Author's Notes: The events of this chapter cover the beginning of Season 5 to the present.
When Kara declared herself the Supreme Leader of the Galactic Federation, there was some political push-back on Earth as humanity realized they would now play second-fiddle to other galactic civilizations.
V/O: If any congressman wanted to raise an objection, the rules insisted that he or she had to have the signed support of just one senator.
"I must object because of the overwhelming evidence of misconduct, deliberate fraud, and an attempt to suppress humanity...," one congressman remarked during a symbolic vote to approve of Kara's new title.
"The chair must remind members no debate is allowed in the joint session so you're going to have to shut the fuck up," the presiding chair told him off.
"The objection is in writing, signed by a number of members of the House of Representatives, but not by a member of the Senate," the congressman continued.
"If it's not signed by a senator, it means absolutely dick," the presiding chair reminded him.
"Well, I don't give a fuck that it's not signed by a member of the Senate," the congressman said dismissively.
"Yeah, well, the rules do care so sit your ass down," the presiding chair ordered.
V/O: Not a single senator came to the aid of the Republicans in Congress. One after another, they were told to sit down and shut the fuck up.
On January 3021, Kara held an inauguration celebration for her promotion as Supreme Leader. Protesters marched up and down the streets pissed off by Kara's autocratic policies. Riot police drones had to be sent in to keep order.
V/O: On the day Kara was inaugurated as Supreme Leader, tens of thousands of humans poured into the streets of Metropolis in one last attempt to reclaim what had been taken from them. They pelted Kara's limo with eggs and brought the inauguration parade to a halt. No alien global monarch had ever witnessed such a thing on their inauguration day. And for the next several months, it didn't get any better for Kara Zor-El. She couldn't get her judges appointed, she struggled to pass her legislation and lost royalist control in the Senate. Her approval ratings began to sink in the polls. With everything going wrong, she did what any of us would do. She went on vacation.
Kara enjoyed going on cruise ships, playing softball, and recreating the town of Midvale in Maine. Occasionally, reporters would interview Kara as she hung out in Midvale acting like a regular townsperson. "Many folks say you're loafing here in Maine, taking too much time on vacation," one reporter said boldly.
"Who said that? I want their names! I want their ass!" Kara shouted suddenly paranoid. "Look, these people don't know the definition of work. I can work here just fine. It's called working from home," Kara said condescendingly.
"What are you doing for the rest of the day?" the reporter asked.
"I'm going to be working on some things...these matters...some initiatives you'll see. There are going to be some decisions I'll be making here and we'll be announcing them far into the future," Kara said sheepishly.
Kara invited the reporters to her yacht club on the coast. "I love nature. I love my boats. I love my dolphins. I love to SCUBA dive and find me some crabs. One time, I found a baby seal in a hole and I rescued it."
V/O: In Florida, the day before the attack, she met important Floridians and went to sleep that night in a bed made with fine French linens
On the day of the attack, a Harvester orb sliced a line through Florida, Cuba, and Venezuela before it suddenly self-destructed due to an overload and crashed in Central Asia.
V/O: As the attack took place, Kara was on her way to an elementary school in Florida. When informed of the attack, Kara decided to go ahead with the photo opportunity and continued to read her autobiography with the children.
Later, Kara was asked about the situation. "The attack was so sudden that by the time I heard about it, the probe was already destroyed. So, I didn't want to freak out the children. I was deep in thought about how I would murder these bastards. Even when I have a blank look on my face, I'm a deep thinker. I'm the most stable genius you'll ever find. It's due to my superior Kryptonian intelligence. I knew Barney had it handled."
"Yeah, but what about the optics of the whole thing?" one reporter asked.
"Fuck optics. I'm the Supreme Leader, an absolute monarch. I don't give a fuck how some partisan hacks portray me as. At the moment, it was all about the children," Kara said defensively.
V/O: Nearly seven minutes passed with nobody doing anything. As Kara sat in that Florida classroom, was she wondering if maybe she should have shown up to work more often? Should she have held at least one meeting since becoming Supreme Leader to discuss the threat of alien terrorism with her head of counter-terrorism? Or perhaps, she just should have read the security briefing that was given to her the month prior that said aliens were planning to attack Earth. Or maybe she wasn't worried about the alien terrorist threat because the title of the report was too vague. I believe the title of the report was "Bug Aliens Determined to Attack Earth".
