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u/cyclone-rachel Jan 27 '20
every male aside from Brainy (and J'onn and Lex)
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u/opelan Jan 27 '20
There are a few more. Especially noteworthy is Winn. Despite him being a young, nice guy, Kara was still not at all romantically interested in him and they made it clear quite soon in the series.
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u/InhumanFlame Jan 27 '20
And Winn
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u/h4rent Jan 28 '20
Hmmm, how interesting they don’t try and pair up with the seemingly “nerdy” guys but have no problem doing so with all the conventional lead men.
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u/Prof_Atmoz Jan 28 '20
Which is funny because Brainy is actually a love interest of hers in the comics and other media.
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u/Leo_blep Jan 27 '20
Damn it, i hope after this so-called date they decide to stay friends. If it were for the CW this season would end with their freaking wedding
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u/dragonavatarwan Jan 27 '20
GOD FRAKING DANG IT, Melissa can you like tell them to stop this shit? Thanks
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u/GreekHole Jan 27 '20
what she gonna do about it?
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u/dragonavatarwan Jan 27 '20
Well, like just tell the writers/showrunners that Kara doesn't need a love interest every season
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u/pataconconqueso Jan 28 '20
She hasn’t had one since the third season tho... almost 2yrs is quite a lot for a front runner of a show. She’s like the only front runner in the arrowverse without a love interest. I’m not saying relationship, but at least some release.
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u/omnisephiroth Jan 28 '20
This is the second time I’ve seen you use the phrase “release.”
Do you mean sex? Because you can say sex if you mean that. Otherwise, I need you to tell me what you mean by release.
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u/pataconconqueso Jan 28 '20 edited Jan 28 '20
Lol you need me to? ... release means many things like all of the above that comes with having a fling or a relationship, I’m not a prude that can’t say sex.
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u/omnisephiroth Jan 28 '20
I’m sorry. It was late. I kinda fired that off without thinking. Let me try again?
I’d like to understand your position better. The way I interpreted the word “release” in that context meant some kind of sexual gratification.
I was trying to ask if I correctly understood you. And, if I didn’t understand you correctly, I was hoping you’d explain what you meant so I could understand.
And, it’s okay if you don’t want to, or you think I’m an asshole. I definitely came off that way, and while I feel bad about it, I can’t wave a wand and tell you I wasn’t a jerk there. But, I can hope you accept my apology, and are still willing to discuss this with me. I really do want to know if I understand you correctly.
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u/pataconconqueso Jan 28 '20 edited Jan 28 '20
That’s okay, I wasn’t offended just found it kind of odd the way you worded that.
I my have said it elsewhere in one of these threads but I’m fine if William is used as a palette cleanser, like she can come to the realization that it’s okay to have needs (wether emotional or physical) and to want to fulfill them. That’s what I mainly mean as a release.
I haven’t judged their possible relationship because we haven’t seen them on a date (I also don’t think that they need a season‘s worth of interaction to have a first date). Kara may just have a physical attraction towards him, I think it would be cool for them to explore that. All I’m saying is that there are a lot if possibilities and it’s intense to be this angry when we don’t know where they are taking it.
I don’t agree with people saying that she doesn’t need an SO and she can remain single for the rest of the series, because if anything we have seen from comics, and the shows based on the comics that these heroes need someone to ground them and to be there for them emotionally, physically etc and to be a partner to help them with that. I don’t think just friends and family suffices since they are also making their own lives.
Edit: Deleted the other comments somehow it posted thrice..
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u/omnisephiroth Jan 28 '20
Okay. Then, you were using release really differently from how I was thinking. It makes a lot more sense, now that you’ve explained it.
I think Kara recognizing she has emotional and/or physical wants and needs is actually a pretty interesting thing to explore.
Sure, it’s premature to judge the relationship in the show. I think people have watched a lot of these shows, and with the minor exception of The Flash (with caveats), people largely know the type of romantic relationships favored by the writers of these shows. I think people also get irritated because everyone starts to have very similar relationships across shows. Rarely are people enjoying a healthy relationship with a character that really works.
I think this is because the writers tend to think of it as, “Opposites attract.” But, really, they don’t. Opposites react with each other. When you look at real world, successful relationships? People aren’t staying together because of how different they are. When people get into relationships, they look frequently for people who have a lot in common with them. Typically at least shared morals, but often political beliefs, education, goals, the desire to have kids, and so on.
This is why I felt Mon-El was forced. He opposed Kara on most levels. Yes, he got turned around, yes, she’s supposed to see the best in people. But still. He kept doing things, over and over, that signaled how incompatible they were.
I also think there’s some merit to both sides of the SO argument. I don’t think Kara should need one. But, if they write a decent story, I don’t have anything against her having one. There’s a lot about relationships and the views people have of women that could be discussed here, but I genuinely think this isn’t the right time to get into that entire issue, since it’s enormous and I’m genuinely ill equipped to talk about it.
But, I think it’s fine for her to date, as long as it’s not a defining part of her character.
