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NIGHTWING PROFILES: Karen Starr/Kara Zor-L

1st Nightwing Appearance: Supergirl #6-9 (2006) Other Mantles: Power Girl, Supergirl, Andromeda Secret Identity: Kara Zor-L is the foster child of Earth-Two Clark and Lois and the older counterpart of the mainline Supergirl. She uses the civilian identity of "Karen Starr" as a disguise and owns a software company.

ORIGINS

Before becoming Nightwing, Kara goes through hardships and identity crises, such as forgetting her true Kryptonian origins and believing she’s Atlantean.

After gaining her Kryptonian memories back, Kara regains hope. However, her struggles haven’t ended yet. The reintroduction of a Kryptonian Supergirl who is also Kal’s cousin causes an anomaly that makes Power Girl lose control of her abilities.

Mister Terrific theorizes that because Power Girl and Supergirl are almost the same person, their occupation of the same universe causes a conflict at first.

The foundation of their future as Nightwing and Flamebird is set, when Kara becomes a friend and mentor to her younger counterpart, Supergirl. Kara goes along with Supergirl on a mission to rediscover her former Kryptonian home. This mission takes them to the bottled city of Kandor to rescue the citizens of Kandor from Ultraman, who is pretending to be Superman.

Ultraman controls the citizens of Kandor by making them believe that they are actually on Krypton, so if they don’t have Kryptonian blood, then they aren’t true Kryptonians. To oppose Ultraman, Power Girl and Supergirl adopt the identities of Nightwing and Flamebird to hide their real identities. However, Ultraman doesn’t give up easily. Since Nightwing (Power Girl) is the mentor of Flamebird (Supergirl), Ultraman decides to create discord between them by convincing Supergirl to marry him. As a result of this, Power Girl is tossed in jail and set to be executed.

Before Power Girl is executed, Supergirl betrays Ultraman and sets Power Girl free. Together they fight against Ultraman, but when the battle is about to end, Supergirl abruptly quits. As expected, Power Girl doesn’t approve of Supergirl’s decisions and becomes resentful towards her Flamebird.

Appears as Nightwing in: Supergirl #6-9 (2006)

TRIVIA

The first contact between Power Girl and Earth-One‘s universe happens in the crossover Justice League of America #147 (1977).

Kara’s ship is different from Kal-El’s; Her father builds a ship ("Symbioship") to hold Kara in stasis through the long journey to Earth. In addition, the ship's artificial intelligence carried the life experiences and education of a Kryptonian in the form of a virtual reality wherein she interacted with virtual copies of her parents and fellow Kryptonians.

Kal’s and Kara’s ships are launched at the same time but hers arrives decades later on Earth.

By the time Kara lands on Earth, she has aged into her early 20's (post-Crisis, as referenced in JSA Classified, her initial age has been revised to about eighteen).

Kara becomes best friends with Huntress, Helena Wayne, the daughter of Earth-Two Batman and Catwoman. Together they are the Worlds’ Finest (not to be confused with World’s Finest which are Batman and Superman).

She is a member of the Justice Society of America and the team’s first chairwoman.

Kara is also one of the founding members of Infinity, Inc. This team is formed on Earth-Two after the Justice Society of America refuses to allow some of its young proteges to join their ranks.

In Showcase #97 (1978), Kara is reclaimed by the sentient Symbioship and reimmersed into Kandorian society for a time. After several years of virtual time elapse, in which Kara graduates from college, is married and has a child, she is finally rescued with the assistance of newspaper reporter Andrew Vinson.

In Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985), Kara's existence is erased, and Power Girl’s continuity is substantially disrupted.

Kara's origins change in Secret Origins #11 (1986). In the retconned version, she is the granddaughter of the Atlantean sorcerer Arion, while she had been frozen in suspended animation for thousands of years.

Power Girl's backstory as a descendant of Arion is called into question when Arion himself admits that her origin as an Atlantean is a story that he has created at her foster mother's request (the Lois Lane of Earth-Two).

In Zero Hour (1994) Power Girl gives birth to a son, who ages rapidly. He calls himself Equinox but was never named by Karen nor received in a classical way. In fact, Arion and the demon Scarabus used her to create a perfect being. Equinox disappears after that and is (thankfully) never mentioned again.

Early on her love interests were Arthur Curry and Hal Jordan.

In Hawkman #23 (2004), during a visit to Hawkman's hometown of St. Roch, a psychic tells Power Girl that she has much to learn about her real identity.

