This is damn weird.

Look I don't think Supergirl (2026) is secretly a perfect masterpiece or anything (I personally thought it was like. a 6/10 fun time) but I do think it's wild that Tumblr isn't going crazy for it because this Kara is one coattailed suit away from being a Tumblr sexyman. she is the flawed messy female character people have supposedly been clamouring for. she's the popular archetype of a gruff self-destructive alcoholic middle-aged man begrudgingly having to look after a kid and growing fond of them but genderswapped and also 23. she's allowed to be visibly messy and kind of gross and her hair is constantly all over the place and she literally cries, screams, throws up, and pisses onscreen. she's caustic and mean and puts up an act of carelessness but has a heart of gold. she's heavily traumatised and coping with it terribly. if anything happens to her dog she will kill everyone in this room and then herself. she spends most of the movie in a trench coat and baggy band T-shirt. she gets into bar brawls and breaks a guy's hand. she is Going Through It 24/7 and looks the part. she stabs a guy in the throat. how is everyone else not obsessed with her.

everyone eat more vegetables NOW!!! and mention the last vegetable you ate in the tags so we're all on the buddy system. I'll start: bok choy

Kara who saw her parents wither away. Kara who carries the grief of an entire planet. Kara who doesn't share that grief with her cousin, because she thinks he could never understand. Kara who holds Krypto like her heart, because he is the only piece of her Krypton that is still alive. Kara who will tarnish her soul so Ruthye doesn't have to. Kara who has every reason to scream, cry and break things, but chooses to stay and make Earth her home because she also has many reasons to find again the happiness she lost. That is a Kara that I love.

ok. the hate for supergirl 2026 is already getting exhausting. sure, it didn’t reinvent the genre or anything, and as someone who loves the Woman of Tomorrow comic i had a few nitpicks, but really what did people expect? it was a good movie. it was solid. i had fun!!! and milly alcock was phenomenal as kara. man, there were some action sequences where i teared up a little, simply because she’s freaking COOL. seeing a character like that on the big screen means a lot to women and young girls. ngl it makes me sad to see people react this harshly (many having gone into the film assuming they wouldn’t enjoy it, mind you - if you’re looking for things to dislike, then guess what? you’re gonna find them!) and be so cynical about the future of the dcu. the movie had heart as well as humor, and overall i thought it did a great job introducing kara to the dcu.