#Supercat kid-fics

[onceiblinked]

If y'all are reading my fic that I don't remember the fucken name of/am too lazy to write, prepare yourself for an update with slightly better writing.

No, I don't know exactly when but maybe tonight

[sapphicscholar]

20 questions for fic writers

Thanks for the tag, @lilolilyr!

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

135 fics total!

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count?

2,436,430 words (jfc hahah)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Ever? Listing them in vague order of when I started writing for them: Supergirl, Wynonna Earp, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Grace and Frankie, This Way Up, Once Upon a Time, Madre Solo hay Dos (just on Tumblr), Abbott Elementary, Hacks, and Julia

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

ALL of them are Supergirl from back in the early-ish days of the show when it was a pretty massive (by femslash standards, I suppose) and very active fandom! It's actually so interesting seeing how absolutely nothing I've written in more than half a decade even shows up, since I've largely switched to smaller fandoms since then.

But the top 5 fics by kudos are:

Stronger Together, a collection of one-shots for various Supergirl ships (with a few gen fics mixed in), which has nearly 5k kudos (WILD to me as someone now in a fandom with maybe 25 people total haha)

Welcome to the Gayborhood, my first ever fic, a looong Sanvers and Supercorp professor AU that still keeps the alien/supernatural elements of canon

6,500 miles away...but getting closer, a Sanvers epistolary fic that my wife and I actually co-wrote and posted 1 letter/email per day every day for many months

Noise Complaint, a Sanvers next-door neighbor AU that, hilariously, given its placement in the top 5 here, is what catalyzed a series of events that led to me very much leaving the fandom (and fandom writ large for nearly a year)

Supercat Sanvers 2020, a Sanvers and Supercat political AU that was maybe one of the last long-form works I wrote before moving out of DC!

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I really try to! Sometimes if it's from a person I know well, I end up responding via DMs, esp if there are questions about what comes next, plotting elements, etc., that I don't necessary want everyone to see while the fic is still being posted, but mostly I try to respond on AO3. I've gotten a bit worse in the past few years just because I'll manage to eke out a bit of time to write, which puts me behind on my work, and then I don't leave myself time to respond, and by the time I DO have time, it feels awkwardly late to do so. But even if I don't respond, I absolutely love/cherish/adore/etc. every single kind comment I've ever been given <3

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Forgoten, but not Gone - a Sanvers amnesia AU set post-breakup that's heavy on the angst with a rather ambiguous ending. I got talked into writing a part 2 that resolves the angst haha, but taken on it's own it's definitely my angstiest ending!

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Huh idk! Most of my fics end on fairly happy, if a bit open, endings. I'm not a big fan of having all the loose ends tied up, and I realllyyyy don't do the marriage/2 kids/white picket fence epilogue, so I guess maybe the political AU has to be up there because it actually envisions a world where a queer woman wins the presidency on a progressive platform, and that feels rather utopian 🙃

8. Do you get hate on fic?

Not in a while, though I used to back in the days, like super vitriolic shit (big fandoms with too-big emotions, man... which has really kept me away maybe forever from those kinds of fandoms!)

9. Do you write smut?

Haha very much so. I've written and posted before about why, but I really believe there's so much interesting character work and exploration that can be done by exploring characters' pleasures, their desires (both thwarted and realized), their fantasies, etc. Obviously smut isn't the only way to do this, but fanfic feels like one of the few venues where it's a real possibility!

10. Do you write crossovers?

Nah, not really. I've written a handful of bring characters x and y into the universe of another show fics, but that feels mostly different. Every so often I'll borrow vague character outlines for tertiary characters in other fics just to see if folks recognize them (had Grace Hanson as a grumpy background character in a Sanvers fic set at PT for instance hah)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Once or twice, but we got them taken down

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yeah, one of my SG fics was translated into Russian! I'm not sure if it's still up (tbh I can't recall which one; it's been a long time!) I've also had a couple podfics now made of my fics, one of which I still need to go listen to when I get the time!!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yeah! The long-form Sanvers epistolary fic my wife and I co-wrote together, and a group of Supercat authors got together and did a delightfully chaotic round robin, each writing one sentence, then setting a timer for the next person to write the next sentence, etc., until we had Intergalactic Standard Cuddling

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Oh man, I really don't know that I have a favorite! I really appreciate what various ships can offer me at different times - there are certain themes that make sense to explore with one pairing but not at all with another, or certain AUs that work in one fandom but not really in another. Basically, if a show is giving me multiple female characters who interact in canon in ways that go beyond existing near each other, I'm intrigued, and if these characters actually get depth and complexity, I'm probably in! There are, however, some ships that I might not end up feeling fannish/creative about even though I love them as ships (I talked a lot to @trying-to-get-somewhere-real about this recently, actually!), so it's hard to name a favorite when the metrics get all wonky!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but probably won’t?

I don't want to say never, but I have a Cat-centric fic that'll end on Supercat that just has a lot of angst that coincided with a period of unexpected loss and grief in my own life in ways that have made it really hard to get back into even now (it just feels so...enmeshed with that moment, even though the timing was utterly coincidental)

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I do a good job with dialogue and getting characters' voices down - I'm really into the character side of things (which is also what gets me invested fannishly in shows! I want a show that cares about developing their characters first and foremost vs. a show where plot takes priority)

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Certain kinds of action scenes haha - also I tire easily of writing things that feel repetitive to things I've done/written before (this was more of an issue when I took prompts)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Largely, this isn't something I've had to deal with much outside of maybe a few phrases and sentences from multilingual characters. I've talked before about how it was actually the language/translation barrier that kept me from writing for Madre Solo hay Dos. I don't speak Spanish, and getting a show entirely via the Netflix-provided translations meant 1) I was fairly certain there were some word choice/dialect peculiarities I was missing, and 2) I couldn't catch the rhythms of their speech, the cadence of their voices at least in ways that corresponded to the specific words. For me, voice matters so much, and it really felt like a barrier to not have access to the source language because I felt like I couldn't do these two women justice!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Supergirl

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Oh I've answered this elsewhere with 2-3 works, and tbh I don't think it's changed since then! I'm actually far more interested in others' favorite fics of mine because it's so interesting to think about the question of *what* sticks with a person from yours (it's often so idiosyncratic!!)

I'm getting to this pretty late, so I won't tag anyone, assuming many people already have been, but if ya see this and want to participate, feel free to give me a tag! I always love seeing people talk about their own writing :)

[writebethany]

20 questions for fic writers

Just because i saw it and wanted to 😂

How many works do you have on ao3?

138

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

2,336,801

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Started with Warehouse 13 and bering and wells, then wandered into OUAT and Swanqueen, then DWP and Mirandy, then a stint in Pitch Perfect 2 specifically for Becommissar because mmm Kommissar, a blip into Supergirl some for Supercat, more for General Danvers (tangentially also Supercorp but that's more for the fact that I run the chirstmas exchange than anything, love those kids, not my usual ship), and a crossover or two with Legends of Tomorrow with Supercanaary in there too in that same era, two seconds in ot3 shipping in The Greatest Showman because Jenny Lind mhm, one fic in Steven Universe because poly!diamonds, then into Harry Potter for anything to do with the Black Sisters and Hermione and occasionally Lucius which is still on going, but a bit backburnered because I've also fallen into writing fic for The Librarians this year centered around some pairing of Cassandra, Eve and Jenkins for the most part. Basically. It's a lot, and a lot of bouncing around between larger eras in specific fandoms lol.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Ask me No Questions (I'll Tell You No Lies) [HP Hermione/Narcissa/Anathema], Heaven When We're Home [HP Hermione/Narcissa], By All Accounts [Supergirl, Supercorp (apprciate you guys but I'm still confused by that😂)], Coffee Shops and Vigilantes [Supergirl/Legends of Tomorrow, Supercanary], Sincerely Yours [HP Hermione scores a hat trick]

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to as much as possible, especially in smaller fandoms. Sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed at it falls by the wayside, but I come back eventually.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Uhhhhhh there's usually one in every fandom I stay in for long enough where I just go full nuclear angst and no happy ending. Probably the worst of the worst Offenders is "I Hate to Kill You (I Hate to Die)" for obvious reasons if you've read it, but "of all the things I never told you" and "Halfway Through the Woods" are also up there and in probably last place but still *very* angsty is "Better This Way"

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Hard to pick. Save for those fics I'm a happy ending hoe. Probably the most rewarding happy ending will be for "The Sun Must Set to Rise" but that isn't published yet. I'm actually procrastinating the wrap up that story right now by doing this 😂��

8. Do you get hate on fic?

Out right "you suck" hate? Once or twice. But there has been whining in the past on my stories about how I never finish anything or that I update too slow and why am I like this. *Those comments get responded to with some lessons in manners*

9. Do you write smut?

*looks at the tab beside Sun Must Set to Rise* I have no idea what you're talking about. But yeah, some pwp but a lot of smut as the pay off in long fics to put that cherry on top of them.