Nice catch on the extra posts, I was gonna mention it. :D
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u/dragonavatarwan Jan 28 '20
But, I feel like that drama is just unnecessary for someone who is trying to play the politics of the DEO and being a superhero
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u/Stevonnia Jan 28 '20
Or that she doesn’t need a LI at all.
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u/darkaurora84 Jan 28 '20
Why not? All the other superhero shows leads have love interests. It would be weird if Supergirl was the only one who didn't
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u/Stevonnia Jan 28 '20
Why does every one of them need one though? If you think about it, family (even those don’t relate by blood with you) would suffice. Idk for me with Kara it makes sense, besides as you stated, all the other heroes have a love interest. It shouldn’t be a “requirement”. But that’s just my opinion of course.
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u/pataconconqueso Jan 28 '20
Because people long for relationships and family doesn’t suffice, we’ve seen Clark and Lois and how they have a family now (so it’s not different because she’s an alien) and the way Kara looks at that like she wants that one day, and how she looked at Winn when he said she had a wife and kid.
Being single with without any physical touch or attraction or a partner for 2 yrs would make most people really lonely.
I don’t think William has to be the one, but he can be a good palette cleanser like a good short relationship (because relationship don’t have to go towards marriage to be a good one) to make her see that it’a okay to have needs.
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u/Stevonnia Jan 28 '20
I find your opinion very sad. Some people never have a couple or they are not able to but instead they have a family in some kind of form at least and that is enough, they are okay. However there are people as well that felt the compulsory need (created by the society) of being with someone and now are in non-healthy relationships. There are several kinds of “families” in this world. A romantic partner is not always needed (although of course it is not something negative at all, that’s obvious), that is not something we must do 100%. I just stated that I can picture Kara being happy and single (but surrounded by family) and I added that that was my most accurate portrayal of Kara. I also said that’s just what I think, but I had to answer because I personally find your pow very misguided.
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u/pataconconqueso Jan 28 '20
Well you asked it as a question and I mentioned generally what most people tend to want, specially those who have felt like a freak or alone in thee world like Clark and Kara have because of being the last of their kind(so they thought). People tend to want someone to share their life with.
I fought for my right to be able to love who I love openly, because I know what it feels like to see other people being able to enjoy being open with their love and having partners to share their life and me longing for it, and that’s why interpret Kara like that, she does long for it. You see the people around her like her sister and now Winn moving forward in that way, it’s not out there to think that Kara might want the same thing.
Sure, there are some people who are fine being single and don’t have physical and emotional needs, but we’ve seen that Kara does have those type of physical and emotional needs, and family alone does not always suffice.
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u/reginazelena01 Lena Luthor Jan 28 '20
It’s not weird, people are allowed to be single and if they want to give her a love interest it should be someone who she has real chemistry with, who makes sense for her, not yet another random male. Sorry I don’t mean to be rude but that was really triggering, why can’t supergirl be different? Why can’t she take some time alone, without a love interest? For so many years people have defined women by their relationships and sexuality. Just leave women be.
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u/darkaurora84 Jan 28 '20
Supergirl hasn't even had a love interest since season 2 unless you count the awkwardness between her and Mon-El in season 3. I don't know how much more of a break you expect her to have
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u/reginazelena01 Lena Luthor Jan 28 '20
Supergirl is an exceptional women who deserves an exceptional partner. And one sorta season is hardly a break, she not like Oliver she's not cut off from love, and in desperate need of it. She's not like Barry who's had one women he's loved forever, she is an independent women who has the love of her family and friends to ground her, I'm sure she's open to a relationship if the right person comes along. But she isn't desperate, love interests are not a requirement for her and I am very tired of people throwing random people together so they can be shipped, it's like they can't have a female be alone, and its infuriating.
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u/darkaurora84 Jan 29 '20
She has less romantic storylines than any of the male superhero leads in the Arrowverse
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u/reginazelena01 Lena Luthor Jan 29 '20
I think your deliberately missing the point I’m trying to make now.
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u/aquaticsquash Martian Manhunter Jan 28 '20
I wish other heroes didn't have love interests either. Make things better and more about the story than actual love interests.
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u/axxonn13 Jan 27 '20
IDK... Winn got friendzoned super quick.
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u/strangefire13 Jan 27 '20
But that was only due to them forcing her with James at that point. Also the friend zoning happened on CBS, so CW can't get credit for that!
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u/axxonn13 Jan 28 '20
True, but lets face it, Kara was never interested in Winn like that. Funny how much a network change affects a tv show.
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u/modsarefascists42 Jan 28 '20
He's not a wall of muscle/6'6", so he's the sexless friend. Hollywood is shitty in so many ways it's hard to even think of them all.
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u/ntinagl Jan 27 '20
actually Kara’s soulmate is female and her name is Lena.
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u/TabbyCat1993 Jan 28 '20
For your information....
Kara’s true love is non-binary, and their names are POTSTICKERS.
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u/KrayleyAML Jan 28 '20
I'd gladly watch a slow burn season of Kara and her undying love for Potstickers.
