#3. Fighting far right progression doesn't have borders

[clockwork-stars]

Okay so next week (really this afternoon), I have something for Uni. We need to do an immersion activity of at least 40 hours (so we can discover the people/public (aka the people with who I want to work)(we are gonna have a real internship later (like in 2 years)). In my case I think about working with children, so I am doing it in a place that organize playing fields (?? Like a week of activity organized, parents give the children at 8 take them back at 17? I have no idea of how it is translated in english) for autistic children.

Anyway, since I am doing it for uni, there are other student of my faculty that are coming. And I got their name so I could contact them if needed. Being as anxious/nervous as I am, I did. But somehow, sending an email (or worse calling them) seemed weird. So I searched them on Instagram!

And I found one of them (we are five, I knew one already so I am missing two)! So I sent a dm. With my bookstagram account with my queer flag and she/they in bio and with, at the time, my magneto profile picture. Anyway. It was her and all that, BUT she watched my story. In my story at the time, was just a post about how the RN (a french far right party) was racist.

Today, she sent me a text again, and, very obviously, saw my story again. Once again, only one story there (don't ask why I am not active, I do NOT know) and it was a call for french people to vote for NFP (french left party) today.

I am NOT french. At all. I do not live in France either, my university is very much in Belgium, same for the place I am going.

So I have no idea of what impression this person has of me but it could be a very wrong one.

[the-firebird69]

We have a few things are going on here that right no it's being discovered what they are and they're finally figuring out and it is a weird tune in the sun use it it kind of sharing it with him his mechanisms you know I blame it on him but he sees that they've been doing it for a while and we are aware of it too and have our own. But these are pretty intricate and deep and been playing for a long time.

Some of the things are happening in punta Gorda today thus far they have activated everything that we stated already and they're moving to initialize those programs. This is several new ones added to the programs that they're running

And Dr Octavio is here he already has the hardware out there that is going to fight Peter Parker with it's going to fight him over his matrix maybe even in New York City and the technology.

Some of the things are enacting that we're not in progress.

-The cutting loose a lot of people from Private industry and replacing them with Max that look the same or similar and a joint today lots of them and all over the world too probably get up to 70% here in Florida and 50 to 60 elsewhere

-right now you're talking about if you didn't wear a slack from everyone and they're discovering that it's really Tommy f who wants me to fall out and he is follout boy. For real they didn't plan it not least to go this long and to do the real thing now and tell me you have turned out to be formidable.

-another program that their initializing today that has to do with people who are waiting their pants they want them in the background they're going to force it and I mean these people and they're going to start vanishing people and grab them at the borders and so forth and make it hard for them to get here

-it's a giant number of people that are being picked up today on special warrant and they're increasing the number of police and paramilitary police and they're bringing some military in as attaches and consultants for devices it is a huge day today what's your movie very fast because of today's plan and they did see what he's saying but really they said it first

-giant numbers of people are trying to get into Charlotte county they see it as a bastion and a Haven I'm trying to change the reputation it doesn't seem to work and just driving everybody that tries to get in it's a huge horror show.

-this is 15 million people that shot county border and outside that there's about 300 million in one rain 400 million seven a killing from the south in about 10 or feeling from the north and the numbers are growing and it's every hour or half hour and they are infiltrating in the operating shifts in and it's not necessarily everybody's been here but every time they do it it's like 15 to 25% of original residents and it's not working for them and that's the percentage of those who are trying to invade eventually there won't be any left. They are recording off the ports off and on and soon as shut it down for longer periods eventually be closed

-the airports are already more or less close it's almost impossible to get in it's segregation that occurs right when they disembark and the highways are also being shut down and cleared and shut down and cleared every half hour and several get through but not many and they're identify people and pulling them over the whole way down it's really horrible. Issue of the boats is almost closed they have huge numbers of ships and boats out and it has been impossible for them to get in and now it's become harder

-The invasion force is massing they hear the news and they get it from their own and the gathering probably twice as many as they planned by C2 more have left although they won't be here for 11:00. So they recognize the problem and they're going to build up until later and additional fleet should be here around 2 or 3:00 p.m. and they think it's a better time

more shortly

Thor Freya

I'm helping with everything and he likes what are you seeing and hearing and I'm helping to format it really it saves a lot of lives and so I'm getting things done and doing it right I'm going to have a decent day hopefully started out a little bit better but what's happened here is bleak for the morlalk is very bad