10. Do you write crossovers?

Have before, though they aren't my main thing, and unclear if Supergirl/Legends counts since like. The shows actually did that themselves once a season 😂

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I think I ended up on a scraping website that people posted about on tumblr all of once. Not mad about not having to fight that lol.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I've had people ask before, but they're on different databases than ao3 so I haven't really checked on how that went for them.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Several! Two of my closest fandom friends have cowritten with me and one IRL friend. Some of them got finished, others did not, but it was fun along the way.

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

??????? I know there are people out there who have stuck in one fandom and only one fandom for longer than I've been writing and they definitely have the answer to this, but I have ADHD and doooooo not. If I had to pick at gunpoint, I'd probably say Harry Potter Hat Trick, but unless you point a gun at me I'm not answering.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but probably won’t?

Probably "Sometimes it's Soft Hands and Mailing Envelopes" it was a big part of my life in 2015 and I obsessed over it and wrote it and its sequel at such a fast pace, especially for going into my senior year of college. But I've reread the prequel and it's cute and I started reading it over again and just went 'I know where I wanted this to go, I can see how I would get there, I don't want to do that though' because it's a very slice of life story about moving in with your girlfriend and both you and your girlfriend navigating a new job/grad school and I've lived both of those experiences now, and especially I do not want to relive grad school, but also I don't usually write long slice of life things anymore. Sci-fi/fantasy and plot heavy for lyfe lol. But I do wish I had finished it at the time.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think over arching plot, like I'm good at fitting the pieces together where they need to go to make a believable story, which is good when you tend towards writing more mystery-esque 'solve a problem' fic. Also dialogue as a secondary. There is no struggle here to make these bitches say words.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I have DEBILITATING wordy bitch disease. This could be managed if I edited stories before posting them, but I don't. I'm doing well to edit my original work, thanks. So it leads to a lot of fics that are probably 20-50k too long and drag on the point for a bit. I *have* gotten better at it though. The White Queen is probably 100k too long oh my god, I try to forget she exists, even if it's one of the most popular fics I've written.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I have before, mostly in Pitch Perfect since Kommissar is German. It was a good experience. I probably wouldn't do it again unless I either knew the language or it was made up. In text notes so the reader gets what was said are the most awkward thing to deal with in the history of ever.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Warehouse 13. I hadn't known about fic for that long before starting to write for it. I also hadn't realized that I was a big ole homo, which in the late 00s/early 10s fanfic was the only fucking way I was going to see two ladies kiss and by god I was going to leverage the award winning writing skills I had gained writing terrible, original, teenager ficition to do it.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I think for a long, long time it was Of Cats, Giraffes, and Mice. It's just so very soft and caring and for a long while I could just feel that care and sink right into it and it just felt like the best thing I'd ever written. Rereading it now, it's still a very good fic, but I'm starting to see the little holes here and there as I grow as a writer. It's still good! I love it to death, and to talk about favorites without it would be incomplete, but I think that it's important to mention that even your best work eventually loses a bit of shine, no less dear, a huge stepping stone in the right direction, just not the top one anymore.

I think now my favorite is Heaven When We're Home. It has all of those hallmarks that Of Cats, Giraffes, and Mice did, if shorter, and there's a lyrical note to the writing and word choice in it that I have NO idea how I did (not being sober when writing probably didn't hurt) and I'm still chasing that sort of writing even now 2 years later.

[supergirlspurgatory]

I am a hoe for Super kidfics

That being said, in honor of father’s day because I have mommy issues, not daddy issues, I’ve decided to make you guys a list of my favorite fics featuring SuperCorp/SuperCat with kids and the occasional baby Supergirl.

SUPERCAT FICS

Best of the Best by supertrashcompator

20 chapters, 30K+ words, completed Rated:M

SuperCat sans the Kryptonian powers. This was the very first Supergirl fic I bookmarked on AO3. Features Kara Danvers as the kickass taekwondo instructor(a retired Olympian), who recently opened a new studio just a short walk away from Cat Grant’s apartment. The kid in this fic is none other than Carter Grant who is a 3-year-old in this AU and totally in love with Kara before Cat is.

Aura by supertrashcompactor

8 chapters, 14K+ words, not complete Rated:G

SuperCat established relationship, features both Carter and a new little bundle of joy. When a Kryptonian pod crashes to Earth, Supergirl brings home a surprise for Cat. Fluff and adorableness ensue. Also, includes some fun nods to Kryptonian culture.

SUPERCORP FICS

The Little Luthor series by swanqueenfic13

10 installments featuring a total of 11 chapters, 52K+ words, Each work is complete, Rated: G-T (Depending on the work)

AU where Kara is a preschool teacher rather than working at Catco, and has yet to come out at Supergirl. Lena has an adorable daughter and has yet to take over L-Corp. Also, features married Sanvers with an adorable daughter Jamie. 

Supergirl in Training by wtfoctagon

13 chapters, 53K+ words, not complete, Rated:T

THIS IS MY FAVORITE FIC of all the fics. 

When Lorelai L. Danvers gets kidnapped from the future by Lillian Luthor, she does the only logical thing she can think of. She tracks down her mom Lena Luthor. In the future, Lena and Kara have married and had a child. This is super beautifully written. It’s got fluff and it’s got angst. The entire time you are rooting for everybody. I don’t much want Lorelai to go back to the future, but I know she has to. IF YOU ARE NOT READING THIS, YOU SHOULD BE!!!!

Also, check out: Kids Will Be Kids by wtfoctogon

It’s a partner fic to go with Supergirl in training. It is also incomplete but is Lorelai and some other special superkids in the future where they belong.

The Fifth Wall by Black_Tea_and_Bones

8 chapters, 23K+ words, not complete, Rated:M

A fifth dimension break of some sort, likely an Imp, decides to toss Kara and Lena’s lives into chaos. After going to bed in different apartments on differents sides of town, the duo wake up, naked, in bed, together, in a completely new apartment. Only to be even more confused when they hear a child screaming for its mother from another room. Said child turns out to be theirs and according to all of the pictures in what appears to be their apartment, they are married. Just add in that everyone including J’onn and Alex believes the two are married (a spell that is broken more easily for some than others). As the two try to figure out what is causing the changes, what they assume is an imp causes more and more chaos. Not much is clear, but one thing sure is, the Imp really wants Kara and Lena to live happily together. A fantastic, cute fic. If you aren’t rooting for these two the whole time, I don’t know what you’re doing here.

The Lexington Chronicles by JediFighterPilot2727

12 chapters, 19K+ words, not complete, Rated:T

What started a one-shot for the author’s SuperCorp one-shot compilation series, turned into a multi-chapter fic. Most chapters are pretty stand alone. They revolve around the story of a little girl, Lexington, that Lena and Kara adopt from an orphanage. It is fluffy and sweet and the little girl is witty. Doesn’t just focus on her being young, some chapters focus on a college age Lexington. I highly recommend this.

you and me by bs13

7 chapters, 40K+ words, not complete Rated:T

This is an AU fic. Kara is not Kryptonian but still really amazing. After having a short affair with Cat Grant’s son, Adam Foster, Kara finds herself pregnant. The story picks up as the child is being born. This is a fix-it(ish) fic, the infant is ‘Mike’ a Mon-el replacement. Kara move into one of Cat Grant’s apartments in National City, to live with Adam who she is not with, just wants to have him near for his son. After taking the baby home, a stranger comes into her apartment, the stranger is none other than Lena Luthor. They start a friendship and are slowly falling in love. This is a hardcore slow burn, but it burns SOOOO good. 

