honestly i think what made the supergirl movie so special for me was supergirl herself.leaving aside the valid criticism about the movie, this is the first time kara zor el is on screen, not a happy go lucky female version of supergirl (no hate to the cw supergirl! theres so many people who love her and thats totally cool.its just that thats not kara zor el)
and its the first time in a long while that im seeing a messy, emotional woman in a major movie who doesnt have to be fixed.shes allowed to be angry and fucked up and gross and kinda lame.shes not forced into the box of being 'good representation/empowering for women' and thats why she is good representation and empowering for women!!
shes angry and shes ready to hurt people for her dog (her best friend, the last piece she truly has of her home, the only companion she had on a long, lonely journey) shes alone, she cant express her pain, and i think the main message about her character i can take away from the movie is that shes painfully, desperately lonely and she thinks she deserves it.she has a bad case of survivors guilt ("i am just one tiny life, why does it matter if i live or die") and its tearing her apart.
i think everything else about the movie i can accept, just because of how beautifully Kara Zor-El was made.shes beautiful in the way broken pieces of glass are beautiful


















