Hello everyone, I hope you're doing alright and remaining safe during these troubling times.
At the current time of writing this part of the fanfic, we are currently still in the middle of the extended break/hiatus of all the current arrowverse shows, more specifically for this fanfic, since the abrupt season 5 finale in episode 5x19. Yes I am aware as to what caused a lot of the issues in pacing and production of that finale with the virus and all, plus Melissa Benoist's pregnancy, I assure you that the purpose of this page is not bash on the show overall.
In this first page, I basically went into the thought process going into making this fanfic. My general thoughts on the show thus far, the overall premise and setup I wanted, who I wanted to use for the villain, what I hope people will take away from the fanfic, and etc. I'll try not to ramble on too long with this, however I want to make sure I'm speaking clearly and there won't be any hanging questions afterwards. I would appreciate it if you all could wait till you've read through this entire page before you leave a comment and/or ask any questions please, thank you. And so, without further ado, let's get started.
First of all, I want it to be fully known that I love the show Supergirl. Kara Zor-El has always been one of my favorite female heroes in the comics and so, seeing her get her own series on TV, I was fairly excited when I saw the initial announcement back around 2014-2015. Even with the show soon coming to an end after the next season, it will always have a special place in my heart. I can't thank the writers and cast enough for bringing the characters and world to life and I hope after the show ends they all get further roles and opportunities. However, I am aware that the show isn't so perfect and has plenty of flaws. I have several issues with the show myself I would like to briefly share.
Generally speaking, the show had many interesting ideas however a lot of them weren't executed great. Such as, early on in season 1, there was a lot of backstory and flashbacks of Krypton however we never got deeper than the base level of Krypton of the show, even though that's something that should be personal to Kara as she gotta grow up on Krypton. And speaking of Kara, as much as I love the character and Melissa Benoist's portrayal, I feel the way the writers wrote the character isn't the best overall. With the show in general, they seemed to have a bad habit of not wanting to adapt any of Supergirl's proper comics and storylines and instead taking from Superman's comics/storylines. To be fair that isn't always the case as there are arguably some aspects they took from the Worldkillers in season 3. But however, take that one instance for them taking from; Superman vs. the Elite, Superman: Red Son, having Lex be a major villain for not one but 2 seasons, and more. And again, when it comes to the character of Kara herself being mishandled, that is not Melissa's fault at all and is more on the writers. I feel that they didn't do enough to make her stand out as her own unique character, they instead did the bare minimum made her more like a female equivalent to Clark Kent, having her be more of a quirky nerd, underutilizing the importance of her kryptonian heritage, and making her a reporter as apart of her day job. They could have done more to make Kara different from her cousin even if they incorporated some of Superman's villains, and it could have been easy as the writers not neglecting that Kara views herself as a Kryptonian living on Earth first and foremost and the fact that unlike Clark, she got to grow up on Krypton for quite some time. Another issue I want to bring up is the show's interpretation and handling of the character of Mon-El. Keep in mind, I LOVE his character, his overall development and his romantic relationship with Kara. However I feel that he was fairly underutilized and they could have done more with him. One big issue I have is how they nerf his abilities and usefulness. And what I mean is in the comics, Mon-El has all of the same abilities as Superman and Supergirl with the biggest difference being there's a slight difference in terms of strength as Daxamites in the comics aren't as strong as Kryptonians and of course the Daxamite weakness being lead instead of Kryptonite. However the way the show has Mon-El gives him very limited abilities, has him be nowhere as strong as Kara and can never hold himself in battle as well as Kara or any of the other female characters. I'm not saying he should overshadow Kara, I just wish they were more on equal footing in terms of strength and in fights.
There are some other minor things I could complain about like if the showrunners had issues with Dean Cain, why didn't they just recast Jeremiah Danvers. They recast Alura and I didn't see many complain about it. I personally feel that there's a lot about the James Olsen character that doesn't work for me. Not that he's black mind or buff mind you, it's that they completely reworked and rewrote Jimmy or 'James'' personality that if they made him a completely new character or someone else like Benjamin Rubel from the comics, there wouldn't be much of a change. I could go into more but this section has already gone on long enough, so let's back up a bit and get back to the main topic I wanted to discuss.
