#when he did this in krypton though he was flirting

[suzukiblu]

more pocket-sized soulmates from @bucky-boychik-barnes's Pockets AU:

Tim's Pocket refuses to wear a mask, which is an issue. He doesn't want to wear the tiny wire-rimmed glasses either, or even change out of his weird straps-and-belts version of the Superman suit into . . . literally anything else, at this point. Tim would take anything else. They've given him options, but he's refused them all. He won't take off the costume. 

Also he won't stop flying around the cave like a bat out of hell, and it's seriously annoying. 

"Have you successfully selected a name for your Pocket, Master Tim?" Alfred inquires as he pours everyone tea at the table while Bruce is staring assessingly at Tim's Pocket, including four little Pocket-sized cups' worth–one for Bruce's Cat ("Kitty" to the tabloids), one each for Dick's Red and Star, and one for Tim's . . . whoever. 

Alfred doesn't have a Pocket of his own. Tim's always felt too awkward to ask about it. 

And Jason never got a Pocket at all. 

"No, not yet," Tim says, because the whole no-mask/yes-cape issue has been a lot more immediately concerning than naming him. He can't take a Pocket Superman home to his dad. Pocket Clark Kent is going to be bad enough. 

Assuming Tim's Pocket ever puts the stupid glasses on, anyway. 

"You should get on that," Dick advises as he picks up his teacup with an appreciative nod of thanks to Alfred and takes a sip. "Red got really mad at me when I didn't name her right away. I mean, like, naming Pockets is so . . . outsider, you know? And kinda gilly, too. But that's how Babs grew up, obviously, and I don't know how they did it on Krypton, but Uncle Clark was raised by gadje too, so . . ." 

Tim understood absolutely none of that, but just nods like he did and makes a note to go do some research later. 

"Sure," he says, just hoping he can convince his Pocket to ditch the damn cape sooner than later. Red wheels her tiny wheelchair over to the Pockets' nicely-set little tea table and ignores Star floating down to land in the seat across from her. They don't usually get along very well, which is a little weird to see in Pockets who didn't come from people who are, like, on the literal opposite ends of the ethical spectrum, especially ones that belong to the same person, but they both settle in all the same. Cat does an artful flip off of Bruce's caped shoulder down to the table and then strolls over to join them. Tim's Pocket looks curious, but stays hovering in the air just over his shoulder. 

Is his Pocket, like, antisocial or something? Is that a concern? Usually Pockets group up really easily, from what Tim knows. Not that he's ever had one before, and admittedly his parents' had always mostly ignored each other, but . . . normally they do, right? 

Cat chirps impatiently and makes a beckoning gesture at Tim's Pocket, but he, very weirdly, sort of floats backwards and almost . . . hides behind Tim's head. Just for a moment, but . . . 

Weird, Tim thinks. Weird, and not very Superman-like. Pockets are usually a bit more emotionally honest than the people they come from, but Superman's met Cat as many times as Bruce has met Laney, so why would a Pocket that came from him ever hesitate to go over to her? 

Star chirps too, holding out her arms and starting to glow with intensely bright solar radiation that would only be an encouraging gesture to a Kryptonian, Tim is sure. It does the job, though, and his Pocket pauses for just a moment longer, then goes to the visible effort to put on a bright grin and darts over to land beside her. She immediately starts chattering at him in Pocket-talk and he chatters back easily, and Tim then has to witness his own damn Pocket start undeniably flirting with one of Dick's Pockets. 

He has never been more mortified in his life, he thinks right up until his Pocket turns his head and starts flirting with Cat. 

Tim disassociates a little. Like. Just a bit. 

Or a lot. 

"Hm," Bruce says while Tim is busy dying of mortification, his eyes narrowing assessingly. Star is happily flirting back at Tim's Pocket, to Tim's absolute horror, but worse, Cat is actually humoring him. 

Tim has died and this is hell. There's no other explanation whatsoever for this.  

Cat reaches over and scritches his Pocket behind the ears. He looks startled, then visibly zones out for a moment, and then leans into the contact and purrs. Cat chirps approvingly, Star laughs, and Red snorts, but fondly. 

Tim is definitely, definitely in hell right now. Oh god. What is happening right now and why is it happening to him? 

"Well, he's got aspirations, I'll give him that," Dick says wryly as he leans back in his chair. "Though I don't think Lois Lane would appreciate them." 

"It's not Superman," Bruce states matter-of-factly. Tim and Dick both blink; Tim's Pocket immediately scowls.

[youve-doomed-us-all-jerk]

man of steel watch 2023😁(long af reactions under the cut lmao copied from twitter)

fuck it you already know

still wonder what zacks plan was with the codex🤔🤔🤔was it just there to thematically be him carrying the kryptonian refugees or was there more

still crazy that zack in his unsubtle way made the villain colonizing eugenicists and people got mad at him for saying the appropriate response was killing them lol

minor thing but appreciate jor not saying anything when zod was pleading that lara abort the launch, just a look, he trusts her, feel like thats paralleled with clark and lois's relationship later, again minor but superman medias all about speeches so lmao

"his name is kal, son of el and he is beyond your reach"🥺

lara's theme is so good

the pan to his abs, zack knew the demographic he was reaching for

the worlds too big scene😭😭

if i saw a big breasted man run boobily across a lawn and steal some clothes i wouldnt snitch

he aint need to throw ross out the water like that but he uses words like dicksplash so he deserves it

😭😭😭(got nothing to say about the "maybe" scene, im tired lmao)

forgot how many emotional hits they roll out so early in the movie lmao

lmao remember when people said ludlow wouldnt try to fight clark cuz he was huge, cuz as we all know toxic masculinity definitely doesnt make men act stupid and vile lol anyway proud of clark for fucking up his truck sexual harassers deserve nothing

its her lois lane shes here

genuinely didn't know joe was clark for my first 3 views of this movie lmao

the flashlight to clarks laser eyes transition was cool(so was the pod landing in the farm transitioning to the boat crashing against a wave scene)

super buff sexy drifting doctor clark kent

fuck this nerd who sold lois out after she gave him info. zack was already laying the seeds of the media being dicks from this one blogger lmao

"and kal, that's my name "🥺

jor-el's power point presentation let's go

do remember someone in good faith(hopefully lol)saying jor was "glorifying" colonization when he spoke "fondly" of the era of expansion of krypton, and maybe fair though that could also be why he and lara chose not to escape with kal, the whole they were a part of the problem

genuinely fav supes suit I get the desire to have the ma kent suit but i cant see it anymore as anything other than him reassuring his loyalty to earth(america) to the gatekeepers, martha had a whole lifetime with him let him have one of the few connections to his culture he has

first flight😃😃😃😃

seeing this for the first time as a teen and finally understanding "you'll believe a man can fly"

no superhero media has done flying as good as this, not even bvs or zsjl theres just something about MoS's flying that makes my brain light up

don't forget lois lane figured out clarks identity(b4 he even went public) without luther or bruce's resources, smartest bestest investigator in dcu🗣🗣🗣

should they have had a younger actor play 18 yr old clark in the argument with jonathan in the car scene, maybe, though cavills teen angsty" i didnt say that!" and "you're not my dad !>:(" voice was p believable lmao

the way she drops the biggest story cuz her kindness is as big as her drive to get the truth, no wonder she's what inspires him

ngl recently heard laurence fishburne in moon girl and devil dino and the whiplash between his 2 performances lmao

seeing the butterfly trapped in the chain has new meaning now

soundtrack: *hits those mos piano notes* me everytime:

well maybe for a little bit⚰⚰⚰

you think swanwick was watching the your are not alone message and thought it was a cliche

the military people behind the glass watching these two flirt right in front of them

when he breaks the cuffs while standing up😛😏

"it did to me"

maybe love is real idk

the ship atmosphere thing was such a good way to foreshadow kryptonite lmao(yes did still take notes while my twitter was down lmao)

Jor-els fun informative power point presentation vs zod's very bad no good drug trip

clarks mind vision of himself is literally still a farmboy idk why people still think he isnt "connected to his humanity" in the iteration lmao

black suit but with no silver to symbolize pure darkness, death and to make him look the same as zod

though not to jump to zsjl but we know zack had to smuggle the black suit in with the metal padding and post color editing in that movie do wonder if he was gonna go with a totally different design if he had complete control, maybe capeless, pure metal for the silver and a beard? do also remember him teasing the long hair in one interview lmao

watching superman sink into a mountain of skulls really rewired my teenage brain since i only knew of him from pop culture at that point ngl

will say kinda funny that clark is clearly torn up about killing while lois was just blasting kryptonians blam blam🔫🔫🔫girl boss

the escaping the ship ost is so good😩why wasnt it on the official soundtrack, i know theres a good youtube ver of it but lmao

ok starting to think the jor colonization criticism wasn't in good faith cuz clark does kinda bring up the whole "do you agree with zod about wiping out humans???" thing lmao

clark saving lo in the escape pod scene got me tense af in the theater

"YOU THINK YOU CAN THREATEN MY MOTHER?!" still goes hard

do like when clark is a lil petty lmao "cranky cuz your momma didnt teach you to not be overstimulated hmm"

neat little quirk clark does in all of zacks movies, before he gets in a serious fight theres usually a shot of him clenching his fist lmao

nam-ek popped the pilot like a blueberry

faora's so cool

my man fighting for his life in this ihop in front of all his old friends too

flying really was his one advantage against these soldiers and he loses that when he fights zod too they really put him thru it on his first day😭

faora made him waste all his bullets, wait till he pulled out a knife and then pulls out a bigger one like

like to think zack having the military drone strike smallville is a parallel to when the US did it to the african village in BvS

yeah big floaty alien thing in the middle of the city may be a lil overdone now but half dont look as good as how zack did it back then

world engine sound design so sexy too😋

zacks cape porn👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

oh god🥺best scene, yes am getting emotional, scene means a lot to me

also kinda weird when zack does invoke the moses allegory people arent like "he's literally saying supes is moses!" like they do with jeezy creezy and his imagery lmao he's literally looks like he's parting the sea here lmao

in the wider snyderverse am realizing theres more moses stuff you can connect to even if the timeline is wonky and its not 1:1, obviously darkseid is the pharaoh with his whole enslavement thing, him turning supes to his side could be interpreted as ramses and moses

in this way zod, who believes in kryptons removal of "free choice" like jor and lara said, is the guard moses kills when he sees him mistreating one of his people

and the destruction of the genesis chamber and the other kryptonians being sucked back into the phantom zone could be an allegory for when god killed the first borns of egypt, no moses expert tho so could be reaching lol but fun connections, tangent i know lmao

oh also rather than a race thing it becomes more that clarks "people" are the ones who believe in free will and choice while darkseid and zods dont lmao anyway

"krypton had its chance!" still to this day lives in my mind rent free

lmao love that lois and clark are just horny for each other no matter who is watching not the military not lois's coworkers or the other survivors

zod's monologue👨🏽‍🍳👌🏽

to this day idk if i can think of a cbm fight thats topped superman vs zod, just in like raw visceral action and the fact they actually have stakes in it

thinking about how i remember shannon telling zack "as long as my suit isnt cgi i dont wanna wear those pajamas" or something and zack said yeah and then it was lol

my superman hates and constantly destroys military drones

and welcome to the planet! Glad i watched this again after so long, definitely needed that, hopefully work lets up enough for me to watch the rest of the trilogy✌🏽

[carousel-of-souls]

Metropolis Atlanta Backstory Infodump: Clark Kent

Most of the stuff at the beginning here is the same. Born on Krypton, landed on Earth, adopted by Jon and Martha and raised in Smallville. In this universe Smallville is located in rural Mississippi.

Clark has a southern accent. He had to try really hard to talk neutrally when being Superman. While he was perfecting his voice Superman didn’t speak for a time which allowed the press to paint a picture of him being more menacing than he was. There was some pretty ableist rhetoric about people who don’t speak going on in the media. Once he figured out how to get the twang out of his voice Superman started talking and people relaxed a bit. Lois definitely gets a kick out of Clark’s speaking and habits and stories about growing up in Smallville.

Though it seems small in perspective with other things he’s ended up going through, the most scared Clark has ever been was when he came out as queer to Jon and Martha. He’d never heard them speak about political issues besides the way local elections affected farmers so he didn’t know how they’d feel but they were very quick to accept him. Looking back he feels like he should’ve been able to guess that if they could accept him being from a different planet they could accept him being queer.

Clark spent his prom night at a diner with Martha and Jon because he was too nervous to ask out the boy he wanted to take. Not having to hide that sadness in front of his parents is definitely a core memory for him.

He did go to school for four years for a journalism degree before moving to Metropolis. Though being a reporter would suffice as just a cover for keeping up with current events, Clark is genuinely passionate about it.

Lois knows that Clark is Superman. They are queer platonic partners and they live together. Clark didn’t want to move in together at first because he was afraid Lois would be put in danger but villains caught onto her being his favourite person in Metropolis a while ago and he was spending most of his time at her place anyways. They also work out and go jogging together even though Clark doesn’t need it.

Clark met Bruce Wayne when he traveled to Gotham to do some reporting on him. They ended up hitting it off and started dating. They confessed their superhero identities to eachother and it went pretty smoothly. Bruce is also dating Selina Kyle which Clark is fine with even though he doesn’t get along with her personally, he knows that sometimes Bruce needs to connect with someone with the same darkness he has. Selina knows sometimes Bruce needs someone to oppose that darkness. They have a respect for eachother. Lois has flirted with Bruce a few times but nothing serious.

Since other Superman media is shoddy about defining his bodily functions I will do it for mine because those details are important to me. He doesn’t actually need to eat since he gets his energy from the sun, he eats because he really enjoys food/he was raised doing it/Martha doesn’t care if he’s an alien she would get really mad and worried if he wasn’t “taking care of himself.” He also likes sharing food with others and views it as a way of connecting to those around him. He doesn’t use the bathroom because his body (under the yellow sun) is better at converting everything into energy. Even though he doesn’t actually use the bathroom he uses IBS as an excuse for why he runs off so much, it’s a medical issue so people who aren’t jerks can’t get mad at him for it + it’s awkward and personal so people don’t tend to ask questions. He doesn’t really sweat since it takes a lot to overexert him or overheat him. He needs to sleep for his mental health but he doesn’t need to sleep as much as he does, he does it a lot because he enjoys dreaming. He is a very heavy sleeper despite the super senses, it was a nightmare getting him up for school during his teen years. He’s 6’4 and about 260 lbs.

Additional info:

Clark’s favourite food is apple pie, he suffers if he doesn’t make a trip home to get some from Martha at least once a month.

Clark enjoys barn raising.

Clark’s ringtone is Thank God I’m A Country Boy by John Denver. Lois almost passed out from laughing the first time she heard it.

Clark enjoys cuddling, if Lois or Bruce’s lap is free he will be in it.

[jjungkookislife]

Fic Recs 2020 Pt. 1

Seokjin

let’s get married [SMAU] @hangsangwithbts

Summary: seokjin has no intention of getting married, but after facing tremendous pressure from his family to finally settle down, he comes up with the brilliant idea to fake a marriage. the lucky bride just so happens to be you.

voice mail @joonary

summary: kim seokjin is best known around campus for his romance advisory podcast, voice mail, but to you, he’s just your lovable idiot of a best friend. but when he accidentally lets it slip that he’s fallen for one of your fellow peers, you can’t help but be a little bit curious (and quite frankly, a tad bit jealous).

Yoongi

cheers if you agree @out-of-jams

summary: If it weren’t for the fact that he didn’t know who you were or even how to get into contact with you, Yoongi wouldn’t be posting all over Weverse for anyone to see. Not that he thought anyone would be smart enough to put the pieces of the puzzle together with how many people responded to his posts anyway.

snake kisses @peekaboongi

summary: You are grossly unprepared for the snake hybrid that enters your life. Yoongi is quiet and sneaks around you but eventually, even the cold reptile warms up to you.

under construction [SMAU] @luffles424

summary: In which y/n is just trying to figure out what to do with her life with the help from her (un)helpful friends

Hoseok

going once, going twice, sold @bxebxee

summary: But the real reason anything at all started with Hoseok was something much simpler, and probably wholly unexpected - not that you ever planned on any of the other members of the MBA Society to find out.You leave your unlocked phone in his car before stumbling your way into your tiny, studio apartment. And he sees a twitter notification asking you for further discount on your panties.That is all it takes.

just practice @lamourche

summary: The second time you hook up with Jung Hoseok, he doesn’t remember the first time.  You’re surprised.  It was only a few weeks ago, and you were in a broom closet. That has to be different, right? (Well, not really, you’ll learn.)

game over @9uk

summary: your boyfriend has been gaming all day without paying much attention to you. that is until his friends on discord brings up the moaning noises in the background.

you’re my kryptonite @dovechim

summary: Superheroes are immortal, they are everything we are not. The Krypton are a race of superhumans sent down to Earth to protect humans, and they are the epitome of nobility and protection. You have always believed in their immortal, God-like powers, revered and admired them your entire life. Your wish for your very own superhero is granted when you meet Jung Hoseok, a Krypton with the most unique, powerful abilities you’ve ever seen.

Namjoon

first, do no harm @yandere-society

summary: Dr. Kim is well known as the most skilled heart surgeon in the hospital, but when you notice his mortality statistics seem skewered, you discover all is not what it seems. Now, Dr. Kim is offering you a choice: will you join him? Or become yet another broken heart beneath his scalpel?

internet friends [SMAU] @bts-celestials​

summary: meeting through online, namjoon slowly starts to fall for the person who likes all the things he’s into. maybe having friends online is fun.

Jimin

reset @dovechim

summary: We are made of the pieces of what we remember, and we hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there are memories to call our own, there can be no true loss. But Park Jimin has no such privilege.

paparazzi (tw: flash banner) @chinkbihh​

summary: What if the roles were reversed and it was Jimin who was the fan and you who was the idol?  But what if he wasn’t just a casual fan, but an avid fan?  Maybe even a sasaeng…  

Taehyung

the morning after @softlyjiminie

summary: one night, full of passion, whispered promises and heated kisses. one morning, full of regret and unwanted memories. is a night with your ex enough to send you running back into the arms of the devil?

fake love @mygsii

summary: an arranged marriage between you and taehyung leaves behind feelings of bitterness and hatred. will your heart be able to survive, especially when you’ve loved him all your life, or will it fall apart with this marriage?

cheap skate @gukslut

summary: Who doesn’t know Taehyung and his lady? Cutest couple in town, I’d say, and have been since they started dating in their college days. Oh, that was a while ago, though. And still, they’re happy as can be in that place they have together. Almost hate seeing one without the other, y’know, it’s like seeing just one testi- oh, right, I’m not supposed to talk like that. Anyhoo, I only say that because I saw Taehyung at a jewelry store the other day while I was buying my sweet Jiminie his presents. Maybe that boy’s finally gonna pop the question, but I do hope he’s got a good plan for it. Something sweet and romantic. Maybe I’ll find out after Jiminie gets back from that cabin he’s visiting.

baby i @jiminsfault

summary: a one night stand with a stranger leads to so much more than just great sex

Jungkook

only for love [SMAU] @lysjeon

summary: for almost four years it had been just him and sarang, and he had no plans on changing the life they had become accustomed to any time soon, but of course y/n has to come and shake his world.

one time in your room @ubemango

summary: There are papers to write, and virgins to daydream about. (You can think about Jeongguk’s dick later.)

piss off your parents @littlemisskookie

summary: In an effort to piss off your parents you move in with their worst nightmare- a boy with tattoos, a rock band, and an irresistible charm.

departure @nomnomsik

summary: As a flight attendant for Korean Air, you’re scheduled for a thirteen-hour flight to Japan. However, things get intimate between you and your partner and co-pilot, Jeon Jungkook, when he realizes Park Jimin, the famous idol from Korea, broads the plane and blatantly flirts with you.

curiosity @hobidreams

summary: when innocent jungkook comes to you with a not-so-innocent question… you decide it’s easier to just demonstrate.

inkling @gguksgalaxy

summary: Jungkook is your brother’s boyfriend’s co-worker, they own a tattoo and piercing parlour. In other words, he’s tall, gorgeous, has his passion literally etched into his skin, looks incredibly good in a man-bun, and is semi-unattainable for you. Why? Well…you’re not entirely sure but him ditching right after a very heated make-out session sure isn’t a good sign. His extremely poor mood the next week sure isn’t either, but the only way to fix it is to face the beast head-on. Right?

j’aime @baepop

summary: You’re the newest hire at a local café and head barista Jeon Jungkook takes you under his wing.

pop goes the cherry @1oserjk

summary: jungkook comes back home to find you visiting as well, all grown up — in more ways than one.

skirt chasers @1kook

summary: “Baggy clothes are in, but you wouldn’t know that, Miss I Draw Inspiration From Catholic School Girls.”

kiss it better @jincherie

summary: When one goes to Kim Seokjin for advice, it’s almost guaranteed to never end well. This is something Jungkook learns quickly when he mistakenly follows treasured advice to ‘be smart’ and ‘use his assets’. He just did what he was told! Of course, the execution was a bit poor… and embarrassing. But hey, if rocking up to cheer practice in a skirt doesn’t woo your crush, what will?

pay by play @yoonia

camboy!au

deeply poisoned @xmagicxshopx

summary: Kiss me on the lips, a secret just between the two of us. Deeply poisoned by the jail of you. I cannot worship anyone but you and I knew the grail was poisoned but I drank it anyway.

speeding ticket @minstrophywife

summary: Caught speeding to get home in time, you find yourself pulled over by a very delicious cop. Perhaps you can talk your way out of the ticket.Or,“I’m afraid I’m going to have to do a cavity search ma’am.”

