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OH MY GOSH HELLO! HI!! I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE ELSE WHO USES WYRM!

To narrow it down (because I know that's a LOT of comics history to pull recommendations from!): what would I need to read for context before I read Woman of Tomorrow?

And if for any reason it's too close to home to make recommendations, that's okay too. It's one of those things where I might get a glimpse into an important part of a friend's identity, alongside reading a good story. c:

OOH gosh this was a challenge, mainly because I have to admit most of my reading for Kara was some time ago. This actually prompted me to go revisit a few things over the last couple of days, so thank you!

The great thing about Woman of Tomorrow is that it's a very contained story! I've had friends pick it up with no context of other Supergirl media and they had no trouble. It does a beautiful job of tying in the context you might need, and especially if you've got a good grasp on Krypton and Superman already, I reckon you'll be good!

That said, here are a few recommendations for stories I personally enjoy if you want to read more (all of which are available on batcave.biz and/or readallcomics to read online for free):

Supergirl Special 2023 (a short, simple story that triggered a tiny memory(?) for me. I enjoy its take on memory and grief day-to-day, as well as the glimpse into Kara's "hero" mindset)

Supergirl: Being Super (teenage Kara years, not a canon I specifically connect with but one I enjoy for how seen my teenage self feels in it. Some things have happened in my life since I last read this which meant I spent most of the second issue crying. Also there's a spelling error in the Kryptonese in issue 2 which I think is hilarious)

Supergirl: The World (mixed bag on this collection, some aren't very good, but I highly reccommend at least the Italy issue 'Dark Reflections' and Poland issue 'Down In The Mine')

None of these impacted me quite so deeply as Woman of Tomorrow but they're absolutely good reads for getting to know/understand more about the Supergirl side of things (without having to go through the 40+ issues of a mainline comic run)

Also, if you do read Woman of Tomorrow please know I am Always down to talk about it. It's a story which managed to hit very very close to home in a lot of ways, and did so very well (in this Supergirl's opinion, anyway). Maybe some time I should do a little introspective analysis of the comic and its relevance to me re: canon...

And thank you for the understanding. Recommending things is totally fine for me but I appreciate the thought very much 💜

Thank you for the ask and happy reading!!

I'm both very excited and very nervous about it arriving. The last time I tried to replicate a source-based look for one of my kins, it went... poorly. At the time I thought I'd just not 'succeeded' with my cosplay to my high standards (and there was an element of that) but in hindsight I realised the whole thing had made me super dysphoric. There was still joy in there, too, but the kin dysphoria was really confusing at the time.

That was part of the reasoning for buying this suit though, instead of making my own (which I still plan to do eventually). I'm hoping something high quality will feel... more authentic to wear.

YAY asks thank you Tim!

🌙: Do you have kin memories?

Honestly a tough one to answer! My memory isn't the best to start with and things tend to blend; I can't say for sure that I don't have draconic or werewolf memories, but I also can't say for certain they are memories and not something I dreamt up at some stage. There are a lot of sensations though which I feel have to come from these two, as I can't have experienced them any other way but they are very strong and very familiar (hunting at high speed in a forest on all fours, and flying with physical wings, for example).

It's a bit different as Mal, I don't have memories so much as things I just Know (noemata I suppose) about myself and my source. Some of these are things which happened in a slightly different way in my "current" life (using this term loosely as I dont consider my kin tied to past lives) as well, which is particularly strange. Anyway, it makes the movies a bit weird to watch sometimes (the third one especially).

As Kara, pretty similar, there are more things I Know than there are true memories. There are also a lot of... I guess I would call them emotional memories? There are feelings that come up sometimes which feel specifically as though they "belong to" Kara, and it doesn't take much thought to figure out where they might have come from (usually these feelings are in the realm of grief or anger, so...yknow)

🌐: Do you present as alterhuman/otherkin online, irl or both?

Tbh I keep this blog separate from my main for two reasons: to make my alterhuman things easier to find, and because I'm not confident about being upfront about my identity on my main. That said, I don't hide the fact that I'm a very draconic creaturey weirdo, both online and irl. It's nice to have a blog specifically for expressing my alterhumanity though ^^

It's been one of my goals this year to express myself more irl, because my alterhumanity is very tied to my gender and presenting more draconic/wolfy/cthonic/Mal-like in general would feel nice. But also, I've acted very draconic my whole life and was/am perceived as a very passionate 'fangirl' so a lot of people who know me irl associate me with my kintypes anyway, even without knowing the alterhuman context, which is very nice.