Kara has a rocky relationship with Oracle. The partnership doesn't last long, ending after a disastrous mission, which caused life losses. After that, Power Girl blames Oracle’s poor leadership as the reason for the mission's failure. Although Kara works with Oracle again in Birds of Prey #35 (2001), she is unable to overcome the memories of the innocent deaths.

In Infinite Crisis (2005-2006) Kara officially restores her status as a refugee from the version of Krypton, which was destroyed in pre-Crisis in Earth-Two.

She discovers that she’s been lied to in JSA Classified #3 (2005), when Psycho Pirate (who remembers pre-Crisis events) teases Power Girl about her true past. But it’s not until she meets Lois Lane of Earth-Two that, after years of loneliness, Kara truly rediscovers her past.

After Supergirl's return, Power Girl is often referred to as "Karen" rather than "Kara."

Karen told Clark she has a cleavage window because she meant to create her own symbol like Superman but it never came to be, therefore the cutout stayed. The modern Earth-2 Karen temporarily wore a suit with a P-shaped symbol that replaced the cleavage window. It might have been a reference to this past conversation.

Dick Grayson set her up with a superhero/company based in New York.

Apart from the aforementioned teams., Kara has also been a member of the following teams: Justice League Europe, Sovereign Seven, Justice League Task Force, Lords of Order, Justice Arcana, Justice Society International

Karen and Kara Zor-El combined have as much of a confusing origin as Donna Troy.

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aeon-wolf · 8 years ago

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Heterochromia

Based on prompt:

Heterochromia: You have one eye of your soulmates eye color and when you meet you get your own eye color instead of having two different eye colors.

Read it here on AO3

On Krypton, nothing like this ever happened. As a humanoid race with rather advanced scientific achievements to their names, the Kryptonians had all but eliminated genetic mutations or unexpected traits in their children. Zor-El and Alura were as baffled as anyone when Kara had developed heterochromia, against the genetic instructions Kara was given. She was to be born with deep blue eyes, but instead, she was born with one of the intended blue color, but one of a green hue with a brilliant mixture of blue within.

It was something that Kara had lived with for all her years on Krypton. It made her different from the rest of the children her age. Even the rest of the Kryptonians in general. And despite her father’s best efforts, he couldn’t find the reason as to his child’s mutation. Alura and Zor-El loved their child regardless, but they desperately wished they could give her an answer to her questions.

She constantly asked why she was different. Had her two different eye colors been a choice that Alura and Zor-El had made for her? Zor-El had made the decision to conceal the truth from their daughter. From everyone who wasn’t privy to the information in fact. Zor-El held a great deal of power and status on Krypton as the head of the Science Guild and Alura being a very influential judicator. He was able to seal Kara’s genetic test tube. Keep the accidental heterochromia from everyone, including his own daughter.

It wasn’t until Jor-El and Lara had their son, Kal-El, through a natural birth that Zor-El finally found what he was missing. His nephew was born with the exact same heterochromia that his cousin had been, despite their different methods of giving birth. And when Astra had been right and Krypton was dying, Jor-El and Zor-El decided to send their children to a planet called Earth. It had been a planet of Jor-El’s choosing, but in doing some last minute research about the planet, Zor-El finally found the missing piece.

It had been right in front of him the whole time and he had missed it completely. Earth was one of the few known planets in the universe that produced soulmates. A foreign concept to Krypton where relationships and marriages were used to merge houses together and were arranged years in advance. Earth was a planet where humans were born with one eye color of their own and one eye color of their soulmate. And finally, everything clicked into place.

But even when they were forced to send their only child away, they kept the truth from Kara. Though not out of malice. Alura and Zor-El simply believed it was better for Kara to think that her eyes were intentional. If Kara’s eyes were a sign of her future, her soulmate on Earth, it was better for the young Kryptonian to find out on her own. And as Zor-El and Alura watched their only daughter and her cousin fly away from Krypton, Alura turned to hug Zor-El, tears in her eyes. Both of them could only hope that they had done the right thing and given their children the best chance they could have at survival.

II.

After Kara had been freed from the Phantom Zone and placed with the Danvers by Kal-El, it took her some time to become situated on the strange planet. Kara couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty that she hadn’t been able to fulfill the one task her parents had given her before their death; to take care of Kal-El. Now, her cousin was a grown man and off saving the planet while she was still a young girl just trying to pass middle school.

One thing that did strike Kara though as she got to know the new planet was that the dual eye color that she had once been mocked for on Krypton was far more common on Earth. And when she had asked her new sister Alex about it, the other girl chuckled. “Sometimes I forget you’re new here. So here’s the deal, if someone has got eye colors that don’t match, they haven’t met their soulmate yet. One of them is their natural color and one is the natural color of their soulmate. So when you meet, your eyes will change so you’ve both got two eyes of your natural color. Cool, huh?” Alex told her sister.