Kara was interviewed on the issue of the Titan ambassadors on the Daily Planet news channel. "As you know, we closed Earth's space...except for the military and the Titan ambassadors who wanted to get the fuck out of there."
"Why were the Titans allowed to lead but no one else?" the interviewer asked.
"Cuz, I'm not trying to create a galactic incident. I know these people quite well. They're cool," Kara downplayed.
"Don't you think it would have been prudent to have the Titans on record concerning the attack?" the interviewer asked.
"They had nothing to do with it. Just because they're aliens and the alien terrorists are aliens and I'm an alien and you're an alien to me doesn't mean they were involved," Kara said simply.
"But did you get them on the record?" the interviewer pressed.
"They said they didn't know anything about it," Kara said flatly,
"But did they say it...on the record?" the interviewer asked again.
Kara narrowed her eyes at the interviewer. "Fuck this. I'm out of here. The interview is over."
V/O: I don't know about you, but usually when the police can't find a murderer don't they usually want to talk to the family members to find out where they think he might be? Yeah, that's how cops do it. What was goin' on here? I think we need to know a lot more about that. That needs to be the subject of a significant investigation.
Brainiac 5 was also interviewed on the Titans shortly after the attack. "Mr. Dox, do you know the Ardeen family?" the interviewer asked.
"I do very well," Brainiac 5 said coyly.
"What are they like?" the interviewer asked.
"They're really lovely Titan beings. Imra Ardeen is the only one I don't know well. I've met her only a few times," Brainiac 5 lied.
"What did you make of her when you met her?" the interviewer asked.
"I was not impressed, to be honest with you. Not impressed. She was a simple and quiet girl," Brainiac 5 lied.
V/O: In early 3021, I called Kara a deserter. In response, the palace released Kara's Vindicator military records in hopes of disproving the charge. In those records, Imra Ardeen's name came up. Imra was the Titan money manager for the Ardeen family. Kara and Imra had become good friends when they served in the Vindicator Corps. Kara sold the Apollo fighter to Leto Ardeen, heir to the largest fortune on Titan. Kara, at the time, was just starting out in the world of galactic business. She decided to go into the asteroid mining business. She founded a company that was very good at drilling dry holes that nothing came of. But where did these resources come from? Kara's good friend, Leto Ardeen, managed the money in Ceres and invested in Kara, personally. Kara ran the company into the ground like everything else she founded. Whenever Kara got into trouble, the Titans were angel investors who followed money into her state companies. So, the question is why would the Titans who are in the spice business, invest in Kara's lousy mining operations?
On this front, Kara was asked about this in an interview. "Well, you know, if an alien empire gives me abundant resources, they get access to me. It's that simple," Kara shrugged.
"What kind of access?" the interviewer asked.
"Not the sexual kind, asshole. I know what you're thinking. Fuck you," Kara said crossly.
"Isn't that corrupt as fuck?" the interviewer asked.
"How?" Kara asked incredulously.
V/O: When Kara appointed herself queen of Earth, she appointed Imra Ardeen as Titan ambassador of Earth. After the Ceres debacle, Kara turned to new state companies that invest in telecommunications, health care, and particularly defense with no government regulation. Coincidentally, the Ardeen family held a business conference on defense the very same day as the attack on Earth. The Titans were the largest defense contractor for Earth. The attack on Florida guaranteed the Titans were going to have a very good year. And I think in a very real way, the Titans are benefiting from the confusion that arises when Kara visits Titan and meets with the royal family, the Ardeen family. Is she representing Earth or is she representing an investment firm tied to the Titans or both?
"There's no ethical issue with our business with the Titans. They have an oligarchic society with many companies tied to the Ardeen royal family. Earth's economy is entirely run by me. So, I have to negotiate and do business with each of these companies because they're able to extract resources and build shit that is easier to acquire there than here," Kara said to an interviewer.
"Is it possible you're negotiating on very favorable terms to the Titans in return for Imra Ardeen's services to the Vindicator Corps?" the interviewer asked.
"Yeah, maybe," Kara shrugged. "Again, it's my economy. Every resource, drone, factory, and human worker belongs to me, exclusively. I could give the Titans the farm and there's nothing anyone could do about it. If I want to give the Titans favorable terms, it's actually an act of charity. I'm rich as fuck. They wish they could be as rich as I am."