Child of Our Golden Sun by LePetitCroissant

13 chapters, 35K+ words, not complete/chapters are standalone one-shots Rated:G

This is a future fic, where Lena and Kara are married and have had a son (Sawyer), eventually a set of twins are added into the picture. It is super adorable and they are such a great little family. There are also snippets including Alex and Maggie. Every chapter ends happy, and the author is AMAZING!!!!

listen closely and the stars will sing by celaenos

10 chapters, 84K+ words, not complete (projected for 14 chapters) Rated:T

Rather than Mon-El the Prince of Daxam being in the pod at the beginning of season 2, this fic features Mon-El Princess of Daxam, a sweet little girl that Kara takes in to raise. Taking on the name, Myka Danvers, the little girl is adorable and has an instant connecting with on Miss Lena Luthor. It doesn’t take long for Kara to reveal that both her and Myka are aliens, but it does take a little bit of time for Kara and Lena to acknowledge their feelings for one another. Also, features awesome Aunt!Alex and her partner in crime Maggie the coolest Sawyer falling in love.

Double the Trouble, and Twice the Fun by awkward_alien

4 chapters, 5K+ words, not complete (This is a super new fic), Rated:G

After he is arrested and put away for the rest of his life, Lex Luthor’s little sister Lena is left to take on the most daunting task of all: Motherhood. It’s what’s been keeping her from pursuing a relationship with everyone’s favorite Kryptonian, mostly because her new role is kept under wraps. This is just starting out, and it is ADORABLE!

Shadows of the Past by witchofink

9 chapters, 46K+ words, not complete, Rated:M

Kara Danvers AKA Supergirl has been keeping a secret for 6 years, the only people who know the truth as Clark Kent AKA Kal-El who helped her figure things out and Astra In-Ze, who was willing to trade J’onn’s safety for Kara’s deepest secret. When that secret runaway to be with her mom, Kara must figure out how to balance being Supergirl, a cub-reporter, and parenthood, not to mention trying to figure out her relationship with Lena. Features super-douche Mon-El, who gets kicked to the curb pretty dang quick. Supergood!

Experiment 13 by Rhino (Rhino Mouse)

7 Chapters, 12K+ words, not complete but slated to finish at chapter 8, Rated:T

Supergirl and Superman find an experiment in one of Lex’s old labs, something that Superman wants nothing to do with. The experiment is a little boy that is a Luthor/Super hybrid, a clone that is half Lex half Kal-el/Clark. Rather than let the country take him and potentially have him destroyed because no one has decided if a clone has basic human rights, Kara wraps him in her cape and flys him to a National City children’s hospital when Lena meets her and takes the steps to adopt the boy as she is his closest human relative. Fluff ensues that finds Co-Moms Kara and Lena who fall in love. 

BABY/TODDLE KARA FICS

The Littlest Supergirl by swanqueenfic13

9 chapters, 20K+ words, complete Rated:T

No relationship pairings in this one. Supergirl gets hit by purple Kryptonite which in this fic causes Supergirl to be transformed into a toddler. Features lots and lots of sickeningly sweet fluff, Cat and Alex take turns babysitting the newest little bundle, also a little bit of everyone’s favorite sass-master, Lucy Lane.

Baby Kara: The Kryptonian Menace by BeaMoraes and TowandaBRA

7 chapters, 15K+ words, not complete, Rated:G

After the DEO recovers a Kryptonian device, Kara messes with it and is turned into a much younger self, in fact, a 9-month-old baby version of herself. This is a Sanvers fic and I LOVE IT! It is super fluffy and super adorable. Also, it features most of the DEO squad.

It Takes a Villiage by swanqueenfic13

5 chapters, 13K+ words, not complete, Rated:G

After going off earth/dimension for yet another mission, Kara is returned via being dumped on Alex’s living room floor in the middle of the night. The catch? The Supergirl that is returned is not the one that left, instead, it is a toddler version of the Kryptonian, who is sad and confused. The icing on the cake is that Maggie is super down to handle a toddler. Alex on the other hand? Not so much. Add in Lena Luthor coming to search for definitely not her girlfriend and stumbling upon a tiny blonde Supergirl, who is definitely attached to the L-Corp CEO. 

[you-are-deceptively-complex]

i went too hard in @wistfulwatcher ‘s supercat tag and now i’m a crying, whisper-screaming mess who need to lie down but is already lying down.

[musetotheworld]

My longest fic has officially hit 500 kudos! Which is obviously awesome because 5s are great numbers so each of you 500 people that hit that kudos button are freakin amazing.

I’ve gotten a few requests for a sequel/continuation and while I definitely don’t have time with my current WIP load for anything too in depth I’m totally willing to write up to 5 (seriously such a great number) short fills if anyone has specific requests. Not too specific because I do have a vague headcanon for these guys outlined in my head, but a general sort of specific.

Thank you again to everyone who commented, encouraged, hit the kudos button, let me throw plot points at them, etc.!

[ggreymd]

hi still losing it over supercat endgame like we did it and yet we did nothing at all those fics came true !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

s a m e

calista flockhart and a green screen changed the course of my entire life and i'm not even kidding.

[hime1993]

Fanfic Asks

1. If you’re an author, how many WIPs do you currently have? (Be honest!): Four...okay, 6, but four for Greys 2. What’s next on your ‘to-read’ list? (Fan fiction or otherwise): I don’t have a to-read list, just whatever strikes my interests 3. Do you prefer canonverse or AUs?: Canon-divergent AUs 4. What fandom’s/ship’s fan fiction do you read the most?: Ummmmm probably Greys/Meddison right now, but sometimes I go into Supergirl/Supercat. It depends on my mood 5. What’s a crackship you love?: Hook/Hood on OUAT or Mark/Derek on Greys (to be clear, I don’t think Mark/Derek is bad and I hardcore ship Slexie) 6. What’s the last thing you read that made you laugh?: Moments in Life by misswritingobsessed  7. What’s the last thing you read that made you cry?: Ummm, I don’t know. I generally don’t read sad fics 8. Bed sharing or roommates AU?: Bed sharing 9. Fake dating or arranged marriage?: Fake dating 10. Mutual pining or enemies to friends to lovers?: Both, starting off as enemies to friends, throw in some mutual pining, to lovers 11. Kid fic or childhood friends?: Childhood friends 12. Friends with benefits or secret dating?: Secret Dating 13. Exes or established relationship?: Established relationship 14. (For authors) Post a line of dialogue from one of your WIPs without context.:  “Did you ever think we’d be this happy?” 15. Post the last line you wrote without context.: “I’ll page you when it’s over.” 16. Describe your WIP that currently has the highest word count.: S9 AU, Jealous!Derek, Meddison endgame 17. Describe a fic that is still in the ‘ideas’ stage.: Swan Queen/Meddison, no magic AU, past Regina/Addison, Swan Queen/Meddison endgame 18. Do you have a fic reading/writing routine?: I generally start a fic, look up information I need on the wikis, read other fics, lose my train of thought, complain to my best friend, and then I write more 19. What’s your favorite character headcanon?: Meredith followed Addison out of the bar in 4x13 and confesses her feelings for her 20. Do you have a favorite fanfic or author? If so, tag them/post a link and share the love!: @lordoflezzies @thecolouryellowandacupoftea @bobbiejelly

[ms-caos]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kara Danvers/Cat Grant, Astra/Alex Danvers Characters: Alex Danvers, Original Character, Kira Alexandra Danvers-Grant Additional Tags: Revelations, Domestic Fluff, Mini Kryptonian Series: Part 3 of General Danvers One-shots Summary:

General Danvers come to a realization after babysitting Supercat's kid. Have fun. :)

→→  this fic is not mine ←←

[sapphicscholar]

Pride Month Prompts Day 12: Fairytale (Gen, background Sanvers and Supercat)

From this Pride Month Prompts post! I’m taking the opportunity to write some short fics for a variety of pairings that I haven’t written for as much, maybe at all. They won’t be going on AO3, so I’ll be sure to tag them all with #pride month prompts so you can find them later if you want.