OT7/Multiple Members

buttercream @minniepetals

summary: you were always adorable in their eyes, sometimes a little too adorable.

dulce periculum @forgottenpasta

summary: Devious and devilish, your two new impish hybrids never miss a chance to torment you for your hopeless attraction to them, knowing exactly what they do to you. But is sly sexuality and enigmatic allure all there is to the tiger and wolf hybrid, or do the depths of their eyes hide something more for you? Part ½

tropicana @dragunjk

summary: groovy punch sippin

amaranthine @koyamuses

summary: As the sole owner of Nightshade, a quaint bed and breakfast on the outskirts of the city, you find pleasure in rising each morning to tend to your guests but behind closed doors and within the shadows, you are the covenant leader to a group of young vampires who have claimed you as their mate.More often than not, your day is brimming with a mix of daily chores and back door deals that ensure the survival of your covenant. However, everything changes when three werewolves come stumbling into your life, all three of them claiming it was your scent that drew them closer as the words true mate ring into the silence.

testosterone boys @kiwiscript

summary: A little end of the year party tradition gets taken too far.

operation love letters @ve1vetyoongi

summary: When every student on campus is going crazy about a survey that claims to make true love bloom, your best friend manages to convince you to join in on the fun — except you’re disappointed to find out that your results just seem to be lost causes. That is until a love letter from a mysterious secret admirer turns up and you find yourself on a mission to find the person behind the pen — but you quickly realise it’s going to be a lot harder than you initially thought when you have 7 possible bachelors to investigate, right? Operation: Love Letters a-go!

our princess @iridescentjin

summary: In your newly established poly relationship, you are intimate with both Taehyung and Seokjin at the same time for the first time.

[smugraccoon137]

Supergirl Season 2 episode 8 Medusa review part 2

If your curious part 1 was just my breakdown of Kara and Mon-els relationship that got way too long. But as always SPOILERS AND GAY THOUGHTS AHEAD

Me and kel get so excited when Lenas in an episode. Like practically giddy. I can’t help smiling when shes on screen honestly. And yes Katie McGrath is beautiful, but beyond that such a pretty smile and lovely voice. I’m sure ratings started to spike when she joined the cast. Okay enough about pretty girls on to the review 

Tipsy fucking Alex though guys I can’t get over this mess of a person. 

Alex: if I have to come out to my mom then I choose to do it drunk

Kara: no your not *yoinks beer*

Alex: wait no my coming out juice

Kara Danvers sneaky sneaker extraordinaire can totally interview Lena and find out Cadmus things without anyone knowing. The confidence this goofball has is top tier

Underrated relationship: Alex and Winn though. I really really love Winn and honestly Alex is such big sister energy to both him and Kara. 

wow Lenas pretty in the interview scene. A touch of auburn hair from the sunlight really makes this shot and we never get to see her with her hair down. Fan service honestly, or maybe she heard a certain beef cake reporter was gonna come by and wanted to dazzel her.

Lena: hair up is for business. Hair down is for flirting friendship time with Kara

Poor baby thinks she falls short nooooo. Your doing your best godamn your only like 25 jesus. Kara give her a hug she needs love and affection

Kara thinks shes being so sneaky in this interview. Such a golden retriever, bad at sneakin. As soon as she toes the line Lena catches on and kicks her out. Really good acting in the scene, the subtle change in expression to show Lenas guard raising. Good job Katie.

Real quick Lena why is your office so ugly? How do you keep it clean? You spend 99% of your days in this place and its whiter than a hospital room. I hate it. Why is your desk an oval? and why does it have a hole in it? Kara cant eat you out in secret anymore damn. 

OOHHHhhhh noooo the fucking gas bomb in the bar what the fuck. EVERYBODIES DEAD JESUS WHAT WAS THAT

Poor Mon-el. What happened at the bar was fucked up, and he feels like its fault when its obviously not.

Love that he and Kara are having bro time playing some Monopoly. Oh no not Kara asking if he likes her. Honestly thought these two had good chemistry in this scene. Im a sucker for dumbass not understanding certain words and phrases. So Kara having to reiterate her questions and finally being like “You don’t want to mate with me do you?” was super fun. Omegaverse vibes mfs. Although I am confused by mon-els reaction “I mean have you seen the kind of women I’ve been attracting?” I honestly don’t know what this means.

Kara internal reaction though: Oh thank god

Wow Kara really just has no regard for her own life, huh? she just opens the door and possibly contaminates herself. It’s good to want to help people, but love you gotta care about yourself too

Good reveal with the fortress of solitude. Oof Kara gonna feel like its her fault all those aliens died and mon-els sick. They do a really good job of showing Karas relationship with her parents through their holograms. She wants so badly to see them again, to talk to them. And she can, but not really. They just aren’t real.

Lena cattily to her mother: im used to celebrating holiday weekends alone at my desk

me to Kara: please invite her to thanksgiving

Okay so Lena being adopted is another interesting parallel to Kara. Also the fact that both Kara and Lena fall into there families shadows, and are left behhind or forgotten. Really interesting how Lena and Karas relationship is so similar to Clark and Lex’s for obvious purposes. Though the CW queer coding the fuck out of their relationship in Smallville really only adds to Supercorp fever. Its always been Homoerotic subtext Harold!

Me watching Lena and Lillian trade verbal blows: Wow ya’lls relationship is fucked up. Lex and Lionelle would spar and fence but you two are on another level jesus

oooooof that last line. 

Lena: I know your lying

Lillian: and how could you possibly know that?

Lena: because you told me you loved me. And we both know thats not true

Who wrote this jesus fuck my heart. The PAIN.

Bonus thought Lena thinks Karas smart. Goofball beefcake sneaky sneakster who doesnt know the difference between flirting and friendship is smart she thinks. I love these idiots

Wow Kara just doesn’t wait huh? Oh cadmus is going to be at LCorp? Not on my watch. Lena’s there. I know this because I tune into her heart beat just to check on her cus she likes to work late. Don’t worry Alex it’s for friendship reasons.

That LCorp security guard got princess carried for .2 seconds. Best moment of his life.

God its like dark out. Lenas working on a holiday weekend into the night. I hate this, give her friends.

Lena looks so scared when Kara gets thrown into the giant LCorp sign

And then hurt Kara looking up at her with dread.

Kara internal: fuck don’t come out now. I came here to save you

God I love the protectiveness. Its *chefs kiss*. Hank throwing the beam at Lena and Kara even in her hurt state throwing herself in front of it. Sometimes self sacrifice is gay. But how Lena looks at her after wards like “I can’t believe I’m alive. I can’t believe she chose to save me”. Met with a gruff “Get out of here!”. mm yes this is my kind of content. Fight for me.

I was robbed an aftercare scene but I doubt it will be the last time. (*COUGHS* the “im leaving” phone call *COUGHS*)

Talking about the virus Eliza: what about Lena Luthor?

Kara: What about her?! (super defensive is also a super power maam)

Winn: Luthors can be pretty good actors

Kara: No, I looked into LENAS EYES. She doesn’t know anything about cadmus or her mother

J’onzz: Would you stake Mon-els life on that?

well I guess that really puts Lena and Mon-el right next to each other in priorities huh? Which one is more important? 

Wow Lena totally has a crush on Supergirl after that. Flustered dork. 

Lena: *laughs nervously* you know that doors not really an entrance

Kara: *upsettit stone face pupper*

Lena: :,) 

Okay but the way Lena just says “Anything” all breathless and helpful when Kara says she needs her help. Shes crushin hard

Kara tells Lena her mother is in charge of Cadmus. 

Lena: >:(

Annnd the crush is dead. That did not last long. Really love that Lena has such a different relationship with Kara vs Supergirl though, good dynamic having her reactions so different. Which I believe actually relates as a Clark and Lois parallel? Seeing as how Lois has two separate relationships with Clark and Superman. 

OOf the way Lenas throat bobs with genuine sadness because who she thought Supergirl was is wrong. Shes just like the rest of them. Thinks Lena is just another crazy Luthor. It hurts

Kara: I know what its like to be disillusioned by our parents, but Im a pretty good judge of character, and you are not like your mother. She is cold and dangerous. And you are too good and too smart to follow in her path. Be your own Hero.

Wow just what a good line. They are capable of some things here and there arent they? Melissa's delivery on this is excellent. And the way Katie McGrath is able to show such depth of sadness and bitterness even from a shot of her BACK is really cool. Great acting in this scene in particular. And I can see why the “desperation to be good” is such a highlighted part of these two relationship. Its the one thing in common between Lena and Supergirl, the place where they can meet in the middle. And the way Lena looks after her as she leaves! AHHH thats the good shit, the pining

Okay big Mon-el scene in coming so if you dont want to hear my ranting skip over this part. 

Funny how as soon as Kara has this big impactful scene with Lena full of tension and emotion the writers were like: shit we almost forgot Mon-els dying. 

Kara: *staring sadly back into Lenas office kind of wanting to go back in*

Writers: *cough cough* KARA He’s DYINGGGG

Kara: Oh shit right. Mon-el Oh no. My *looks at poorly written handwriting on her palm* romantic interest?

Wow Mon-el looks like shit, poor guy. Someone swaddle this pillow princess and get him some soup.

Heres a question. Kara is visibly upset that Mon-el is dying. Is it because she’s sad that the guy shes likes is dying. Because her friend is dying? Because her father created the virus thats killing him (what the writers want us to think)? Or because no matter what Kara does the people she loves keep falling through the cracks and shes helpless to stop it?

Her parents. Clark. Her adoptive father. Now Lena. Now Mon-el. Why can’t she ever do anything? Why is it always her fault? This poor kid has some deep seeded abandonment issues

Mon-el: you know you look beautiful with the weight of all these worlds on your shoulders.

I do remember my reaction here, cus I thought this was a weird line. A line that was obviously meant to be romantic and complimentary, but it felt unsettled in my stomach. Coming back and watching the scene it sits even more uncomfortably there. He obviously means well, but this line is kind of just shitty. Its a very selfish and unthoughtful thing to say to someone. 

Kara’s entire fucking life has revolved around other people and making sure they are happy and taken care of. But having “failed” at such a young age to do the impossible things asked of her (carrying on Kryptons legacy, raising Clark) she overcompensates. Any normal person would just make their life revolve around their family and friends, not healthy but it works. But Kara feels responsibility over an entire world of lost people and lives. So the amount she overcompensates is ungodly. She does have the weight of worlds on her shoulders. This is not a joke or hyperbole. Its just her life. And thats so fucking shitty. And to have someone actually see that and acknowledge it. To make it a reality so to speak. Then to have them say “yeah you look good like this” while you’re a shaking Atlas being crushed. It is just a little too much isn’t it? That pain to have someone see you finally, and then completely miss the point. For them to go “oh wow your so strong. your so brave” instead of “let me help you. you shouldn’t have to do this at all, forget by yourself. But now I am here”. 

I imagine this was the scene that crowned my darling himbo boy Mon-Hell? Which is so unfortunate. I hope Im wrong, but I feel that his character might just end up a big missed opportunity

I want everyone to know that me and Kel screamed through the entire enxt few seconds of the scene. We knew the kiss was coming from how they were building it up. But god was it painful, especially for it to be delivered after a line like THAT. But yeah very loud angry screaming

Also not to be that bitch but Kara and Mon-els scene was a total of 1:53 RT, and Kara and Lenas ran at a 1:57 RT. Just sayin...

No Lena don’t be evil thats too sexy...

Okay but the way that Lena just tricks Lillian is so good. Shes so clever. And added bonus she makes her ask for her help, which is nice actually. Lillian's obvious vice is weakness and that is often shown in embarrassment. A woman like this asking for help borders that line of weakness and its nice to see on such a dislikable character. Lena didn’t just get what she wanted she got a point over her mother.

Lena looks good in the purple coat. Repeat she is pretty

Love the mental chess game between Lena and Lillian. Lena offering help right off the bat and giving her the isotope free of charge. And then Lillian making Lena launch the virus to prove herself. Good stuff.

Kara appears: don’t do it Lena!

Lena: why not? im a luthor

Okay so obviously Lena switched the Isotope and the Virus won’t work. But thats what makes this line so perfect. Throwing it back in Supergirls face. Like “Yeah, Im a luthor. And Ill show you what im capable of.” But instead of mass death and destruction Lena saves the day. She saved thousands of lives, and its because shes a Luthor that she was able to do that. Really nice way to full circle that 

Wow Lillian really just starts booking it without Lena, huh? bitch

I really love the scene of the virus falling all around National City. The choice of an orangish snow falling was a really really good one. Paired with some excellent music for the mid season finale.

Its sad but I do love Hank just being ready and at peace with death. Im sure he misses his wife and daughters. 

Okay but Lena calling the cops is tea. Send your mom to jail honey. 

So we’re really not gonna talk about how Lena saved everyones asses? Like don’t you think Supergirl would want to talk to the woman that A) kind of tricked her, and B) saved National City. Thats just what makes sense??? But no we’re going to ignore that the DEO is a kind of shit at their job sometimes. And that the woman that they were accusing of having a part to play in all the xenophobic shit is the one who did their job. BY HER SELF. 

Okay rant over. This was a long one review dear god. Really really good episode though. I enjoyed rewatching all the scenes even if it was a mixed bag of feelings. Thanks for reading hope you enjoyed all the screaming!

[bluboothalassophile]

A Ranger & an Elleth

He knew it was dangerous, the orcs though had been a a larger problem than he had been anticipating. But he had cleared the area of the problem, well he and his companion.

The elleth was annoying him. Her connection and ties to nature though were useful to the ranger. But in this weather, he kind of wanted to drown his companion. She just flitted about graceful as a faery, and in good spirits despite heavy rains. Which brough them to this town.

The ranger had his hood up as he eyed his companion who nodded her head. Though the elleth wasn’t fond of human villages, he never went without her consent if they were travelling together. Which now that he thought about it, this had been happening for the last fifty-five years. He wondered when he had stopped noticing time and how long he had been with the elleth.

Walking through the muddy streets of this village.

He found a inn’s stables and started bedding down their steeds. The elleth had gone to get them a room. It had been so long since the Dunedain had met the elleth that they simply roomed together, it saved cost, she didn’t sleep much, and he got a bed. Finishing bedding down the beasts he saw the elleth walking for a tavern, so he followed her absently. He watched her take the table with the best view, she kept her hood up.

He knew that at first glance, when no one could see her armor or weapons, she could pass for human; an overly graceful human but human all the same. Taking the seat across from her he saw her violet eyes flicked to him as he pulled out his pipe.

“What?” he asked.

“When will you cease that disgusting habit,” she wrinkled her nose in distaste.

“When you return to the Azarath,” he retorted.

She frowned. “Do you know why we are here?” she asked wearily.

“We’re here to meet Constantine,” he pointed out blandly as a tavern waitress flirted with him and put mead before him. The elleth reached over and took it from him before he got a sip. He wasn’t surprised, she always made it a point of taking his drinks or servings when she was ignored by staff. He thought it amusing because she found no point in correcting her methods for gaining attention. In over fifty years together and he did not think argue with her behavior. Whoever the Wood-Land Elleth had been before he didn’t think she was accustomed to being ignored.

“And he is never on time,” she sighed tiredly.

“A wizard never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to,” he chuckled.

“Can never trust a wizard,” the elleth muttered.

It was behaviors like that which confirmed to him she was indeed from Azarath, because while all the other Elves held a great reverence for the wisdom of wizards, the Wood-Land elves held wizards in contempt. He knew his history, he knew what had happened to King Lucifer’s beloved wife and valiant daughter, and he knew why the Elves of Azarath wrongfully blamed the other Elves and wizards for what had happened.

Then there was the matter of how his lovely companion always did her hair, he knew enough about the reclusive Azarath Elves to know what the basic braids depicted. She had been a guard, a warrior, she was accomplished as well. She did not look as elegant as some of the Elves from Krypton or Themyscira. His elleth was also far more dangerous than the average elf, and she wasn’t as inclined to be wise. That was a foolish misconception of the more nobler races of Elves, but he knew that his Wood-Land companion was more wild than some of her brethren. Not that she bothered to be around when there were other Elves, but she’d turn up the moment he would leave Krypton or Themyscira.

“It is not like you are required to come with me,” he pointed out.

“Someone has to keep you alive mortal,” she countered.

“You’ve been using that excuse for over fifty years,” he chuckled as he exhaled some smoke while they were served a meal. She handed him her chicken and stole some of his potatoes. His elleth had an extreme love of potatoes, he blamed their month in the Shire decades ago.

“Fifty years?” she questioned.

“Yes, I thought about it today, about fifty-five,” he admitted.

“And you wouldn’t have made it this long without me,” she informed him cheekily.

“Why can’t you be like a normal Elf and not like mortals?” he questioned.

“I’m not fond of mortals, true, but I do not dislike them, their lives are fleeting and it saddens me,” she shrugged. “But you are tolerable enough for a mortal,” she chuckled.

He shook his head.

“Why are we here?”

“I’m here because I’m meeting Constantine, or waiting for him,” he said levelly. “I don’t know why you’re here.”

“I’m here to keep you alive, obviously,” she pointed out.

“You could admit you are fond of me,” he said as he accepted another serving of ale now that the tavern waitress noticed his elleth had stolen his.

His head came up the moment the elleth’s snapped up and they both turned in time to see four small, almost children sized people enter.

“Raven?” he hissed; he didn’t know his elleth’s real name, her Elven name, but he had called her Raven since meeting her because of her unique hair color, it was black as a raven’s wing.

“I sensed it, it’s from them,” she whispered.

There was a horrible scream in the distance and she nodded as she left him to hunt. He would protect the four here, he had a feeling this was why Constantine had sent him. Meanwhile Raven would be hunting the Darkness. His elleth had a vendetta against orcs and Darkness all together, one he didn’t know about.

Jason assessed the four as they tried not to draw attention to themselves.

He had a bad feeling about this.