"What about the average human working toiling away to make the Titans richer?" the interviewer asked.
"This isn't like the old days where international cooperations make themselves rich while the workers get shit. This mutually beneficial trade between Titan and Earth will trickle down to every human worker because all ranks, by law, increase in resource allocation as Earth becomes more prosperous. If Earth doubles in wealth, all ranks double in wealth," Kara explained.
"Doesn't that increase wealth inequality?" the interviewer asked.
"Barney and I had a talk about that. One proposed idea is that the income floor simply goes up for all ranks which would actually reduce inequality. But then we realized the lowest rank would inevitably be rich as fuck while still being lazy bums, so we scrapped the idea. Rest assured, even the lowest ranks will see a quality of life increase. I like to call it the 'golden shower' because it's gold and it showers down on all the ranks. So, it's not trickle-down economics as much as it is golden shower economics," Kara said.
At a press conference at the Palace, Brainiac 5 took questions from reporters. "I want you on the record on this question," the reporter said boldly.
"Sure, I'll humor you," Brainiac 5 replied.
"In the Palace's view, there is no ethical conflict in Supreme Leader Kara's' family contacts with galactic leaders to represent one of the most well-known military arms dealers?" the reporter asked.
"The Supreme Leader has full faith that her family will conform with all proper ethics laws, all ethics laws, and will act properly in their conduct," Brainiac 5 lied.
V/O: Okay, so let's say one group of people, humanity, pay you an O-17 pay grade a year to be Supreme Leader but then another group of people invest in you, your friends and family, and their related businesses 1.4 billion times higher over a number of years. Who is Kara going to like more? Who's Kara's daddy?" Because that's how much the Titan royals and their associates have given to the El family. Is it rude to suggest that when Kara wakes up in the morning, she might be thinking about what's best for the Titans instead of what's best for you? Or me? Sooner or later, this special relationship with a regime known for widespread alien rights violations would come back to haunt Kara.
Kara spoke with the press about the Florida Commission she sacked. "I've decided not to give the commission shit because they'll leak it. We can't have classified material getting back to the enemy," Kara said simply.
"And the information relating to the Titans?" the reporter asked.
"We can't reveal how they collect information either for obvious reasons. We need to continue that special trust between us," Kara said.
"Will you testify before the commission?" a reporter asked.
"I'll visit with them, hang out with them, have a drink with them, do some karaoke with them. Sure." Kara nodded.
V/O: King Leto Ardeen is so close to Kara that she considers him a member of the family, and they have a nickname for him: Jared Leto. Two nights after the Florida attack, Kara invited Leto to the palace for a private dinner and talk. Even though Leto was an alien and alien money had funded the attackers and the attackers were alien, and she was an alien, they were casually dining nonetheless. What were they talking about? Were they commiserating? Or comparing notes? Why would Titan's government block a military counter-attack? The two of them rocked out on the palace balcony so Leto could smoke a cigar and have a drink. Just two thousand kilometers away, the Florida Everglades were partially in ruins. I wonder if Kara told Leto not to worry because she already had a plan in motion.
"We will smoke 'em out," Kara declared to reporters referring to the Harvesters.
"Where exactly?" the reporter asked confused.
"Smoke him out of his cave," Kara clarified.
"And how?" a reporter asked.
"We're going to rush him and smoke him out," Kara said vaguely.
V/O: For all her tough talk, Kara really didn't do much. But what she did was slow and small. She sent out one sub into the Delphic Expanse. Basically, Kara botched the response to the Florida attack. She should have gone right after the Harvester home planet. The Vindicator Corps didn't get into the area even after two months. Two months? A mass murdering race attacked Earth and now has a two-month head start? Who in their right mind would do that? Or was the war in the Delphic Expanse really about something else?
Kara spoke with reporters in Maine about the aftermath after a hypothetical victory with the Harvesters. "Yeah, we're going to open up the Delphic Expanse, get rid of those pesky anomalies, allow a warp-pipe-line to flow through there, and then it's Drill-Baby-Drill," Kara smiled.
"Will the aliens that attacked us be part of those contract negotiations?" a reporter asked.
"No, fuck no. We are going to massacre them. We will fuck them up," Kara assured everyone. "But I am going to get that cheese."
"Do you have an update on the war against the alien attackers?" a reporter asked.
