The movie smoothed him over to make him more “likable” I guess but that weakens his arc. He’s nice, but fewer flaws means he’s bland compared to the book version. For a good first half of the movie he doesn’t seem to mind that much that she’s weird. In fact, all the Mica students seemed nice enough to Stargirl until they suddenly become assholes after the Kovac incident.

So. I think we can all agree that Leo was definitely a total unnecessarily stupid jerk, but In all honesty, I really love him.

He was a boy, scared and unsure, who grew up in a world that basically told him to fit in, to be quiet, to not make a sound. But then he met Stargirl. A girl who showed him that the opposite should be true.

And while in the end, he utimitely chose the world over Stargirl, he did learn. Even if he didn't ever quite grasp everything that Stargirl taught him, I believe that it all stuck with him. That each word, each moment, each lesson was a seed that Stargirl planted in him. A seed that'll grow as he grows.

Stargirl Masterlist

Stargirl Caraway

“flowers for the sick and dead, she's on the go, way too fast and way too slow”- where’d all the time go?, dr. dog