#karaolsen

I was thinking about this last night and I just couldn’t wrap my head around how Supergirl has been pretty up and down with all the couples and ships of the show. Quite frankly, I don’t think anyone as been spared from poor treatment. Ship Wars in the fandom need to end and we should agree that SG has done us all dirty. I’m a Supercorp shipper, and some of my best friends are Karamels, but we can talk about our ships with fighting about them. We as a fandom need to acknowledge that there are toxic people in the shipping fandom, but not all shippers are toxic. You don’t have to like the ship, just respect that someone else does. Agree to disagree and move on if need be, but don’t fight please. Anyway, let’s take a look. Antis of any of these ships, please don’t interact.

Karaolsen: James was kind of a bland LI, admittedly, but that’s okay. Kara’s crush on him in s1 was really cute and the slow burn was worth the kiss in the end. But then they randomly end the relationship because Kara is “bored” by it. This couple might have actually planned to have been broken up but it’s hard to say. A*drew K*iegsberg interfered with it as soon as possible. This ship had potential to go far, but was never given the chance.

Supercorp: whole relationship is queerbaited by the studio. The chemistry the two actresses have is amazing. Lena and Kara are a good pair, having absolute belief in each other and would go to the ends of the world for each other (much like Olicity and WestAllen) but the studio went out of their way to have Lena do really awful things to Kara, and have Kara in turn do some really awful stuff as well. The show teases s5 is going to be a fight for Lena’s soul but then does everything it can to have Kara not to be involved, which made no sense. The parallels between Clois, WestAllen, and Olicity is ridiculous. Overall this is one of the more popular ships of the show but even then, the treatment of fans has been pretty rough. 

Karamel: Started off pretty cute, but then the show lost sight of itself in season 2 by having a huge focus be on Mon-El and the Daxamite storyline (this is not a roast of him or his character, this a general problem SG has with all its villains). The relationship was pretty rocky but finally settled into a groove (where Mon-El learns to finally respect Kara and her trust him) when the show tossed Mon-El into space. Then they tease the Karamel fandom by having him come back with a “will he, won’t he” storyline that ruined the development that he had into a mature character by having him emotionally cheat on Irma. Both him and Irma deserved better from that season.

Sanvers: Maggie and Alex probably wouldn’t have lasted the whole show, tbh, but the ending sucked. They knew Florina was leaving so they rushed the awful marriage storyline and then had them fight over children, something that was never brought up until that moment. Even when together, there were whole episodes where Maggie was only in it for 30 seconds and there would be no Sanvers scenes in the episode.

AgentReign: This was one of the roughest ones for me. Sam was introduced as a single mom with a child, and the chemistry between Odette and Chyler was through the roof. I don’t know if they planned for them to ever get together but it sure felt that way. Odette was not returning for the next season and they knew that, but instead let the fandom fall in love with the these two hoping they would get together, only to realize that it was never happening. Just a big ouch.

Lames: I think this ship is actually my least favourite of the whole show. Only because of how poorly it started out. James didn’t mind Lena at first, even thinking she was a good person because of Kara’s belief in her. But then the writers had him start mistrusting her and quite frankly never being kind to her unless Kara forced him to play nice. Then out of nowhere the show is like “nah they have the hots for each other” which was completely random. Then when it finally seemed okay they ended it...because reasons.

Dansen: I really love this couple but they got the short end of the stick. S5 ignored them in favour of Lex having infinite amounts of screen time. I wish there was more content, but it’s not from a lack of trying. The show hopefully gives them more screen time in the last season and maybe even ends with having them adopt a child together. They’re very mature and good for one another. They support each other through hardships and I wish we saw more of it in s5.

Brainia: The couple is super cute! I hate how s5 treated them, because it seemed like they made up drama for them to fight over. Nicole and Jesse had amazing chemistry and I’m glad they followed through with it. But hopefully they fix everything in s6, because I’m going to be very disappointed in the show if it doesn’t get resolved properly.

So yeah, looking these ships it's frustrating because they all had/have potential but the show hasn't been the best at actually following through with it's promises. Dansen and Brainia will both probably become canon, but it's sad when you think about the amount that has been spent on one of them while the other went through unnecessary drama.

Please take this time of Covid to read some GODDAMN BOOKS and learn how to write relationships that do not need to immediately blow the fuck up since your season 2 was suddenly green lighted!

If I fall in love with another damn ship that is setting sail at the season one finale only to have it sinking at the bottom of the hopeless romantics ocean in season two I will lose my ever loving mind.

Why are you watching something you clearly destest so much?

You think every character on the show is evil and doesnt do anything good? STOP WATCHING IT THEN!

You dislike Supercorp shippers because you still like Karamel or Karaolsen? STOP REPLYING TO SUPERCORP POSTS THEN!

You think the show is ableist because Lena isn't disabled? Then STOP WATCHING IT! Lena isn't disabled in all incarnations anyway, seriously maybe you should look at more than one version of the character? I don't remember Mon El being anything like his TV persona in the comics. I also don't remember James Olsen ever being a tall muscular POC, but all these things are OK? This is just another reason to hate on Lena.

You hate the show and are waiting for Mon El to return? Then get a cob on because the show doesn't even mention his name? Here's a thought, the show will announce it if Mon El was ever to return, so STOP WATCHING IT when you know it's only going to annoy you.

The show also isn't ALL about Kara, that would be a terribly one dimensional show. There are other characters and other storylines and back story to explore. If you're here to watch every week a show that is all about Kara, no one but Kara and no one else is of any consequence you are watching the wrong show.

If you're watching the show but spending you're time every week talking about how bad Mon El was or how you hated Karamel may I suggest giving it a rest? He's not there anymore, so is it worth it? Yes I see some Karamel shippers hating on Supercorp or Lena but just ignore them, or if it's really annoying you make a post and let it out, but just ignore the Original Posts. It's not worth it.

You're watching a show every week that has gotten rid of all your favourite characters purely so you can b**ch and moan about the fact that they aren't there anymore and so you can attack people who are happily watching it? May I suggest you GO GET SOME FRESH AIR?!

‪Lena: You know what else is beautiful?‬

‪James & Lena in unison: Kara Danvers

-making j'onn and winn look like guest stars IS NOT OKAY

-barely any Danvers sister screen time IS NOT OKAY

-rushing things constantly IS NOT OKAY

-gave a "Redemption Arc" to someone who didn't do anything to deserve it IS NOT OKAY

-made James guardian but can't maintain that storyline so he a LI to someone he don't like IS NOT OKAY

-replacing a POC for a White character IS NOT OKAY

-having abusive relationships IS NOT OKAY

We want back story's.

We want rep of LGBT+ & POC.

We want strong independent women.

We want the super friends back.

We want character development.

We want heathly relationships.

We want Cat Grant back.

We want Supergirl BACK!