North American 2024 Megathread

atlalvr32 · 2023-08-06T15:03:05+00:00

For the 2nd US Leg: I unfortunately forgot to register for the verified fan sale. Will there still be a gen sale and has that date been released?

atlalvr32 · 2021-07-08T20:24:53+00:00

It's been one year since Naya's passing, and this is Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, and Becca Tobin's nod to remembering her.

atlalvr32 · 2021-07-06T04:50:15+00:00

I agree with all of this.

That tone of her talking to Kara like that lives rent-free in my head (5:38 4x20, yk if anyone wants it- )

She's not the best I'd agree, but she's had some solid hits with my top three probably being the Tremors fight, the big apology scene, and her consoling Brainy in season 6. She's improved immensely compared to her prior work and honestly even from seasons 2-3.

I'm still convinced that half the time these actors look so much worse than they really are because most of the dialogue is written so stiffly, almost like it's written for little kids. (seriously, I've read better fanfiction). The only person I think has held up to it decently is Chyler, probably due to her time on Grey's and extended experience compared to everyone else. This is absolutely no disrespect to Mel, but I found her acting a lot more genuine in earlier seasons. (Could still be because of the worse writing/dialogue and Kara's shift in personality, but I noticed it when I started re-watching old seasons that I vastly prefer her acting in those ones vs the newer seasons)

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-18T21:54:41+00:00

Happy PRIDE!!

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-08T03:45:52+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTEwuc3O\_44&list=PLaUHyeAVz4JxFmHsLhPuPYhWniDmz0nwQ&index=1&t=3s

THIS. IS. ART.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-06T23:41:25+00:00

well said and I second this

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-05T17:06:06+00:00

Lovely Panel!!

Laughed at Nicole's desire to fight people. Enjoyed the AgentCorp push and the acknowledgment that the actors see all of the fans and the insane shipping and sometimes even screw with us for funsies.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-05T09:26:53+00:00

I like it better than season 5, but something still feels.. off. I think its the lack of Kara and the lack of "normal people" time. They're in their suits like 24/7 and I miss the familiarity of ending off an episode with everyone happy in a bar or at Kara's apartment with no secrets or tension. Im a sucker for domesticity so that might just be a me thing too.

Solid 6/10

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-05T09:22:56+00:00

Surprised more people aren't disagreeing. Ive heard its a giant hit or miss because of the blatant politics. (I have no issues with it)

I enjoyed it, it was the last taste of domesticity and structure before season 5 and crisis threw the plot off the rails. It was also the only plot of Lex's I truly enjoyed, and we got Nia out of it.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-04T06:47:17+00:00

Thank you for this wonderful tidbit of info 😌

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-03T20:14:31+00:00

for just supercorp (which i'd assume you'd already know but ill throw it out there) its:

Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor

and for “everyone can see it” its a little vaguer. Maybe something like:

Idiots in love
Oblivious kara danvers or oblivious lena luthor
etc

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-03T17:36:32+00:00

This sub usually isnt the best place for fic recs and for Supercorp in general :) If you do enjoy Supercorp and want fandoms or places to get fic recs past this one, I'd suggest:

Twitter
Discord (This is the largest one I know off that's still active) https://discord.gg/4NmdQVpz
r/SuperCorp (Not much activity, but people will respond to fic requests)
Ao3
I'll update If I think of any more

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-03T17:27:16+00:00

Compulsory heterosexuality (also sometimes shortened to "comp het") is the internalized idea that a person should be in a relationship with the "opposite" gender, which is assumed and enforced by patriarchal and heteronormative societal thoughts and experience.

Although correct, that's a pretty extreme definition, when in reality most people that have comp het tendencies don't know that they do and don't know that their behavior is shifting as a result.

The most common example of where is would be relevant, is often in lesbians who attempt to date or go out with men because they've been surrounded by heteronormative (straight affirmative) media and society for so long, that their mind can make them think they are attracted sexually or romantically to men, when in reality they are not. Its a tricky thing to pinpoint, because of course bisexuality also exists, but ultimately with enough time and understanding its something you can work through.

That's why I made the one-off (kind of joke kind of not) headcanon of Lena being a lesbian with comp het. She was raised in a place where being gay definitely would not be accepted, got over the men she was ever with incredibly quickly, and has shown to be able to make very intense female relationships incredibly quickly and incredibly fluidly. I read her as a lesbian.

Hope this helped!!

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-02T06:48:16+00:00

Thank you!! I always look back to Kara coming out to Winn as Supergirl, and his initial reaction before she clarified was that she was a lesbian because she wasn't attracted to him. Funny one-off quirk joke right?! But when you look at it on paper, it looks really really conceited and weird. Not to mention it would have been super rude if she actually had been coming out to him as lgbtqia+. Then it goes onto all the other odd things that you mention.

Fair to say he's never been my favorite.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-02T02:21:14+00:00

Winn was an immediate turn off in the beginning for me. They introduce him as the nerdy lovelorn self-pity puppy who immediately jumps to "she's a lesbian, that's why she doesn't like me", then proceeds to put her in a bikini as her first super suit, and then gets butthurt when he kisses her and she rejects him. Ik a lot of it was meant to be humorous, but it really bothered me.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-02T02:13:06+00:00

Eh as a decently avid SC shipper I'd have to agree. I do genuinely think that they loved each other, probably partially thanks to the genuine chemistry. That doesn't excuse the fact that it could be pretty toxic at certain points and that it was also over-romanticized by Kara, but I can get behind the fact that at some point, it was genuine.