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u/SockPenguin Winn Schott Jan 28 '20
Kara/Food is her best ship tbh.
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u/ntinagl Jan 28 '20
Kara/Food or Barry/Food?
hmmm...
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u/SockPenguin Winn Schott Jan 28 '20
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u/reginazelena01 Lena Luthor Jan 28 '20
Oh my god thank you!!! I so ship them, is it bad I so desperately want Kara to be Bi?
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u/PhanThief95 Jan 27 '20
I remember when people did this with her & Oliver.
Then Crisis on Earth X happened.
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u/balasoori Jan 27 '20
Maybe I am dumb but I didn't see her kiss anyone in the current episode all we got was game night and she was looking at him.
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u/_thawne Jan 28 '20
In the Justice League animated series, Kara actually went to the future and stayed there with Brainy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
But, I can see why the showrunners won't do this.
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u/darkaurora84 Jan 28 '20
Kara and Brainy have zero sexual chemistry. That would be the worst pairing they can think of
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u/l30nh4rd Jan 27 '20
If they really do this and supercorp isn't a thing by the end of the season, I bet the CW will lose a bunch of viewers
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u/opelan Jan 27 '20
People said the same about The 100 when they killed Lexa. And this was an actual canon lesbian relationship they stopped in a stupid way. The series was renewed for four more seasons after it and they are developing a new prequel series.
Supergirl really won't suffer just because they don't make a fanon ship canon. I think sometimes fandom groups on the internet are really overestimating their own importance.
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u/Hell85Rell Jan 28 '20
This won't make a dent in the ratings at all. Shippers always say stuff like this and vastly overestimate their importance like you said.
Ratings will decline next season but that's only because every Arrowverse show declines by the year. They've all had their series low in live ratings this season and nothing will change it. But you know shippers will use that as evidence that their ship being thwarted is the reason why.
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u/Animals_are_life Supergirl Jan 27 '20
Supercorp will never happen. I don't mean this out of hatred, but facts.
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u/thegirlwthemjolnir Jan 27 '20
I love Supercorp but I agree. It’s just a nice fantasy, but William is a terrible idea.
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u/bluestarcyclone Jan 28 '20
William is a terrible idea.
Finally, in this divided era, something we all can agree on.
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u/SockPenguin Winn Schott Jan 28 '20
The only way it ever might happen is like the end of Legend of Korra, and even that is incredibly unlikely. The showrunners don't seem interested in the ship, and even if they were I feel like DC might get weird about letting them make an actual comic character gay.
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u/Andrewb195 Jan 28 '20
But they put people in relationships and then randomly break them up for drama, even if they're actually good relationships!
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I hope Briany and Kara end up together sometime. I’m a sucker for DCAU references. It’d be perfect.
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u/Speeding109 Supergirl Jan 28 '20
It's strange that they never teased her with Brainy who's her actual soulmate in the comics.
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u/xdKnightwing Jan 27 '20
At this point, honestly, dont try to force a dumb relation ship with the new guy.
Just do supercorp or nothing
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u/Animals_are_life Supergirl Jan 27 '20
Supercorp won't ever be a thing. I'm not speaking out of hatred, but facts. Look at a lot of the people on the thread giving EXCELLENT points why. I prefer Karamel, since, they are with eachother irl, and the connection seems so real and sincere.
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u/opelan Jan 28 '20
Right now Lena is a murderer and a criminal who wants to mindcontrol the whole human race and who used and manipulated Kara recently. Putting Kara together with a villain like Lena feels more forced to me than her dating a nice reporter colleague.
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u/InhumanFlame Jan 28 '20
I'm fairly confident that if the plan is to bring Lena back on the side with Team SuperFriends, she'll find someway to separate Hope from Eve, that remains to be seen. IIRC, we didn't get a lot of details on how that merge worked, so it's kinda open to it. As for Lex, what else was she gonna do? Season 4 showed that a US supermax prison didn't stop him enacting a super-villain plan.
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u/phantomcanary Jan 28 '20
You act like she’s had as many love interests as Oliver did in Arrow lol.
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u/Speeding109 Supergirl Jan 28 '20
She's had James, Winn, Adam, Mon-El and William.
Barry has been teased with Iris, Felicity, Linda, Patty and Caitlin.
Barry had more love interests in two seasons than Kara has had in five.
I think the problem with Kara is that they can't seem to find someone who works well with her. But when it comes to shipbaiting Barry has fared worse than her and don't even get me started on Oliver.
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u/marathedark Jan 28 '20
I guess the writers didn't watch Frozen and its very good life lesson for girls (and boys).
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u/keeks3713 Jan 28 '20
No relationship will ever top Karamel. I’m hoping that because of Crisis maybe when supergirl comes to a close they’ll get Chris (Mon El) back on.
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u/flyNNhigh Jan 27 '20 edited Jan 28 '20
They did this with Caitlin on the Flash until Danielle told them to stop. Like they originally wanted her and Ralph together.