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kara isn't against killing. she hates it, but will resort to it if need be. her problem was more with ruthye giving in to her feelings of hate and revenge to kill the man who killed her father. ruthye is still so young, and she doesn't deserve that pain

and that comic has a great ending. supergirl tries to talk ruthye down, and basically goes "i'll kill him instead" and she takes up the sword to do just that. this makes ruthye (and by extension, the reader) realize WHY supergirl didn't want ruthye to kill that man, as she now feels the same way about supergirl

(and also connects the underlying theme of "supergirl means hope in the darkest of times" that's present throughout the entire comic)

the movie translated this fine. they could've been more clear about supergirl's moral standing, especially since she wasn't shown to be careful with the lives of the people she was fighting. for the first little while, her "ruthye don't kill krem" sounded a liiiittle biiit hypocritical

(i also wish they emphasized the supergirl = hope message more. it was weakened by them modifying kara's backstory + changing the events of the original comic, and that detail is such an important part of kara)

i am very glad that they kept supergirl killing krem in the end. if they removed that and just had the "killing is wrong" message, i would've rioted

TDLR ;)

the plot was a bit on the weaker side near the end, and they didn't explore the purpose of the story as deeply as the comic, but overall good movie i had fun

the characters were just great. i love how milly alcock played supergirl she was awesome. i love me an unapologetically messy dirty woman