“So, that’s how you know who you’re going to be with and marry in the future?” Kara asked, the concept of soulmates being somewhat foreign to her. Alex nodded.

“Yeah.” She said eagerly. “Hence why one of my eyes is brown and one is hazel.” She shrugged. “I haven’t met my soulmate yet either.” Kara tilted her head to the side slightly.

“Do people always meet their soulmate?” She asked. And Alex shook her head.

“Not all the time, unfortunately. And sometimes people who haven’t, decide to settle down with someone who isn’t their soulmate. And that’s fine too. But I mean, what happens if someday you do meet your soulmate and you’re already married? Talk about awkward.” Alex replied. Kara just nodded thoughtfully, the gears in her head turning. Had her parents known about this? And was this possibly the reason why she had the eye coloring she did. Maybe the universe always knew that she was going to be on Earth someday. And it gave her hope that somewhere out there was someone for her. Maybe someone out there so she wouldn’t feel so alone anymore.

III.

Lena Luthor had grown up rather unconcerned about her soulmate. She had much more pressing things to preoccupy her than pine and obsess over her possible soulmate. Growing up a Luthor didn’t allow her to have a normal childhood. She was constantly in the spotlight, being paraded around like a charity project by the Luthors. Take in an orphan like one would buy an expensive vase to show off. Lena hated every minute of it. She would much rather be curled up in her room with a book or working on one of her science experiments, especially as she got older into her high school and college years.

Though sometimes Lena did stare at her face in the mirror, committing the deep blue and bluish green hues of her eyes to memory. She sometimes wondered which color was her own natural one. She hoped it was the green because, in her mind, the blue was the most striking and beautiful color she had seen in her life. And in some far off fantasy where she actually met her soulmate and they ended up together, she wanted to stare into those deep blue eyes all the time and get lost in them.

But then Lena would shake herself out of her fantasy and go back to whatever was preoccupying her time. She went about her college years studying at MIT where she met a guy named Jack Spheer who she immediately hit it off with. The two went as far as to start a small tech company together, Spheerical Industries, at Lena’s insistence because if they attached the Luthor name to their company it wouldn’t be their own anymore. And would spend hour after hour in the lab trying to find a cure for cancer.

But when Lex had been arrested for a multitude of federal crimes in his war against Superman, despite Lena trying to warn him off of it, she was forced to leave her small little paradise with Jack behind to take control of one of the most powerful tech companies in the world. Lena and Jack’s relationship suffered with the change. While Lena had never actually dated her friend, she had entertained the idea more than once. Jack was charming, smart, friendly, kind, and a various assortment of other qualities that Lena found attractive. But she knew he wasn’t her soulmate. And deep down, somewhere in the back of her mind, Lena was hoping that one day she would run into whoever that might be. So she had waved off Jack’s subtle advances which had also strained their relationship. And when Lena moved back to Metropolis and then to National City after she relocated the company headquarters out of the city that her brother had decimated, she and Jack weren’t exactly on speaking terms anymore.

So, once again, Lena went about her life, rather unconcerned about locating her soulmate. There were stories of people who would spend all of their free time, traveling in search of their one. And it wasn’t like Lena lacked the resources to do so. But she was also increasingly busy in her new position as CEO of LuthorCorp, soon to be renamed L-Corp. In fact, Lena had to cancel her seat on the Venture because she had to attend to some last minute preparations for the renaming ceremony in the following couple of days.

And when she had flipped on the news she had been rather shocked to see the aircraft having to be saved by not only Superman but his cousin Supergirl. Lena had to smile at the sight. Regardless of her family’s relationship with the Supers, she couldn’t help but be slightly in awe of both superheroes. Especially Supergirl. Lena hadn’t paid extremely close attention to the young Super, but she read a few articles, mainly published by CatCo along with some rather good action shots of National City’s superhero. Though she had never really gotten a close look at her face. Never really paid that much attention. On some level, she preferred it that way. This way she could read about the deeds and worry less about the appearance. Lena of all people knew that the media often focused far too much on looks and not enough on accomplishments.

IV.

“Lena Luthor,” Kara said.

“Lex’s sister.” Kal-El finished and Kara nodded. Kara had to admit, she didn’t know much of the youngest and more mysterious Luthor. The female Luthor tended to keep out of the spotlight as much as possible. Kara couldn’t exactly blame her. Not when her last name was Luthor.

