League would be one organization made up of different teams. JL, JLA, JLD, JLI, etc. Instead of different teams that happen to be refereed to as a JL..
• Wildstorm properties would be part of DCU's industrial military complex. They would be all controlled by the government. So for example Justice League of America wouldn't be a government organization.
• Milestone properties would play a bigger role by placing more emphasis on minorities and urban blights.
• Dakota city would be part of the DCU.
• Wildstorm comics properties would all be government based. Basically Stormwatch, Team 7 would be the DoD's superpower response teams. Stormwatch wouldn't be based out of spacestation, but instead out of u vast underground complex somewhere on earth. Similar to the underground complexes that the Umbrella Corporation has in Resident Evil, or the one for Division in Nikita. WildCATS would be a PMC (Private Military Corporation) that uses super powered beings.
• I'd incorporate Hanna Barbra superheroes into the DCU...Birdman, Space Ghost, Blue Falcon and Dinomutt, non-DCU Superfriends, etc.
• I'd make Rotworld a permanent part of the DCU so we'd have an ongoing and permanent zombie apocalypse comic in the DCU. I'd try to apply Stephan King's concept of in the Langoliers miniseries. Essentially Rotworld would be another dimension not another timeline. In this dimension the universe is dead or dying. It's hard to explain so I just posted an excerpt from the The Langoliers wiki:

Toomey is captured and Bob deduces that, as they flew through an unusual aurora borealis during the flight, they have flown through a rip in the space-time continuum, traveling about 15 minutes into the past, where anything with energy or life has moved on without them; therefore, jet fuel would be useless. However, using Bob's logic, Albert correctly deduces that, since the plane contains electricity and life, that it contains its own pocket of the present time; therefore, anything loaded into the plane would subsequently regain its energy, even jet fuel.

@ssbm: I know that, but I'd be nice to have a few more minority characters that are A-Listers.

@blackwind: Were you trying to write something?

Personally, I prefer the version of Beast Boy from Young Justice. I think that's the best origin that I have heard thus far. I think the idea that he got his power from a blood transfusion he got from Miss Martian is awesome. Of course I haven't actually read any other origins so...

Technically the Rot is referred to as the Black not the grey. I like the concept for the Red, Green, and the Rot (Black) also and I also have a problem with the concept of the emotional spectrum. What don't you like about it? I do like the idea of multiple corps though.

@avenging_x_bolt:

But how often do you see that power displayed. Maybe once in a blue moon? I can imagine so many applications for Cyborg's powerset alone yet, we have barely seen even a fraction of those applications. I haven't kept up with Black Lightning, but on average typically his set of powers isn't portrayed in a way that makes him a major player. If they get a power boost, by power boost I mean that their powers regularly act in a way that allows them to contribute more substantially to stories as opposed to contributing substantially once every few years.

For example, look at Batman. No real powers yet they way he is portrayed makes him one of the most powerful characters in comicbookdom. Why is he conscidered powerful? Because he ALWAYS contributes something substantial to every story he's in. So when I say power boost I mean that the character needs to become someone whose role is intergal in the roles they play.

<p>No, your right, he didn't leave his team to join Young Justice Leaguers. Maybe he think this because he asked his team to chill when they started chewing out the Justice Leaguers out regarding how they made them go to Star Labs. At first he was happy when they offered the Team an opportunity to join the league, but when they kicked Arsenal off the team all of them rejected the Leaguers offer. I beleive it was Virgil who said Thanks, but no thanks. Then they all teleported back to the apartment Lex Luthor gave them. Everyone including Virgil.</p>

No way, that guy doesn't look young enough and he can't act.

I think either Anthony Mackie or Derek Luke would be better choices for the role.

If I had to chose i'd be Birthright cause it's the only origin i've read on the list, but I prefer Morrision's origin in New 52 Action Comics. in it Brainiac is an alien computer virus that has spread across the universe to various planets, including Krypton. So while it caused Kryptons destruction, it was not from Krypton.

The scarab is awesome, but something about the metaphor regarding having an insect attach itself to your back is really disturbing to me.

Symbiote, too many evil side effects

Lantern ring seems to have the most perks and least evil side effects. Plus there is a positive metaphor there regarding light. Plus alot of benefits having the ability to make force fields.