[drawingsanddrabbles]

On The Run

On mobile so no readmore. K so I know that @timkonweek2019 said that you only need to do 1 prompt but I decided to challenge myself and do both of them so here is day 1 prompt: fantasy au - bed sharing/one bed

Ao3

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The heat of the tavern blasted Tim in the face when he opened the door, surprising him even though it shouldn’t have. The sounds of merriment and hearty meals were drowned out by the howl of the wind outside. He grabbed Prince Conner by the collar and pulled him into the tavern behind him. 

Conner let out a huff. He opened his mouth, probably to complain, and Tim spoke before he could. “Remember,” he hissed, “you’re not a prince here. Do what I say and don’t speak unless I tell you to.” 

Conner glared at him and made a rude gesture but stayed silent. Thank Rao. A word out of his mouth and it would be no doubt who exactly he was—despite Tim’s best efforts to disguise him. Dirt and coloring could only do so much for a man. Especially one with Prince Conner’s devastating looks. 

Focus, Tim. People are trying to kill him, remember? 

Conner—Prince Conner, Tim corrected himself. The moment he started thinking of the Prince as an equal he would be lost—pulled Tim in close and Tim ignored the rush that burned through him at the proximity. “So where exactly is your mom?” He breathed in Tim’s ear. The hairs on the back of Tim’s neck stood up. 

“My brother.” Tim hissed back, pushing himself out of Prince Conner’s grasp. Tim scanned the room. He couldn’t see Dick. “He’s probably in the back. Come on.” Tim set out to the bar. The girl behind it he knew, though he wasn’t sure if she remembered him. 

“What can I do for you boys?” Helena Bertinelli asked. She looked much less deadly without her hood up. Not that Tim would ever tell her that. 

“I’m looking for Dick. Is he here?” Tim asked. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Prince Conner turn to grin at the girl sitting at the bar next to him. He winked and the girl giggled. Tim resisted the urge to step on his foot. He was still technically Tim’s superior. Tim could only get away with so much disrespect in the name of saving his life. Tim settled for jerking Prince Conner’s scarf to get his attention so Tim could glare at him. 

Conner rolled his eyes. 

“He’s chatting up the cook. Why?”

Tim slipped a hand (the one that had previously tugged at Prince Conner) into his left breast pocket. He pulled out a coin with a bat stamped on it. “He’s family.” Tim said, passing it to the Huntress. Even if she didn’t recognize him, she would recognize this. 

Helena’s eyebrows raised slightly, probably surprised at how Tim had gotten it despite being clearly young, but the most recent Robin was even younger than he had been when he’d joined the Order of the Bat so, really, she shouldn’t have been. 

“I’m sure he’d love for you two to visit him. Come with me.” Helena said. She unlatched the door to the bar and let Prince Conner and Tim in. 

In true Princely fashion His Highness followed Tim but not without a gallant bow to the girl he’d been flirting with and a pout for Tim. Didn’t he understand that Tim was trying to protect him? “Is she your sister?” He whispered, nodding to Helena. His eyes scraped up and down Helena’s body and Tim’s insides did a funny twisty thing. He was probably just hungry, he thought. He wasn’t… jealous. No, that would be stupid. 

“No. But also, no.”

“Aw, why not? Let her decide for herself!”

“First of all, you’re too young for her. Secondly, we’re here to find a place to crash before we continue onto the Fortress, remember? We don’t have time for… that.” Tim waved a hand to Helena. 

“Oh, Captain. There’s always time for-” Prince Conner imitated Tim with an amused smile, “’that.’” 

Tim ignored His Highness. Helena led them into the kitchen where Dick was sitting at a table doing exactly what Helena had said he was doing. “Dick, your brother came for a visit.” She said. Dick turned and Helena flicked him the Bat-token that Tim had handed to her. He glanced at it and his eyes flickered up to Tim and Prince Conner. A smile broke out on his face. 

“Brotherling!” He cried. He jumped up and ran over to wrap Tim in a giant bear hug. Prince Conner chuckled over Dick’s shoulder and Tim glared at him while he endured Dick’s enthusiasm. Dick finally set Tim down and his eyes stayed on Tim’s though Tim knew that he was fully aware of His Highness’s every breath. “What brings you here?”

“We need a place to stay. Can you put us up for the night?” Tim asked, wary of the cook in the corner. 

Dick’s face fell. “We’re all booked up, but I can give you a maid’s quarters. Tight rooming, but it’s still a roof.” Dick followed Tim’s eyes to the cook and nodded discreetly. So they were safe to speak freely in front of him. 

“We’ll take it.” Tim said when Prince Conner opened his mouth to protest. 

“Let’s get you settled in. Tiger will make you some of our best parts of the menu,” Dick said to the cook who just shrugged. Dick took one of Tim’s hands and began leading him to the room they’d been staying in. Dick finally turned to Prince Conner as they walked. “Who’s your… grubby friend?” 

“The prince.” Tim said. Prince Conner’s head whipped around to him. 

“I thought we were keeping a low profile.” Prince Conner said, eyes narrow. 

“Dick can keep a secret.” Tim asked. Dick raised an eyebrow, and Tim shook his head. He still hadn’t told His Highness about the Order of the Bat, just that Dick was his brother and would keep them safe. Krypton, His Highness still thought that Tim’s name was Alvin Draper. 

Dick made a face to tell Tim just what he thought about Tim’s methods but Tim ignored it. “Is it true, what they say?” Dick asked Prince Conner as they reached the door. Dick took a keyring out of his pocket and unlocked the small room. “You’re really a Kryptonian?” 

The door looked like it had been shoved in between cupboards. The room itself was small and had a sloped wooden roof. While the door’s hinges squeaked, the floorboard, Tim noticed appreciatively, did not. It was right under the hearth, Tim could tell, so it was relatively warm. There was one window up by the ceiling of the room, so they could see the snow fall outside. A small door presumably led to a privy and bath. Tim would fill it later for His Highness. It would be a good test of his magic to see if Prince Conner could warm it up for himself. 

“That’s what they say.” Prince Conner said glumly. He was clearly trying to copy Dick’s accent like Tim had told him to try, but his highborn lit still crept through. Maybe Tim would just have to keep him mute the whole journey. Not that Tim would mind that. Prince Conner walked into the room, frowning. 

“Like I said—it’s small. I know it’s not royal, but-”

“It’s perfect. Thank you, Dick.”

“Of course, Al.” Dick said. Tim’s fake name sounded weird coming from Dick’s lips. “We need to catch up.” He said, poking Tim.  He glanced meaningfully at Prince Conner who’s back was turned to them. His Highness was inspecting the room, hands in his pockets. He walked soundlessly across the floor-something Tim hadn’t known he could do. All Prince Conner ever seemed to do was stomp. 

“Of course. Maybe later.”

“Should I fill the bath?” Dick asked. “I can send Helena to-”

“I’ll do it. But thank you.”

That was when Tim noticed the single bed. Tim would sleep on the floor then. 

Dick noticed it at the same time and a worried look came over his face. “I’d forgotten. I’ll pull some blankets from a guest. Just say that we ran out-”

“No.” Tim argued. He didn’t want to inconvenience Dick any more than he already had. “I’ll just sleep on our clothes. Besides, it’s warm here from the hearth so I won’t need any as actual blankets. I’ll be fine.”

“Al-”

“I mean it, Dick. Don’t lie to a guest for our sakes. Really, I have enough scarves on my body that I’ll have enough. What you’ve done is enough. Thank you.”

Prince Conner finally seemed to have noticed the single bed. He looked at Tim. Dick gave Tim an exasperated look. “I’m not a terrible host. I’d offer my own bed, but I won’t be the only one sleeping in it tonight...” Dick grinned sheepishly. “Alfie would kill me if I didn’t at least offer some of my own blankets though to make your little nest.” Tim began to object when Dick shut him down with a look. “I’ll be right back. Settle in.”

Dick turned and left, closing the door behind him. Prince Conner eyed the bed. “You can take it.” He said. And Tim wondered if that was the first time that Prince Conner had ever offered something to Tim. It didn’t matter though because the point was mute. Tim wasn’t taking the bed. 

“You’re the prince. You take it.” Tim said. 

“If we get attacked you’re the one who’s going to save me, right Captain?” Prince Conner asked. He made no move to change. He watched Tim though. His face was stony. “You need to be well rested. You take the bed.”

Tim snorted. “Like you could ever sleep in anything less than a feather mattress. Take the bed, your Highness. I’m used to the floor.”

“Hey! I’ve slept on the floor before!” Prince Conner argued. 

“I very much doubt that what you were doing on that floor was sleeping.” Tim snapped. “Just take the cursed bed. This isn’t a discussion.”

Prince Conner bit the inside of his cheek. He sat on the bed, continuing to watch as Tim began creating his little nest for the night. “You know, when you said ‘Hey Conner, let’s run for your life together, won’t that be fun?’ This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.” 

It hadn’t happened like that. “Well, running from your father’s assassins isn’t exactly my idea of a good time either, your Highness.”

“Stop calling me that.” 

“Calling you what, your highness?”

“That. ‘Your highness’. I’m the prince of nothing now.” Prince Conner grumbled. He kicked off his boots and curled up on the bed. 

Tim took an inventory of his weapons. Throwing knives, his short sword, two daggers from Bruce, his official Captain of the Guard knife. He’d probably have to get rid of that. It could identify them if someone saw the sigil. Tim hesitated. It meant something to him. A show of how far he’d come by himself, with no help from the Order of the Bat. 

“You’re still the Prince-”

“My father-King Lex wants me dead because I’ve shown a stupid small sign of a possibility of Kryptonian Magic. Which-by the way-I have shown no other signs of. I have been disowned. I have no kingdom. My people want me dead. I have to slum in squalor and hide and run to a place I’ve never known. I am no prince.”

“You’re still my Prince, your Highness.” Tim said. Prince Conner’s eyes shot up. “You will get your kingdom back. We will dethrone your father, and you will take your rightful place, your highness. That’s how it’s destined to be. You’re a Kryptonian.”

“Maybe-”

Tim didn’t want to have this argument again. He rolled his eyes and groaned. “Highness-"

"No. Maybe. Maybe. Don't lie to Draper, you're not good at it." Tim winced. If only His Highness really knew. "I showed one sign of possibly being a Kryptonian. My father found out, because I'm an idiot and told him, and now he's trying to kill me because he's so cursedly paranoid of being unseated by a prophesy of a Kryptonian taking his country that he would rather have me killed than think I have any of their blood in me. When we get to the Fortress chances are I won't even be able to do anything once we're there because it was an… accident! A spark from somewhere that lit that curtain on fire! I mean I haven't be able to produce any other magic this entire trip and by god we had needed it two nights ago-"

"Highness." Tim snapped. Prince Conner turned to him sharply. Tim sat on the edge of the bed, taking Prince Conner's face in his hands. "You're a Kryptonian, and I know you're scared and I know you just want to rewind the clock but you can't do that now." He said, his voice slow and steady. Prince Conner looked like he was going to cry. "Take a deep breath." Conner inhaled shakily. "Good, now another one." Again His Highness did as Tim ordered. "I know you're scared, but I'm going to keep you safe, okay? That's my job. I'd rather die than fail. Have you ever known me to fail?" Prince Conner shook his head. "I am going to keep you safe. I am going to get you to the Fortress to train. And even if you aren't a Kryptonian, you're going to learn how to fight and how to lead. And then, I am going to help you unseat your tyrant of a father and take your rightful place on his throne and you are going to be alright. Okay?"

Prince Conner nodded slowly. 

"You say I'm a terrible liar, do I look like I'm lying to you?" Conner shook his head. 

The door opened and Dick walked in, arms full of blankets. "Oh-!" He said softly when he saw them. Tim pulled away from Conner, willing himself not to flush. "Am I interrupting something?"

Prince Conner gave Dick a winning smile and replied in his horrible low-class accent: "Just your brother's rousing call-to-arms."

Dick winced. "Wow," he told Tim as Tim took the blankets from him, "his accent is really bad." To which Prince Conner pouted. "You have your work cut out for you."

"I know." Tim replied to protests from Prince Conner. 

"If there's anything else-"

"Just food I think," Tim said gratefully. "Thanks for everything Dick-"

"Seriously, Al. Not a problem. You know that." Dick waved to Prince Conner before leaving, closing the door behind him.

Tim dropped the blankets on the ground and began making a little nest for himself to sleep in. "So…" Prince Conner said, picking at the fraying blanket on the bed. "Why didn't you ever tell me you had a brother? You know, before."

Tim didn't look up from the blankets. "I don't know. I guess you never asked. You're my boss, Highness, my past life never really seemed like something to talk about."

Prince Conner was quiet for a moment. It was so out of character that Tim looked up at him. "What?" 

"Were." His Highness said. 

"What?"

"Were, Alvin. Maybe I’ll be your prince again some day, but I think that at this point I'm no longer your boss-"

Tim snorted, cutting Prince Conner off. "I'm going to draw some water from the well."

"What? Now? It's death out there!"

"We both need a bath, Highness. I'm getting water. Eat something while I'm gone." He righted his scarf around himself and grabbed a water bucket from the privy. 

The wind outside hadn't died down, and it was barely light enough to see anything, if you could get through the layers of snow which fell fast. 

Tim managed to make it to the well and chip off the top level of ice enough that he could dunk the bucket in and fill it. 

The water was freezing. Tim's fingers were wet through the gloves and felt as though they'd fall off from the wind hitting them. He trudged on, further filling the bucket and returning to the inn and privy three more times. It gave him time to breathe and think. They'd need to travel quickly to get to the Fortress. After Conner fell asleep he'd plan out their route with Dick. Unfortunately they wouldn't be able to stay every night in a BatHouse but they'd want to hit as many as possible on their way up north. Even in Bruce's Kingdom they wouldn't be safe, and they'd have other issues too, like the manic bounty hunters and bandits that no doubt have heard that Conner has been chased out of his land. 

The final time he arrived with the bucket Prince Conner had finished his own dinner and was watching Tim expectantly. 

"What?" Tim asked as he poured the water into the tub and then began taking off his outer layer of clothing. 

"You know, I don't need to-" Prince Conner waved vaguely to the tub. 

"Maybe you don't, or think you don't," Tim wrinkled his nose, "but I certainly do. Come here."

Prince Conner walked over, confused by the order. "Why?" He asked. 

Tim nodded to the tub. "Unless you want to bathe in ice cold water, heat it up."

His Highness blinked. "You mean… use my…"

"Yes, your magic."

"I can't do that!"

"I'm pretty sure you can, in fact, set things on fire-"

"I did that once! One time!" 

"You set a house on fire."

"It was just the curtains!"

"Maybe at first. But the entire building did burn down, whether you burnt it yourself or not."

That earned Tim a scowl. Tim just rolled his eyes. "Heat up the water."

"How?" Prince Conner demanded. "I've only ever done it once and every time I've tried since then I've gotten nothing!"

"Maybe by yourself, but now you have me to help you and an ice cold bath as encouragement. Let's recreate what you were doing when it happened-"

Prince Conner grinned at him. "At least buy me dinner first, Captain."

It wasn't that Tim didn't know the specifics of their last night in the castle. He did, and he knew exactly what (read: who) His Highness had been doing that night, so Tim just rolled his eyes. "You know what I meant, your Highness."

The Prince may have known what Tim meant but he clearly didn't like it. His ears turned pink and he cleared his throat. "Do-do I have to?"

"If you feeling hot and bothered is how we're going to begin getting a grasp on your magic, then yeah. You have to."

Prince Conner turned towards the water. He glared at it intensely as Tim watched, arms crossed. A minute or so passed before he turned to Tim and said: "I can't do it when you're watching."

"What?"

"It feels like you're judging me."

Tim rolled his eyes. "Fine." He turned around. "Better?" He asked. 

"Well, no, not really. But whatever." Prince Conner pouted. They waited in silence again for about a minute before Tim said: "Are you even trying-?"

"Yes! I'm trying! But I can still feel you judging me!"

Tim scowled at the wall. "Well? What do you want me to do? I can't just change the way you perceive me."

"I don't know," the rebuttal came out as more of a whine, "sing or something."

Tim snorted. "Oh you do not want me to sing."

The Prince mumbled something under his breath. "What?" Tim asked. 

"Nothing. Just… talk or something then?"

Tim shifted from foot to foot. "Fine. What do you want me to talk about?"

"How about the Not-Sister of yours?" 

Tim was surprised, and he felt something painful ache in his chest, though he had no idea why. "Helena? Why?"

"I don't know. Why not?"

"There's not much to say about her. She's just kind of… Helena. She's a family friend. She works with Dick." 

"How'd you meet?" 

"Like I said, family friend."

"Well, I don't really know anything about your family either." 

What could he tell Conner without mentioning the Order of the Bat or Bruce? "I’ve got a bunch of siblings. Dad always liked taking in strays."

"Well, that explains it."

"Explains what?"

"Me. This."

Tim was quiet for a moment. "You know I'm not… I'm doing this just to get you on the throne or Lex off. Or out of some sort of twisted… obligation to you. I genuinely believe in you. I believe you would be a good king. You're not a… burden. Or a means to an end. You're not a stray. I chose to be by your side and keep you safe."

Prince Conner must have been uncomfortable because then he said: "Tell me more about your family."

"Why?" 

"I hardly know anything about you."

"But is this… helping?" In case Conner had forgotten why they were doing this in the first place. 

"Well…" Conner admitted sheepishly. "Maybe talking about Dick would but-"

"Ew!"

"Oh come on Vinnie, he's clearly… you know,"

"He's my brother and we're changing the subject now, Highness."

"Whatever you say, Captain." Tim heard Conner snicker. 

"How about we talk about Tana? She's what started this, isn't she?"

Conner was quiet for a moment. "I don't want to talk about her."

"Okay, then what?"

"Look, clearly this isn't working. Let's just freeze our balls off in the bath and then-"

"I really think-"

"Alvin, it's not happening." 

Tim sighed, turning back around. "Fine. We'll try again another day. You're probably just tired." 

But Prince Conner didn't sound as hopeful. "Yeah. Whatever."

"You bathe first. I'll get something to eat."

"Fine."

Tim turned, casting one last look at Prince Conner who looked miserable, and then walked out into the kitchen to eat.

Tiger heated him up some stew and bread, and Tim ate so fast he thought he'd be sick. It was good, and Tim hadn't realized until now how hungry he was.

"Don't puke now." Dick. 

Tim patted the seat next to him, and Dick sat, stealing some stew with a lump of bread. "So little brother… the Prince, huh?"

"Luthor wanted to kill him." Tim responded between bites. 

"And he's calling you 'Alvin'."

"Well, I couldn't just use my real name."

"Tim."

"I was undercover, Dick."

"I know! But you still haven't told him?"

"He's just had his whole world flipped upside down. His father is trying to kill him and suddenly his boring old Captain of the Guard is taking him by the hand and telling him that he knows where the last Kryptonian stronghold is and that we have to run there now or his father will succeed. Adding the whole 'oh by the way I'm actually Prince Tim Wayne from the Kingdom of Gotham, yeah that Kingdom of Gotham that's constantly on the verge of war with your Metropolis! Oh! And get this, I'm actually a spy who's been working for the underground Order of the Bat to unseat Lex the Tyrant for as long as you've known me, which has been a pretty long time, if I do say so myself' didn't really seem like something he needed to deal with at that moment."

"Tim.. you have to tell him." Tim opened his mouth to argue but Dick cut him off. "Maybe not all of it, but definitely the part about the Order."

"You really want… him to know about the Order?"

"Again, not all of it. Just that… you're in it. What we want to do."

"I don't want him to think I'm using him." 

"You're using him just as much as he's using you. Besides, telling him is you really not using him. You're telling him what he's getting into, now he has a choice."

"I suppose you're right." Tim mumbled. He picked at the chunk of bread in his hands. 

"So he's really a Kryptonian? The rumors are true?" Even Tiger seemed interested to know. Tim nodded. 

"I was there for some of it. He lit the house on fire with his eyes."

A silence settled over the room. "Tim." Dick said at last, "just… be careful."