I feel like, despite the flaws with the show overall, the first couple of seasons were fairly good. Season 3 stumbled in more than a couple of places in that latter half. However, I am aware that there is a clear reason as to why with Krisenburg's departure. And while the latter half of that season did fall apart due to writing problems, inconsistencies and a very flawed finale, I still liked season 3 and the overall show to that point. Now, while I have not completely caught up with seasons 4 and 5, from what I saw in season 4 overall the show has kind of lost focus of what it wants to be about and the story it wants to tell. Season 4 especially doubled down on reflecting the current political system of the time and trying to cash in by touching on heavy political issues whilst forgetting to put a strong enough story at the forefront along with coming up with character arcs for the main cast. In both seasons 4 and 5, at least from what I've seen, don't give Kara, Alex, and/or J'onn proper character arcs or development and thus they each are just made to go along with what the plot needs them to do. And instead, the show put such a heavy emphasis on the Luthors, especially Lena and Lex as to where the plot of season 5 is largely focused on Lena turning heel and becoming a villain because Kara never told Lena her secret about being Supergirl. Which was an incredibly poor choice and does not make much sense for Lena to suddenly turn evil in my opinion but I'm not gonna go on a full rant about that as much as I would like to any other instance.
Which brings us finally to my thought process when making this fanfic. For this fic, I wanted to more or less bring it back to what I remember about the earlier seasons of Supergirl and what made me like them in the first place. In this fic, I want to write a story about the character Kara Danvers/Kara Zor-El, her relationship with her friends and adoptive family and the action and super adventures they came on. I want Kara to feel like the protagonist again, her core relationship being the bond she has with her family, especially Alex and J'onn to an extent. I also wanted to actually use a villain Kara has fought before in the comics, which I will get into later. On one last note for the basic thought going into crafting this fanfic, I want Kara to be reunited with the man she loves. With Mon-El, Kara not only had a partner in crime fighting, but someone who can truly relate to her being an alien from a different planet, someone she can truly be herself with without having to hide her past or abilities. Kara and Mon-El made each other better people and heroes, they had a genuine yet bittersweet love that is in no way toxic or abusive like some others would like to believe. And it's a shame that Mon-El existed from the show so abruptly, and how even since, we never got to mention Mon-El or what he and the Legion had been up to in the future, even when they could have addressed that when Winn returned from those 2 episodes in season 5.
Speaking of Mon-El and the Legion of Superheroes, I could go further as my thought process when first coming up with the ideas for this fanfic. When I had first started thinking about this fic, season 5 had recently ended due to the unfortunate finale caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, I was wondering what's gonna happen for season 6. Because they'll still have to wrap up the plots involving Leviathan and Lex somehow and then somehow be able to hopefully smoothly move onto the villain and threat for the next arc. And so as we still haven't gotten much of any information at all of what to expect for the next season, I started coming up with my own ideas for what I'd like to see for the plot of the next season. And one thing I'd love to see is not only for Mon-El to return and be happily reunited with Kara, but also the Legion of Superheroes as a concept and team. We saw the Legion briefly during Season 3 however we only got few members of Mon-El (Valor), Imra Ardeen (Saturn Girl), and Querl Dox(Brainiac-5), with other members such as Karate Kid, Lightning Lass, and Dream Girl mentioned in passing, however and even then, they were heavily under utilized in the story. I feel it would be incredible if we could get to see the Legion again once more in the show before it ends.
And for the story of this fanfic, not only did I feel not only would it be interesting if we could get the Legion back and see more of the members, but also have Kara and the super friends go to the future and see the world of the 31st century. I get why this would more than likely never happen in the show for obvious reasons like casting the other legionnaires and budgetary limits, however as this is a fanfic and obviously won't be used in the proper show, so I feel that the limit should be expanded to one's imagination. I also felt that Kara teaming up with the Legion again would be an interesting idea to write for because in the comics, Kara has had many adventures and stories as a member of the team. We've even seen Kara go on to be a member of the Legion in shows such as Justice League Unlimited and Smallville. And one last minor thing to mention, there have been rumors and speculations in articles and amongst many fellow Supergirl fans that the Supergirl show could potentially end with Kara leaving to go to the future to join the Legion and being reunited with Mon-El. As of course, National City now has more than one hero and because of the Crisis on Infinite Earths event, now there are many other heroes that can help protect the Earth without her. When writing this fic, I'm not gonna include EVERY legionnaire as the team roster in the comics is friggin HUGE, however I have handpicked a couple of members that have been handpicked that should be interesting to write into the story.
