I saw the new Supergirl movie over the weekend and while I had a couple of gripes with it, tbh it was a ridiculous good and very timely movie I suspect folks are going to look back on in like five to ten years and feel really confused about the amount of hate it got (spoilers, it's 90% misogyny, 5% personal preference, and 5% genuine critic).
This version of Kara really hits hard, the emotional and literal messiness, the barely suppressed pain and rage, the refusal to stop being kind and good despite the universe trying its damndest to break her.
Honestly, I haven't been able to stop rolling Ruthye's words to Kara in that cave around in my mind. The whole your not always nice but you're kind, you're not perfect but you're good. Because we honestly need more characters like that, especially female characters. Characters who are allowed to be rough around the edges and be mean and make mistakes while still allowing them to be good, kind people who are trying their best without just being an edgy stereotype.
Actually, I think that might be one of the things I really appreciated with both the main characters. How both Kara and Ruthye could have easily fallen into edgelord territory but they didn't because at the core of both of these characters is a genuinely good heart that's been shattered by tragedy and is fighting against that fall into a defeatist mindset that's tends to rule characters with edgy personalities. The ones that ask the audience to sink into the pits of despair with them and believe that better isn't an option.
Supergirl is about having hope when hope doesn't feel good. About being good when the universe punishes you for it but refusing to break. Supergirl 2026 is one of the most raw, brutally honest hopepunky stories I've seen recently and it honestly just feels so cathartic.
Because we don't need to be perfect. We just need to be good.
















