#in this episode of 'Cat goes the extra mile and makes something super cool and nice that I could gush about for hours'

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I say it checks out. Made with love– Helena-mun <3

//...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! The love is felt, immensely so.

I gotta agree, this seems like it checks out. Do you?

[ruffiorocks]

Winn and how he is underrated but a true hero! Not all heroes wear capes! 

Soooo moving away from my negativity for a while 😅. (well almost!) I began to realize that Winn is such an underrated character.

We spend all our time usually talking about Kara and Lena, or Kara and Mon El. But not many people talk about Winn.

Let's take a look:

Winn was there from the very first episode. He's basically everything you expect James Olsen to be but better!

Kara instantly trusted Winn and told him her secret. He must have already proved to be an amazing best friend for her to trust him with that!

Winn thought Kara was coming out as gay to him, (now ignoring the fact he said that must be why she wasn't into her 😑) he was like 'that's great news!'

Winn immediately started to help Kara get started with becoming a hero.

Winn has mad sewing skills and started to make Kara different costumes. (Even if the first one was a little provocative, don't tell me you weren't looking at Kara's abs like Winn was! )

Winn found a way to listen to police scanners and even helped Kara start out with small car chases.

Winn set up an unused room at CatCo so the Superfriends had somewhere to do their super stuff. 

Winn hacked the DEO serves to help Alex find out what happened to her father, even though he wasn't thrilled about it and the consequences it could have. 

During the earthquake in season 1 and Kara lost her powers, Winn managed to get the CatCo servers up and running and managed to get Cat on a live feed to give people hope. 

Winn saw how close Kara and James remained even though Lucy was back. He did have a go at Kara, which wasn't cool. But he was right in how she shouldn't have still been acting so close with James, and vice verser. 

Winn was able to disable Indigo with a virus while she was chocking him!

Winn did all the technical sleuthing that the others couldn't. Discovering things about Maxwell, when Cats emails were released etc. 

Even though Siobhan was a bitch, Winn still tried to comfort her after she was fired. He even stood by her and took her to the DEO to find out more about her powers. Even when she became Silver Banshee he didn't stop trying to convince her to stop or offering his support.

Winn did act butt hurt when Kara rejected him, but he got over it really quickly and made up with her and he moved on like a grown up. 

When Barry turned up, Winn was so excited to learn about the Multi Verse and help him get home. Unlike a certain someone who was jealous, oh and Winn instantly saw that jealousy. 

Winn put himself between Sliver Banshee and Cat when she came to get her from Cat Co. 

Alex asked Winn to come and help at the DEO, he proved himself and was formally invited to join. 

Winn made Kara and Clark Anti Kryptonite shields for their suits. 

Mon El did manage to convince Winn to leave the DEO against Jonn’s orders, but Winn was a good friend to Mon El, one he defiantly needed! Even if he did teach Mon El a few phrases that led Mon El to call Kara’s mum a babe! Mon El needed another friend who wasn't Kara trying to tell him how to live his life!

Winn found out that James was being a vigilante, instead of telling on him, Winn confronted him at CatCo. After hearing James’ lame excuse about needing to be a hero, Winn  initially reused to have anything to do with it because James would just get himself killed. Unfortunately, because ‘reasons’ Winn changed his mind. 

Winn and Lena always worked really well together. 

Winn refused to take any s**t from an over demanding James and gave him a right talking to! 

James wasn’t capable of fighting crime without Winn as the ‘man in the van’. 

Winn didnt want to hide the fact that he and James were fighting crime from Kara, but James told him they should because she would stop them. 

When Guardian was framed for murder, Winn said they should stop! But James said they shouldn't. 

Winn really is talked out of doing the right thing by James and his peer pressure. That is until he finally caved and told Alex. Even though she threatened him, that was probably an immense relief that someone responsible and with actual credibility now knew what these two fools (yes Winn to) were up to. 

When James let a criminal get away from him, Winn, even though he had no suit or protection jumped out of the van to stop him! This was both brave and stupid. But this here is the mark of a true hero, albeit a foolish one. Winn was severely traumatized, something James didnt really acknowledge. Later Winn had to go to another planet to help rescue Kara and Mon El. He was TERRIFIED and he told Alex why but he had his orders and went anyway! He even managed to win a fight and get the portal working while scared to death. This right here is true heroism! 

Winn  wanted to tell Kara, he kept getting more and more traumatized but James still said no. Winn, even though he was stressing the f**k out with all the pressure still didnt betray his friends trust. 

Kara recognized that Winn was a hero long before he started to be ‘the man in the van’. She even told him this when she learned hat he and James had been doing.

Winn was able to keep up with Brainy and even figure things out that he couldn't. 

Winn was the one who figured out the footage of Lena with Kryptonite was in fact doctored footage. Even though he was initially convinced there was nothing wrong with it (regrettably so) he still kept working on it at Kara’s request. 

Winn taught himself to read Kryptonian because he was bored! 

Winn managed to fix Mon El’s suit when he came back from the future. 

Winn has no issue in showing his obvious crush on Superman. 

Winn is a fab singer! 

Winn has absolutely no issue with women saving him. Kara, Alex and Lyra. 

Winn had no issue dating an alien who didnt look altogether human. 

Winn made Alex a suit (without her having to ask or demand i might add!) because he thought it was unfair that Kara and Jonn could do things Alex couldn't and he wanted her to be safe and have a better fighting chance!

Winn is damaged and had an awful home life, but he managed to find a new family. He has a papa bear, two sisters and a brother now. 

Alex Danvers was so heartbroken Winn was leaving that she burst into tears! 

Winn was so smart and had such a rep in the future that he was asked to join the Legion and go to the future.

There is probably loads more i could add but i think this sums it all up. Winn is under appreciated. He is the one who does basically all the tech work, comes up with the weapons and the suits and figures out most of the mysteries that need to be unraveled. 

Without Winn, Kara would have been lost and screwed. The DEO would ave taken much longer to figure things out. James would never have been able o become Guardian (oh no what a shame ) Cat Co would never have been able to get up and running to give people hope. Oh and in the future Winn is curing fatal epidemics. 

Winn helps save the world, helps keep the DEO agents and Kara,oh and James safe, and he does all of this while wearing a shirt, tie and a cardigan! No cape or super suit for Winn! You dont need those things to be a be a hero. Playing to your strengths, using what you have, that is what makes a hero. Winn doesn't even push to join the DEO, he’s invited. He has a messed up family background, but he manages to find himself a new family he would protect till the end. He is severely traumatized but he still goes and does the on thing that scares him the most so he can save Kara and Mon El. 

Winn is probably the most selfless character on the show (accept brainy). Nothing he does is to grandiose himself, or put himself in the spot light. He doesn't feel he has the right to put on a cape and act like a prat because everyone else around him is. He supports his friends, even if what they are doing is stupid, but he has the sense to tell them its stupid. He even went the extra mile to support  his girlfriend up until the point she became bad, but even then he kept trying. Winn had no way to fight Silver banshee or Livewire, but he still placed himself in front of Cat to protect her. Winn was the sensible friend who pointed out that flirting with someone who has a girlfriend, or being the flirt with the girlfriend was a bad thing to do!  He uses his free time to create new devices and suits to keep all of his friends and the world safe from harm. He does all of this without asking for anything, other than if the DEO has a dental plan!! 

Winn is a true hero!!