Lastly, I would like to discuss my idea for the main villain I will end up using for the fanfic and my thought process as to how I ended up choosing him. As mentioned before, the main villain I chose to use for this story is Brainiac. Back in season 3, we had Querl Dox, AKA Brainiac-5, be introduced as a character and member of Legion of Superheroes, and during the Season 3 finale, we got a direct mention to the more known evil coluan collector of knowledge and cities himself, Brainiac I/Vril Dox. He is mentioned as a threat in the future due to the Legionnaire's activities in the past and by stopping Pestilence and the future 'Blight', Vril Dox was restored to life. With that knowledge in mind, Vril Dox/Brainiac would obviously be up to Rao knows what levels of bad and more than just eliminating all other Artificial Intelligent life aside from himself. The coluans are well established beings within the arrowverse as even earlier than Querl/Brainy's debut in season 3 as much earlier than that, in season 1, we saw Brainiac-8, AKA Indigo. And so, I feel it would be interesting if we could see the big bad Brainiac himself as a villain in Supergirl.
I am aware that Brainiac is largely known as a SUPERMAN villain who Clark tends to fight more often than not, however keep in mind not only has Kara and the Legion of Superheroes fought Brainiac in the comics as well, in said comics, Brainiac has direct ties to Krypton as shown in most media, Brainiac not only store a Kryptonian city(I believe the city he ends up stealing is Kandor however I could be wrong on that so I don't want to directly say which city it was in I am wrong), and it is shown in some media due to stealing one of Krypton's major cities, he indirectly ends up being partly responsible for Krypton's destruction. Most notably in the Krypton SYFY series and in the Injustice universe. While Brainiac will be the major threat our heroes are facing, he will not be the only story throughline and there may be some other minor villains and threats that pop up every now and then. I have some minor villains in mind however nothing is set in stone until I can actually properly start planning and writing out how the story plays out.
Before I wrap this up, I just want to make something abundantly clear, I'm not going into this expecting this to be ANYTHING like the actual Supergirl Season 6, if anything I expect it to be VERY far from what the season will actually end up being like. I also don't expect this fanfic to be a 5 star masterpiece of a story and writing. I'm just a 21 random fangirl who likes writing fanfiction. I don't even think my own writing is that great or anything to brag about. I've known so many people who write so much better than I do. I just want to be able to make a fun story about what I would have Supergirl season 6 like in my own imagination. If you end up liking it, awesome. But if you think this fanfic ends up as garbage and one of the worst things you've ever read, your opinion is just as valid.
Okay. That's all I have to say for now as I do not want to leave any spoilers as to what you'll end up seeing in this fic once I have more for it written out. Thank you all for reading this long tangent of an author's note lol. I appreciate you all taking your time to read through this whole thing. I'd appreciate it if you could all leave a comment of your thoughts on what I had to say so far and what you think of my idea for this fanfic.
Also if it's too much trouble, I would appreciate it if you could let me know; (1) do you agree or disagree with my stance on the Supergirl show thus far and why? (2) how do you feel about the show overall? (3) how do you expect the show to go in season 6 in terms of the story and characters? (4) what do you feel about my idea bringing the legion back in, having the superfriends going into the future, and Brainiac being the final villain? (5) is there anything you would like to see me explore in terms of the story and characters? (6) and lastly, who do you think I could use for some smaller villains so there's potentially more than just the threat of Brainiac?
You don't have to comment on absolutely everything I mentioned throughout this page however every bit of feedback is welcome and appreciated. Once again, thank you all for reading. I love and appreciate you all, and I hope you all have an awesome day.