Day 12: Fairytale

Pairing: Not relationship focused, but Alex of Sanvers babysitting for Supercat

“Alright, it’s almost bedtime. You know what that means, right?” Alex asked, her voice taking on the soft, higher-pitched quality that had made Winn trip in surprise in the little DEO hospital room when Kara had welcomed baby Amelia Astra Grant-Danvers—“You’ll always be a Zor-El too, even if we can’t put it on your official records”—into the world. Later, when she’d caught him trying to get a recording of her cooing to the baby in her arms, she’d turned to him and, voice still soft and sweet, whispered, “If you don’t put down that camera in the next two seconds, I’ll show you all the ways I can kill a man with my free hand and a rattle.” He’d run at that.

“Story time!” Amelia cried out, clapping her hands excitedly as she planted herself in Aunt Alex’s lap.

With the room bathed in a soft red glow, just enough to keep the little charge from accidentally killing her babysitter or hurting herself, Alex pulled out one of the many books from the shelves Kara had assembled but let Carter paint, which explained why they were covered in bright colors and cartoon-style action graphics and the House of El crest.

“Read that one last time.”

Alex let out a little huff of laughter, wondering how long the game would last this time.

After pulling out over a dozen books deemed “already read,” Alex gave up on her quest. “What if I tell you a story instead, huh? A nice fairytale.”

“My moms said I don’t need a prince to come rescue me.”

Alex bit her lower lip to keep from laughing when the girl was so serious, blinking up at Alex with those big blue eyes that no one could say no to. “They’re right. But I’m gonna tell you a different sort of fairytale.”

“Oh.” Amelia paused to consider it, forehead scrunching up in thought. “Okay.”

“Once upon a time, there was a beautiful lady—”

“This sounds like all the other ones.”

Alex pursed her lips in mock annoyance. “Maybe if you’d let me get to the end you’d find out it’s different!” She booped Amelia’s nose with her fingertip, grinning at the small laugh it pulled from her.

“Okay, okay.”

“So where were we? Right, once upon a time there was a beautiful lady with long, dark hair and dark brown eyes that lit up whenever she smiled. She lived in a sunny kingdom ruled over by…by a very powerful queen with green eyes and wavy blonde hair.” She peeked down, watching as Amelia’s brow furrowed the smallest bit.

“Like me!”

Alex smiled at her. “Just like you. But the kingdom was a good place to live. People were happy. Kids got to run around and play in the summer and learn all sorts of important things during the year. And dogs always got to sleep in real beds.”

“Did you know,” Amelia whispered, a giggle forcing its way through, “that Gertie slept in bed with my moms when you and Aunt Maggie went away?”

Alex’s eyebrows shot up. “Did she now?” Because as far as she’d heard, Cat most definitely did not allow dogs in her bed—certainly not 90-pound mutts like Gertrude that had a bad habit of finding their way up to the pillows in the middle of the night.

“Mhmm. Mommy took pictures when she came home.”

And oh now that was even better news if Kara hadn’t been the one to secretly airlift the dog into the bed. “Do you know where we could find these pictures?” Cat had a birthday coming up, and Alex would be damned if she didn’t get her a nice cake with a photo of her and Gertrude curled up together printed on the icing.

“Her phone. More story now!”

Maybe next sisters night… “Okay. So the kingdom was a good place generally. But there was a fair maiden who was beloved throughout the whole kingdom. Only she had been dating a total jerk—”

Amelia gasped. “You said a bad word!”

“Sorry, she was dating a mean prince from another kingdom who wasn’t good enough for her. And too many people were distracted and didn’t notice until it was too late.” Amelia’s eyes widened in fear. “He came from an evil family, and in their kingdom only a few people were happy. Everyone else had to work to keep them happy, but they didn’t get to enjoy anything for themselves.”

“Even the kids?”

“Even the kids.”

“And the puppies?”

“Um… I don’t know if they had puppies. But probably them too.”

“Wow.”

“Yeah. And so that king and queen showed up to the good kingdom to take back their son, the prince. Only the prince decided he didn’t want to go, so the king and queen came back with their whole army to take over the good kingdom and make it another evil kingdom!”

“What did the good queen do?”

Alex had to fight back a laugh at the memory. “Well, she called out to the evil queen and told her she wasn’t a real queen at all—not if she would let her people be so unhappy and try to take over another kingdom for no reason.”

“Did she win?”

“Well, not at first. The evil queen was so angry, so she sent people to go get the good queen.”

“Oh no!”

“It’s okay, though! Because the fair maiden, who was secretly kind of like a knight…or something, went to save her life.” And that’s how two weeks later Alex stumbled into a scene in Kara’s apartment she’d never wanted to see. But Amelia didn’t need to know about how her two moms reconnected. “But while they were busy, the evil queen had sent all of her soldiers into the kingdom to take over. Luckily, that beautiful lady from the beginning with the perfect smile? Well, she was kind of like a knight too, and so she got her sword and kept dozens of the evil soldiers away so that the innocent people could escape.”

“Did she get hurt?”

“Nope. Want to know why?”

“Why?”

Leaning forward, Alex lowered her voice to a conspiratorial whisper. “Because she knew that the lady she loved was waiting for her on the other side of the kingdom.”

“Who’s that lady?”

“She was one of the soldiers who was working with the queen and the fair maiden.”

“Oh! Are all the soldiers girls in the good kingdom?”

“Not all of them, but the best ones,” Alex answered with a wink. “But things seemed really bad for a while. The queen had lost her castle, and she was forced to wait in a dark little tavern with some of her best soldiers and the knight and the fair maiden while they came up with a plan to reclaim the kingdom from the bad guys.” Alex’s brow furrowed for a moment as she tried to find the right analogy for a positron cannon. “They found out about a big… sword. A sword that could make all the bad guys run away.”

“Where was the sword?”

“It was hidden away in a fortress that had been taken over by the bad guys. But luckily the beautiful knight and her soldier found a way to sneak in to get it. Only then the fair maiden cried out for everyone to stop.”

“Why?”

“Because she found out that the evil queen had the prince and one of the good kingdom’s, uh, magicians with her. And if they used the sword, they would disappear forever too.”

“Hold on.” One of Amelia’s hands landed on top of Alex’s, stopping her gesticulating. “Isn’t the prince evil too?”

Considering her words carefully, Alex explained: “Well, the fair maiden has a really, really big heart. That’s why everyone loves her. And she told everyone that there was good in the prince too, even if it was buried deep, deep down. Plus, the magician was one of her best friends in the whole wide world.”

“Ohh. I wouldn’t want to hurt my best friend either.” She nodded her head with a level of self-certainty that was so reminiscent of Cat that Alex had to stifle a laugh.

“Probably a good idea. So instead the fair maiden put herself in grave danger to go rescue the prince and the magician. She almost didn’t make it, but at the last minute, with some help from those people who loved her so much, she managed.”

“And then she used the big sword?”

Rubbing at the back of her neck, Alex ducked her head. “The big sword sort of disappeared. It was a little like magic, so it only worked for a certain period of time.”

Amelia clambered further into Alex’s lap. “Oh no! What happened to the good kingdom?”

“The queen urged all of her people to keep hoping, to fight back and make sure the evil soldiers knew that the people weren’t going to back down so easily. Everyone was still very scared, though, because they didn’t know how they were going to win when the evil soldiers were so much stronger than almost everyone but the fair maiden. So for a long while there was a lot of fighting, and many people were hurt, but the queen kept faith alive while the fair maiden worked with the magician to come up with a potion that was fine for everyone in the good kingdom but made everyone from the evil kingdom very sick.”

