#convo : mon el

[occidentaltourist]

Inspired by a convo with @disquietiswhatitis. :) Maybe add your second choice in the tags.

[girlofxsteel]

"I’ll have a glass of white wine,” she muttered softly. Kara shielded her face momentarily to escape the warning glare from the bartender. The last time she had been in Al’s Dive Bar she may have single handedly destroyed the juke box with an overzealous jab of the finger. A few too many special cocktails spelled death for the radio star. Her fingers drummed against the bar top as she watched her their booth to open. Where better to discuss the events that had led to his return properly without interruption. 

@fxreignprince​

[ccfvillains]

Lex’s footfalls were quiet as he approached his henchman. 

“Non-El? Progress report. How is our little plan coming along?”

@princexofdaxam​

[donovanallen]

→ @ofdaxamprince​

Don looked up slightly startled at the stranger speaking to him. Oh, he thought to himself, this guy obviously has mistaken me for someone who worked here. Don doesn’t know if he should be flattered or downright offended. Biting his lip, he sighed, “look, I’m not an employee, but the chips are right over there,” he said pointing to the junk food aisle. It was his own fault, he shouldn't have worn red of all things in a CVS - he’d only been in this century for a few weeks, and he already knew that.

[marcelinedeleon]

(( @princexofdaxam ))

Marceline watched the man in front of her. A sparring match is what he asked for. Letting out a sigh she pulled her lips to the side in contemplation. "Alright. I'll spar you." She said. "The D.E.O. training room should be open." She added with a nod of head.

[notsomildmanerred]

Mon-El in Supergirl 3x18

(With all that good lighting.)

[brainy-storm]

Mon-el: So, let me introduce you to Querl Brainiac 5: What do you want for grife's sake? Can't you see I'm - *turns around* Kara: Hi Querl! *time slows, hair blows around slowly* Brainiac 5:...busy. *cliche 80's love song plays in the background*

[bart-allcn]

@ofdaxamprince​ sent: “they’re totally checking you out right now.“

“you think so?” bart thought they were checking out the man next to him. maybe he was wrong. he did look pretty cute, dressed in his best shirt and jeans. “do you think i should go over and ask for their number?” his question lacked confidence and his stomach was fluttering with nerves. he needed another drink and a pep talk. where was jaime when he needed him? “maybe they’re checking you out. you have big arms ... “

[constant-eggs]

It narratively did not make sense to kill William. It was pointless shock value, really.

Meanwhile, Supergirl has this terrible habit of “killing” characters who should die, or are presumed dead, of retconning the deaths, and undoing everything in the process.

Here’s a list of characters who died and were brought back who probably should’ve stayed dead. Oh, and a list of characters who would have made sense to kill in this final season.

1.) Alura and Zor-El. Especially Zor-El. Their deaths fueled Kara’s motivations: being (one of) the last Kryptonians and last daughter of the house of El, reconciling her parents shitty choices (Medusa, PZ etc.). And the fact that Kara could not talk to them was heartbreaking and real. Her scenes speaking to AI Alura still stand up six years later. I don’t even remember her convos with them now that they’re alive. She should have had to finally face these traumas instead of her parents poofing back and then never interacting with her.

2.) Jeremiah. I know he died again but it was weird. I think he should’ve died in season 2 while saving Kara and Alex from Cadmus. Also maybe Alex and Kara could’ve had more than two episodes to grieve.

3.) Fucking Lex. The seven or so episodes he got in season four were great. A few were phenomenal. He was never Kara’s villain, he was Lena’s and he belonged in the ground.

People who should’ve died/or could have for real reasons.

4.) Mon-El. Should’ve died at the end of season 2. Maybe Kara doesn’t find out until season 3. Kara started facing a lot of her alien identity in S3 and what she wanted in her life from it. He didn’t need to live to accomplish that.

5.) Cat Grant. I know. I love her. But killing mentor figures on a Superhero show does serve a purpose. She gave hope speeches that inspired Kara to give hope speeches. She gave Kara her start in journalism. And the actress couldn’t stay so I think a cameo at the end of S4 during the alien hate OR in the series finale would plotwise be fulfilling.

6.) Winn in the finale instead of Brainy. I don’t know how or why, it could be figured out, but here’s what I do know: Winn and Brainy in my mind sort of traded places and lives. Winn will be coming to the present to help with every intention of going back to his family. Winn was the first person Kara shared her secret to. The first person she trusted. He used to be her best friend before they kicked that friendship to the curb. That’s my logic.