Tim snorted. "Please, he can't even summon a heat-shimmer, he won't hurt me."

"I thought you said he burned down a building." Tiger interrupted. 

"He did. But he still doesn't know how to trigger it yet, so we probably won't get anywhere soon." Tiger made a disapproving face, as if Prince Conner's inability to create a spark was Tim's fault. "I'm working with him on it."

"Kryptonians don't just have fire magic though." Dick protested.

"You mean the mythical strength? The invulnerability? Breath of ice? I know, Dick. I'm being careful. Promise."

Dick seemed comforted enough for now because he relented.

"Listen, I actually need your help with something," Dick's eyes lit up, "can you get a map? I want to plot our course."

~~~

Tim crept into the room hours later. The oil lamps still burned so Tim made his way to the privy for a quick bath. The water was warmer now, but still colder than Tim would have liked or was used to. He scrubbed himself quickly, ridding himself of the mud and grime from the road. He'd crawl back into his clothes and then into his… nest. 

His and Dick's route looked actually doable. Tim has been surprised to see how little they would have to find places to sleep on their own. A couple times they'd have to sleep on the road, but Tim could do that. And if Tim could then Prince Conner would, whether he liked it or not. 

He climbed out of the bath and crept into the room, wrapped in his towel. The room was warm enough. Tim's toes and fingers were cold, but he wasn't freezing. He dressed and then dried his hair. 

Prince Conner slept soundly, his handsome face once again clean from dirt and mud. Tim would have to redo his disguise before they left, anyone as pretty as the Prince would bring them unwanted notice, even if the people didn't recognize him.

The physique would be a little harder to hide. Tim was tempted to put a rock in his shoe to give him a limp or some other misidentifying feature but Prince Conner needed to be able to run at a word so they couldn't do that. 

Prince Conner's eyes were squeezed shut, his hands clenching the inn's blanket, he was bunched over and curled up. The firelight flickered shadows across his face. Tonight he'd probably have a nightmare, if it got bad enough Tim would wake him up. 

Tim tiptoed over to the oil lamps and put them out, before returning to his nest. He pulled one of his scarf-blankets over his toes and shifted on his scarf-pillow. Tim fell asleep thinking of the many ways he could hide Conner's beautiful features. Conner really was giving Bruce's disguise tactics a run for their money, huh?

~~~

Prince Conner was making noises.  A small whimper or whine would escape his mouth occasionally. His eyes were still closed, his hands clenched and his toes curled. 

Tim woke up freezing. Conner's nightmares must have started. He felt around in the dark for Conner's bed. His fingers were numb from the cold and he was shivering. Clearly whatever hearth sat above them had gone out for the night. Tim blinked a couple times before realizing he could make out something vague in the night. Which... shouldn't have been possible.  

Two pinpoints of dim brightness. 

His Highness made a sound in the back of his throat. At least he didn't sleep talk, and his nightmares didn't make him scream. 

Tim felt his way up to the bed, only barely able to see anything from the glow where Conner was. 

"Highness?" Tim asked, nudging Conner gently. 

Prince Conner sucked in a breath, and made a small noise. The glow brightened and Tim noticed that it was coming from his closed eyes. 

"Prince Conner? Your highness? It's okay, it's just a dream." He touched Prince Conner's temple. 

His Highness had always run hot. Touching him was like sticking your hand in warm wool. Always had been. Tonight though, Prince Conner's forehead was warmer than usual. Not hot enough to be a fever but-

Prince Conner made a different noise. This one deep and breathy. Tim frowned. Was he having… trouble breathing?

"Your Highness!" He gave Prince Conner a sharp poke. Still he didn't wake up. "Conner." This time Tim pinched his check (the only part of Prince Conner he could really see). 

Prince Conner's hips buckled and at once Prince Conner was awake, and his eyes were open and Tim was being roughly pushed back as fire poured from his eyes. 

His Highness shut them quickly. Tim stared, mouth open. Sure, he'd seen it before but not even remotely this closely. For a minute the room was warm and there was a brilliant flash of light and in the next, it was cold and dark again, but there was an added smell of scorched wood and Prince Conner's heavy breathing. 

"Stop. Stop stop stop stop stop stopstopstop." Prince Conner chanted, his hands over his eyes, extinguishing the light in the room.

But how could he use his heat magic if he was having a nightmare? It was only triggered (to Tim's knowledge) by-

Oh. 

The sounds, the way Prince Conner reacted to being woken up… 

"Good dream?" He asked lamely. 

If Prince Conner could glare at him without frying him, Tim was sure he would. 

Tim shivered. It was freezing in here. 

"I don't want to talk about it. Why would you wake me up?" Prince Conner snarled. 

"I thought you were having a nightmare." Tim wanted to keep his fingers on His Highness' skin. He was so warm and Tim was so cold. Tim gently placed a hand unseeingly somewhere on his torso when Prince Conner hissed and pushed away, breaking contact. His heavy breathing was one of the few sounds in the room.

"Just-Just give me a minute." He begged. He huddled on the other side of the bed, eyes still covered until he managed to catch his breath. 

"If you need to-" Tim waved vaguely even though His Highness couldn't see it, "I can leave-" 

"No." So Tim stayed put. "I'm-I'm fine. I just.. I'll be right back." Prince Conner scrambled out of the bed, knocking over things and stumbling his way to the privy where the old bathwater sat. There was a sharp noise and a brightness that burned Tim's eyes, and Prince Conner hacked out a cough as Tim saw a puff of steam waft out the door before the light was gone once again. 

"Well." His Highness said from the privy. "The bathwater's hot now."

Tim couldn't help but snicker which turned into a full body shiver. Maybe a hot bath wasn't such a bad idea. 

After a small amount of time, Tim was about to go into the privy to check on Prince Conner (and maybe that bath, which would hopefully still be warm) when His Highness stumbled out. It took Tim a moment to realize what exactly Prince Conner had to have been doing in there that had taken so long. Tim was glad of two things, first that the darkness hid his full face blush, and second, that he had decided to stay put. 

Prince Conner tripped over Tim's nest as he made his noisy way back to the bed. "I'm sorry for waking you."

The was a second then: "I'm glad you did. Imagine if I don't know… overheated them, and then BAM! my eyes and the whole room explode."

"Kryptonians are super strong, remember? Also invulnerable."

"Ah yes, but small, angry, scary, and frankly mysterious Captains of the Guard aren't generally, or is there something you'd like to tell me?" He said, fumbling over to the bed. Prince Conner's warm hands patted the air and Tim's face as he tried to figure out where he was. Tim took his forearms and led him to the bed, sitting him down.

His Highness sat. Tim felt his legs brush Tim's own. 

Tim still hadn't let go of Prince Conner's arms, warmth flooding through them. 

"Wow." His Highness hissed. "Al, your fingers are fucking freezing." He took Tim's hands in his own and brought them closer, placing them in his… was that his armpit? 

"Ew." 

"Krypton, is all of you this cold? Come here."

Tim tried to pull his hands back but Prince Conner strongarmed him into an odd hug of a sort. His warm body pressing against Tim's. "Armpits are some of the warmest parts of the body." Prince Conner argued. He was right, of course, but it still grossed Tim out. Or, well, it should have. But there was something… inexplicably comforting about the whole ordeal. Something Tim didn't really want to examine much further. 

"Please release me, your Highness. We should really go back to sleep-"

"Uh uh. No way you're going back to sleeping on the ground." Tim could feel Prince Conner's breath by his ear. Tim shook and he wasn't sure if it was from the cold or… something else. 

The cold. It was the cold. 

"And freeze to death? I don't think so. We'll manage on the bed. And-What the fuck?" He'd pulled Tim close enough that Tim's feet had brushed up against the inside of His Highness's thighs (which were, for anyone who cares, so warm that Tim wanted to curl up between them--not that he would. He was-it was just warm. That was all). 

"See, you don't want to share a be-" Tim said already pulling out of Prince Conner's embrace, ignoring the way something in his belly plummeted. 

"Nope. Not getting out of here that fast-" Prince Conner reeled him back in, legs tangled in his, arms and fingers intertwined. So close Tim could smell him and his-

Tim tried to break the hold. He should have been able to. Prince Conner was strong and athletic for sure but Tim had always been stronger than him. It was his job to be. But Tim couldn't break free. "Highness, let go." He didn't, he just held Tim tighter. "Highness-Conner you're hurting me." 

There was a gasp and immediately Tim was released. "I'm what? I can't be- But- You're-"

"Clearly some of that Kryptonian strength." Tim mumbled, rubbing at his wrists. 

"Oh Krypton, Alvin I'm so sorry I didn't mean to-"

"It's alright, Highness. You're still learning your own strength." Tim said. But really his mind was more focused on the fact that without… cuddling… His Highness like they'd been, Tim was shivering again. "Where are you? Come back." Tim mumbled, reaching out with hand until he found Prince Conner. 

"I don't want to hurt you. The last thing I want is to hurt you Al-" He brushed Tim's hand away.

Tim's teeth were chattering now. "You know now. It's fine, really. Come back, I'm freezing."

As if drawn to his words like a fly to honey, he was back in Prince Conner's arms. Only this time he was barely being held. As if he would break if Prince Conner breathed too hard. 

Tim took a deep breath as the warmth settled in his bones. "Okay." He finally ordered himself to say. "Okay. Okay. Time to head back to bed. We need to sleep." He began pulling himself out of His Highness's hold when protests arose again. "No! What part of you're so cold that you're shaking aren't you getting! You're sleeping with me in the bed! Deal with it!"

"Highness, the bed is tiny." And you're… you. 

"Alvin. Think of it as an order from your prince. Get in the bed."

Tim scowled at him (not that Prince Conner could see it in the dark) and snapped: "Fine."

As soon as he laid down on the bed, huddling close to the Prince for warmth, he felt his eyes begin to droop closed. He felt warm and Prince Conner was a little bit soft. Tim rested his head on Prince Conner's shoulder, practically on top of him. The blanket at his back. He could feel His Highness shifting beneath him to get comfortable. 

"When we get back to the Capital, you tell my men that we cuddled and I'll make sure you wished you were killed by assassins." Tim grumbled to him, momentarily forgetting that after Lex was defeated, he wouldn't be heading back to Metropolis. He had his own Kingdom to help run. 

"I promise Alvin, your reputation is safe with me."

Tim yawned loudly. "Tim." He said.

"What?"

"My name," he mumbled into Conner's chest, "is Tim." And then he fell asleep.

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Supercorp AU Fic Recs Part 2 - Hope and Despair

In this SuperCorp (Supergirl) Femslash Fanfiction Recommendation, I have collected 21 excellent Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Alternate Universe (AU) stories.

Supercorp AU Fic Recs Part 2 - Hope and Despair: of Lighter and Darker Worlds

In all of the included stories Kara is Kryptonian, but she is not always Supergirl. I will collect no-power AUs in a separate post. However, what I have included as AUs are either stories that change a basic premise of the show or diverge strongly from canon. None of the stories is primarily driven by an action or villain/alien of the week plot, in most this is not even touched at all.

This post and all of the stories were written before season 4 started airing. Most Stories were written before or are (mostly) ignoring Season 3.

Overview of the 21 Kara / Lena stories

Detailed recs and links after the cut. My favorites are marked with *

A) Stories in which Kara is Kryptonian but not Supergirl / Stories without Supergirl

Cooking class with Kara Danvers * by ramonaflow: The One in Which Lena Learns to Cook and to Love

You don't get me * by shes_cured: The College Roommates AU

A Ribbon at a Time * by abcooper: The One in Which Kara Had Been Hiding from Cadmus for Years When She Meets Lena

B) Fluffy/Happy Close to Canon AUs

Something Borrowed (*) by janewithawhy: The Three Weddings and a Supergirl Reveal AU

Swipe Right for a Super by eluigih: The Tinder AU

Charity by cautiouslyoptimistic: The One in Which Lena and Kara Meet Doing Charity Work in a Soup Kitchen

In Plain Sight by MsSirEy, sten06: The One with the Quickest Supergirl Reveal Ever

C) Angstier / Angsty AUs

And I'm waiting for the sun by ifyouresure: The One in Which Kara Fears That She Has Ruined the Danvers’ Lives

Lifestyle Choice by kellsbells: The Ultimate Mon-el Hating Fic

D) Fake Dating / Fake Relationships

I'm with you no matter what * by spacemanearthgirl: The Ultimate Fake Marriage / Witness Protection AU

A fiancée for Christmas by kellsbells: The Fake Dating AU with a Dash of Amnesia

E) Unconventional Families

Listen closely and the stars will sing * by celaenos: The One in Which Instead of Mon-El a Small Girl Came to Earth in the Pod

The Fifth Wall * by Black_Tea_and_Bones: The One about Wishes Coming True, with a Dash of Groundhog Day

F) AUs in Which Lena Is Tempted by the Dark Side

Lena Luthor, Evil Overlord by Rhino (RhinoMouse): The Evil Overlord List AU

The Birth of Venus by lostariels: The One in Which Lena Is an Art Thief

Real by cautiouslyoptimistic: The one in which originally Lena is willing to help Lex and Lilian

G) Stories in Which One of Them Dies (Most have a Happy Ending)

Lena dies on a Wednesday * by karalovesallthegirls: The Brilliant Fic in Which Lena Dies - a Lot.

Destruction (sometimes means rebirth) by BloodInTheFields: The One in Which Lena Does Not Actually Die (but Has Powers)

I Blame Myself by Chazene: The Really Sad Reverse Black Mercy Fic in Which Kara Grieves for Lena

Fallen Hero by Chazene: The really sad fic (with happy ending) in which Lena grieves for Kara

Remember me, and let the love we have live on * by civilorange: The brilliantly sad fic about love, living and dying (actual death!)

This series includes

Supercorp AU Fic Recs Part 1 - Distorted Realities: of Time Travel, Amnesia and Black Mercies [tumblr] [WP]

Supercorp AU Fic Recs Part 2 - Hope and Despair: of Lighter and Darker Worlds [tumblr] [WP]

Supercorp AU Fic Recs Part 3 - Complicated Realities: Weddings, One Night Stands and Friends with Benefits [tumblr] [WP]

Supercorp AU Fic Recs Part 4 - Different Realities: Actors, Baristas and Other No Powers AUs [tumblr] [WordP]

A) Stories in which Kara is Kryptonian but not Supergirl / Stories without Supergirl

1. The One in Which Lena Learns to Cook and to Love

Cooking class with Kara Danvers by ramonaflow

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

1 Chapter, 17k words (completed)

Published: 2017

Lena takes a cooking class and gets more than she bargained for.

After being nagged by Jess, Lena (who is the CEO of L-Corp) enrolls for a cooking class. The instructor is a joyful, slightly clumsy and very cute young woman - Kara Danvers, and thus Lena meets Kara before she becomes Supergirl.

This is a perfect Supercorp romcom. Romantic, cute, funny and very well written. I loved it. There is also a very nice Cat, Lena, Kara lunch scene.

Favorite Quote:

"Sometimes I think you are flirting with me." Kara finally said in a whisper, shoulders slumped, not daring to look at Lena. Oh. Retreat ? "What if I am ?" Kara looked up, lips parted and eyes wide open. "You are ?" Lena laughed again. "Is it so surprising ?" "I don't know. Maybe. You're the first... the first woman to flirt with me." Kara stuttered, not even losing her pink colors. Did it mean she was straight ? Lena falling for a straight girl, what a heartbreaking feeling of déjà-vu. "I doubt that. Maybe you just didn't notice. But do you want me to stop ?" Kara played with her hands. "I don't know." "It's alright. I can leave if you want." "No ! Don't leave."

2. The College Roommates AU

you don't get me by shes_cured

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe); difficult roommates to friends to lovers

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

12 Chapters, 74k words (completed)

Published: 2017

Rating: Mature

Kara had plenty of daydreams about college, but none of them were anything like reality. Lena Luthor is cold and impossible to get along with, but maybe Kara is just what she needs. - A college AU where Kara and Lena start out as roommates and their journey through navigating their first four years of independence together.

 This is a bumpy ride, especially as Kara thinks she is straight at the beginning of the story, but overall this is not this is not a very angsty story. That they don't fall in love right away and their journey to each other are some of the aspects I enjoyed the most about this story and I loved their banter.

I liked that while we get some glimpses into Lena's unhappy childhood, this is not a focus of the story.

While this is an AU, in some respects it feels like it could be very close to canon: this story is a very conceivable take how lonely, standoffish and socially awkward Lena was in college before she met Kara (or Sam). Kara is a Kryptonian and has powers, but she is not Supergirl (yet) and this does not play a major part in the story. This well written story is my favorite collage / university Supercorp fic.

 Favorite Quotes:

It suddenly hit her that the version of Lena she’d been seeing, the girl she viewed as uptight and anal, was actually the relaxed version of Lena Luthor. What a terrifying realization that was.

“You can’t seriously be blind enough to miss how they look at you.”

“We’re friends,” she shrugged. “People never like me like that, trust me. ...

“Everyone likes you, don’t kid yourself,” Lena laughed, still blatantly not addressing the invitation Kara was giving out. “You’re preppy, bubbly and pretty - guys eat that shit up.”

Kara looked down with a smile for a moment. “Complimenting me isn’t an answer, but thank you. Don’t do it again, though, it’s weird coming from you.”

“It’s going to take you out of your comfort zone.”

“Kara, that could be anything,” Lena deadpanned. “I have a pretty small comfort zone. I need a better hint than that.”

To that, Kara just smiled, ignoring Lena’s crossed arms and attempts at intimidation. “If I gave it away it wouldn’t be a hint, now would it?”

3. The One in Which Kara Had Been Hiding from Cadmus for Years When She Meets Lena

A Ribbon at a Time by abcooper ; @abcooper

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

5 Chapters, 28k words (completed) Enemies to lovers (sort of), Kara is an alien refugee

Published: 2017

Rating: Mature

After Lex Luthor defeated Superman, after the courts declared him innocent, after CADMUS rose to power, 16 year old Kara Danvers went into hiding. Five years later, a chance encounter with L-Corp CEO Lena Luthor throws her back into everything she's been running from.

 Kara is a refugee. Not enough that she lost Krypton, she is also the sole survivor of her (foster) family - except for Alex, but she has not seen Alex for years.

There is a satisfying ending when the story has been told just enough. There are hints what will happen next, and the story could have been much longer, but it ends in a satisfying place to feel enough, to feel complete. What I loved about this story is that despite the very bleak premise and sad moments, it can also be very funny - with a dry humor that I really enjoyed, and it can be very sad. This story is a great AU, brilliant and very well written. I loved it.

 Favorite Quotes:

She gets the job, she finds out a few days later, but she’s pretty sure her amazing interview skills have nothing to do with it. They give it to her because her last manager wrote her a reference letter in which he described her as, “ridiculously strong - you can send her to deliver cement bricks and she’ll just hoist them onto her shoulder and go,” and because when they asked if she was willing to use her own car for deliveries she said yes.

Joke’s on them. Kara does own - and currently live in - a car, but it’s not what she’s planning on using for deliveries.

It slowly dawns on Kara that maybe she hadn’t just been blowing Craig’s question off with a joke earlier, that she might have stumbled across the right answer to it. It’s becoming clear that Lena didn’t invite her into a trap - she might actually have invited Kara back into her office just to show off her ass.

Well. That’s unexpected.

B) Fluffy/Happy Close to Canon AUs

1. The Three Weddings and a Supergirl Reveal AU

Something Borrowed by janewithawhy ; @janewithawhy

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

3 Chapters, 50k words (completed)

Published: 2017-2018

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Three weddings and the two women who attend them.

  Kara attends two weddings with Lena and one she attends as Supergirl. I loved the scene in which Lena rescued Supergirl from dancing with an obnoxious drunk guy. We also get to see some a glace into Kara's time at middle school and Lena's time in university

I liked how Kara and Lena dance around the SG reveal for two weddings and then this culminated in one of my favorite - maybe my favorite Supergirl reveal scenes. (I did not include it in the favorite quotes below, because I do not want to spoil it).