“But Lex can’t be involved in this. He’s in prison. Congrats, by the way.” Kara said.

“Yeah, thanks. Well, Lex may be in jail but his sister is now running LuthorCorp.” He said as the pair walked towards the elevator.

“Yep. And she just moved to National City.” Kara informed her cousin. She might not have paid too much attention to the youngest Luthor, but when someone that high profile moves their headquarters to your city and you work for one of the biggest media outlets in said city, things get around rather quickly. Kal-El nodded as the two got into the elevator.

“I guess we should go see what she knows.” He said. Kara nodded in agreement. It was better to be safe than sorry where the Luthors were concerned.

“There’s a couple of reporters here to see you, Miss. Luthor. Clark Kent and Kara Danvers.” Lena groaned as she walked past Jess’ desk from a board meeting, her jacket and purse in hand. She had walked right past them not even giving them a second look but nodded at Jess who gave her an apologetic look. “I tried to say you were busy they wouldn’t take no for an answer.” She said quietly. Lena waved her assistant off.

Without turning to look at the two reporters, one of whom she knew probably hated her just because of a name she didn’t choose, she gestured for them to follow her into her office. She heard the two get up as they walked behind her. “There’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for why I wasn’t aboard the Venture yesterday.” She said, her voice short with both of them as she walked through the double doors into her office, over to hang her jacket up on the coat stand.

“Well, that’s why we’re here.” A male voice belonging to Clark Kent said behind her.

“There was an emergency regarding the planning for a ceremony I'm holding tomorrow. I’m renaming my family’s company and I had to cancel.” She said, placing her purse on the ground, under her jacket.

“Ah, lucky.” Lena fought to roll her eyes at the tone of voice he used. She brushed her hair out of her face before turning to face the two reporters. Her eyes flicked straight to Clark Kent.

“Lucky is Superman saving the day.” She said, a teasing tone to her voice. She wasn’t stupid. She knew that Clark Kent was Superman. It took more than a slouch, a pair of glasses and a clumsy and easy going personality switch to hide the Kryptonian genetics he was packing. He chuckled.

“Not something one expects a Luthor to say.” He bit back. Lena raised an eyebrow before the woman Lena had largely ignored spoke up.

“And Supergirl was there too.” She pointed out. Lena then turned her attention to the woman. Her eyes widened slightly as she got a good look at the eye colors that were staring back at her. Looking back at her was the exact same shade of blue and green that she had spent her entire life looking at in the mirror. Committing to memory. The blonde, Kara Danvers if Lena remembered correctly, seemed rather taken aback by Lena’s own gaze as well.

And Clark Kent seemed to fade into the background as Lena watched Kara’s left, green, eye shimmer slightly as it faded and shifted into the deep blue that Lena loved so much. Lena was certain her own eyes had also aligned to the bluish green as well as Clark cleared his throat then looking at Kara.

“I.. uhm..” He stuttered. The blonde, for her part, seemed not to be able to speak, rather was opening and closing her mouth like a fish out of water. Lena pulled herself together the quickest, walking around the two and pouring herself a glass of water.

“And who are you exactly?” She asked, genuinely curious.

The blonde seemed to snap out of whatever stupor she was in. “Uhm… I’m Kara Danvers. I’m not with the Daily Planet. I’m with CatCo Magazine, sort of.” She said, seeming to tack that ‘sort of’ on at the end. Lena turned to get another look at Kara.

“That’s a publication not known for its hard-hitting journalism. It’s more like high waisted jeans, yes or no?” Lena remarked, making her way over to her desk, sitting down and flipping open on of the files on it.

“Uhm. I… I’m just tagging along today.” She stumbled over her words again. Lena would normally find that trait in a person rather annoying. But she was finding it somewhat endearing on Kara. The blonde obviously wore her emotions on her sleeve. In contrast to Lena who had been trained to keep hers bottled up and hidden.

“Right. Can we just speed this interview along?” Lena asked the two, hoping that the sooner the interview had concluded, the sooner she could talk to Kara Danvers, alone. “Just ask me what you want to ask me, Mr. Kent. Did I have anything to do with the Venture explosion.” Lena almost spat. She knew that even though she actually had a real reason to cancel her seat, that wouldn’t be enough for the press. The fact she was a Luthor would put her under scrutiny that, frankly, she didn’t deserve.

“Did you?” He asked. Lena looked up from the file.

“You wouldn’t be asking me if my last name was Smith.” She pressed.

