Sorry I’m just a bit frustrated. I started thinking about how this whole mess is the product of ooc actions by Lena which were the product of ooc actions by Kara. None of the angst should have happened keeping in view Kara and Lena’s whole season 2 relationship. Or rather it should have been different angst. It’s just staggering how much of even our fandom conceptions of these chars have been colored by the cw always writing for maximum soap operatics & regardless of nuance and plausibility
Here are my big problems with what we've gotten since the reset:
- Kara and Lena's falling out is not a primary focus. They're maintaining the separation, but not the urgency behind it, and it's a stark departure from what was hyped about the season all summer. We aren't exploring Lena's loneliness, or seeing how Lena's absence is affecting Kara in everyday life. There's been nothing to suggest either of them particularly cares about the current state of affairs.
- Lex is becoming Kara's villain, when he should be Lena's. He has always been Lena's and honestly, the threat his presence is to her is far greater than any threat he poses to Kara. If Lex interacts with Kara, it should be with Lena at the heart of their exchange. This could be as the silent figure standing at Lex's shoulder as he monologues, or it could be as the oblique threat Lex whispers as a way to keep Kara from looking too closely at his activity. "It's been great having Lena back where she belongs... it'd be a shame if anything happened to her bc her best friend simply couldn't leave well enough alone." Instead, Lena hasn't even been a blip between them.
Granted, there's been a lot of the past two episodes that I really do like, but my point is: I understand your frustration.
I've spent the past few weeks considering how I want to conduct myself on this blog in the face of the disappointment I've been feeling (a disappointment compounded by unrelated depressive symptoms). It'd be easy for me to go on for ages about what the show could or should have done, but that doesn't help anyone. It doesn't even make ME feel better.
So, the little ficlets that have been happening this week are the result of that internal discussion. It's healthier for me to just suggest scenes that could have happened than it would be for me to pick out everything I don't like about current canon.
I want to get back to playing in fandom, rather than going in with the intention of "fixing" canon. It's more positive, and keeps my brain move out and up, looking for "more" rather than "instead of." It's a thin line, but I think it'll be good for me in the long run, and hopefully for anyone else who reads my blog.