“What about the prince?”

“Him too. So he thanked the fair maiden for her help, but then he left to go try to make the evil kingdom better.”

“Did it work?”

Figuring a partial lie was better here Alex shrugged her shoulders. “The good kingdom never heard from them ever again, but don’t you believe that people can work to change things for the better?”

After a moment, Amelia nodded enthusiastically. “Mom says that we need to make sure everyone knows the truth.”

“That’s probably a good idea.”

“What happened to the kingdom? Was everyone okay?”

“Well, it took a lot of time and teamwork to rebuild the kingdom. Lots of buildings had fallen down, and the paths between cities had been cut off. But everyone came together to help make the kingdom the wonderful place it was, and the queen even returned to her castle for good after a long trip away.”

“Where did she go?”

“All sorts of places. She visited so many of the other kingdoms and made friends with the rulers of a lot of places. But when the evil kingdom attacked, she realized that she needed to be back at her home with the people who loved her. In fact, lots of people realized how important love was after the battle. Soon enough, the beautiful, brave knight married the soldier, and the queen married the fair maiden, and everyone lived happily ever after.”

Amelia paused to consider it. “That was better than lotsa fairytales. Not as good as Frog and Toad, but maybe if you made it a book it would be.”

“Oh yeah?”

Amelia nodded. “Carter can draw the pictures for you. He ill’strates all my stories. Did you know he did that?” She pointed at her colorful bookcases.

“I did. And did you know your Mommy is also a very good artist?”

“Duh.”

Alex fixed her with a stern look; she’d been put on strict orders not to let Amelia keep up the sassiness that had started to rear its head. Alex had arched an eyebrow at the instructions, insisting that she had no idea where Amelia could possibly have learned sass from, earning herself a patented eye roll from Cat.

“Sorry.” The word was stretched out into many, long syllables. “Yes, I already knew that.”

“Maybe one day we could all work together on drawing the story.”

“Tonight?” Amelia asked, eyes shining with excitement.

“It’s almost bedtime, and your moms are gonna be out late for Carter’s celebration dinner”—he’d managed to earn acceptance letters from 6 of the 8 colleges he’d applied to, plus a scholarship or two to boot—“but maybe you and I could try to draw one scene before bed. How’s that sound?”

“Can we draw the good queen against the evil queen?”

“Sure thing, kiddo.”

[argyle-s]

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME CHAPTER 23/38

Rating: Mature

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Cat returns to National City, Max gives a press conference, and Maggie has some questions for Kara

Notes:  A couple of quick notes. First, this chapter does touch a bit on Kara's relationships in the previous timeline, including Kara/Lena, Kara/Sara and Kara/Cat. For those of you who might be a bit worried, this is not a harem fic, Supercat's still end game and Supercorp is not really a big thing in this story or the sequels, even though Lena is going to be a major player in Devils in the Dark and A Plague of Righteousness. I make no such promises about Supercanary and the sequel, because Sara is a *huge* part of Kara's past, and that relationship is going to be relevant to what happens.

Thanks to @ifourmindbeso for her great work as a beta. Any remaining mistakes are entirely my own.

Chapter 23 - Responses

“Mom!” Carter yelled as Cat stepped into her office. He jumped up off the sofa where he’d been curled up against Kara and ran over to her.

“Honey,” Cat send, dropping her purse and bending down to enfold Carter in a hug. “I missed you so much!”

Carter pulled back from the hug, and Kara didn’t have to be able to see his face to know he was smiling when he announced, “I met Supergirl!”

Cat looked at him with a mixture of surprise and amusement on her face. “You did?”

“Yeah,” Carter enthused. “She stopped by to drop some stuff off for Kara, but Kara was in a meeting, and she recognized me from a picture in your office. I got to see her use her super-speed and got to see her fly. She was amazing, and she was so much prettier in person.”

Kara noticed Cat’s eyes lift up to look at her for just a moment, before looking down at Carter, and she noticed a slight blush in Cat’s cheeks.

“Did you notice anything else about her?”

“Um, she’s really fast,” he said.

“And strong and brave and kind,” Cat said, “and she saves people all the time. Tell me, what do you think makes her a hero?”

“Her legs,” Carter said. “Definitely her legs.”

Kara had to bite her lip to keep from laughing at the absolutely poleaxed look on Cat’s face.

“Her heart, Mom,” Carter said after a moment.

“Oh! That was a joke. Carter, you never make jokes.” Cat pulled him in for another hug, before pulling back. “Are you ready for school?” she asked.

Carter nodded. “Yeah. Just a minute.”

Kara stood up, picking up his bookbag as he turned around. “Bye, buddy. It was fun hanging out with you.”

Carter closed the distance between them and wrapped his arms around her, hugging her tightly. “Bye, Kara,” he said, before taking his bag, and turning back to Cat.

“Mom, Kara and I had an epic nerf battle, and she can play Settlers of Catan almost as well as you can. Can she watch me again?”

“We’ll see, sweetheart, but you need to run along.”

“Okay,” he said, and headed for the elevator.

Kara and Cat both watched him go until he disappeared from sight. “You’ve got a really wonderful kid there, Ms. Grant.”

“I do,” Cat said, turning around. “And he seems to have taken quite a shine to you.”

Kara shrugged. “I think getting to meet Supergirl was a point in my favor, but it was nice. It reminded me of the time I spent as a part-time nanny.”

“You never cease to amaze me,” Cat said.

“What do you mean?”

“Just, everything you can do, how amazing you are, it’s hard for me to picture you taking care of someone’s kids or being a waitress at Noonan’s.”

Kara smiled at Cat. “I know you don’t see the appeal, Ms. Grant, but sometimes it’s nice to be normal and just fit in. I didn’t have a lot of that growing up, and being different… Well, you see how it is for Carter.”

“I do,” Cat said. “I’m sorry you had to go through that.”

“It’s okay,” Kara said. “I had Alex.”

Cat frowned slightly for a moment before Kara saw the lightbulb go on. “Alex is your sister?” she asked.

“Yes.” Kara said. “Eliza and Jeremiah, my adoptive parents, were both wonderful, but I don’t think I would have made it without Alex. She protected me, fought all the fights I couldn’t. After Jeremiah died, Alex stepped up helped take care of me. Eliza did her best, but she was grieving.”

“I’m sorry,” Cat said. “That must have been hard for both of you.”

“I survived,” Kara said. “I’m good at that.” Cat started to reply, but stopped, and the silence stretched out until Kara couldn’t stand it anymore. She was about to stammer out an apology and make a run for it when Kaldur’ahm appeared at the door.

“Ms. Grant, Ms. Danvers, there’s something you should see,” he said.

“What is it, Jacob?” Cat asked.

Kaldur’ahm walked past them and went to Cat’s desk, where he picked up the remote and turned on the monitors, switching them to the live news feed from Channel 3 news, and turning up the volume.

“We now take you over to Leyna Nguyen at the National City courthouse for more,” the reporter on screen said. A moment later, the screen switched to a Vietnamese woman standing behind a group of reporters.

“Thank you, Rick. We’ve just gotten word that Maxwell Lord, billionare tech genius and CEO of Lord Technologies has been released on bond after being charged in a series of bombings and attempted bombings around National City.”

Kara watched as the camera swung away from the reporter to focus on Max as he descended the stairs of the court house. He stopped, a few steps from the bottom, where the reporters were waiting, and held up his hands to quiet them all down.

“As you all are no doubt aware, yesterday I was arrested in connection with a bombing and several attempted bombings here in National City. I want to start by saying these charges are ridiculous, and I have no doubt that I’ll be vindicated by a jury if these trumped-up charges aren’t dismissed out of hand. As for where these charges come from, I’d say look at the timing. Two weeks ago, I came out in opposition to National City’s new so called ‘hero’ and now, here I am, charged with a bombing she failed to stop, arrested when I’m the target of the attack, and held in jail while Supergirl’s friends in the government rifle through my personal papers and through Lord Technologies files and servers. This is persecution, plain and simple, because I refuse to bow down to one of the aliens who claims they’re here to protect us. If you want to know what really happened, I say, look at Supergirl.”