“Ah but it’s not. It’s Luthor.” He said smugly. Lena felt her skin prickle. She honestly hated being defined by her last name.

“Some steel under that Kansas wheat.” She teased “It wasn’t always.” She admitted. She glanced at Kara. “I was adopted when I was four. The person who made me feel most welcome in the family was Lex.” She said truthfully. “He made me proud to be a Luthor.” She said, recalling all the times her brother had been there for her when Lionel and Lillian had not. Comforting her when Lillian had been unbearably cruel to her.

“And then he went on his reign of terror in Metropolis.” She said, turning her chair towards the window. "Declared war on Superman.” She remarked, knowing full well that Superman was standing right in front of her. And if her intuition was right, perhaps Supergirl as well. “Committed unspeakable crimes. When Superman put Lex in jail, I vowed to take back my family’s company.” She said, picking up a remote off her desk and pointing it towards the screen hanging on the wall, playing a short animation. “To rename it L-Corp, make it a force for good.” She said, looking up at Kara, who glanced at Clark.

“I’m just a woman trying to make a name for herself outside her family.” She said truthfully. “Can you understand that?” She asked. She noticed Kara nodding slightly, glancing at Clark.

“Yeah.” She said with a small smile. Lena gave Kara a small, lopsided smile as well.

“I know why you’re here. Because a subsidiary of my company made the part that exploded on the Venture.” She said, getting up from her desk and walking over to one of the shelves nearby. She plucked a USB drive out of one of the stands and handed it to Clark Kent. “This drive contains all the information we have on the oscillator.” The reporter accepted the offered drive. “I hope it helps you in your investigation.” She said. Clark Kent seemed not exactly sure what to do with the peace offering Lena was giving him.

“Thank you.” He finally said.

“Give me a chance Mr. Kent. I’m here for a fresh start, let me have one.” She pleaded. He just grimaced slightly.

“Good day Ms. Luthor.” He said, glancing at Kara. The blonde subtly motioned for him to leave while she stayed firmly in place. He gave her a wary look but did as she asked. Lena leaned back against her desk, looking at Kara.

“So…” Kara started, not exactly sure what to say.

“There’s probably no use beating around the bush is there? We all saw what happened.” Lena said, gesturing between their eyes, now each having two of their own. Kara nodded in agreement.

“I… I’m sorry about him.” She said apologetically. Lena just shrugged.

“I expected nothing less.” She said a little bitterly. “It’s the price that comes with being a Luthor.” Kara’s gaze softened a little bit, stepping slightly closer to Lena.

“For what it’s worth. I believe you.” She said. Lena allowed herself to relax a little bit.

“Thank you, Ms. Danvers,” Lena said, still unsure of exactly where they stood. She wasn’t one to jump straight into anything, soulmate relationship or not. But she wasn’t exactly sure where Kara stood on the entire thing.

“Please, I think you should at least call me Kara.” The blonde said with an endearing smile. Lena uncrossed her arms, looking Kara up and down.

“Kara it is then.” She said. “And the same courtesy is extended to you. Call me Lena.” She said. Kara nodded.

“I… I should probably get going, Lena.” Kara stuttered. Though Lena was more fixated on the way her name sounded falling from Kara’s mouth. “I… um. I’ll see you around? I’m sure.” Kara stammered. Lena chuckled, turning to her desk and plucking a business card out of the stand, picking up the pen from her desk. She jotted down her personal cell phone number before handing the card to Kara.

“I hope this isn’t the last time we talk.” Lena teased as Kara accepted the card. “My personal number is on the back.” She said, giving Kara a genuine smile. The blonde nodded happily, pocketing the card.

“I’ll send you a text so you have my number later?” She questioned and Lena nodded, somewhat eagerly. Kara grinned awkwardly, the two completely unsure of where this revelation of their connection was going to go. Kara stammered out a goodbye and made for the door.

“Oh, and Kara,” Lena called out behind her. Kara paused and turned, a questioning look on her face. “You have beautiful eyes.” She said. Kara blushed and fiddled with her glasses, quickly thanking Lena and returning the compliment before rushing out of the CEO’s office. Lena chuckled to herself. A rather productive day all in all. With much more to come in the days ahead.

Maybe to make up for the last AU which was really short, I give you this. I thought this prompt was really cool. And the idea was cute. I just imagine soft, affection-starved Lena Luthor staring for hours on end in the mirror at the deep blue eye in particular because she thinks it's the most amazing color in the world. And just desperately hoping that it's her soulmate's eye color because she would love to spend those hours just staring at two of those eyes in another person. :)

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