A very well written story. Domestic and fluffy, with some very funny moments

 Favorite Quotes

“Auntie Joannie says you’ve met Supergirl,” Carla said, ignoring Kara in favor of Lena. “Is that true?”

“Yep,” Lena answered, popping the syllable a little. She needed Kara to stop fidgeting, except that it was… hilarious. Supergirl’s Identity Outed by 9-Year-Old Flower Girl. Lena had no plans on seeing that headline in the paper anytime soon.

“Is she tall? She looks tall on TV. Is she nice?” Carla sat up, focusing intently on Lena.

Lena chuckled, almost too amused by the situation. She put a finger to her lip, thinking in that exaggerated way people do while talking to children. Kara was wringing the tablecloth between her hands and Lena was almost sure she heard the linen rip.

“Well, we shared a glass of wine and I just found out Kara is Supergirl; and it’s only half past 2.” Lena quipped.

Eliza’s eyes went wide and she put a hand to her chest, clutching slightly.

“Kara is Supergirl?!” Eliza asked, incredulous and breathless, bracing herself against the countertop.

“Oh shit.” Lena felt her face heat up immediately and then Kara was bursting with laughter and Eliza’s face returned to a small, knowing smile, and Lena knew that she’d been had.

“Have you been sitting here waiting to make that joke?” Kara asked, halfway to crying from laughing so hard.

“Only a little,” Eliza said.

2. The Tinder AU

Swipe Right for a Super by eluigih ; @cheddarlight

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

5 Chapters, 13k words (completed)

Published: 2017

Lena Luthor matches with Supergirl on tinder and she’s convinced that she’s being catfished.

Lena decides to try tinder - just to relax. For fun...

Wonderful and hilariously bad Super pickup lines. Sweet and funny. Very well written. I enjoyed this story a lot.

Favorite Quote

She shudders when she stumbles across her secretary’s profile, swiping left as fast as humanly possible. As much as she considers Jess a valuable employee, perhaps the most loyal, she just can’t bring herself to go there. She needs someone forgettable, she needs a face she’s not going to see every morning as she walks to her office and Jess definitely doesn't fit the bill.

3. The One in Which Lena and Kara Meet Doing Charity Work in a Soup Kitchen

Charity by cautiouslyoptimistic ; @forlornlyoptimistic (deleted old link)

Charity by cautiouslyoptimistic (new link, reposted)

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

1 Chapters, 6k words (completed)

Published: 2017

for someone so skeptical of others, lena can't seem to shake off the inconvenient way kara makes her feel or, lena finds her trust issues just don't extend to kara

A great, sweet and fluffy fic. Not very Supergirl centric.

4. The One with the Quickest Supergirl Reveal Ever

In Plain Sight by MsSirEy, sten06 ; @mssirey  @stennnn06

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

1 Chapters, 10k words (completed)

Published: 2017

What happens when Supergirl inadvertently blurts out her real name when first meeting the sister of Earth's most notorious alien hater? Fluff, friendship and deeper feelings, of course.

One of the least angsty Supergirl reveals. A well written, lovely and sweet story. I liked it a lot.

Favorite Quote

“Oh for Rao’s sake, Kara! What are we doing?” Lena exclaimed, her frustration bubbling to the surface before she could process it. Kara froze, her eyes wide, before a huge telling smile broke across her face.

“I….what did you just say?” Kara asked with a bemused expression.

“What are we doing?” Lena snapped, eyes flashing in a panic, desperate not to have to repeat herself. She didn’t think she had the words to explain this beyond vague intentions.

“No...I thought I heard…” Kara raised her eyebrows curiously. “Did you just say Rao?”

“Oh…” Lena bit her lip and paused. “Yeah, I guess I…. did…” She felt the blush creep along her cheeks as she processed what she had done. It was just another way Kara had crept into her life and made herself at home, and Lena hadn’t even noticed. She stifled a grin, before shaking her head. “Anyway, that’s not the point. Kara, seriously, what are we doing?”

C) Angstier / Angsty AUs

1. The one in which Kara fears that she has ruined the Danvers’ lives

And I'm waiting for the sun by ifyouresure ; @ifyouresure

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe); diverges from canon after 2x08

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

1 Chapters, 24k words (completed)

Published: 2017

Kara doesn’t tell her about the hologram of Alura, about the spy beacon she keeps hidden in her night stand, perpetually glowing, waiting for the touch of its twin, but she says, “Sometimes, I talk to them. My mother and her sister – my aunt. Just about my day, my job, my friends and family. It’s ...” “Cathartic,” Lena supplies. Kara was going to say ‘comforting’, but doesn’t correct her. “Sometimes,” Lena whispers, “I talk to Lex.”

(Much later, Kara will think of Lex, still alive, sitting in maximum security, and wonder what Lena meant.) or A lot can happen in the space of a year; Kara and Lena know this better than most.

 Apart from Kara and Lena moving from friends to lovers this story deals with several heavy themes: in particular loss and grief - and the meaning of family.

Lena is struggling with her, family which she had so desperately wanted to lover her, a brother and Mother who are trying to kill her and the obligation she feels to atone for their sins.

Kara who had already felt abandoned and now is deeply troubled after finding out that her father was responsible for the genocidal Medusa virus. In addition to the loss of her entire planet she feels the weight of being the last Kryptonian.

But most of all the central focus of the story is that Kara fears that she is responsible for ruining the Danver's lives. After she came back from earth one - where she found no Supergirl, no Kara, but a happy Danvers family (with Jeremiah alive) and an Alexandra Danvers who is living a normal and happy life as a doctor - without her - she fears that the Danvers and especially Alex would have been better off without her.

Considering all of these heavy themes, there are pretty undramatic Supergirl and Guardian reveals.

Despite these themes and a Kara who is a bit less of a ball of sunshine as she is portrayed in many other fics, for me this did not feel like an overly angsty fic. I enjoyed this well written fic.

 Favorite Quote

“Lena said you and Maggie are sweet together, by the way,” Kara says. “I guess she could tell.”

Alex hums. “Funny, Maggie said the exact same thing about the two of you.”

Kara splutters incoherently.

“There isn’t a single person in this city whose life I haven’t disrupted simply by existing, by being who I am. Believe me,” and here Kara laughs a little, “believe me, I know. I’ve seen how their lives panned out when I wasn’t there to change them, I’ve seen how happy and fulfilled my foster family, my own sister, are without me.” Kara doesn’t explain how, and Lena doesn’t ask. “And I can only believe Krypton exploded with me on it, or maybe it didn’t. Maybe I’m still there, with my own family. Maybe I’m on Earth, ruining the lives of another.”

“They’re happier, for having you in their lives,” Lena says with conviction, leaning forward. Kara almost smiles.

“Tell me something,” Lena says, and Kara remembers the nightmares she had as a child, how Alex brought her back to Earth every time.

“Shrimp legs freak me out,” Kara says instantly, to a crazed little laugh from Lena. “I wanted to study astronomy once, when I was younger. I haven’t had a real conversation in my own language with another living person in years and, sometimes, I worry that I’ll ...” Kara doesn’t say anything for a time. “I paint portraits of home.”

2. The ultimate Mon-el hating fic

Lifestyle Choice by kellsbells

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

8 Chapters, 34k words (completed)

Published: 2018

Rating: Mature

Warning: Homophobia from a friend, Gaslighting, Emotional Abuse (read the intro and the full tags on AO3)

"I'm sorry, Kara. Are you implying that because I am attracted to women, that I deserve this kind of intrusive attention?" Lena asked, incredulous. Kara gaped at her for a moment. "No, but... I mean, you must be used to it, with your lifestyle and all?" Okay. This conversation was definitely over. Lena squeezed the bridge of her nose between her finger and thumb. Lifestyle?

From nowhere, Kara comes into Lena's office complaining about a magazine article which portrays the two women as a couple. Apparently her recently-returned boyfriend, 'Mike', is incensed at the implication and pushes Kara into talking to Lena about it. This leads to a rift between the two friends until some new information comes to light, changing both of their lives forever.

 This is probably the ultimate Mon-El hating fic.

I am not really sure why I enjoyed this story, why I could not put it down. This story deals with a lot of topics and themes that I usually don’t like / enjoy reading about. But I think the way the author managed to achieve this is by stopping at the place, by moving on exactly the right moment. When more would have been too much (for me).

The conflict and rift between Lena and Kara is difficult to swallow, but the author pulls it of. Kara starts losing faith in Mon-el at the moment where it would have been intolerable had she stuck with him longer.

It is well written story. It is angsty and a bit dark, but I did not feel that it was that angsty. But do mind the trigger warnings.

 Favorite Quotes

“Could I?” Lena asked, pointing at Kara’s stash of potstickers. She didn’t normally eat this much, but it had been a really long day. Kara handed them over absently, and Lena ate a few before she realised that Kara had just voluntarily given her potstickers. She was eating potstickers that Kara Danvers had given to her.

Kara nodded, head dropping, and then she left. Lena stared at the door for an eternity after Kara left, wondering how she was supposed to handle her own feelings for Kara along with the pain that Kara had caused her personally, and the shit that Mon-El seemed to be pulling. She was worried about Kara, worried about how much Kara could hurt her, and worried that Mon-El was going to completely destroy the sweet, caring person that Kara had always been.

D) Fake Dating / Fake Relationships

1. The Ultimate Fake Marriage / Witness Protection AU

I'm with you no matter what by spacemanearthgirl ; @spaceman-earthgirl

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

14 Chapters, 46k words (completed)

Published: 2018

"Lena’s life is threatened and the DEO urges her to go hide in a small town (in or out of the country) where the name Luthor won’t mean anything, and Kara of course goes with her bc that’s what (superhero) friends are for. So that’s how they end up fake married in a small town and fall in love for real. Or realize they’re already in love?"

 Embedded into a few Lex is trying to kill Lena elements (nothing too graphic) this is a very light, fluffy and domestic story. Apart from the Lex pieces not a Supergirl centric fic. Winn arranging their fake identities as a married couple, including the rings.

This fic has everything: Witness protection / protective custody, fake marriage, friends to lovers. And my favorite trope: Kara listening for Lena's heartbeat. Bonus: Lena worrying that Kara might hear her heartbeat spike. 

A wonderful, very well written story. Loved it. I especially loved the rings thing

 Favorite Quote

Kara is well aware that this look usually works on Lena, it’s kind of embarrassing how easy one look from Kara can make her fold, make her change her mind about what takeout she wants or what movie they’re going to watch, but running is where she draws the line.

“That’s not going to work this time,” Lena says, reaching out and lightly tapping Kara’s cheek with her hand.

She watches Kara deflate in front of her, pout firmly set on her lips in a last ditch attempt at what Alex calls her “kicked puppy” look.

“Go have fun with the kids, I’ll watch you from here.”

Being alone doesn’t help, it only means the extra brain power she was using to look like she was listening to Jess can be used to think about Kara instead.

This is bad, her company is important to her and she’s not going to be able to get any work done until she talks to Kara.

2. The Fake Dating AU with a Dash of Amnesia

A fiancée for Christmas by kellsbells

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

11 Chapters, 44k words (completed)

Published: 2017-2018

Rating: Mature

Alex is, as always, being hounded by Eliza about Kara's life. In particular, her personal life. Alex blurts out a lie on a whim, pretending that Kara is engaged, and begs Kara to go along with the lie. Kara mentions the situation to her very platonic friend Lena Luthor, who offers to step in. Hijinks ensue. A gift for the lovely Ganewhoo.

 Fake dating AU with a twist, little bit of unconventional amnesia (they sleep together relatively early - drunk - and Kara cannot remember because alien alcohol). There is a good bit of background Sanvers, also we see more of Alex than Maggie. Also nice Lena and Eliza bonding.

This is a well written story that I enjoyed. A it but not a lot of angst

 Favorite Quotes

“I don’t think Lena is oblivious,” Maggie said, shaking her head. She turned to the side again, rubbing her lower abdomen. “Kara has no idea, but my god, the heart-eyes!”

“I know! Every time they do that staring thing, I get this urge to play spin the bottle or seven minutes in heaven, you know? Like, wake up and smell the gay!” Alex said, snickering.

“I’m proud of you, Danvers,” Maggie said. “You’ve graduated from Lesbian Academy with top points in gaydar and detection of unresolved sexual tension.”

“You know, dear, I think we should bring back the practice of carrying handkerchiefs around. That way, I wouldn’t have to see you drooling like that over my daughter’s admittedly impressive musculature.”

“Oh my god,” Lena said, hiding her face in her scarf. Yes, she was wearing a scarf, and Kara was wearing a tiny two-piece bikini. “You are way too okay with embarrassing me, Eliza.”

E) Unconventional Families

1. The One in Which Instead of Mon-El a Small Girl Came to Earth in the Pod

Listen closely and the stars will sing by celaenos ; @banrions

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

14 Chapters, 119k words (completed)

Published: 2017

Lena casts her mind around for the last time she felt this unmoored, this off-balance, by a woman, and can't come up with anything. Kara Danvers is unlike anybody that Lena has ever met; the sweetest, bubbliest person Lena’s yet to come across, and simultaneously one of the saddest, who is probably lying to everyone that she meets. It’s an impossible contradiction to wrap your head around, and Lena should probably stop hiding in this bathroom and trying. (Or, Kara and Lena get parent-trapped into a relationship by a goofy little alien.)

As with any AU there is a "what if". What if Mon-El was so many things he was not on the show. An interesting character? A girl? What if instead of Mon-El we got a sweet nine year old girl in Season two?

Thankfully apart from the final showdown that takes some elements from season 2’s final episodes, there is little retelling of the show.

I love how Lena deals with her suspicions that there is something not quite right about Kara and Myka. The interaction / dynamic between Lena / Kara and Myka is wonderfully written, heartwarming and often funny. Their relationship develops so naturally and sweet.

There is a very nice Supergirl reveal and the story has a meaningful and satisfying end. There is nice background Sanvers and Alex plays a relatively big supporting role in this story. She is also written superbly and her interaction with Kara, Lena and Mayka add a lot to the perfection of the story. In fact there are some of my favorite Alex & Lena scenes outside of Alena/AgentCorp fics.

This is a wonderful, long and very well written story that I loved. The relationship between Kara and Myka and food plays a central part in the story and it is very cute.

The author has already used by favorite quote in the "official" summary (above) but I have one more to share:

 “We should have ice cream for breakfast.”

“No,” she laughs, reaching for her phone. “We should not.”

“Kara will say yes if you ask her,” Myka whispers, looking over and realizing that Alex and Maggie are still asleep.

“Kara, is not a good role model to base your relationship with food after,” Lena counters.

2. The One about Wishes Coming True, with a Dash of Groundhog Day

The Fifth Wall by Black_Tea_and_Bones ; @blackteaandbones

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

28 Chapters, 109k words (completed)

Published: 2017-2018

Rating: Mature

Kara goes to bed with Mon-El, and wakes up with Lena Luthor.

But it isn't Kara’s bed, and they’re not in Lena’s apartment, and that is definitely not their baby... Right?

 What if your wishes come true? Even wishes you had never spoken, not even admitted to yourself? What if powers beyond Kara and Lena‘s comprehension had conspired to push them together, to literally marry their fates together. And to throw in a little girl for good measure, a girl that is apparently their daughter. But all of this can’t be real, or can it?

There is a suspense arc that concludes satisfactory, some canon compliant violence and a bit of angst, but overwhelmingly this is a beautiful love story and a kid fic.

We slowly see Kara and Lena’s relationship developing I loved every minute of it. This is an epic and beautiful story that is very well written.

While Mon-El is mentioned in the author blurb, thankfully he plays practically no role in the story: he has only one or two scenes (in one of which we get a good laugh on his expense).

While there are a few scenes with the Superfriends, this is a very Lena and Kara centric fic.

 Favorite Quotes

Lena shrugged. “Well, I may not have much experience with children, but toast and juice are well within my capabilities. Though I have to ask...  What are sucks, and why aren’t we having any of them?”

Kara took a minute to catch up. “Oh, socks.” She snorted. “She refused to wear any.”

“Stubborn,” Lena noted with a smirk. “I wonder who she gets that from?”

She was alone.

Any lingering doubts Lena may have had about how little she actually wanted her old life back died a sudden and inevitable death in that moment. 

It wasn’t the worst thirty seconds of her life, but it was close.

That was about how long it took her to realize she was overreacting. Nothing had changed. She was still in their bed, in their bedroom, in their apartment. The half-empty glass of water Kara had left on her bedside table last night was still there, and when Lena sat up she saw Kara’s pyjamas hanging over the side of the laundry basket. The only thing missing was Kara herself.

F) AUs in Which Lena Is Tempted by the Dark Side

1. The Evil Overlord List AU

Lena Luthor, Evil Overlord by Rhino (RhinoMouse)

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe); sort of but not really evil!Lena

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

10 Chapters, 23k words (completed)

Published: 2017

Warning: read the author’s intro

Somebody has to take out the trash and Lena decides it might as well be her. If the hero's won't do what needs to be done she will, after all she is a Luthor. And if turning to the dark side involves separating Kara from her douche of a boyfriend? Well that's just a happy coincidence. But if she's going to be evil she's going to do it right by following some simple rules. No insane laughter and impractical super weapons for her. No she's going to avoid the pitfalls of lesser villains and she'll do it with style.

 This AU is a bit different than most SuperCorp AUs. It features a slightly alternate Lena that is written very believably. Jess is done well and gets a slightly larger role than in most fic.

A well written and funny AU that I enjoyed. It is probably more a comedy than it is a SuperCorp romance story.

Note: If you do not know about the Evil Overlord list, then look here. Highly recommended.

 Favorite Quotes

“But Lena’s never cared about her safety and suddenly she does?! And what if she gets hurt!” Kara protested.

Alex held up her hand. “You think Lena might be going evil and your concern is that she might get hurt?” She stared at her sister incredulously.

“Well obviously she could never be properly evil, it’s Lena. But what if she tries to become a megalomaniac like her family?” Kara pointed out. She put her hands on her hips, she needed to protect her friend and they just weren’t getting how serious this was. “Her latest project is laser attachments for sharks!”

2. The One in Which Lena Is an Art Thief

The Birth of Venus by lostariels ; @lostariels

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe); sort of but not really evil!Lena

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

3 Chapters, 13k words (completed)

Published: 2017-2018

When Supergirl finds herself in Italy after an earthquake, Kara decides to take a detour to Florence to see the famous painting the 'Birth of Venus', before returning to National City. At the Uffizi Gallery, she catches the eye of another visitor at the gallery, a fellow art lover who's at the gallery for more than just looking. The next morning the Birth of Venus is reported to have been stolen, and no one knows who took it, until over a year later when Kara finds out why her girlfriend just so happened to be at the gallery that day.

 What if Kara (who is Supergirl) falls in love with a Lena who is an art thief? This is a very interesting take how Kara deals with the fact that her girlfriend is a criminal. Not (really) Evil!Lena, but rather a lover and thief of rare paintings.

With this theme it could have easily been an angsty fic, it is not. It is a well written AU that I enjoyed.

 3. The One in Which Originally Lena Is Willing to Help Lex and Lilian

Real by cautiouslyoptimistic ; @forlornlyoptimistic (deleted old link)

real by cautiouslyoptimistic  (new link, reposted)        

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

1 Chapter, 10k words (completed)

Published: 2017

lex and lillian recruit lena in their plot to end the supers, but lena finds herself more preoccupied with kara's smile than she is with her family's plans or, lena falls in love with the one person she wasn't supposed to

 At first Lena is willing to help Lex and her mother, after all this is how she was raised. Lena's struggle between supporting her families' plan and falling in love with Kara is a different take on SuperCorp but done very believable.