7.) Otherwise fine, Brainy. It would hurt a lot but the Superfriends remaining untouched isn’t the most realistic of things. He’s self-sacrificing, he’s close enough to Kara and the characters who matter to devastate, and he’s had tremendous character growth. And it’s hard to really see them killing another current Superfriend (also keeping in mind that every SF aside from Kara and Lena is a POC or is canon LGBT or both.) So I’m talking plot and more specifically, Kara. Killing Alex or Lena would destroy Kara (not to mention ruin their individual hard fought happy endings), killing J’onn, one of the last two green martians would be fucked up. Kelly just got to be Guardian. Nia’s future is wide open, and she hasn’t gotten enough character development, and she has a descendent, and killing her would just be…no. So yeah, Brainy’s death would make sense, but I would prefer it to be Winn if anyone.

William’s death did NOT make sense. It was distasteful. And sad in all of the real life ways and none of the plot ways. He was just tossed in the trash. Ugh.

[girlofxsteel]

Kara’s cape warped around her flailing limbs with fury to the familiar laughter that taunted her. There was no worst feeling than falling. Air rushed through the slots of her fingers as the horizon fell out of view and the twinkling lights of Central City blurred. She tensed for the impending crash but, to her surprise, her ruby red boots connected softly with the ground. Instead of a star studded view, she was met with the bright shimmering lights of her home. 

Argo City.

The market place was teeming with patrons going about their normal routines. A sea of muted colors accompanied with bright smiles. Kara’s confusion faded for a moment as she soaked up their joy. A few agape gazes awakened her self awareness; her gaze dropped down to her deeply saturated suit. Oh rao.. the tiny twinge of self conciseness beckoned to her but was quickly shooed away at the shrills chorus of surprise that echoed off a slow forming crowd. Kara navigated through it clumsily before stumbling into the root of the ruckus.

Her mouth fell agape at the vivacious behind she could spot in a crowd. Kara grabbed at two loose pieces of fabric and rushed to drape it around his shoulders. “How did you get here? And do you know that you’re naked..” unless is this another salacious fever dream?

@fxreignprince​​

[svpcrqirl-blog]

tag drop !!

[aeon-wolf]

me and my best friend find out about the finale. 

[marcelinedeleon]

Legion's Newest

(( @princexofdaxam ))

Marceline was walking to her office at the D.E.O. not really paying attention as she walked. There was a lot still on her mind, her conversation with Lena, her daughter, her Vigilantism. Bumping into someone she was snapped back to reality.

Looking at the man before her, she had seen him around the D.E.O. but never really talked to him. "Mon-El right?" She asked. "I'd ask if you were alright, but you didn't seem to budge when I bumped into you." She said.

[chanandlers]

i kept writing you off.. and you kept proving me wrong.

[marcelinedeleon]

A small smirk crossed her face. "Honestly if you wanna put me up against someone, I wouldn't might going a round or two with Supergirl. Wouldn't have to really hold back." She said. Keeping herself ready for her opponent, she didn't take her eye off of them before sending a kick, a few punches and blocking a kick.

marcelinedeleon‌:

Marceline squared up against her opponent. It may have just been some light sparring, but that didn’t mean she was gonna be relax in her stance. “You sure you want to do this?” She asked.

“You have to learn somehow. Kicking the crap out of someone on your level seems to be a good idea,” Mon el kicked his feet up. The DEO was crawling with cadet who wanted to spar and he enjoyed playing referee. 

[shatterpath]

A spontaneous, unvarnished interview with, well, me!

INKrediblySketchy: Oooh I have a random question, what made you ship AgentCorp?

Shatterpath:  

that's an excellent question! I am old school femslash (obviously) and actually prefer to find my own connections. and, frankly, the straights in the biz rarely do us justice. But anyway, i MUCH prefer to build on a glance, a moment of connection, the relief over gunfire....

And, frankly, I like Alex 1000x more than Kara. And the big ships collect more assholes and wackos, so I generally steer clear

INKrediblySketchy: (oh thank gods, I thought everyone adored Kara, she's good but I can't connect with her character)

Shatterpath:  Kara's ... okay. I don't hate her or anything, but yeah, I don't connect to her except in her context as a sister. It's one of the reasons canon grew blah for me. and Lena is so rich and complicated, no matter how they might try to dumb her down or torture her.

and like, Sanvers? Again, never HATED it, but it felt forced and they were too much alike. SNORE. and frankly, Maggie wasn't a very nice gf sometimes. some softness would have done Alex better. That's how Pyramid got started

INKrediblySketchy: Alex and Lena are both underutilized, like... I loved the idea of Sanvers , but yeah sometimes you could see it was a little off-ish

