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Thinking about how autistic Kara Zor-El is on this beautiful day.

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I don't begrudge My Adventures With Superman for doing its own thing with Kara's backstory (a lot of the choices they've made have been interesting), but I am still disappointed to not have an adaptation that emphasizes that she remembers life on Krypton.

That said, I am disappointed they decided to shove Jimmy and Kara into a romance in literally the first episode they met. G-d I hate "characters have known each other for eight hours and are in love" storylines. But, again, the pacing of this show is all over the place.

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My Adventures With Superman is paced so quickly except for these last approx. 3 episodes.

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Kara coming to My Adventures With Superman! Let's go!!!!!

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Supergirl 6.15 deleted scene

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Finally got to writing that Behrad and Kara are best friends fic!

“Your brother better not be corrupting my little sister.” Alex says. “How do you know your sister isn’t the one corrupting my baby brother?” Zari asks, eyes on her phone as she texts and walks. “Because Kara doesn’t do drugs.” Alex can’t even get Kara to take anxiety meds. “Sure, girl, whatever you wanna think.” OR No Powers. Kara and Behrad are roommates AU. And everyone is working to heal. It just takes time.

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MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN | Official Poster | Premieres July 6th

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When Kara solar flares, she has to readjust to how her body works.

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3, 6, 7, 8, and 18 for the ask game

3. Screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on Tumblr It's hard to choose the worst take. There have been so many! I'm going to have to go with the one that basically said Lena's pessimism and cynicism was actually "thinking realistically" and that it was better than Kara's (albeit sometimes naive) optimism. That one really made me question why this person was watching a show about Supergirl, a character who is a symbol of hope and optimism.

6. Which ship fans are the most annoying? Not going to lie, I think most ship fans are annoying? Even for ships I'm neutral on or even like. But, yeah, it's the Kara and Lena ones if I had to choose the "most" annoying. Some of you are lovely, but the majority and their overwhelming loudness are annoying. I'm sorry.

7. What character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them? This one is interesting because most characters that I hate I already hated (or at least disliked) in canon and then the fandom was also annoying about them. So that disqualifies a lot of characters I hate. I think the only character that might qualify for this one is Maggie. I was pretty neutral on her, but fandom's insistence that she MUST be Alex's one true love and is the best Alex love interest definitely soured her to me. (see my answer to #18)

8. Common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about That Lena acting the way she did in the later seasons was out of character. Everything that had been set up in canon suggested otherwise. And while the execution of that storyline was shaky at best; it wasn't out of character. Shame the show didn't capitalize on Lena coming to terms with having been harmed and having caused harm herself. I know this is asking for one, but I will be getting on my little soapbox to say: Kara isn't portrayed as stupid in the show. You can complain that she isn't shown being a scientist (fine, and from a worldbuilding perspective she 100% should have been tech savvy) but she's not shown as stupid (or at least no more stupid than any other character due to writing mishaps). She is consistently portrayed as someone with a lot of emotional intelligence, as well as someone who is very skilled in various areas of the humanities. She wins a Pulitizer! She is highly regarded in the field of journalism. That takes intelligence! The complaint should be that she wasn't shown as tech and science savvy, not that she wasn't shown as intelligent.

18. It's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on... KELLY OLSEN! This fandom showed her so little appreciation and acted like she was (at best) a consolation prize if Alex couldn't be with Maggie. Kelly is her own well-rounded character, not just Alex's love interest (even if she was clearly brought on with that in mind). Fandom truly slept on Blind Spots and given the way this fandom acts with black characters and actors, that episode should have been a huge wake-up call. Kelly is great and I adore her.

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🔥 choose violence ask game 🔥

the character everyone gets wrong

a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

worst discord server and why

which ship fans are the most annoying?

what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

worst part of canon

worst part of fanon

number of fandom-related words you've filtered

the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

worst blorboficiation

that one thing you see in fics all the time

that one thing you see in fanart all the time

you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

there should be more of this type of fic/art

it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

part of canon you found tedious or boring

part of canon you think is overhyped

your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

ship you've unwillingly come around to

topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

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DC Pride: Through the Years #1 - “Supergirl #19” (2023)

written by Steve Orlando & Vita Ayala art by Jamal Campbell

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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anon requested: kara danvers + button downs

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Sasha Calle as Kara Zor-El The Flash (2023) dir. by Andy Muschietti

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a character can be as perceptive and insightful and intellectually curious as you can possibly imagine the fucking second they show signs of being a little rowdy or boisterous or just generally being cheerful and physically fit they instantly get slapped with the “dumbass” stamp because the faceless masses of general fandom trends still haven’t progressed beyond the immovable jock vs nerd dichotomy i guess

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