An excellent story that I liked a lot. Very well written from Lena's POV

G) Stories in Which One of Them Dies (Most have a Happy Ending)

1. The Brilliant Fic in Which Lena Dies - a Lot

Lena dies on a wednesday by karalovesallthegirls ;  @karalovesallthegirls

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe), angst with happy ending

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

1 Chapters, 18k words (completed)

Published: 2018

Rating: Mature

Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Lena is trapped in a loop, reliving the day she dies over and over again. She just doesn’t know it.

 Yes, there is angst and suffering, but considering that Lena dies many times in this fic it is not super angsty and this is not primarily an angsty fic.

There is a unique blend of angst, drama, romance and humor: The author manages to put all of this together brilliantly and on top of that a somewhat absurd and crazy plot that is consistent and polished.

It somewhat reminds me of Groundhog Day and the brilliant Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Cause and Effect, but with substantially more punch - there is quite a difference form seeing a ship explode and experiencing Lena’s death several times from her own point of view.

Brilliant and beautifully written, fast paced, concise and polished. There is nothing that could be cut away. It’s a full novel plot in less than 20k words. Amazing - one of my favorites. I knew there would be happy ending, but otherwise I never expected where the plot was going, got surprised again and again.

 Favorite Quote

The only word to describe the look Kara gives her at that is ‘devastation’.

“I’ve watched you die a hundred times, Lena,” she whispers.

Lena can practically see the weight of guilt pressing down on her dearest friend.

“Is that why you wanted us to run away?” she asks, instantly struck by the horror at what she might have done before on those other Wednesdays.

2. The One in Which Lena Does Not Actually Die (but Has Powers)

Destruction (sometimes means rebirth) by BloodInTheFields ; @blood-inthefields

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe); Lena has powers; Angst with happy ending

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

20 Chapters, 36k words (completed)

Published: 2016-2017

There’s not much that she can do. The heat, she doesn’t feel. She walks through the flames and uses her x-ray vision to spot any survivor, but there’s nothing. Only devastation. or, in which Kara loses Lena, but does she really?

Lena is presumed dead after a bombing of LCorp tower and Supergirl couldn’t save her.

There are angsty chapters, miserable Kara is done very well and I really felt with her pain and grief. There are some very nice, romantic and fluffy chapters at the end - and also some funny scenes.

I was a bit worried that Lena's abilities were too much and made her overpowered, but the author handled it well. I enjoyed this well written story a lot.

 Favorite Quotes (spoiler: Lena is not a shape shifter)

“What the hell is going on? Who is this,” Alex hisses, pointing toward the bedroom door that Kara has closed behind them.

“This is Lena Luthor, Alex. You’ve seen her before,” Kara deadpans, arms crossed against her chest.

Kara, where did you find the shape-shifter? This isn’t healthy for you! I didn’t even know you were into Lena Luthor like that!”

3. The Really Sad Reverse Black Mercy Fic in Which Kara Grieves for Lena

I Blame Myself by Chazene

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

1 Chapters, 5k words (completed)

Published: 2017

Rating: Mature

Warning: fake suicide

Kara goes through trauma like no other.

 Kara is grieving for Lena in a kind of reverse black mercy.

This is a very sad and angsty, beautiful and powerful story - with happy ending. A well written short one from Kara's POV.

 4. The Really Sad Fic (with Happy Ending) in Which Lena Grieves for Kara

Fallen Hero by Chazene

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp) (f/f)

1 Chapter, 13k words (completed)

Published: 2017

Rating: Mature

Warning: Major Character Death

Lena goes through tragedy, one she'd never thought she'd experience.

 Lena is grieving and coping with Kara's death. A sad, well written and angsty story - ultimately with happy ending.

 5. The brilliantly sad fic about love, living and dying

remember me, and let the love we have live on by civilorange ;  @civilorange

Setting: Supergirl TV 2015 (DCU), AU (Alternate Universe)

Relationship: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (Supercorp); background Kara Danvers/Cat Grant (SuperCat) (f/f)

1 Chapter, 9k words (completed)

Published: 2018

Rating: Mature

Warning: Major Character Death

You close your eyes and pretend it’s tomorrow. “Promise me you’ll be okay?” “Aren’t I always?” There's nothing glad about it, nothing happy. // or: Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor through the years.

This fic is basically Lena’s life in 9 k words and it will probably make you cry - It is amazing that one of the shortest stories has the broadest scope. This story also deals with the fact that as Kryptonians live very long, Kara will outlive her lovers.

There is SuperCat in this fic, but as the fic is told exclusively from Lena's POV we do not really see it.

There are two things that I usually not that fond of in stories: second person narrator and Major Character Death. But this is a brilliant, very well written story that won me over. Highly recommended.

 Favorite Quotes

“Telling you I’m Supergirl isn’t—it isn’t just telling you I’m Supergirl. It’s telling you I’m Kara Zor El, it’s telling you I’m the last of my kind because my cousin doesn’t even remember Krypton, it’s—it’s—I liked being just-Kara around you.” She’s crying—but not—they’re in the lashes of her blue, blue eyes and you don’t know how you never noticed that they’re the exact same shade. Blue, on blue, on blue—with a little bit of stardust in the black of her pupil.

You’re angry, you are, but you like being just-Lena around her, too. You like pretending that you don’t go see your brother every Thursday, you don’t like reading every death threat sent to you in the mail—you don’t like being an idea before you’re a person. You’re angry, but you understand.

“You don’t beat time, sweetheart,” you tried, damn did you try, but there was only so much your human body would allow. “But we had a run, didn’t we?”

Ninety years together in one way or another—forty more than you probably should have had, but you are Lena Luthor after all. Reality was fifty percent what you made it. Ninety years, sixteen planets, three universes, and a pretty epic story—if you do say so yourself.

 You have reached the end of part 2, but Lena and Kara will return in Supercorp AU Fic Recs Part 3 - Different Realities: of No Powers, One Night Stands and Friends with Benefits (I will include a link once it is published).    

updated links in April 2020 for re-uploaded fics by cautiouslyoptimistic

If you liked this, you might enjoy more of my SuperCorp / Supergirl femslash fanfic recs:

9 Great and Long Kara / Lena Fics - SuperCorp

10 More Great and Long Kara / Lena Fics (SuperCorp)

Supercorp AU Fic Recs Part 1 - Distorted Realities: of Time Travel, Amnesia and Black Mercies

Or all of them

or my fic recs only sideblog @femslashhistorianficrecs​

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Imagine.

Pair of Kings(Queens) AU, Agent Reign + SuperCorp.

Sam and Kara are twins(fraternal obviously) Queens of a dangerous and crazy mystical island, Krypton, that they never knew about because their parents died when they were babies and they have been staying with their Aunts Astra and Patricia in National City ever since, unaware of their true origins.

Both sisters have always kind of been outcasts and the 'weird kids' all their life, especially in high school, because they constantly had 'episodes' whenever they had a sensory overload.

They always knew they were different from other people, their Aunts used to tell them it was nothing to be ashamed of, that their 'abnormalities' was what made them special, especially since their parents were the same.

Though they never told the twins why that was and always told them to keep their abilities hidden.

Despite the weird looks and harsh whispers, Sam and Kara never really let it get to them much, as long as they had each other, though it did help that they were sometimes a little oblivious to the obvious.

One day when they were having a particularly hard time, a random guy that calls himself J'onn shows up and tells them he needs to take them back to Krypton so they can claim their throne since they've come of age.

This is where J'onn, Patricia and Astra come clean about their true origins.

Sam and Kara are reluctant at first but eventually agree to leave for new fresh start and ADVENTURE!

So the twins set out with J'onn, their royal advisor apparently, to their own island, Krypton.

They marvel at the overall beauty of their Island when they get there but are a little terrified when J'onn mentions the Dark side of the Island and the dangerous creatures that lurk in the shadows.

Of course these two dorks know nothing about how to run an island or how to defend themselves against these dangerous creatures, they barely know how to control their own powers.

Enter Royal Advisors Alexandra Danvers, their Combat Trainer and Captain of the Guard and Lena Luthor, resident scientist and genius inventor who knows the island and what's on it better than anyone, especially how it works.

Our dork twins trip over themselves when they meet these two brilliant women and continue to do so constantly. Awkwardly flirting with them during training and lessons.

Alex and Lena find themselves falling hard for these two morons dork charming personalities despite trying to keep it professional, especially since they got other serious problems to deal with.

The Dark side of the Island is growing in size and the creatures that lurk are getting crossing the border to the rest of the Island, terriorising shit and creating havoc.

The only way this can be stopped is by the twin Queens themselves who have no idea what they're doing.

[bridgetteirish]

Super sappy prompts are my jam! “You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen” for supercat

This is a sequel to this little ficlet I wrote yesterday.  Read that one first ;-)

“You’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”

Kara was going to die.  She was sure of it.  Since the second they’d taken their seats at the restaurant across from Mon-El and Imra and Cat had ordered a bottle for the table, Kara had felt like she might melt straight through the floor.  No amount of bulletproof skin could protect her from the warmth of Cat’s hand, where it rested on her thigh or from the electric brush of her breath where it tickled her cheek as they perused the same menu.  Kara felt her insides churning like lava and she forced her breathing to stay even and shallow.  Wordlessly, she turned her head to take in Cat’s profile until her eyes were met with Cat’s own.

“What do you think?” Cat questioned casually.

Kara blurted out the first thing that came to her mind.  “I think you’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”  The moment the words left her mouth she knew they weren’t the right ones, but she couldn’t bring herself to regret them, not after the rosy blush that painted Cat’s cheek and the flustered little chuckle that left her in a breath.  She was taken aback, thrown off-balance a bit and a wave of affection for her washed over Kara.  She could feel their dinner companions’ eyes on them but didn’t look away from Cat.  Instead she returned Cat’s smile.

“Well,” Cat gathered her wits, “I just wondered what you thought about dinner options, but that little compliment will sustain me for days.”  The hand on her thigh squeezed a bit and Kara released the breath she’d been holding.

“Right,” she shook her head and focused back on the menu.  “Right.  Sorry, sweetheart.  I just… got lost in your eyes for a second.”

Cat played along brilliantly.  “Never apologize for that,” she breathed and brought Kara’s hand to her lips, laying a soft kiss on her knuckles.

Kara looked over the top of the menu to see Mon-El frowning into the menu with stormy eyes and Imra clutching his elbow, head on his shoulder, looking moonily at the women across from her.

“I like your Cat, Kara.  She puts the light of a hundred suns in your eyes.  Love like yours is rare.  It is good to see you happy.”

XX

Dinner was uneventful, but confusing for Kara.  Cat was a master conversationalist.  She had little time for ‘Montel’ as she kept calling him, despite his gritted-teeth insistence that it wasn’t his name, but she had Imra spinning tales of their travels exploring all corners of the world.  To Kara’s astonishment, Cat kept sprinkling the conversation with tidbits of knowledge about Kara herself; things Kara had never told Cat.

Just as Mon-El was recounting his mishap on a rural highway in Kansas, Cat interrupted, holding up a forkful of curry to Kara.  “You must try this, darling.  The ginger in it is divine.  You love ginger.”

Kara did love ginger.  It reminded her of an herb her mother grew in her garden on Krypton.  The scent and taste of it warmed her heart and Cat’s dinner oozed with it.  Kara closed her mouth around the fork and couldn’t stop the moan that erupted at the flavor.  She closed her eyes and savored the bite.  When she opened them, Cat’s hand was trembling a bit holding the fork.  The tip of her pink tongue slipped out to wet her lips and Kara thought she might burst into flames.

“I have to go to the bathroom,” Mon-El grunted and leapt from his chair with near superspeed.

When the waiter brought the dessert tray, Cat chose a lemon berry tart and leaned against Kara a bit.  “Chocolate torte, darling?”

“Mmm, you know what I like.”  Kara congratulated herself silently for the fearless little flirt and Cat’s hand landed back on her thigh as a reward.  Heat spread across her leg and the hand inched a bit higher.

XX

Kara polished off her dessert with a satisfied little groan.

Cat giggled and plucked Kara’s own napkin from her leg and lifted it to Kara’s face.  Kara froze.  Those warm, shining eyes were on hers again, sparkling with mirth and triumph.  Cat had had a good night and Kara lit up inside at the sight of her happy and relaxed.

Cat wiped a bit of chocolate from the corner of Kara’s mouth.  “So messy,” she teased.

Kara hadn’t planned it.  She didn’t even know she was going to do it until her lips were on Cat’s.  She kissed her, fully and confidently and Cat tasted like strawberries.  Cat whimpered a bit and her lips parted.  Just as she began to pull away, Kara dared to allow the tip of her tongue to slip past those lips.  She just wanted to taste Cat’s strawberries again.  They did part, finally, after a long moment.  Kara got embarrassed, then, and looked across the table where Mon-El was focused on his pie and Imra was smiling at them.  She could feel Cat’s eyes still trained on her and Kara could hear her racing heart.  She’d done that.  She’d made Cat’s heart beat that wild erratic tempo that matched Kara’s own racing mind.

“Check please!” Cat insisted at the passing waiter.

Before Kara knew it, Cat was signing the credit card slip to Mon-El’s loud protests that he should pay and the four of them were pouring themselves out the door and onto a well-lit National City sidewalk.

Kara said her goodbyes and watched them walk across the street.  She felt something inside of her give way.  It was as though a tether had snapped within her and she felt a profound relief.  Whatever part of her that had been holding onto Mon-El… it was gone.  She was finally free.  She felt no affection, no longing, no desire for him.  It had disappeared so quickly, she wondered if it had ever been there at all.

A hand on her waist pulled her from her thoughts.  Cat’s breath on her neck and the whisper in her ear made her shiver.  “My car’s waiting… darling.  Shall we go home?”

She turned to face her.  “They can’t hear you, Cat.  You don’t have to pretend anymore.”

The hand on Kara’s face melted her disappointment like the chocolate on her dessert.

“Who’s pretending?” Cat purred as she pulled Kara’s lips to her own.

[kateofthecanals]

Thoughts on The Last Jedi

Chock full o’ spoilers under the cut, which I have divided into stuff I liked and stuff I didn’t like, so it’s not ALL bad, lol.

Please note, though, that these are my impressions after only one viewing. I definitely need to see it again (and I will soon), and I’ll be reading everyone else’s posts and meta (good and bad), so my feelings might change...

Until then...

*deep sigh*

Okay, so, my chief problem with this movie is that the first 2/3 of it basically turned out to be pointless. There was all this terrific setup and seeding -- like, literally, those scenes between Rey and Kylo were plucked right out of my fantasies and headcanons over the past 2 years -- but then in the last 30-40 minutes it was like “oh haha just kidding!” and we ended up in the same place we were at the end of TFA. The characters didn’t actually evolve. They went through ALL that but just seemed to ultimately decide that they were better off where they were before. Nothing ultimately mattered -- the Force bond, the hand touch, Snoke’s murder, the team-up in the throne room, the revelation of Rey’s parents, etc... What did that actually accomplish if Kylo was just gonna go right back on his bullshit and Rey was gonna go right back to the Resistance like nothing even happened?

Breaking down more specific things below...

STUFF I LIKED:

- As I said, those early scenes between Rey and Kylo, feeling out their Force-bond, were terrific. Everything I had been hoping for. FORCE-BOND CONFIRMED!

- The Hand Touch scene omigaawwwwd. It was basically Force-sex, complete with Force-gasm. The way it was filmed, the insinuation was preeeeetty clear -- the soft, warm lighting, the fact that Kylo took off his glove so as to facilitate SKIN-TO-SKIN contact, the EXTREME CLOSE-UP of their fingertips where you could see their fingerprints, the little gasp Rey let out.... It was the hottest, most sexually-intense scene I could have imagined without any actual sex being involved. Very clever of Rian, considering this is a Disney movie and whatnot. Too bad they got caught by lame Uncle Luke! ;-P

- 8-PACK CONFIRMED!!! I actually saw a post about this scene prior to the movie but I thought it was just a JOKE. I cannot believe they actually did that, I was laughing so hard. Primarily because you just KNOW Kylo did that shit on purpose, thinking to himself “Hmmm, what can I do to Seduce Her To The Dark Side...? Why, she’ll never be able to resist my SWEET PECS!” Like... bro... stop. LMAO. Anyway, I appreciate the catering to the female gaze. ;-)

- R.I.P. Rey Skywalker and Rey Solo. Can we please move on now? (Though a friend did say he suspected the revelation of Rey’s parents wasn’t actually true, but, like, she was the one who confirmed it, so why wouldn’t you believe it???)

- R.I.P. Finnrey? Between Rose smooching Finn, and Rey grinning as she watched Finn hold vigil over injured Rose, I think we can say yes. Or maybe we’re just being trolled here too...

- The team-up in the throne room made me soooo happy; even the other people in the theatre were cheering. I’d LIKE to think that this is foreshadowing a future partnership of some sort between them, but... 

- The fact that, after learning the truth about Kylo, Rey insisted on calling him Ben. He seemed really affected by that too. Well, for a little while anyway...

- PORGS, GLORIOUS PORGS! I just wish there had been more of them, LOL. But I’m sure Rian wanted to use them sparingly so they wouldn’t wear out their welcome, so he achieved that at least. 

- I think I’m content with how Luke’s story was resolved. I have to ponder it some more before reaching solid conclusions, but he went on his own terms, which I think is the best we could have hoped for. And we can be sure there will be tons of Luke Force-Ghost action in Episode 9, lol.

- When Rey and Kylo had hand-sex, she saw Kylo becoming Ben again, and Kylo saw himself and Rey ruling the Galaxy side-by-side. I don’t think those were mutually exclusive visions of the future -- if this trilogy is all about finding Balance, then I think that the truth of those visions (filtered and interpreted between two very disparate perceptions) will meet somewhere in the middle. My headcanon endgame for Reylo has always been Rey and Ben becoming Gray Jedi and teaming up to “rule” the Galaxy from a position of that ever-coveted Balance, so I think that is what those visions could be hinting at. At least, I’d like to think so, but those last 30-40 minutes gave me major reservations...

- So, I’m putting this one under Stuff I Like but it’s not something I really liked or disliked, I just thought it was a bizarre choice, and that was this sudden playing of Hux strictly for laughs. Like, yeah, in TFA, he was a great source of comedy for myself and others (#coasters), but the whole reason he was so funny was because of how utterly seriously he (and the film) took himself. But then he became somewhat of a caricature of himself in TLJ -- like an SNL sketch version of Hux. I mean, I enjoyed it and was entertained, but it was just an odd choice to me.

STUFF I DIDN’T LIKE:

- The turning point for me, going from “YES YES YES!” to “oh...” was immediately after the team-up in the throne room, when I quickly realized that Kylo didn’t kill Snoke because he suddenly “woke up”, and he didn’t do it for Rey... he did it so that HE could be the HBIC. He didn’t change at all. His ambitions only became amplified.

- I was really bummed when Snoke “revealed” that he was the one who facilitated the Force-bond between Kylo and Rey, but I was relieved to see this wasn’t the case after all at the end when Kylo and Rey had that one last Force-encounter. But again, what was this actually worth in the end? She closed the door on him. It was established in this film, via Luke, that a Force user can close themselves off to the Force. Who’s to say Rey won’t do the same to Kylo? That she will find a way to cut him off completely? There’s literally nothing stopping her, because she has clearly given up on him...

- ... as has everyone else. And with good reason, tbh. The moment Kylo threw Rey under the bus for Snoke’s death, declared himself new Supreme Leader, and went fucking buckwild on Luke, I knew all hope for redemption was gone. Even Leia was like, “nope, I was wrong, he’s lost for good.” Basically what I got out of this movie was, Rey and Kylo “flirt” with the other sides of the Force for a hot second but then just ultimately decide that they belong where they were in the first place. Gee wow what awesome character development...