The crowd of reporters started shouting questions at Lord. Some were even intelligent. Things Kara, or Cat, or Lois, or Clark would have asked. Lord didn’t answer any of them. Just strutted towards the waiting limo.

The camera swung back to the reporter. “There you have it. Maxwell Lord is claiming he’s innocent of all charges and that this is an attack by Supergirl and her supporters meant to discredit him.”

“Turn it off,” Cat said, and Kara looked over at her, because that was Cat’s furious voice, and that was usually reserved for use after board meetings.

Kaldur’ahm switched the screens off and turned around to look at Cat.

“Jacob,” Cat said, “call Bunny Watson down in research. Tell her I want *everything* on Maxwell Lord. Then call StratoJet and book a Cessna Citation X or Gulfstream G-650 from Wayne Field Executive Airport in Gotham to Nations Bay Executive Airport here in National City. Tell them I expect wheels up within an hour. If they argue, tell them CatCo is perfectly willing to find someone else to run all of our charters with. Then get Vicki Vale the line for me, set up a conference call with Perry White and Lois Lane, and find me a personal concierge service that has branches in Gotham and National City that can handle packing up and moving someone from there to here in less than four days.”

“Ms. Grant?” Kara asked.

Cat turned to her. “He’s coming after Supergirl in order to save his own ass. I won’t have it. She deserves better than that. Vicki Vale’s the new head of our investigative reporting team. I’d planned to hire Snapper Carr, but something made me reconsider.”

“But Perry and Lois?” Kara asked.

“If he takes down Supergirl, that will drag Superman down with her, and it will drag down CatCo and The Daily Planet. We’re going to drag every single skeleton in that man’s closet out into the light of day, and let the world see who Maxwell Lord really is.”

Kara felt herself start grinning. “Give me a couple of hours,” she said. “I might have something for you.”

Kara sat down at her desk in her office on the forty-second floor and touched her ear piece to call the DEO. Susan answered immediately.

“Hello, ma’am.”

“Hey, Susan. Is Hank around?” Kara asked.

“Here, Supergirl. What can I do for you?” J’onn asked.

“Do you have a version of the dossier on Maxwell Lord that’s been scrubbed for release?” Kara asked.

“No,” J’onn said. “I can prepare one, but it will take a couple of days.”

“Send the full one over Konex,” Kara said. “He can scrub it.”

“What’s this about, Ms Danvers?” J’onn asked.

“Did you see Max’s little press conference?” she asked.

“No,” J’onn said.

“Hold on, I’m sending you a link.” She tapped the home button on her phone. “Konex, find a video of the interview Maxwell Lord did on the steps of the court house this morning and send the link to Susan and Hank.”

“Of course, Lady Kara,” Konex replied.

“Got it,” Susan said. There were a couple of minutes of silence.

“Well, that could be a problem” Hank said.

“I know,” Kara said. “But I’m working it from my end. Send the dossier. Supergirl needs to be out and about today.”

Cat looked up from her desk at Jackson’s gentle knock on the door of her office. She stared at him for a moment, wondering again at Kara’s choice in replacements. Certainly, his suit was expertly tailored, but it did little to hide the man’s muscular build, and the scars on his neck kept peeking above his collar, and the snake head tattoos on the backs of his hands, though those almost blended into his dark skin. Even the blonde hair was unusual for a black man working in an office. So far, he was competent, even if not quite up to Kara’s level, but it was clear the man was not used to office work and it made her wonder what, exactly, Kara thought she needed protection from.

“Yes, Jacob?” she asked, and the way he smiled at her told her he knew she was using the wrong name intentionally, which just irritated her.

“Ms. Danvers sent down some files for you,” he said, holding up a stack of papers the size of a phonebook in one hand, and a thumb drive in the other. “She said to tell you she’d sent a copy to legal for clearances, and a copy down to Bunny for double checking, but that everything in here should be printable.”

She waved him forward, and he walked over to her desk, and handed her the files and the thumb drive. She sat the drive aside, opened the first of the files and nearly dropped it in shock. She started thumbing through it, just skimming the highlights.

“Where’s Kiera now?” she asked.

“Ms. Danvers said she’d be reachable by phone if you need her but would be away from her desk for the day. Something about it being a really busy day for Supergirl.”

“Hmmm,” Cat said. She reached over to her computer and pulled up the ‘#supergirlsightings’ hashtag on twitter. “Well, our girl has been busy, hasn’t she?”

“Yes, Ms. Grant.”

“Well, Jacob. Thank you for bringing this down. Be a dear and fetch me a lettuce wrap.”

“Of course, Ms. Grant. Before I go, however, Ms. Danvers asked me to let you know that Supergirl has asked if you’d like to do a joint interview with her, Bruce Wayne, and Diana Prince tomorrow following a press conference they’re holding at the Wayne Enterprises building.”

Cat looked up from the file. “Did she say what the press conference was in relation to?”

“She said that Supergirl was partnering with Wayne Medical and the Artemis Society to release some Kryptonian medications.”

“Now, that is definitely news worthy,” Cat said. “Set up the interview for studio seventeen. Coordinate with Kiera on the time and ask her if she could prep a pre-interview briefing for me.”

He nodded and left without another word. Cat watched him go, wondering for a moment what Kara could be up to with this latest move, but she supposed she’d find out when she got the pre-interview packet. That, however, was a worry for another day.

She looked down and started re-reading the file. The one with clear evidence to indicate that Max Lord had been engaged in experiments conducted on inmates in a private prison up state. The one that was just the first in a stack.

She checked the clock. Vicki had gotten on the charter roughly an hour ago. It was a five-hour flight from Gotham to National City on a G650 running full tilt. She sat the file down and picked up the thumb drive, plugged it into her computer, and opened her email client.

She’d never especially liked Maxwell Lord, but he’d never really seemed worth her attention. Not until now. But he’d taken a shot at Kara, and that was not acceptable. No one touched her Kara, not unless they wanted to face her wrath, and she was going to enjoy crushing Max like the little cockroach he was.

“Hey, Kara,” Maggie said, startling Kara a little. She looked up a bit surprised to see Maggie standing in the door to her office. In the old timeline, Alex, Winn, J’onn and Sara were the only ones who’d ever been able to sneak up on her because they were the only ones she’d ever gotten so comfortable with that they had faded into the background soundtrack of her life. Lena might have gotten there, had she lived long enough, and Kara was always too hyperaware of Cat for that to ever happen, but as close as she was with Maggie in that timeline, Maggie had never slipped over that line. Kara couldn’t stop herself from realizing that this was something she’d done better, this time around.

“Hey, Mags,” she said, giving Maggie a smile. “Come on in.”

“Mind if I close the door?” Maggie asked.

“No,” Kara said. Cat might prefer an always open door to her office, but Kara had too many secrets for that sort of thing to really work for her. She watched as Maggie shut the door, then walked over and took one of the seats in front of her desk.

“What’s up?” Kara asked.

“I wanted to talk to you about what you told us the other day,” Maggie said.

“Oh,” Kara said, a little surprised with herself for not expecting this. Maggie was never stupid, and Kara knew she had to have pieced things together. “What do you want to know?”

“Do you even have to ask?” Maggie asked.

“Not really,” Kara said. “But as you sure you want to know?”

“I think I already do,” Maggie said. “You never stopped trying to talk me into meeting Alex, and you were so sure that we’d like each other, and then I met her, and she’s just as incredible as you said. I didn’t even think about it at first, but Alex and I are hanging out almost every night unless one of us is on duty, and even then, we’re texting. I didn’t want to admit it at first, but I’m falling for her, hard, and I don’t think you would set me up like that unless you knew how it would turn out. You’re many things, Kara Zor-El, but cruel isn’t one of them.”

