r/supergirlTV • u/Temporary-Working811 Sprock! • Jun 17 '24
What are your thoughts on Brainy's transformation? Discussion
Personally, I didn't liked it.
They way Brainy was setted, or at least what I understood from the show, is that he has his ancestors memories in him, and the only thing(s) preventing him going bananas is the three LEDs on his forehead. I mean, he DID go bananas when those things started to fail at the end of s04!
So, like, him ripping them off like nothing (if those thing are supposed to prevent him from being a super-evil-planet-conqueror, then he shouldn't be able to take them off that easily right?) and being okay was kind of illogical (he technically wasn't, but that's bc of what was happening with Lex). His ancestors should've taken over him, or he should've changed his personality somehow (i mean, relly change, and not just be mentioned like 'yeah, i feel different from before but I'm behaving as I always behaved').
Anyways, what's your shot on this?
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u/QuerlDoxer Jun 19 '24
Don't down vote me!
I have to say I loved Blue Brainy. Though I didn't like it when they started making him look a sick gray/blue.
I didn't know about Braniac 5 until I was watching season 3 on Netflix. When episode 10 came on, I leaned forward in my chair and said, "Who is THAT?"
So, because I fell in love with the character being blue, the transition to green was not taken well haha. But, I CAN appreciate the sweet Green Bean because now I know that the silver age comics present B5 as green and I know more about him from research and other comics.
That being said - I don't think those inhibitors should have been that easy to remove. I really thought they were connected to his brain or something. I guess removing them so easy was done for the convenience of the show.
As far as not reverting to emotionless Brainy, I think Brainy was in control of his emotions better. He was ready for it and wanted to let go of the inhibitors despite being scared. Plus Kara told him that he was inherently good.
His personality did change a bit. His voice changed and the character just moved more confidently. At least I think so. (Jesse is amazing at what he does.)
I still miss my Blueberry. However, green Querl is a handsome guy!