Justice for Mon-El

But it’s so beautiful.

It’s beautiful opening any post from the Supergrl official Instagram or Twitter and see hundreds of people asking about Mon-El and Karamel with this hashtag.

They recently asked fans to send questions for SDCC and they got a lot of comments about it (https://www.instagram.com/p/BlLjhsQgEXO/ and https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl/status/1017823476919537664).

It would be funny if they hadn’t betrayed us Karamells and taking the best ship ever from us.

You might have seen this Mon-El / Karamel mention that is circulating in social media. It’s from the SDCC magazine.

So it wasn’t a 2-year arc? Or was it? Also that excuse is BS. Contracts can be extended. And Mon-El does not belong in the future. Brainy does.

I’m sorry, darling. It’s being hard lately.

Also I’m more in twitter and instagram right now. Every time I get angry or sad about Karamel I go there and send a message about #JusticeForMonEl or like/ retweet. It helps. I plan to keep on tweeting about this until the very end of the show.

Because right now still feels like a break up. I was talking with another Karamell and she was feeling the same. Like someone dumped you with no explanation and you can’t cope with the withdrawal because you are remembering the good bits.

I’m still mourning, between the stages of anger and sadness. I cannot finish my story or read fanfiction, I cannot watch old episodes. It’s too soon yet.

But the one thing I won’t do anymore is posting about anything non Karamel or non Mon-El related to the show. I’m not giving my support to Supergrl unless they get him back. I feel betrayed.

Mon-El Appreciation Week-Day 6

I have many favourite quotes from Mon-El:

“Who would have thought? A boy from Daxam and a girl from Krypton, working together.” 2x04

“Nothing is stopping us.” 2x13

“I love you. With everything I have, I love you.” 2x16

“That woman, is the best thing that has happened to me, the best thing I know.” 2x16

“Wherever I go, I’m going to be the man that you thought I could be, I promise.” 2x22

“But what I felt for Kara… It was… It was just…” 3x13

“I can’t help her, I can’t hold her.” 3x17

“I’m very fond of your daughter.” 3x21

But my two absolute favourites are these:

“As long as you are safe.” 2x17

“It was okay that I was gonna die because I got to kiss you.” 2x10

Favorite platonic relationships -

Apparently I can’t stop with today’s theme

MONWINN!!!!! My favorite hero nerds in space!!!

I think Winn is probably the first friend Mon-El ever had who just liked him for him, and not because of his status or what he might be able to do for them (how many people do you think were constantly sucking up to the royal family on Daxam?). And Winn’s also the first person he meets on Earth who isn’t like, “ugh, he’s a Daxamite.” They’ve also TOTALLY discussed their disfunctional family backgrounds at length (we got that one little throwaway line about it in Distant Sun).

One of the things I love about their friendship is that they never try to change each other and are just buddies as they are. Mon-El is a jock and an idiot puppy, and Winn is a tech and science nerd.

The only reason I am able to stomach the current situation after S3 at all is because Mon-El and Winn are our blundering around space together superheroing (and Mon-El at least has his best friends with him after making an impossible choice and walking away brokenhearted, again).

(Oh and also, I love this trio, because Winn is the only one who made a real effort with Imra when she showed up, and he’s absolutely going to stick his nose in the middle of all their arguments and I love this)

And THESE TWO killing me with every scene.

The way Mon-El and J'onn’s friendship organically evolved was one of my favorite surprises of S3. I love that J'onn knows something is going on and is the one Mon-El finally spills his guts to in ‘Both Sides Now.’ J'onn is Space Dad for a reason. He’s older than the rest of them, he’s (most of the time) wiser, he has seen so much loss and grief and so many changes. And because of all of that, he’s the one who’s best-equipped to meet Mon-El where he’s at at this moment (“I’m quite familiar with the marital spat.”).

J'onn talked to Mon-El throughout the season like another grown-up now instead of just “this puppy” who’s kind of bouncing around maaaaaybe not always listening, which kind of makes me both proud and nostalgic/sad. But at the same time, he’s not above calling him “young man” and lecturing him.

Plus, you don’t think Space Dad gives just anyone the keys to the car, do you?

Mon-El Appreciation Week-Day 5

There are many reasons why Kara and Mon-El are my favourite romantic relationship ever and I will forever dream of them finding their way back to each other and being happy superheroes protecting the world together and having Daxtonian babies.