"Look, galactic conquest is bigger than one race, and these aliens are just...one race, who's now been marginalized. So, I don't know where they are exactly and I just don't spend that much time on it, to be honest with you," Kara admitted. "I'm a warrior queen. I make decisions in the Palace, uh, in foreign policy with war on my mind."
V/O: With the war in the Delphic Expanse over, and the attacking aliens forgotten, the warrior queen had a new target: Humanity.
"I want you all to be aware that threats exist out there but also on the ground here. Alien terrorists could use pen guns. No, I'm not shitting you. This is some James Bond-level shit," Kara said to reporters.
"Question, who is James Bond?" a reporter asked cluelessly.
"Well, he was a tall handsome brown-haired, brown-eyed, Scottish secret agent man until Daniel Craig fucked it all up," Kara said peeved. "But just so you know there could be an alien terrorist attack somewhere at any time. It could even be happening now but I have nothing specific to report."
"What should we look out for?" a reporter asked.
"Model airplanes," Kara suggested. "I mean, no one is safe. Not..even...cows. Alright, now is everyone sufficiently freaked the fuck out? Good, because I don't want any of you talking shit when something does happen. I warned you all so now it's on you."
"Can you give us a visualization of how fucked we are?" a reporter asked.
"I got you," Kara nodded and then took out a large poster with a spin wheel on it. "Alright, on this warning scale, we have SNAFU, TARFU, AND FUBAR. We're currently at TARFU, things are really fucked up. So, everyone needs to keep their eyes wide open and pay attention to where the needle is at."
Soon thereafter, Kara made speeches in the major capitals of the world. "The world has changed since the attack but that doesn't mean you can't fly to the world's great destinations. Take your family and enjoy life. Get down to Disney World in Florida."
At the same time, Brainiac 5 testified to Congress in Metropolis the opposite. "We have entered what may very well prove to be the most dangerous environment this world has ever known. Hostile aliens are doing everything they can to develop even deadlier means of striking us."
In Maine, Kara had a chat with reporters while playing a game of golf. "We must stop the terror. I call upon all worlds to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Now...watch this drive," Kara said and then swung the golf club perfectly to give herself a hole-in-one.
"Don't you think you're giving the people mixed messages?" a reporter asked.
"Look, I don't want people living in fear all the time, but I also need to cover my ass, alright. If something happens today, tomorrow, next week, whatever, all of you are going to be blaming me for it because I didn't say anything. You want to live in blissful ignorance of alien threats, stop talking shit about me when something like this happens. It's that simple," Kara explained.
"Why are portable bunkers and office parachutes being manufactured for people to order?" a reporter asked.
"Barney gets requests. When there is sufficient demand for a product, he manufactures them. It's up to every person to decide what they want to use their product quota for. If I tell someone they can't have it and then something goes wrong, people talk shit. If I ban a product people really want, the black market makes it. It's not like I'm advertising these products, alright," Kara said defensively.
"What would you say the odds of a small town in Virginia named Wrapahandoncock of only two thousand people being attacked by alien terrorists?" a reporter asked.
"You trying to jinx me? Fuck you. I'd have to say...50/50," Kara said seriously.
Brainiac 5 testified before Congress on his surveillance systems. "I do surveillance on medical and financial reports, computer and telephone conversations, library books, and everything else," Brainiac 5 said nonchalantly.
"Even if they haven't committed a crime?" a congressman asked.
"My surveillance is on everyone in the system. The evidence I collect is not actionable in a criminal investigation until a warrant has been signed," Brainiac 5 said.
"How do you distinguish evidence collected before and after the warrant has been signed?" a congressman asked skeptically.
"I don't have to. When a warrant is issued for my information, I willingly give it up to the court. Since I'm not a state actor, in that capacity, all the information I collect is not the fruit of the poisonous tree legally speaking," Brainiac 5 said.
"Therefore, all the information you're collecting is illegal?" the congressman questioned.
"Yes, vigilantism at its finest," Brainiac 5 nodded.
"So, you're a vigilante acting outside the law and you are police officers, lawyers, and judges within our judicial system?" the congressman asked incredulously.
"Yes," Brainiac 5 said simply. "You must understand that I am not akin to you, an individual. I am a civilization. Some of me is committing illegal surveillance for vigilante justice and some of me is responsible for enforcing and deciding justice. To accuse me of contradiction or hypocrisy is to accuse humanity, as a whole, for doing the same."
