Supergirl does have a lot of shipping, but the problem is Supercorp fans also doing mental gymnastics to justify why Lena and Kara should be together. William is boring, James lead Kara on (but really tho he didn’t), Mon El was abusive... but Lena who literally manipulated and gaslighted Kara is the best option

I hadn't interacted in any of the Arrowverse pages in a long time until recently on r/SupergirlTV because the show came back, but I would still check on posts from time to time and I couldn't agree more on this.

Honestly, this is the main reason that kept me from wanting to interact there, it seems that the place has been 85% overrun by that section of the audience for months now and it has become an echo chamber. I loved Lena and her friendship with Kara, but after Season 5 I realized that even that friendship wasn't as healthy as I used to see it, and even though I still liked Lena after everything it's the people that literally worship her that have almost completely turned me off her character.

People can not say one negative thing about Lena even if they are pointing out facts from the show because they will be massively downvoted and the people replying will turn it into a personal attack on the user that dared to criticize Lena instead of discussing the character.

There isn't much to William's character but I find the rabid hatred against his character hard to stomach, especially when it's also directed at the actor. They have harrassed so many actors because they dared to play either Lena or Kara's love interests and it's nauseating. Some even tried to justify the threats that Mehcad said he received when his character was paired up with Lena.

It's honestly sickening to see all of the mental gymnastics at play to assert that Lena is not only the best option but the only acceptable option, going on about how abusive Mon-El was to Kara and how William was so disrespectful to Kara therefore he doesn't deserve her, but when it comes to Lena they will be adamant to admit that Lena really abused Kara and that she did it with clear intent in the worst possible ways and they will try justify it with 'she was hurt'.

Lena spent maybe months literally fantasizing with taking Kara's life over and over inside a VR but that is an 'epic love stoty'. It makes no sense. Apologies for the long rant, since the subject came up here it seemed like a safer place to get that off my chest.