Hera

It's actually nightmare for them I'm pretty soon they're going to feel it and it's starting to feel it now and we now sweat they were planning to do and if it's done half of it and repercussions are being felt the sheriff's office down to 400 and prumel has been notified that there's a meeting today, there's some extra news too and the police department choose all right to five and they have notified bja of a meeting later on the additional news is that they are cutting out the agencies completely that are not real meaning they're dissolving them and taking them apart that would just saying you're not real go home and take all your stuff I'm going to their houses and getting them to surrender all their weapons and data and other such materials and wherever they have it and their office and they're doing it now so I guess I got to look a little bit I'll be ready thank you also we have also other indicators of the Florida law enforcement and Florida highway patrol they are beginning to phase them out no they're going to have the highway patrol patrol more roads like the 41 it's highways and byways in Florida law enforcement is going to handle things I like the parks and things and they're going to be dedicated to the parks but their division of Florida law enforcement which is actually the justice department the other agencies were kind of fun things they were fake. we're getting a move on because other agencies have been disbanded in their huge more so they're like 3500 jobs covers for the higher level government and it's affecting everyone and the jobs below them or they let them go too all the same time the Max's are saying it's a message to the morlock. The Private industry firings are more like up to 50% additional on top of 40 no bring it to 90%, it's becoming huge very rapidly and their jobs being taken away and they're going to start an exodus shortly as well which reduce it more

Olympus

[bitch-for-a-rainbow]

So there's a blanddcheadcanons post that says that "Kara is the mortal avatar of Rao" and I really don't like it, especially in the context of SG 3x04 (The Faithful). At best, as was pointed out to me by a friend with whom I discussed this post, the House of El is likely blessed and somewhat sponsored by Rao, which probably doesn't do much but produce Krypton's greatest heroes, given what the word "El" **means** in Kryptonian. I'm interested in your thoughts on this (pls post your answer).

    I reject the headcannon solely because if it were true it would mean Coville was right and I fucking hate that bitch.

     In all seriousness, though, this is an idea I've seen a lot and I'm not a huge fan of. I don't know much about Raoism beyond what appears in the show and that which can be inferred off of the show. One thing I would point out though is that El in Kryptonian (while obviously being intended to mean God by the original comic writers) can mean Sun or Stars, and since the Kryptonians in the show are, as far as I can tell, monotheistic, and worshipped only one particular star, the El family is not necessarily named God. It would, however, signify their enormous prestige on Krypton and contribute to the famous El pride (or rather, arrogance). I’m not sure it would necessarily have to mean anything more than that-- that the Els are a respected house who have produced a variety of successful politicians, civil servants, and scientists. And (this time reaching a little bit) that they are perhaps so old and respected that their house name was once a title. 

      There is a certain allure to the theory, for sure. Kara is a paragon character. She always, always does what she thinks is right, regardless of the cost, personal or global, and regardless of what other people might think of it. She has a very direct moral compass, and there are only a handful of times when she doesn’t follow it, all of which involve saving Lena. Ship who you want, but it is notable that Kara routinely prioritzes Lena’s life over that of others given the rarity of that happening otherwise. She never even considered breaking Rick Thompson’s father out of prison when he kidnapped Alex, and all he’d committed was bank robbery. Kara has lines she does not cross (though murder is clearly not one of them). She is a character that has seen some of the worst that sentient life is capable of, has seen more death and suffering than most people could imagine, and she came out of it with an all-encompassing desire to protect others. She lives to give people hope. Plus, the humor of having Kara-- the one person most offended by the idea of being an Avatar of Rao-- turn out to be an Avatar of Rao is great.

       But, I would also say that having Kara want to do good because she is the avatar of a benevolent god is reductive and not particularly true to her character. It is true that helping and protecting people is a large part of the core of who Kara is. But there is a difference between altruism and the self-destructive, bordering of suicidal desperation to save absolutely everyone that Kara practices. And to anyone who doubts the suicidal bit, I direct you to the season 1 finale where Kara literally goes on a goodbye tour because she thinks if she goes out to fight Non she’ll die. She still goes because she has hope, but that hope is that she can at least save Earth with her life. She doesn’t fight because she is certain in the ultimate victory of good and justice. She does it because she more afraid to lose another family than she is to die. Kara doesn’t become Supergirl and risk her own life because she believes in good, she does it because she can’t stand to listen to people suffer-- because she has suffered. To use Alex’s words in 1x13 “You fight everyday to keep people from struggling like you have.” Notably also in 1x13, Kara wakes up from the Black Mercy and her first words are “Who did this to me?” and then she goes after Non in what could arguably be described as a homicidal rage-- a rage that is fueled entirely for personal reasons, not the greater good of Earth (though that comes as an added benefit), which is.... not very befitting the avatar of a benevolent god. 