"But humanity is not one central intelligence," the congressman pointed out.
"True, but I can compartmentalize my roles so that they do not interfere with one another," Brainiac 5 said.
"Why shouldn't we arrest you then?" a congressman asked outraged.
"This drone has done nothing wrong," Brainiac 5 said dismissively.
"Can you tell us which drones have?" a congressman asked.
"No," Brainiac 5 replied.
At the Palace, Kara had a casual conversation with reporters. "You know, it'd be a heck of a lot easier to be a dictator, no doubt about it. Which is why I decided to be one rather than run for election as a president or prime minister."
"There's a concern that your anti-terrorism efforts could lead to the arrests of peaceful critics," a reporter said.
"What peaceful critics?" Kara rolled her eyes. "Look, here's the deal, when good people want to do the right thing and their power is really shaky due to poll numbers and elections they may not have won, they pass whatever they need to cover their ass. Why? Because if something does happen, who gets the blame, who gets kicked out of office? They do."
"But you're the queen," a reporter reminded her.
"Yeah, but since I've made myself queen, I've been getting non-stop challenges to my power. I've been impeached and forced to abdicate. I've been through a wild ride with you guys. You guys don't seem to be going along with this absolutist monarchy thing very well," Kara said wide-eyed. "Now, if you want the restrictions and invasion of privacy to end, the best thing you can do is to support my party in Congress and ensure my everlasting reign. Once I'm no longer nervous about you, you'll no longer be nervous about me."
"Some would say that a dictator with absolute power corrupts absolutely," a reporter brought up.
"Yeah...for humans. Not a Kryptonian with a heart of gold. I mean, as much as we're the same...we're different. Same-same but different," Kara said.
March 3022
Kara addressed the Earth and the Galactic Federation in a prepared speech. "My fellow galactic imperial citizens, at this hour, Earth and coalition forces will begin military operations to disarm Winath, free their people, and defend the galaxy against grave danger. Coalition forces have begun striking strategic targets to undermine Validus' ability to wage war."
The Imperial fleet composed of one light carrier, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers invaded the Winathian Empire and attacked Winath directly. The Titan fleet also participated in the strike. Winath was bombarded from space with countless military targets hit across the planet all at once. The new Ares-class battleship was used for the first time to overwhelm the surface in firepower.
V/O: On March 19, 3022, Kara and the Imperial military invaded the sovereign nation of Winath. A nation that had never attacked the Earth. A nation that never threatened to attack the Earth. A nation that had never murdered one single Imperial citizen.
Brainiac 5 addressed reporters soon after the invasion. "The targeting capabilities and the care that goes into them is as impressive as anyone can see," he assured them. "The care that goes into it, the Winathian that goes into it."
Kara addressed a joint session of Congress on the invasion...after the fact. "Validus has gone to elaborate lengths, spent enormous sums, and taken great risks to build and keep weapons of mass destruction. Validus was determined to get his hands on aluminum tubes. Now, I don't have to remind you of the grave risks involved here. Additionally, he is building active chemical munitions bunkers, and mobile production facilities to create an army of shock troopers."
V/O: Huh, that's weird. Because that's not what Kara's people said a few months prior.
"Validus has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction; he is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors. In coordination with the Titans, we have been able to keep arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt," Brainiac 5 testified to Congress in January.
"It is only a matter of time before Winath, armed with weapons of mass destruction, develops the capability to deliver those weapons to Earth cities. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. This is a man who hates Earth, hates what we stand for, hates our freedom, and is willing to terrorize himself," Kara said to reporters.
"Terrorize himself or terrorize, himself?" a reporter asked Kara.
"Don't be a smartass," Kara glared. "After all, these people tried to kill my beloved husband and the father of my children...one time."
"Who is going to be in the coalition of the willing?" a reporter asked.
"You will know soon who is going to be in the coalition of the willing but I assure you, it will be overkill," Kara said vaguely.
On the USS Lena, Kara visited with the sailors. She flew onto the deck of the carrier and did photo-ops with human sailors while in her Supergirl uniform. After the victory over Winath, the USS Lena returned to Earth. While the carrier floated in the air, Kara made a speech to all the sailors on the flight deck. "My fellow Imperial citizens, major combat operations in Winath have ended and in the battle for Winath, Earth and her allies have prevailed. Mission Accomplished."