- The revelation of Rey’s parents was just so... banal. I felt like this was thrown in there just to put the question to rest, without any additional thought or exploration, even though that was made such a HUGE deal of in TFA. But, nah, they were “nobodies”, end of story, case closed, that’s all she wrote. It was never even explained how Kylo knew about Rey’s parents!!

- I’ve seen people claim that this movie “shuts down” anti arguments for good and that is simply not the case. There is still plenty of ammo from this movie they can use, chief among them Kylo’s cringeworthy statement to Rey that “You’re nobody. But not to me.” Oh great, I can see the Discourse already... reeeaaaally wish Rian hadn’t thrown fuel on the fire like that, but here we are. I mean, there’s some degree of justification in that (a) Kylo can’t people and this was the only way he could think to convince Rey to stay with him by playing off her one biggest weak spot, and (b) he’s perpetuating the cycle of abuse tactics instilled in him by Snoke, but NEITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD EXCUSES. Like, okay Kylo, it’s lovely that she means something to you, but telling her that YOU are the only one who sees something special in her is a dick move for sure. (Basically, the scene felt like the Blackwater to me, with Kylo trying to implore Rey to come with him, she refusing, and him just flipping the fuck out on her... YA BLEW IT, SON! Hopefully, though, like Sandor, Kylo will realize that, if he REALLY wants to be with Rey, he has to become a better man... that HE has to change for HER and not the other way around... But I am not hopeful this is a direction Lucasfilm will ultimately decide to take.)

- I’m glad everyone’s happy that Kylo didn’t actually KILL Leia (which I knew he wouldn’t) but I dunno how many brownie points he gets considering he still let those other fighters take her out... I mean, she SHOULD have died, but apparently she’s from Krypton or something? LOL... But anyway, I mean, he may have not known that those other fighters were around him, but he still could have done SOMETHING, but he didn’t.

- And he barely even flinched when Snoke was torturing Rey. You’d think that, I don’t know, since they have a Force-bond and everything, that he would have been able to feel her pain or something???

- During Kylo’s attack on Crait, at a certain point (around the time Luke shows up), Rey just, like, disappears, completely, and doesn’t show up again until the very end to do her rock-lifting trick. Firstly, where the hell was she that whole time, but more importantly, wouldn’t it have been kind of awesome if, like, she could sense what was happening between Kylo and Luke and using their Force-bond try to talk him out of it? And see him actually STRUGGLE with it because he’s still torn between wanting to be with her and wanting to be the Big Bad? Buuuut no, because at that point, both their minds were made up, and Rey had given up on him anyway.

- On a more technical level, I was really disappointed by how the Force-bond sequences were filmed. I expected way more from Rian Johnson; this was something any first-year film student could have come up with. Now, I’m not claiming to be “better than Rian Johnson”, but in my headcanons of Rey and Kylo’s Force-conversations, there was a noticeable atmospheric shift -- some sort of visual cue that something “different” was going on... Instead of just this basic cutting back and forth between them in their respective locales. Meh.

- I didn’t find Rose that memorable, sorry. And her whole mission with Finn, much like the Kylo/Rey storyline, ended up being completely pointless, thanks to Admiral Holdo needlessly keeping vital info about her plans from Poe. WHY??? All of it was just an elaborate excuse to send Finn off on another adventure where he would end up back with the First Order so he could finish off Phasma, period. Like, yeah, there was that little hint at the very end that those kids who took care of the fathiers would, like, have something to do with the Resistance in the next movie, but honestly that could have just been a little meta commentary about how kids have been inspired by the Star Wars franchise over these past 40 years. Which is nice and all, but Finn and Rose’s mission was still pointless.

- Same with Holdo. So here’s this lady who just shows up out of nowhere, keeps vital information from Poe for no good goddamn reason, thereby forcing him to come up with his own plan and send Finn & Rose on a wild goose chase, and then suddenly we’re supposed to buy this close, intimate relationship she has with Leia so that we’ll feel all wistful when she decides to go on a suicide mission to protect the Resistance?? That should have been Leia, tbh... and not just for cheap emotional impact. At that point, Leia believed both the cause and her son to be lost and really had nothing else to lose at that point, and it would have been well within her personality to take out as many motherfuckers as she could to go down with her. Holdo should have been set up as Leia’s heir apparent going forward, and Leia going all kamikaze on the First Order would have been an interesting parallel to Luke also sacrificing himself to protect the ones he loved. AND it would have solved the whole issue of how to move forward in the story after Carrie’s death. I mean, we know that Leia was supposed to play a big part in Episode 9, but we’ll never know what that was supposed to be anyway...

Okay so those are the just the things on the forefront of my mind today. I might think of some more, and like I said at the top, my opinions on these might change... and y’all are free to try to change my mind. ;-)

No but seriously, very anxious to hear other people’s opinions!

[suzukiblu]

Expanded version of Tim's next scene in the Core Four poly-pocket soulmate AU, with a read-more for length.

The adorability of Pockets as a concept y'all can thank @bucky-boychik-barnes for.

Tim's Pocket refuses to wear a mask, which is an issue. He doesn't want to wear the tiny wire-rimmed glasses either, or even change out of his weird straps-and-belts version of the Superman suit into . . . literally anything else, at this point. Tim would take anything else. They've given him options, but he's refused them all. He won't take off the costume.

Also he won't stop flying around the cave like a bat out of hell, and it's seriously annoying.

"Have you successfully selected a name for your Pocket, Master Tim?" Alfred inquires as he pours everyone tea at the table while Bruce is staring assessingly at Tim's Pocket, including four little Pocket-sized cups' worth–one for Bruce's Cat ("Kitty" to the tabloids), one each for Dick's Red and Star, and one for Tim's . . . whoever.

Alfred doesn't have a Pocket of his own. Tim's always felt too awkward to ask about it.

And Jason never got a Pocket at all.

"No, not yet," Tim says, because the whole no-mask/yes-cape issue has been a lot more immediately concerning than naming him. He can't take a Pocket Superman home to his dad. Pocket Clark Kent is going to be bad enough.

Assuming Tim's Pocket ever puts the stupid glasses on, anyway.

"You should get on that," Dick advises as he picks up his teacup with an appreciative nod of thanks to Alfred and takes a sip. "Red got really mad at me when I didn't name her right away. I mean, like, naming Pockets is so . . . outsider, you know? And kinda gilly, too. But that's how Babs grew up, obviously, and I don't know how they did it on Krypton, but Uncle Clark was raised by gadje too, so . . ."

Tim understood absolutely none of that, but just nods like he did and makes a note to go do some research later.

"Sure," he says, just hoping he can convince his Pocket to ditch the damn cape sooner than later. Red wheels her tiny wheelchair over to the Pockets' nicely-set little tea table and ignores Star floating down to land in the seat across from her. They don't usually get along very well, which is a little weird to see in Pockets who didn't come from people who are, like, on the literal opposite ends of the ethical spectrum, especially ones that belong to the same person, but they both settle in all the same. Cat does an artful flip off of Bruce's caped shoulder down to the table and then strolls over to join them. Tim's Pocket looks curious, but stays hovering in the air just over his shoulder.

Is his Pocket, like, antisocial or something? Is that a concern? Usually Pockets group up really easily, from what Tim knows. Not that he's ever had one before, and admittedly his parents' had always mostly ignored each other, but . . . normally they do, right?

Cat chirps impatiently and makes a beckoning gesture at Tim's Pocket, but he, very weirdly, sort of floats backwards and almost . . . hides behind Tim's head. Just for a moment, but . . .

Weird, Tim thinks. Weird, and not very Superman-like. Pockets are usually a bit more emotionally honest than the people they come from, but Superman's met Cat as many times as Bruce has met Laney, so why would a Pocket that came from him ever hesitate to go over to her?

Star chirps too, holding out her arms and starting to glow with intensely bright solar radiation that would only be an encouraging gesture to a Kryptonian, Tim is sure. It does the job, though, and his Pocket pauses for just a moment longer, then goes to the visible effort to put on a bright grin and darts over to land beside her. She immediately starts chattering at him in Pocket-talk and he chatters back easily, and Tim then has to witness his own damn Pocket start undeniably flirting with one of Dick's Pockets.

He has never been more mortified in his life, he thinks right up until his Pocket turns his head and starts flirting with Cat.

Tim disassociates a little. Like. Just a bit.

Or a lot.

"Hm," Bruce says while Tim is busy dying of mortification, his eyes narrowing assessingly. Star is happily flirting back at Tim's Pocket, to Tim's absolute horror, but worse, Cat is actually humoring him.

Tim has died and this is hell. There's no other explanation whatsoever for this.

Cat reaches over and scritches his Pocket behind the ears. He looks startled, then visibly zones out for a moment, and then leans into the contact and purrs. Cat chirps approvingly, Star laughs, and Red snorts, but fondly.

Tim is definitely, definitely in hell right now. Oh god. What is happening right now and why is it happening to him?

"Well, he's got aspirations, I'll give him that," Dick says wryly as he leans back in his chair. "Though I don't think Lois Lane would appreciate them."

"It's not Superman," Bruce states matter-of-factly. Tim and Dick both blink; Tim's Pocket immediately scowls.

"You sure, B?" Dick asks skeptically. "He looks just like him. And he literally showed up wearing the El crest."

"I knew Smallville," Bruce says, ignoring Tim's stubbornly glowering Pocket. "He was nothing like this Pocket. And Superman is undeniably dead. Believe me. We checked."

Of course Bruce checked, Tim thinks. They know so little about Kryptonian physiology, after all, and even less about how Kryptonian physiology works under a yellow sun. It's not as if Earth is spoiling for other Kryptonians.

And Clark Kent was Bruce's friend.

So of course he checked.

"It is true that Mr. Smallville did have a markedly different personality from the one our new young Master Pocket seems to," Alfred says, delicately setting a tiny tray of tiny Pocket-sized treats on their tea table. Tim has no idea how Alfred even makes cookies that small, but he does it. "I don't think I ever once saw him in any semblance of Superman's costume at all, in fact."

Tim's Pocket looks briefly puzzled, and then very worried. Tim isn't sure what to think about that, but it makes him feel a little useless. He doesn't know how to take that worried look off his Pocket's face, but he feels like he should be able to do something about it all the same.

He tells himself–soon. Once he knows him a little better. He'll be able to do it then.

Or he hopes he will, anyway.

Star and Cat get Tim's Pocket to sit down at the table and scoot their chairs in to pin him between them, which seems to help more than Tim was going to be able to figure out how to. At least, his Pocket looks a bit less anxious about the conversation now.

He's still shooting Bruce sullen little glowers, admittedly, but one step at a time.

"Maybe your Pocket's just really work-focused, Robin," Dick observes wryly, and Tim's Pocket immediately laser-focuses in on him and jumps back to his feet so fast he knocks over his chair and nearly Star and Cat and the tiny tea table too.

"Rob!" he shouts excitedly, definitely not in Pocket-talk, and Tim blinks down at him in bewilderment, trying to figure out if he just hallucinated hearing that or not. That was–that was so fast for a Pocket to have picked up their first non-Pocket word. Most Pockets don't even care to learn more than a handful of those, and certainly not so quickly. And Tim's not an expert on Pockets, obviously, but . . .

"Hm," Bruce says.

"You probably do need to name him pretty soon, if he's already latched onto your name this quick," Dick says, leaning forward a little bit to peer a little closer at Tim's Pocket. Tim's Pocket ignores him to grin delightedly up at Tim, which Tim feels very weird about. No one ignores Nightwing for him. Ever.

He guesses if anyone would, it'd be his Pocket, but still.

"That's not technically my name," he reminds Dick. Dick had it first, after all, and Jason had it too. Tim just . . .

He didn't even inherit it, really. It's not like Jason deliberately left it to him or anything. He doesn't even know what Jason would think of a Robin like him.

His Pocket scowls again.

"Rob!" he insists loudly, flying up into Tim's face so fast he nearly smacks into it. "Rob! Rob!"

"Tim," Tim corrects, although obviously his Pocket isn't going to pick up two words on his first day of existing, it's just–

". . . Tim?" his Pocket repeats uncertainly, his brow furrowing as he stares much too intently at Tim.

Tim has absolutely no excuse for how red his face turns.

"Hm," Bruce says again.

[super-barry-allen]

It’s an Extraterrestrial Matter

Listen, this is a headcanon, it’s not fact, so don’t come at me if there are inaccuracies, it’s just how I feel Kara is as a character, okay, and of course I had to write it through Sanvers’ eyes. Enjoy! P.s. Sorry for any spelling and/or grammar mistakes!

"What's the deal with your sister?" 

Alex looks to her right to see Maggie coming up beside her, leaning against the counter, the detective is staring straight forward, as Alex had been previously before, watching the scene, the family, in front of them, arguing and laughing over a game of scrabble that Alex had excused herself from only to get another glass of wine - and only after she had threatened the lives of her friends not to change any of the tiles or cheat... Alex took her scrabble very seriously. 

The agent frowns at her girlfriend and looks back out at the scene, Kara was flustered, laughing in her over top way that Alex had seen her do around James, a lot, but this time it was directed at something Lena Luthor had just said and the others were staring at Kara like she was insane. 

Alex chuckles a little and turns her back on the scene, focusing now on Maggie who turns her body towards Alex. "What do you mean?" Alex questions with confusion and Maggie looks at Kara briefly. 

"Listen, I know the whole gaydar thing isn't a science-" Alex laughs at that and Maggie rolls her eyes. "I mean you definitely don't have one-" 

"Hey!" Alex protests. So maybe she was a little oblivious when it came to that sort of thing - not that it really mattered since she had Maggie, she didn't need anything else. "You're the one who read me wrong, remember?" 

"Okay but that's just because you started flirting with me all of a sudden." Maggie retorts and Alex narrows her eyes. 

"I was not flirting, I was being a friend." 

"Right, and that worked out didn't it Danvers?" Maggie was teasing her, of course she was, and, if it wasn't for Maggie's beautiful stupid grin, and her dimpled cheeks, and shining brown eyes, Alex would've teased her right back but she was just a little, well, a lot, distracted. 

"You kissed me." Alex reminds her and Maggie crosses her arms and raises an eyebrow, her full blown smile falling into a smirk and god was it sexy. 

"You kissed me first." Maggie responds and Alex blushes a little at the memory. She was so embarrassed by that day, still, despite it working out in a good way, the best way possible, but, still, it got her here, standing in Kara's kitchen with her girlfriend, she still couldn't believe it, she had a girlfriend. 

"You were asking about my sister," Alex says, changing the subject, she'd let Maggie win that round but she wouldn't win the next one. "I have to warn you though, if you're about to say something bad against her, I wouldn't." Alex may like Maggie a lot, hell, maybe even love, but if she said something against Kara, if the pair hadn't got along well, then Alex doesn't even know what she would do. 

"No, no, I love little Danvers," Maggie says dismissively and Alex chuckles at the nickname that Maggie has bestowed upon her little sister. "No, I mean, I just can't get a read on her..." Maggie says thoughtfully and Alex knits her eyebrows together in confusion. 

"She's clearly flirting with Lena, well, she's being flirted with," Alex turns to look at them again to see Kara fiddling nervously with her glasses while Lena just smiles and eyes her little sister. The agent narrows her eyes suspiciously at them, they were getting awfully close these past few weeks after Kara had saved Lena from a kryptonite explosion. "but your sister clearly likes her." Alex tunes back into Maggie's voice and turns away from the gathering for a moment. 

"But then she's also had relationships with guys right? Like James... and that Adam dude you told me about," Alex almost laughs at the concentration on Maggie's face and raises one eyebrow and smiles in amusement; it was like she was trying to figure out some extreme math equation and not Alex's little sister's love life. "and I get the sense that she's not straight, she clearly has something going on with James, and obviously Lena, I mean, that one is really obvious-" 

"Are you trying to figure out if my sister is straight or gay?" Alex interrupts Maggie's thoughts and the detective presses her lips into a thin line and places her hands on her hips in exasperation. 

"No case left unsolved," The detective states and Alex laughs at her girlfriend and Maggie rolls her eyes. Alex holds her stomach a little from all of her laughter, taking a deep breath to help replenish her oxygen supply, even her eyes were watering. "Fine, is she bi?" Maggie asks outwardly and Alex manages to gather herself, and takes a deep breath to compose herself, before responding. 

"Kind of," Alex answers and Maggie turns her head to the side and a crease forms on her brow in confusion. "she came to Earth when she twelve." 

"So...?" Maggie asks, still not getting it, she shakes her head and Alex takes a step closer. 

"So, Krypton wasn't like Earth, it didn't have gay, straight, bi, it was just, you meet someone you like, you mate them," Alex explains with a shrug. "I mean, I'm sure some kryptonians did have preferences for some genders but, they were efficient guys up there, reproduction was done in like tubes, actually, Kal is the only naturally conceived kryptonian in centuries, but, on Krypton, they were just encouraged to marry whoever they fell in love with, and Kara grew up with that incentive." Alex says and Maggie listens intently, clearly very invested in the details - and she calls Alex a nerd. "Plus they were restricted to one baby per family and Kara's DNA is really complicated, who knows if same sex couples could have biological babies, the Kryptonians were a really advanced species, plus, hello, aliens." Maggie laughs at that and Alex smiles in response. 

"To answer your question, Kara's kryptonian, she'll choose her mate based on compatibility, on what she likes about them, not on gender, so I guess she's pansexual, if you want to earthly brand her." 

"What did the Kryptonians class as being compatible?" Maggie asks curiously and Alex shrugs, they don't know an awful lot about the kryptonians, only what Kara can remember, what Kal had learned from the fortress and the other pieces of information gathered from their pods. 

"Who knows? Probably intelligence, to them we're like cave men who could only dream about being on their level." Maggie smiles and leans in close to Alex, wrapping her arms around her waist and Alex smiles gazing down at her girlfriend. "But, you know, Kara also grew up with Earth's social construct and, compared to Krypton, it's pretty fucked up. So people automatically assume she's straight, and I guess when I came out to her I reminded her of Krypton, about how being straight isn't the only option." 

"Enter Lena right?" Maggie asks with amusement, because Alex is oblivious but she's not that oblivious, and Alex laughs leaning her head forward to press it against Maggie’s. 

"Enter Lena Luthor." She confirms - she did have the intelligence. 

They stand in silence for a moment, just enjoying one another's company, Maggie can feel Alex's thumbs gently stroking at the back of her neck and she's more than willing, more than content, just to stand there and not move... but she has to ask something else, because she's already opened the Krypton can of worms, she might as well go all the way. 

"So Mike," Maggie says and Alex's eyes flutter open, momentarily distracting Maggie, and she pauses when she feels Alex's thumbs stop stroking and she almost whines for her to continue. "He's from decks- dacks- Daxam?" Maggie's face scrunches up adorably and Alex grins at her fumble with the planet's name. 

"Yeah," Alex responds. "same social construct as Krypton, except, maybe a little looser on its morals, party central according to Kara." 

"So that's why James calls Mon-El frat boy." Maggie chuckles and Alex nods. She'd noticed that James and Maggie had been getting along quite well recently and she loved that her friends seemed to love Maggie, a lot, because they were her family and they were all important to her. 

"Yep, but it was colonized by Krypton way back when, before they left the planet to itself, but, you know, the whole be with who you want to be with thing was still pretty strong, hell, according to Mon-El they even had polyamorous relationships." Alex explains and Maggie nods her head in understanding. 

"So you totally pick up on the whole Winn and Mon-El thing too right?" Maggie asks and Alex laughs out loud this time, nodding her head repeatedly, because of course she picked up on that - Winn was the least subtle person she knew, he was even worse than Kara. "I’d like to hear more about Krypton, it sounds fascinating." Maggie admits and Alex smiles softly. 

"I'm sure Kara would tell you some stories," Alex says. "she likes to keep the memory of Krypton alive in her head, so she doesn't forget it, she'd be more than happy to talk to you about it." Alex says and Maggie nods her head, she might just have to ask the blonde about the planet. 