The way they trust each other.

Their kisses.

How they learn from each other.

The way they admire each other.

They protect each other.

Them fighting together to protect the world.

How they look at each other

They make each other happy.

Their touches.

Their shared experience of stranded aliens and heroes.

Credit to the creator YouTube/CityofEpicness

Mon El Appreciation Week - Day 4

The problem with doing a post late after seeing a lot of great posts from others is that others have already mentioned most things and in a more artistic way then I am able to do.

I also love his smile, the sweet touches, his super suit, his (s)ass, his humor, his commitment to becoming a hero etc.

But the trait that I love the most was that Mon El was a very FLAWED character. That he owned it and worked hard to become the very best that he could be. That he made mistakes but never gave up. That he was perfectly imperfect.

Mon-El Appreciation Week →  Day 5 :  favorite relationship (brotp, otp… etc)  (2/3)

The only worthwhile reaction from Kara was hidden in the background. Look at her face with all the emotions! I haven’t even noticed it the first time I watched the goodbye scene.

Then close-up back to emotionless Kara.

(Side note: It’s not from the same take as the other, the background behind Kara and her hair doesn’t match.)

Then back to the wide shot to teary-eyed Kara. That’s a tear in her face and you can’t convince me otherwise.

And again nonchalant Kara in the close-up.(Different hair and backdrop)

Unfortunately, it was not their call in the end - so the showrunners, writers, the director and the editors all share in the blame! The writers and editors follow orders of the showrunners and director, so Robert Rovner, Jessica Queller and Jesse Warn are the true culprits. 

(Also I’m still so shook that he literally took his ring off and gave it to her don’t touch me)

I mean, I call TOTAL b.s. on the “it was always a two-year arc” thing - there are so many things that point to them having planned for this to be a longer arc, and then having to change course quickly due to circumstances/casting. But ANYWAY. If that’s the story they’re sticking with, and they wanted this bittersweet-type ending, I don’t GET that there was zero contact - not a hug, nothing. And I felt like, if they’re really parting ways (for now - I honestly do think Chris will be back for the series finale, if nothing else), I think it should have been a longer conversation. The last few episodes, in general, suffered from rushed storytelling. Considering that, and this catch here, I’m dying to know what wound up on the cutting room floor.

That being said - there’s a lot going on in the scene we were left with. They didn’t give Kara a ton of dialogue (beyond that great “man I admire” line), while Mon-El is literally breaking down about his place in the universe, so I think that’s why it reads as “emotionless Kara.” But Melissa does a TON with her eyes that leaves it a little open to interpretation.

Look at the blink and the swallow. Kara 100 percent knows what he’s about to say, and knows it’s going to suck.

The understanding in her eyes through the whole scene is what floors me. It’s really lovely, because they’re on equal footing now (as opposed to in S2, when she was mentoring him, or in earlier S3, when he had an experience edge in some ways). She understands and respects the choice he is making, that he has to make and knows it’s not because he doesn’t love her. She’s not going to freak out about how it’s not fair or make him feel worse than they both already do. They’re heroes. She understands.

And when she smiles - that’s not an easy smile. The edges of her mouth are forced up. She doesn’t show her teeth, it doesn’t reach her eyes, and it almost immediately falls a notch.

And finally …. well, this one. Does anybody else love Elizabethtown?

“Because we have a moment here, let me tell you that I have recently become a secret connoisseur of ‘last looks’. You know the way people look at you when they believe it’s for the last time? I’ve started collecting these looks.”

I can add some evidence that the scene was edited. The screencaps from the script that you have below make clear that the original version mentioned them as star crossed lovers, regret of their paths not aligning and a hint at them crossing again.

I believe that something happened (the last rumour I heard is a new big player decided to get Mon-El out of the show against the CW and everyone else’s wishes and either they ended their story or offered Chris a recurring role that he didn’t want) so they had to edit the scene because this was decided at the very last minute. Karamel was written as endgame and Mon-El story had not ended. It’s very strange that they will have Winn during next season but not Mon-El.

I hope that karma will bite them and ratings will show how loved Mon-El is. He deserved better #JusticeForMonel

@msclockwatcher @chriswoodfandom @peggystormborn @aprincessofdaxam @karadavers @thoughtsfromaclutteredbrain @ninjagoat @taurusclh @madeunmexico I saw the screencaps before the episode was aired and talked about them here https://emarasmoak.tumblr.com/post/175057563543/same-anon-as-before-im-just-struggling-to . They have been shared in Twitter and I got permission to post them

Also, here’s the full star-crossed bit:

Andrew kreisberg was one of the EP s of the show. He got fired after like twenty people came forward accusing him of sexual harassment. This version of mon el was his creation.