“I can be,” Kara said. “The kindness is a choice people like us make every day. You, me. That, we always had in common. The universe has not been kind to us, so we chose to be kind to others to make up for it. But I can be cruel. I went out and hired one of the few people in the world that would even stand a chance against me and gave him instructions to kill me before I hurt Cat, because I *have* seen the day I stop making that choice. That’s the future I saw. One that made kind people fear how cruel the universe can make them. So, are you sure you want me to tell you what that future was like?”

“Jesus, Kara. You give speeches like that, and you have the nerve to call J’onn a drama queen,” Maggie said.

Kara narrowed her eyes. “Okay, fine. See if I give you the tickets for the private Nine Inch Nails concert I got this morning.”

"Nine Inch Nails?" Maggie asked, coming half way out of her chair before she stopped herself and sat back down.

"Yep," Kara said. "Winn's a fan. I'm sure he'd love the tickets."

"You are an evil woman, Kara Danvers," Maggie said, the amusement in her voice taking out any sting the words might have had.

Kara just gave her a beatific smile.

"How do you even have those?" Maggie asked.

"Trent Reznor sent them over for Supergirl," Kara said.

"And you're just giving them away?" Maggie asked.

"Yes," Kara said. "I'd give them to Alex, but she always ends up getting involved at work and forgetting. The tickets get wasted."

"I might do that if it wasn't Nine Inch Nails," Maggie said. "I can't believe you don't like them."

Kara shrugged. "It's not that I don't like them," she said. "I think they are brilliant. A lot of the stuff you and Alex like is. I just don't like what the music makes me feel. The stuff I listen to, it helps keep me in a better frame of mind."

Maggie leaned forward, reaching across the desk and squeezing Kara' s hand.

"Are you okay?" Maggie asked.

Kara nodded as she realized how watery the room had gotten.

"I'm sorry," she said. "I don't think I've ever had that conversation with anyone but Sara."

"She an NSync fan too?" Maggie asked.

"Eighties hair bands and Disney soundtracks," Kara said. "Lena was the one who liked NSync."

"You really liked Lena, didn't you?" Maggie asked.

Kara smiled. "Does it show?"

"Yeah," Maggie said. "I'm surprised though. I looked her up, and she's not blonde."

Kara laughed, but she felt her cheeks heating slightly. "I think it was the whole Luthor thing," she said. "The whole forbidden love angle was enough to make me forgive her the black hair."

"She and you were a thing?"

"No," Kara laughed. "Sara was my first, and only, girlfriend in the other timeline. When I met Lena, I was nowhere near that self-aware. I was still trying to date James, which was awful.”

“You dated James?” Maggie said.

“Yes, and if you tell him that, I swear to God, I will make you do the L-Word rewatch when Alex comes out.”

“Oh, FUCK NO! I am not throwing myself on that grenade,” Maggie said.

“You say that now, but just wait until Alex gives you those sad puppy dog eyes,” Kara said with a small laugh. “Anyway, Lena is straight."

“You sure?” Maggie asked.

“The part where I managed to get her boyfriend killed was pretty compelling evidence,” Kara said as she frowned at the memory. "I don’t know. I think I had a bit of a crush on her. Didn’t realize it until after I realized what I felt for Sara was love, but then I didn’t realize that I had a great big crush on Cat either."

"Oh, honey, I am so sorry," Maggie said.

Kara shrugged. "I've spent most of my life watching people I love die," she said. "But Cat and Lena, they were hard."

Maggie squeezed her hand again. "I'm sorry. I came in here to satisfy my curiosity and ended up dragging up all your bad memories."

"It's not your fault," Kara said, reaching up with her free hand to wipe away tears that were threatening to spill. "It's just the nature of the subject. But yes, you and Alex were together. Married, in fact."

Maggie let go of her hand and set back, looking slightly shocked. "Wow," she said. "Married?"

"You asked," Kara said.

"We're we happy?"

"Mostly," Kara said. "I only ever saw you fight about two things."

"What?"

“Well, when she first came out, you told her you didn’t want to date someone fresh off the boat,” Kara said.

“Ouch,” Maggie said. “Really? Future me sounds like a bitch.”

“Don’t be too hard on future you. Remember, she didn’t have your Darla Anonymous sponsor to look out for her.”

“Okay, fair point. I’m just surprised Alex would have me after that.”

“I’m not,” Kara said. “Alex had it bad. Really bad. She’d know you all of three weeks before she came out to me.”

“Damn,” Maggie said. “I got game.”

Kara sputtered. “Please,” she said. “The ‘I don’t want to date someone fresh off the boat’ thing didn’t last a month. You got a tiny little scratch in the middle of a fight, and later that night, you were standing outside Alex’s door with pizza and beer and some cheesy speech about how life is short.”

“God, that sounds terrible.”

“Yeah, well, Alex must have really loved you, because she bought the whole thing, hook, line and sinker. I think you guys had known each other three months when you moved into her apartment.”

“Oh, God. Talk about living the cliché,” Maggie said, laughing. “So, what was the other thing?”

"Kids," Kara said. "Alex really wants kids."

"Oh," Maggie said, laughter suddenly gone. Kara could see the wheels turning. "How did that end?"

"I am not going to tell you," Kara said. "That future was a nightmare. That Maggie and that Alex made those decisions in a world falling down around them. You and this Alex have to live in *this* world, and whatever compromises they worked out in that world might not work here in this one. You have to find the answer for yourself. Just be honest about what you want. Both of you deserve that."

Maggie nodded and gave Kara one of those dimpled smiles that always turned women into stammering puddles.

"I swear you are some kind of lesbian Yoda," Maggie said.

Kara narrowed her eyes and leaned forward. "Call me that again, and I will melt your face."

"Okay!" Maggie said, holding her hands up in surrender. "Okay. Maybe not my best choice of phrase."

Kara laughed and leaned back in her chair, opening her desk drawer and taking out an envelope. She tossed it across the desk when it landed in Maggie's lap.

"Go on," Kara said. "Take Winn with you and try to talk him into growing a spine and asking out Cat's new assistant. The mooning drives me nuts."

"I was thinking of asking Alex," Maggie said.

"If you do, be sure. Alex is tough, but her heart isn't, and you have more power to break it than anyone."

Maggie nodded. "I'll be careful. I promise."

[debbielouocean]

since it’s christmas i figured i’d do some shameless self promoting of my previous christmas themed fics:

Not-So-Secret Santa (Supercat Fic, possibly the longest thing I’ve written)

Mistletoe (Supercat Ficlet)

A Cat/Alex Christmas Ficlet 

Merry Crimmas kids 

[comicgirlgeek]

New SuperCat Fanfic

Hi all, for the past year I have been swamped.  I started fostering kids (3 teens!) and I was elected to public office.  That meant that the last part of my 3 part fic remained undone for a while, and I hated that.  There’s been so much going on, but my favorite characters were never far from my mind, nor were the readers who encouraged me.  I finally accepted that the way to finish the piece was to cut the scenes that were holding me back and publish what I had.   So as of last night the complete first series is published - The Becoming.  Hope you like it. 

[musetotheworld]

Someone send me quick Supercat fluff prompts.

I need to get back into the habit of writing on my breaks/lunch and I know from experience if I try by jumping into an ongoing project I won’t do it. So hit me with some fluff prompts and I’ll write a short little something.

Holidays, kid fics, general fluff, fall, etc.

[cicinicole-14]

1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27 for the number thing :)

1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?*

um, in the greys fandom I do not get jaggie or crowen. oh my god also super girl fandom, I don't get supercat, I'm sorry. I just...why?

3. Have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion?

oh most definitely...

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?*

yep... captain swan thanks :)

6. Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?*

I wouldn't say hated it but I disliked some pairings before and now I'm like aye I understand the hype yas

7. Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?*

captain swan...

8. Have you received anon hate? What about?*

yes, and mainly about my writing which is to be expected...

