
For shadesninde. I feel an explanation is in order, um…
On today’s episode of chy’s Horrible Headcanon:
When Kaldur embarked on his super secret undercover mission, Dick reasoned (with his well-trained Batlogic) that it would be prudent for the rest of the team and the League to find out that he had “turned” from a source outside the ones who were in on the secret. It had to come from an absolutely believable source, from someone who had ties with both League and team, yet was not in the strictest confidence of either. There would then be no reason for that person to lie about the discovery.
It was probably an added bonus that Roy happened to be Kaldur’s closest friend on earth.
That said, they engineered things carefully so that Roy would make the discovery. As predicted by both Nightwing and Aqualad, Roy absolutely lost his head and decided to confront Kaldur head-on. Kaldur taunted him and led him on a merry underwater chase until Roy’s supply of oxygen was very nearly depleted, then dealt the ‘killing blow’ for the benefit of his new Manta comrade witnesses by ripping off his breathing apparatus. As an exhusted Roy succumbed quickly to unconsciousness, the escaping bubbles provided enough cover for Kaldur to sneak him a breath of air before letting Aqualad’s last tie to the surface world drift off for the ocean to claim for her own…
… Subsequently, Dick also found it prudent not to tell Kaldur that Roy began from that point on to become Shaggy-Bum-Roy, distrustful of all allies and focused on nothing else but finding his original. Batlogic yo.
*runs from the hail of stones rained on down by angry fans*