So Poe goes ahead with his plan anyway. The audience respects him for doing this, because ignoring your superiors and doing what you think is right is what American action heroes do. It’s basically Captain America’s entire MO.

Anyway, Poe’s plan makes everything worse, and Holdo ends up having to make a grand sacrifice to save them.

To quote Kara …. YOU ARE OPENING THE FLOODGATES, MY FRIEND!!!

I love the way he adapts to his circumstances, and never gives up, and works through whatever grief or angst he might be feeling.

When he first lands on Earth, having woken up from stasis to discover that literally his entire world was gone, he would have had every right to just curl up in the fetal position and try to process that for the entirety of the season.

But he doesn’t. He gets up off the mat and throws himself into learning about this new world he’s now in, and finding work that suits him, and eventually, even trying to better himself - asking these big questions about, why was he spared, and what is his purpose.

And I don’t think that he doesn’t mourn for Daxam - we see him having those moments of realization and struggle, even if he immediately shoves it down under humor as a defense mechanism. But I do think that he feels, and relishes, a lot of freedom in the situation, of being able, for the first time, to make his own choices that aren’t dictated by his birthright. For being such a ruthless pragmatist at times, he’s sure got the ability to be glass-half-full on occasion.

And likewise, when he lands in the 31st century, I think he would have had every right to just - completely lose it. And we know he mourns. But he chooses to soldier on to chase after this higher purpose, to honor the ideals of those he loved, to better the world he finds himself in. And he eventually finds a way to build a home there, and make a team there, and even open himself up to love again.

I think it’s brave and it’s beautiful and it’s inspiring.

I love the way he doesn’t act like anyone is beneath him.

This is someone who was raised as literal royalty, with a great deal of privilege. But he doesn’t sneer at the idea of going into a bar and getting his hands dirty and interacting with the regular, working-class customers, and even serving the people he’s trying to get on the level with.

He doesn’t sneer at the idea of interacting with assistants or interns at CatCo or taking an entry-level position there (he didn’t fit into that role, at all, and created many disasters, but it wasn’t because he thought it was beneath him). He knows various “underlings” at the DEO, who we basically know as part of the scenery, by name.

And look at the various alien races he interacts with at the bar, or at the DEO, and he treats them all the same. Like sure, he has a knee-jerk reaction with Kara (he fell asleep to his planet being bombarded by debris from Krypton, stole a Kryptonian ship, and then woke up to a stranger wearing a Kryptonian coat of arms leaning over him, the freak-out was kind of understandable). But Kara has the same reaction - and frankly, I’d argue that he puts aside his prejudice faster than she does. His attitude toward all these different races is really refreshing, considering the hella amount of xenophobia that flies around on this show and in various comics canons.

If things had gone differently and he’d needed to step up and be a leader of his people and set a better example for them, I think he would have been excellent.

The fact that in the 31st century he’s assembled this team of all these various alien races who work for a common purpose is proof of that.

A Daxamite, a Saturnian, and a Coluan walk into a bar …

I love that he values happiness in other people.

He’s always trying to make people laugh, or to lighten the situation, or to support them - even if his joke is poorly-timed or his advice falls flat or this is not the right time to offer Winn a drink. I think maybe a lot of this comes from his culture, because Daxam values pleasure/happiness. There’s a tendency to interpret his culture as hedonistic and selfish, but I think sometimes, it’s a real strength - like when he just rolls with it when Alex introduces Maggie as her girlfriend, and acts like it’s silly that anyone would make an issue of it.

And, I love that he’s a bookworm.

I find it ridiculously attractive when someone is well-read. And I think it goes back to this thing where he throws himself into the culture and tries to absorb all this information. I love that we know he reads everything from Harry Potter to Aristotle to Shakespeare.

I get that the obvious thing you’re supposed to look at in this scene is his note about Kara in the margins, but look at his other notes on the opposite page and how he clearly didn’t know what something meant in the text, went and looked it up elsewhere, and then was hardcore pondering some of these big philosophical questions in the text.

Also, there’s a book on his side of the bed here. I’m dead.