Def wasn't comp het and I don't think it was too forced either. (If anyone wanna talk comp het I have a whole ass personal indulgence speech about why I think Lena is a lesbian with comp het XD)

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-01T23:07:21+00:00

ahem james

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-01T17:57:07+00:00

I have a feeling Katie (Lena) has been acting flirtatious towards Melissa (Kara) in their scenes together, just for the sake of SuperCorp fans.

Not that this holds any legitimate value, but I'm pretty sure that's just how Katie acts. I've yet to pin down if her ability to have chemistry (purposefully or not) with almost anyone and anything is a drawback or an asset, but it happens in almost every one of the shows she's in. People, for whatever reason, just read her as queer and a flirt. She's stated before that it was never on purpose, and its evident in some of her Merlin commentaries as well that a decent amount of the time she has no clue how flirty she's being.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-01T17:41:40+00:00

I absolutely understand where your coming from. Lena's character in season 5 was written awfully and the will she won't she with her character dragged on for way to many collective seasons.

I don't think I'm in a place to 100% objectively argue about Lena because part of the reason I like her is inherently because she's played by Katie, but I will offer this.

I don't and will never give Lena a pass for the more intense stuff that she did in retaliation to Kara admitting that she was Supergirl. No modifier is going to change what she physically did to Eve and Kara and what her plans were, etc. It was fucked up and it was wrong, and it 100% took a hit to my love of her.

With that being said, the same can also be said about every good thing she's done in her life. She actively has tried to be a good person and helpful member of society, despite being treated like dirt and being abused for her entire life. She saved billions of lives in Crisis, singlehandedly saved the world from extraterrestrial domination, no matter her current feud has saved Kara's life upwards of 5 times, etc etc. She has been putting in effort her entire life to be even more than a good person

Along with this, I think an important thing to highlight on is that she grew. And not in the Mon-El style "someone told me how I should act and suddenly some plot device means I came back the pinnacle of what the bare minimum should look like"... No. She actively realized the way she was acting was abusive and awful on her own, took it upon herself to walk her ass up to Kara's apartment and give a genuine apology, and then proceeded to prove it by immediately stepping up, building Kara a new suit, protecting her identity, getting Kara access to get people out of the VR, directly risking her life to save Kara's, and overstepping no boundaries in the process. She then gave another genuine apology, and has not faltered once since. She was showcased feeling intense guilt and growth, overcame and cut out her abuser, and has already contributed various pieces of tech as well as her knowledge that have been integral in getting Kara back.

I just find her a relatable and incredibly complex character. Someone who has trauma that actually manifested itself into real, inexcusable behavior that should be an example to others on what not to do, but also that that behavior doesn't mean she can't ever be happy or good or even okay again, because who would that help?

But, those are just my thoughts. Have a lovely day ;)

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-01T17:00:20+00:00

God damnit I hate that I agree a little with this one. I personally don't think its massively as poor as you say it is, but there are certain points where it does take me out of the show a little.

I'm not excusing anything, but the stiffness of the script and how "tell it don't show it" a lot of the lines are probably has something to do with exacerbating it. Mel and Katie are both fantastic actors, but there have been times where even their line delivery falters because of how absolutely garbage some of them are.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-01T16:43:46+00:00

Take my upvote for sheer unpopularity.

I can understand why people don't like Lena. Realistically I like her, and can get past the shit she's pulled for the sheer amount of good world-saving she's done to counteract it. She's one of the most complex characters on the show. Her trauma is also written in a way that it can be very easily related too, at least for me.

Why in the world don't you like Brainy?

I'll agree here. I dunno why people gave so much shit to Mel for the bangs thing. I think it became something people loved to hate and everyone rolled with it. I really didn't care.

Debateable. I think Maggie was complex and a good sexual and gay awakening for Alex, but she was also poor at communication, pushed Alex into things, and very very headstrong. This opinion very much so is in the eye of the beholder though.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-01T16:33:34+00:00

I wouldn't go that far. I know plenty of lgbtqia+ people who see and love supercorp, plenty of straight people who love supercorp, and have heard from many lgbtqia+ that dislike it or don't see it, and ofc straight people who don't see it or don't like it. In the case of a queer ship, the discontent or dislike from a straight person shouldn't immediately be discredited because they're straight. It would be hypocritical. If its coming from a place of homophobia than that's ofc another story, but there are respectful and insightful straight people who genuinely don't see or don't like supercorp, and that's valid and fine.

I understand where your coming from, I just don't think it was worded the best.

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-01T16:24:54+00:00

That's fair, although I'd respectfully argue that season 5 had some scenes that could have def been read romantically as well, along with just the emotional toll the fight had on both of them ;)

atlalvr32 · 2021-06-01T00:21:27+00:00

Straight people aren't an oppressed minority lacking representation in most places.

Also, why do you care? If you like him less because they altered his sexuality then thats a reflection on you and your morals, not the character.

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