"Oh snap!" Alex's head peers over Maggie as she hears Winn's excited yell. 

"Alex! Lena just beat your score!" Kara shouts and Alex narrows her eyes. 

"Oh hell no." Alex mutters and Maggie chuckles, placing a kiss to Alex's cheek, she turns her around and past her butt towards the living room where the game of scrabble was commencing. 

"You're going down Luthor!" Alex says and Maggie shakes her head at how competitive Alex was especially when it came to scrabble. 

"That's not the first time I've heard that before." Lena says with a smirk and Maggie's eyes widen while Kara, who was beside her, starts blushing to a blood red, almost like she might explode. 

Kara Zor-El of Krypton was such a prude.

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to be reblogged and edited every time a new verse and permanent starter call is created.

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Krypton Verse: Royal AU. Krypton was never destroyed but Kal-El, son of Jor-El, still had his eyes on the world his father spoke of. In a bout of teenage/young adult rebellion, Kal-El used one of Kryptonian’s ships to travel to Earth, hiding his location from his family as he did so. It was during this trip that he was welcomed by Jonathan and Martha Kent as well as fell in love with a reporter named Lois Lane. For a few years, he argued, flirted, courted, and eventually married the human of his dreams. When Kal-El was found by his cousin Kara Zor-El, the Lane’s were expecting a child and thus a concession was made, Kal was allowed to stay on Earth just until the child was born before bringing the newest heir home to be trained and raised as a son of Krypton. Civilian Verse: Modern (Kinda) AU. The youngest Superboy’s powers are often faltering but never before had they collapsed as badly that bullets were able to pass through him with no barrier. Almost dying due to this mission, and with his fear of dying in an all time high, Jon decides to quit being a hero and try and live on as a civilian. A Kryptonian was never meant to stay normal though. His past comes to haunt him as he’s slowly being dragged to the world of heroism once more, but Jon’s not willing to give up his life of safety without a fight.

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Urchin Verse: When Jon’s parents die during the Convergence event, Brainiac sends him to a world alone. Placed on an orphanage, Jon slowly loses hope of gaining a family after repeatedly being sent back and gaining a reputation as a ‘bad kid’ for fighting the other Orphans who bully those younger. Leaving the orphanage at 8, he uses his charms, looks, and smarts, to survive the streets and become useful to any rebellion or person with the right amount of cash. [Useful for Crossovers, set in Y.C.’s world]

UPCOMING:

Sirens Verse: After a tragic accident with The Cube (an unknown object that has transported Jon and his father to a Dinosaur world before), Jon was left in the streets of Gotham without his father and with his 5 year old memories and unlocked powers. Forced to steal to eat and live in Gotham's streets, he breaks into the Botanical Gardens, meeting the Sirens along the way. Taken in by Poison Ivy, and renamed Aster, Jon ends up as a superpowered thief and helps his new mother in her attempts to help nature. Earth-3 Verse: Clark Kent and Lois Lane were/are/will always be destined to be together, the cosmic beings have ensured that ever since they were born. Thus it didn't shock anyone when Superwoman, Lois Lane, and Ultraman, Clark Kent, ended up together and having a kid. A half-amazonian, half-kyptonian child named Jonathan Kent or Jon-Il. At the age of 2, young Jon had already unlocked his powers and started his reign of terror, becoming a nightmare for any kid and adult he set his eyes on, securing his title as the strongest boy in the world and gaining his title as Ultraboy. He plans to overthrow his own father and mother as the strongest Villain in Earth but first.. he needs to grow stronger and make others weaker. Star Wars Verse: When Clark Kent chose a new world he, Lois Lane, and their new son can live in, the man picked something unknown, something exciting, yet something where they can be normal. To his own surprise, they were left in a world with luscious forests, clear rivers, and a full accepting society, a world named Alderaan. Though they planned a normal life, Clark allowed himself to be dragged to the wars, joining the Rebellion. Lois and Jon were brought and forced to live in hideouts where young Jon learned the stories of wars and jedis and how to fight. As a kid, he used his age to help the rebellion, passing on messages, spying on imperial, etc. Now that the war's over (13) and with Luke Skywalker teaching, Jon's unlocking his natural force sensitivity and the powers of a Jedi. Young Adult Verse: Superman has dropped the mantle and its time for someone to become the new face of truth, justice, and the American way. Lucky for the Kryptonian hybrid, he was able to escape that responsibility, to have more time to grow as a hero and as someone who’d have to overcome the huge legacy of Superman. With his brother stepping up to the plate, Jon decides that it’s time to be his own man and have his own team. Taking the mantle of Flamebird, as a remembrance to his brother Chris who was once Nightwing, the Super son contacted his generation of superheroes and created the newest Young Justice, protecting different cities and partaking different missions as they readied themselves into taking their parent’s titles. Adult Verse: There’s no such thing as truly ready but there is a thing called prepared and Jon’s finally prepared to take on the mantle of Superman. Leaving his team to a new and reliable leader, he heads on out to become Superman. It takes months for him to get used to protecting Metropolis and the rest of the world but he makes it through and decides to join the Justice League. With Batman and Wonder Woman as the team’s leader, they expect him to rise up among their ranks soon and to take his place as part of the trinity, here’s to hoping that he fulfills their expectations.

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Nobody Needs to Know

Summary: Winn’s not expecting the colors to come when he sees the man in the pod; he’s not really expecting to fall in love with him either.

The soulmate AU where you can’t see in colors until you see your soulmate for the first time.

Kara’s been obsessed with soulmates for as long as Winn’s known her. She later admits that on Krypton that they didn’t have anything like it. Everyone was born seeing colors. Winn thinks if anyone deserves the cliche romantic soulmate meeting, it would be Kara. She’s the type of person that would love it (if the amount of soulmate romcoms she’s dragged Winn to is anything to go by) and he doesn’t really think it’s fair that she’s robbed of that experience. She laughs and smiles when he mentions this and remarks that she’ll just have to live vicariously through Winn’s journey to find his soulmate.

Winn doesn’t have the heart to tell her that he’s a cynic about the whole soulmate thing. Hard not to be when fate apparently deemed his mother and father to be soulmates, when his clearest and most vivid memories, the ones that still keep him up at night, are of his father being dragged to prison after murdering six people and his mother abandoning him shortly after.

When his dad gets out, when he tries to kiss her, when he confesses, she pulls away, “Winn, you don’t see colors yet,” as if that’s enough justification to reject him and he guesses that in her eyes, it is. But he doesn’t need his soulmate, whoever they are, because he’s capable of making his own decisions, capable of being in love with who he wants to be without having to see colors the first time she looks at him. Because if people like his dad have a soulmate on this Earth while people like Kara don’t, then what kind of bullshit system is the soulmate one?

A little while after him and Kara go back to being okay, Siobhan shows up in his life and he doesn’t deny that part of her allure is that she doesn’t hold any value to the soulmate system, says she already met hers but he was holding her back so she just let him go. Maybe she’s a bit shallow and maybe she doesn’t have the best moral compass but she’s exactly what Winn needs right now so he doesn’t care. Kara frowns at him when he tells her that he still sees everything in shades of black and white.

Winn has never really admitted this to anyone, but when he was a kid, he was obsessed with the idea of soulmates, leaving the house as often as he could to see as many people as possible, hoping the colors would come. He told his mom that he had hoped that Superman was his soulmate because how cool would it be to have a superhero alien soulmate? His mom laughed at him, her eyes lingering a little too long on the door, telling him that whoever his soulmate was, they would be perfect for him and if Superman was his soulmate, then Superman was lucky to have one of the best soulmates on the planet Earth.

So when Winn first lays eyes on the man in the pod, the alien man in the pod, and color suddenly floods his vision, some part of him way in the back of his mind, the memory of the child he used to be, had never been happier. Though, the adult and the cynic in Winn saw the benefit in it too. Like Kara, whoever this alien was, he’s probably seen colors his entire life, not understanding the significance it has for humans. He’d never know him and Winn were supposedly soulmates and really that suited Winn just fine. He pretends to still see in black and white, makes a point to tell no one about his sudden change in vision, especially not Kara; she would become obsessed with getting the two together the second the alien woke up from the pod and that’s not something Winn particularly wants (even if he can’t deny that whoever is in that pod is ungodly attractive).

When the alien wakes up, Winn’s working at the DEO now and he figures that more often than not he’ll probably be in close proximity to Mon-El of Daxam as he’s dubbed himself. Supposed soulmate or not, Winn’s still a little obsessed with aliens and no part of him minds that he’s left in charge of running tests and babysitting Mon-El with explicit directions not to let Mon-El leave the DEO.

There’s no problem until he realizes that Mon-El is a bit of a flirt, which really he should've assumed from what Kara’s said about the Daxam royal family and those who worked for it. And Winn’s weak, he really is. Mon-El is an attractive alien and that’s practically his type to a tee. So when Mon-El butters him up and appeals to vanity, it doesn’t take long for them to be at a bar and suddenly Winn’s taking too many shots and he’s lost his entire ability to filter anything and Mon-El looks really cute in the lighting of this bar. Winn feels so light and warm and happy when he blurts out, “You’re my soulmate.”

He knows that Mon-El doesn’t know what soulmates are or at least doesn’t know the significance that they have on Earth so he hasn’t royally screwed anything up, but Mon-El does seem to get the clue that Winn’s hitting on him. He smirks at Winn and Winn manages to stop himself from swooning. He pushes Winn up against the wall of the bar and they’re kissing.

Kissing Mon-El is so much different than kissing Siobhan. With Siobhan, it was rough, uncommitted, disastrous, a connection built on cynicism. But with Mon-El, there’s something else there, something softer even as Mon-El pulls Winn toward him and kisses him harder, deeper than anything he’s ever known and Winn has to stop himself from completely giving in to this seemingly all-encompassing want.  

It doesn’t get much further than kissing because Winn ends up falling asleep at some point and only wakes up to Mon-El’s lack of control over his newfound powers and knows he has to get them back to the DEO.

The whole hooking-up with Mon-El thing hits him almost as hard as the hangover does the next morning. He almost wishes that Mon-El had the ability to get drunk so that there’d be some chance that he didn’t remember what happened last night. But when he sees Mon-El at the DEO the next day, he’s acting like nothing happened and Winn rationalizes that he shouldn’t be surprised because Mon-El of Daxam seems like the textbook definition of frat-boy and Winn doesn’t even care because soulmates are bullshit and it was just a random drunken make-out session that meant absolutely nothing to him. He doesn’t care one bit. He doesn’t think about it every time he’s alone in a room with Mon-El, every time he even opens his eyes and sees color, doesn’t remember how it felt to feel Mon-El’s mouth over every inch of his neck, doesn’t remember Mon-El’s body pressed against him, doesn’t remember moaning, begging for more.

Forgetting that night is even harder since Mon-El still constantly flirts with him, calling him cute and smiling at him like he’s something special. It’s moments like those that make Winn look away, because he can feel his heart somersault in his chest and he hasn’t felt anything like that since Kara Danvers. It certainly doesn’t become any easier when Kara informs him that Mon-El asked her about soulmates the other day and claimed that he had a fond look in his eyes that she’s never seen from him before when he mentioned that he heard it at the bar the night him and Winn went out. Kara asks him if he saw Mon-El with anyone that night, anyone that might have ‘stolen his heart.’

Winn scoffs. If there’s one thing he’s sure of, Mon-El didn’t seem to be affected by their night together at all, but he has to give Kara something to get her off his back, “I think he was dancing with some girl with blue hair,” because at some point that night, Mon-El had. He doesn’t realize his mistake until he’s already said it. Kara didn’t know he had seen his soulmate. In Kara’s eyes, Winn shouldn’t have the ability to discern blue hair from brown hair and he can’t believe that as someone who prides himself on his intelligence, he just made such a stupid mistake.

Kara catches his mistake immediately too, “You can see them? Colors?”

He knows there’s no point in lying to her, so he just nods.

She looks so happy for him, probably thinking that this is the moment where everything in his life is going to come together. She’s talking faster than normal, excitement clearly palpable,  “Well, who is it? Where are they? When did this happen? Why didn’t you tell me?”

“They don’t know I’m their soulmate.”

He thinks he may have just heard Kara’s heartbreak, at least that’s what he sees in her eyes, “But how? Even if it’s in a crowd, everyone says you can still tell who your soulmate is, that soulmates always get their colors at the same time. Unless, your soulmate’s an alien?”

She seems to take Winn’s silence as confirmation and it doesn’t take a genius to put the pieces together after that because it’s not like Winn knows a lot of aliens, “Mon-El? Mon-El is your soulmate?”

Winn kind of shrugs, wanting to talk about anything but this, but Kara’s not backing down from it, “Why haven’t you told him?”

“Because I don’t have the same belief in the soulmate system that you do, Kara,” Winn feels himself getting frustrated and he hates it, “And even if I did, he hasn’t said anything to me since that night at the bar.”

“That doesn’t make any sense, Winn,” Kara’s frowning at him, “Besides, you told me that you didn’t want to hold things in anymore.”

Winn thinks that’s a pretty low blow all things considered and he hates that some part of him knows that she’s right, “Fine, I’ll talk to him.”

Kara hugs him and beams at him like she’s just sent him on the path to eternal happiness; Winn feels more like he’s walking to his own death, but he doesn’t really have the heart to tell Kara that, not when she’s been waiting for Winn to meet his soulmate since practically the minute she met him.

The second he sees Mon-El, sitting on a table in the training room, waiting for Winn, he feels himself clam up a bit, feels the words already getting stuck in his mouth before he even tries to speak them. He’s never really thought of himself as the bravest person, so he’s not really surprised that all he can really manage out is, “Hey.”

Mon-El stares back at him, a smile breaking out on his face,“Winn!”

Winn doesn’t say anything for a couple minutes, just looks forward somewhere on Mon-El’s face, avoiding eye contact. Mon-El’s still smiling at him in a way that makes Winn feel slightly uncomfortable, but there’s something about it that compels Winn to bring his gaze to Mon-El’s eyes, the color blue overwhelming him and Winn has to do everything in his power to not look away now that he’s finally had the courage to look at him in the first place. But the way he’s looking at Winn, like Winn’s someone he doesn’t want to leave behind, makes it hard.

Mon-El’s finally the one to end the silence, “Is this some sort of flirting that people on Earth do? Because while I do enjoy staring at you, there seem to be more effective methods than this.”

“It’s not how people flirt unless you want to creep someone out, not that I want to creep you out or that I was flirting with you, not that I don’t want to flirt with you or anything,” Winn has to wonder how that managed to come out of his mouth, “I’m just nervous.”

Mon-El’s confused look invites him to continue, “I wanted to talk about the other night, at the bar.”

“What about it?”

“We kind of hooked up, like full on made-out and I blurted that you were my soulmate and that’s kind of a big deal on Earth.”

That seems to just make Mon-El light up even more, “I know. I asked Kara about it and I’m glad I’m your soulmate than. Takes a lot of pressure off courtship and dating, doesn’t it?”

“What?”

“Dating? Isn’t that what it’s called on Earth? We call it something really different on Daxam but it seems like it’s about the same thing,” and Winn hates that Mon-El looks so cute while he’s somehow confused and simultaneously severely altering Winn’s conception of reality at the same time.

“You think that we’re dating?”

Mon-El seems to pout a little (and Winn didn’t even know that was an expression that he could make) and he nods, “You told me I was your soulmate and then we ‘hooked-up,’” and he puts air quotes around it, “Then we continued to flirt with each other. I assumed you just wanted to ‘slow cook it’ as Kara said?”

“Take it slow,” Winn corrects, before his brain really has time to process anything that Mon-El just said, “I figured you thought of us as a more of a one-night kind of deal. Like ‘wow he looks good in the bar-light when he’s tipsy but not really anywhere else.’”

“You look good in any lighting.” Mon-El states matter-of-factly and Winn has to admire him for it because Winn can’t flirt that genuinely very easily. And maybe for Mon-El, it is that matter-of-fact. There’s no complications to it, not like there are in Winn’s mind. Mon-El makes it seem so simple that Winn doesn’t see why he shouldn’t believe it is too.

Winn walks closer to Mon-El, so that he’s looking up at the man sitting on the table, “I like you and not because you’re supposedly my soulmate. I don’t need to ‘slow cook it.’”

“Well then, since we’ve been dating for three weeks,” Mon-El smirks down at him, “Let’s act like it.”

The feelings of want and something close to what Winn thinks might be love rush back as Mon-El kisses him. He thinks there might be video cameras in this room and normally he’d be embarrassed but he can’t bring himself to care as Mon-El pulls him closer.

Winn still doesn’t really believe in soulmates, but he thinks Mon-El and him could be good together and he’s not going to let his cynicism about some label that supposedly pre-ordains them to be together get in the way of that.

He looks down at their hands intertwined together and sees the colors all around them and he’s never thought colors looked so beautiful.

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Man of Steel #1

Imagine trying to get fans rabidly excited about a new Superman event and the only adjective you can come up with is "weekly."

Rogol Zaar is a combination of Lobo, Battalion, and Perry White.

The part of the story we all still know because I'm assuming it's the same is that Superman escaped the death of Krypton. That means Rogol Zarr is probably about to learn that a baby survived and he's going to blow his frontal lobe. He's going to have such a murder boner going to complete his act of genocide that Superman is going to be all, "Whoa, dude. I think you have the wrong idea about me and my sexy body," when they finally meet. In the opening scene in Metropolis, Superman makes friends with Killer Moth and Firefly. Then when he deals with a fire in a high rise, he imparts some of his mother's wisdom on the reader: "Fire is fire." So I guess in Bendis's retelling of the Superman myth, Ma Kent was a simple woman. At the scene of the fire, Superman meets a female firefighter with whom he flirts. He's all, "You should call Clark Kent and tell him all about this tomorrow. Don't call Lois though! Lois can't find out Clark is talking to you and probably having lunch with you maybe?" Then he flies off and female firefighter Melody Moore causes more water damage to the smoldering building. You understood that was a filthy joke, right?! I'm beginning to see why people like Bendis. He has characters talk a lot. Talking a lot is always good. It's much better than characters shouting shallow one liners at one another in an attempt to fool the reader into thinking the writer knows what they're doing. In this brief post-fire scene, we see that Superman is kind and thoughtful and not averse to stepping out on Lois Lane. Most of the issue is Superman and Clark Kent going about their day to day business. It's really all I ask of a comic book! Especially when those things are filled with conversations that build characters rather than first person omniscient narration boxes which tell the reader exactly what's going on and leave no room for ambiguity. Like if this were written by Scott Lobdell, Superman would have thought, upon meeting the firefighter, "She really wants to lick my butthole! But I would never let her because I love Lois Lane so much!" But without the narration boxes, the reader simply gets knowing looks and crooked little smiles and I think I might have noticed a slightly larger bulge in Superman's red underwear. Bendis allows me to jump to the awful conclusions I want to jump to rather than reining me in and telling me exactly what's going on so I can't have any dirty fun. Filling in the negative spaces of Superman's life is the story of Rogol Zaar and how he wanted to destroy Krypton but the Council of Eternal Elders tells him he can't. He probably still will but that's for another issue. By the end of this issue, Lois says something that's actually funny and then Superman, Lois, and Jon all disappear in a fade to white. That's supposed to keep you excited for the next weekly installment of this weekly Superman event. So week! Rating: I so wanted to shit all over Bendis's writing the way Bendis shit all over DiDio's desk but instead I wound up enjoying this story. I sincerely appreciate when Superman is written as a kind person with a subtle sense of humor and a raging hard on for redheads. Hopefully Issue #2 will suck so I can let loose this shit that I now have to hold in! Quick! Somebody get me an Ann Nocenti comic book so I can relieve myself! P.S. For more terribly vulgar comic book reviews, subscribe to the E!TACT Newsletter!. It's terrific!