Shatterpath:  again, straights can really tell our stories. You can tell when family had a hand in it, and when they didn't.

now, the coming out saga HOLY CARP. I still can't believe we got those seven glorious episodes. particularly knowing that it was spring on Chyler literally like a week before filming. which just puts me in awe of her all the more

INKrediblySketchy: it was beautiful. Especially between the sisters, holy heck

Shatterpath:  my own coming out paralleled hers so closely, it was like a series of body blows watching it. just remembering the sheer terror of stepping into the light, TELLING people, falling in love the first time and getting your closet door kicked in. hit SO CLOSE to home. even the convo with Eliza was close. and i was lucky. My fam was all cool. a little shocked, but cool

INKrediblySketchy: I can only imagine what that must have felt like, seeing that unfold on tv...

Shatterpath:  and with a character i already loved viscerally? it was pretty emotional. And not at ALL a bad thing

INKrediblySketchy: So you found that true connection with Alex through her coming out

Shatterpath:  I have a Favorite Character Type. Tough, but fragile, soft but capable of anything, stoic and loves as deep as the ocean, sometimes in spite of themselves. Peggy Carter, Regina Mills, Alex Danvers

INKrediblySketchy: Lena Luthor?

Shatterpath:  in a way? I've thought about what drew me to Lena. I think I would have liked her okay, due to backstory and Katie, but I fell in love with her through writing her WITH ALEX

INKrediblySketchy:

Seeing their personalities and personal interests being put on opposite sides of the same goal?

Or just in general?

Shatterpath:  in 110 fics, anything I have written for Lena somehow revolves back to her and Alex. I can't help myself. i don't think I have them at odds anywhere. Not seriously anyway

INKrediblySketchy: I love hearing about people's stories with ships, like it fascinates me to no end

Shatterpath:  yeah, it was Alex for me from the moment she rappelled down that line and fussed over Kara. i started with her and Astra, because talk about TENSION, whew! That... didn't work out, ouch. Then Maggie was fascinating as Alex's boot out of the closet, but I never liked her as The Girlfriend, (and a shame for Flo, frankly.) Then... Lena. YOWZA! What a perfect foil for Alex! the aloof, lonely princess and the blue-collar knight with a heart of gold? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! My little romance-loving heart went BLOOEY

INKrediblySketchy: So many people shipped Astra and Alex, I saw the tension but never got into the ship haha. Alex and Lena though, holy heck... There's that something, and the potential that they have, what they could do together - not even strictly in the romantic sense - is really great to think about

Shatterpath:  right? and that's important to keep them interesting. i've written an insane collection for them and not even REMOTELY bored of them

INKrediblySketchy: And it's so opposite from why I like Alex and Kelly, because Kelly is calm and soft and safe, and she's wonderful. But thinking about that hint of else is just great

Shatterpath:  i think Kelly is a terrific match for canon Alex, who frankly, isn't as great as fandom Alex. because we authentically love her and canon too often casts her aside

INKrediblySketchy: It's because she's not used to her full potential, there's no room for her anymore and it hurts to see that. You beat me to it haha

Shatterpath:  so we celebrate all that she is/can be in our stories and I love that. same with Lena, frankly. i will forever loathe Man-Hell, not just for being a misogynistic, emotionally, manipulating egotistical PRICK, but because he took away from so much story and development of other characters. and Kara took HIM to Argo???? Not ALEX???? The absolute FUCK????

anyway, at least we got Brainy out of the deal

INKrediblySketchy: Same with Lena, absolutely. I cannot stand Mon-El, and it's for the exact same reasons, but then people that I am close to don't seem to get that. And I'm all for everyone having their own opinions, but talking to people and having them say "I know you don't like him but I miss seeing him on my screen etc" is jarring

Shatterpath:  the brainwashing we all get that he is the sort of ideal male is real. -shudder-

INKrediblySketchy: True, but what's jarring is that these people are part of the lgbtq+ community. And having explained why his character takes away from important, necessary storylines. It's just a bit unsettling to me. Idk

Shatterpath:  the brainwashing runs deep. one of the best success stories in queer publishing the femslash community? a straight cis dude who would get along with Man-Hell. I remember him from way back in the day. gets me hot under the collar every time. bastard...

INKrediblySketchy: Thank gods for fanfic, right? Where we can try and tell the stories that we needed to see, in ways that we enjoy

Shatterpath:  HELL YES. it's important for our community to see healthier celebrations of who we are. And there will be plenty of successes, and plenty of failures. even in our rarer pair!

INKrediblySketchy: Absolutely! What's important is that we try and we grow from our failures

-Thank you, Inky! This convo was great fun! <3