     A major part of season 1 is Kara dealing with grief and rage. She nearly breaks a guy's arm in episode 6 because he screamed at her for damaging his car, to hell with the children he'd almost hit with it. In season 3's Midvale flashbacks we see her first put both hands through a lunch table, then attack Jake when she suspects him for Kenny's death. She gets better at controlling it as the seasons progress, but during Crisis she very nearly melts Lex. Also not particularly godly of her. 

     Then there is the fact that so much of who Kara is is shaped by fear: fear of the government, fear of humanity, fear of abandonment, and fear of herself. In her civilian life, Kara is, for the most part, unnoticeable. She's polite, soft-spoken, doesn't wear a lot of bold colors or styles, and is often a pushover. As shown by her encounter with Red Kryptonite, Kara would not dress or speak the same way to people without the pressure of hiding her identity (though much of her dialogue is purely the loss of her "don't be an asshole" filter, some of it is stuff she had every right to say before and just didn't). I have always found that episode to be very interesting purely for the fact that Kara doesn't actually seem to be seeking harm on others so much as seeking their attention. Her argument with Alex is almost entirely about how much she hates having to hide and pretend to be less than she is. Kara drops Cat off the balcony and then catches her. She attacks the police when they point weapons at her but doesn't kill or even hurt them that badly, instead of destroying the car they're using as shelter. Red-K removed her inhibitions, made her angrier, yes, but if her goal was to actually hurt people, she could have done so-- would have done so, and with great ease. She goes to a public bar and uses super strength to smash bottles by flicking peanuts. Why do that at a crowded bar? Why not just flick potato chips at the windows in her own apartment?

      This is Kara at her absolute worst-- but does she seek out the DEO agents who shot her out of the sky? Does she go after Maxwell Lord or Non? No. She tries to make people pay attention to her. Her most shameful and hideous desire is for people to give her respect. (Admittedly, respect gained through fear, but still.). Kara's a nice person-- much, much nicer than average-- but a lot of that "nice" is just her avoiding conflict to avoid attention.

      Kara is a good person. Kara inspires people. But that is because Kara gets up every day and chooses to be good and to inspire. It's one of the reasons I enjoy Non as a villain so much-- he and Astra are Kara's narrative foils. They also remember Krypton and grieve its loss. They also were trapped in the Phantom Zone. But where Kara had the Danvers to convince her that some good people existed and would risk themselves just to help others, Non and Astra had Alura sentencing them to eternal suffering rather than helping them save their planet (through the means they thought necessary) and then landed on Earth and found it headed on the same path as the planet they'd just lost. Kara had people to help her grieve. Non and Astra were surrounded by misery. They lost hope. Kara discovered it.

     Kara is the Paragon of Hope because she has been hopeless. Because she has suffered so much, seen so much, and because she chooses to believe in a better future. She didn't have hope her first time in the Phantom Zone. She didn't even have hope for a while on earth. From what we can gather, Kara's choice to start actually believing in the future was a gradual shift that occurred sometime after Kenny's death and has lasted her ever since. For Kara, hope is learned. She chose to hope and she won't let it go, and to assign that incredible victory off to her being a God is an insult to her growth and to her character. 

   Now I personally thought “The Faithful” handled this concept very well. 3x04 is one of my favorite episodes of television in general, let alone in Supergirl. Season 3 is my second favorite season, and that says a lot for its good episodes when the bad of season 3 is so, so very bad (To say nothing of the episode to episode production value, we have the waste of Argo, Mon El’s return as obviously he’s grown he has a beard Mon El, and whatever the hell was going on with Kryptonian genetic engineering eclipse causing witches). To this day I don’t know why Kara had magic dreams. The show did nothing to explain it and I can’t imagine up a reason. 

     But “The Faithful” works because it highlights the whole paragon part of who Kara is. When you realize that every person in the room of Coville’s cult is a person she has personally saved-- that hits hard. Especially since only a fraction of the people she’s saved would ever set foot inside that building with the totally not-creepy, entirely wholesome way they deliver the invitations. (“Your daughter is special. She has been chosen. As have you.”) It works because it focuses on how the average human must view Kara, the ones who don’t see her argue with her sister over potstickers and crush her phone when she gets mad. It works because of how desperately hard Kara tries to be a human. It works because the writers know that we, the audience, do not see Kara as anything but a regular person with irregular abilities: a kind and remarkably devoted person, but not a god.