9.Most disliked character(s)? Why?

oh man... here we go. Meredith Grey; I find her to be a self-centered bitch 99% of the time I have such a love hate relationship with her because sometimes I hate her but the last episode I liked her kinda... um, mayonnaise; because OOOOUUUUU DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED. he is a misogynistic white frat boy who has no respect for anyone let alone women and belittles kara his at the time girlfriend. you don't fucking belittle and abuse ur girlfriend. he owned slaves too. he is demeaning. he never wanted to be a hero. he doesn't have a hero complex. and he's just a fucking asshole in general... who else since I'm heated af? ou light me up. fucking James Peterson(?) Patterson(?) idfk. he was a useless character in private practice. and I'm glad Amelia broke up with him. James Olsen on super girl. I know. come at me. I think his character is literally the most useless character ever. he dated Lucy, even tho we know she was in love with the danvers sisters don't even deny it she was so gay. then he pined over kara and still is and also hated lena but now has a thing™ for her? what the actual fuck. also his storylines are useless. woohoo ur superman bff, go back to metropolis jimmy. don't run around in tin foil and pretend to be a hero... *eye roll* fucking will la Montagne jr aka crawfish, boy your wife is gay for her unit chief. let her have the kids bc ur an alcoholic and a stupid head thanks. 

10. Most disliked arc? Why?

@supergirl @cw the “I'm just a person trying to get away from my evil family. I've saved the world multiple times. I'm not a villain” and then turns them into a villain. ok no actual arcs tho? probably um, I really don't know. I'm a sucker for a lot of arcs. not cool with incest, or OH OH literally the arc “breaking up over children” @ cw again. because don't you queer bait me with the biggest, gayest wedding and then have them split before I ever get to see it. fuck you buddy pal sir.

19. What is the one thing you hate most about your fandom?

um, I think the hate we have for actors *cough cough* don't be mad at floriana for dropping the cw like a hot potato its the smartest move she could make *cough cough* 

20. What is the purest ship in the fandom?

purest? they all are in their own ways. like sanvers is so new and bubbly and so in love with each other. supercorp is so oblivious. peraltiago is so healthy and in love. um um um jolex is just so strong. ugh I could go on. 

21. What are your thoughts on crack ships?

crack ships, I used to never understand them. I do now. I like them a lot. they keep tings light when things get heavy. 

22. Popular character you hate?

we went over this in 9. please refer to 9. 

23. Unpopular character you love?

ou, um, hm. Lucy Lane. she’s like the only character I can think of rn. and a lot of people are hating on maggie rn too but I love her. and um, idk. most characters are loved so? if lena is unpopular and unloved by others, well I love her. 

26. Most shippable character?

um, tbh, I ship Lucy lane with a bunch of characters. like when I read certain pics, if a sanvers fic has karolson bg ship in it I won't read but like Lucy has been in a few and like I love her with everyone tbh. I ship her with kara, Alex, Alex and maggie, Vasquez, astra. she's super flexible in bed in my mind to be with anyone tbh. I wished she got a better partner on sg. like I hope she comes back and will help Alex mend her broken heart bc I am all for that. 

27. Least shippable character?

um, rn, I would say jo Wilson. I only see her with Alex. there is no one else for her. theres no one else I would want her with no matter what. like thats it. I will say the same for maggie sawyer. like even tho I ship her with Alex and Lucy sometimes, I consider that kinda a crackship because I know it won't ever happen and like maggie I only ship with Alex. like there isn't anyone else for her. Alex is her everything. 

nonnie, thank you so much for these! they were awesome. you're my hero. also not sorry for the heatedness. come at me. fight me. some characters I just really hate.

[captainsuperhorse]

thegirlinthefandom

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“I’m not going to defend the rest of the cast, but I still believe in...”

I cosplayed supergirl at sdcc and everyone told me how much I looked like her, complimented me, took pictures with me and kids smiled at me and it made me confident and happy because I got to be supergirl for a day. But I'm also bisexual and hc-ing Kara as bisexual meant a lot to me so that video hurts... this isn't meant to be mean I'm just explaining how it affected lgbt+ people who possibly identified with her. Is Melissa going to be a Supergirl for only straight girls or is she for us too?

Firstly, I’d like to say good job on the cosplay, that’s really cool. I hope you posted pictures. For the record, I also headcanon Supergirl as bi-sexual, and am a giant piece of SuperCat trash lol. I’m not saying it didn’t sting, it did, even me, and I see a lot of myself in many of the characters on the show. Melissa is Supergirl for everyone, she’s proven that time and time again, did we forget about the scene where she acted out (probably multiple times to get it right for us) where she hugged Chyler Leigh’s character Alex and said “I’ll get the alien, you get the girl”? What I’m saying and I’ll say it again if I have to, is A: I still feel that this was pushback from them about how the community has treated them. Constantly pushing it in their faces, and then being rude when they don’t get their way. It’s frankly childish how many people in the fandom have acted, specifically the SuperCorp and Karamel sides of the fandom. To the point of harassing Chris Woods and even Melissa Benoist (or even just talking shit about them here on Tumblr which is bad enough in my opinion.) just because they didn’t show up to a con after a bombing happened in the same area. B: Also, I do feel that it was brave of them to do this. We as a community should not get so offended by a joke, and a relatively tame one at that.  I have anecdotal evidence from back when I wrote fanfiction about me doing this exact same thing to a friend/fan when he asked why I didn’t have any regular human male characters in my fic and I straight up said “because that’s fucking boring” after he had hounded me about it for two hours as to why I HAD to represent him and his gender in my story. Sound familiar? And just because it’s a man, doesn’t give me the right to say that his concern is invalid, it’s still valid, and quite honestly, the SG cast didn’t say anything nearly as blatantly offensive as what I said, and I’m not even famous. Every community of some sort has been the butt of a joke at one point or another, now, I do agree that there is crossing a line, but this wasn’t it. Being gay is never going to be normalized if every time anyone does anything to remotely represent us that we force them to walk on eggshells to the point where a simple joke ruins their career. They weren’t talking about the LGBTQ+ Community as a whole, they were saying that the SuperCorp shippers need to stop shoving their ship in their faces. Hell, we make fun of straight people, white people, cis people, and everyone else all the time on this site, and everywhere else. It’s not fair of us to make fun of them, and they can’t do it back, that’s a double standard. We also shouldn’t expect other people to represent us, we should represent ourselves. I know so many artists here on tumblr, and the rest of the internet who could be doing more to represent us and themselves, but they don’t do it. I still believe that this was nothing more than them saying “this isn’t going to happen.” to those radical fans out there who take this shipping thing a little too far and cross that boundary between fun shipping and just being obnoxious about it. This community would’ve been upset no matter how this was said, because the tumblr community and the internet as a whole seems to have this hard on for finding reasons to demonize celebrities at any opportunity they get. Exhbit A: Your fave is problematic. Tumblr is the same place where the Steven Universe fandom drove a girl to near suicide because she didn’t draw their favorite character the right way. That is fucking disgusting. (I’m not saying everyone has done that, hold your mouse clicking finger from the Ask button.) The point here is that the community is just as much to blame for this situation and honestly, if it was me, I wouldn’t put up with the behavior either if I was the creator of this show. If we want to expect more from the people in the public eye, then the public needs to be better too, and so far we have shown that we aren’t. I don’t see people making apologies to Melissa and Chris about their death threats, or booing Chris’s character at event. Which is just as rude and awful. This community could’ve behaved far better, this could’ve happened and we all could’ve had a good laugh out of it, and maybe even been like “well Karamel is stupid, nyehhh” like we would with our friends. (At least I would but that’s how I act around my friends and we make fun of each other on a daily basis for basically everything about each other, because all of us know that at the end of the day its just for fun and joking around.) But they didn’t. They chose to act like kids on a playground and go tell the teacher instead of talking it out like adults. Now, if this behavior from them continues, and they make more jokes that are worse or whatever, yeah, tell them to fuck off. But one strike is not enough for me to condemn them.