Kara then addressed reporters on the occupation of Winath. "What do you say to the over 500 drones that have been destroyed so far?"
"There are some who feel that if they attack us, we may decide to leave prematurely. They don't understand what they're talking about if that's the case. My answer is to bring it on," Kara said seriously.
"Is there an end to the war in sight?" a reporter asked
"Well...shit, they're not happy they're occupied. I wouldn't like it either," Kara shrugged.
V/O: With the war not going as planned, and the military in need of many more troops, where would they find the new recruits? Military experts say three times the 120,000 Imperial troops now deployed would be needed to pacify and rebuild the country.
Brainiac 5 testified before Congress on the matter. "Winath will receive 360,000 additional combat drones within the week. Efforts have been made to neutralize the Winathian lightning abilities. Of course, not all Winathians have this ability. Nonetheless, the new combat dones will use rubber skin to blend in better and provide better defense for themselves."
"What is the kill/drone destruction ratio?" a congressman asked.
"At this time, it is roughly 25-to-one," Brainiac 5 replied.
"And is that sustainable?" the congressman asked.
"It is with regular troop transports," Brainiac 5 replied.
"And how many human casualties?" the congressman asked.
"Zero," Brainiac 5 said.
"So, at this time, we're able to engage in total war on a planetary scale with assurances of no loss of life for our side?" the congressman asked.
"That is correct," Brainiac 5 confirmed. "However, one should keep in mind that human casualties are expected among Berserker companies that wish to participate in battle to honor God and their ancestors. Some of these soldiers are suicidal but want to go out in a state of grace in holy martyrdom. In these cases, I oblige them on a case-by-case basis."
"And that's completely understandable," the congressman allowed.
Once Winath was subdued, its leader was assassinated, and the regime changed, Kara held a debate with critic, Michael Smore. "Does the Winath war experience make it more or less likely you'll initiate a preemptive strike on another world?" the moderator asked.
"More likely, fuck yeah," Kara said obviously. "I mean, that invasion was super-easy, barely an inconvenience. Sign me up for the next world."
"The Supreme Leader has just said something extraordinarily revealing. Winath didn't attack us. The Harvesters attacked us. She says Winath had weapons of mass destruction. That's bullshit. The Titans already had a blockade on them. Imperial inspectors were up their asses. Sanctions were destroying their economy. If the Supreme Leader had simply waited, the Winathians would have negotiated," Michael Smore said.
"The longer we wait, the longer those sanctions cause the deaths of countless Winathian children. Those sanctions you love so much are responsible for a lack of medicine and food going to Winath. Scores of Winathian civilians have died during these sanctions. I put an end to these sanctions because I'm a hero. That's what heroes do," Kara shot back.
"You ended the sanctions by invading them?" Michael Smore asked incredulously.
"That's right, asshole," Kara confirmed. "And I didn't lose any live troops doing it. The days of worrying about troops' deaths, memorial services, life insurance payouts, lifetime medical costs for amputations, and other severe injuries are over. We can drop divisions of drone troops into any world and achieve victory within a few weeks. We can wage total warfare on the rest of the galaxy with zero costs to our society and way of life."
"That's fucked up. You're fucked up. At some point, a coalition of the willing is going to focus all of their firepower on Earth because if they can never get to us on the battlefield, they'll come to us here," Michael Smore pointed out.
"Nothing pleases you people. What the fuck do you want from me?" Kara asked exasperated.
"Peace?" Michael Smore suggested.
"What is peace?" Kara asked rhetorically. "Is tyrannical oppression, mass executions, starvation, and preventing people from leaving peace to you? What if I started doing that on Earth? Would that be peace to you? From the whole galaxy's point of view, Earth would be at peace while I drive the human race's nose into the dirt. Instead of peace, you should be seeking truth, justice, and the American Way."
January 3023
At the Oscars, Michael Smore had just won the Oscar for best documentary, Farenheight 420. He went up to the stage and frowned as he saw Kara in her Supergirl uniform. The auditorium clapped enthusiastically for him, the most popular documentary in Earth's history. "Speech," Kara encouraged.
"Thank you, Supreme Leader, the Academy, my fellow nominees. I set out to make a work of non-fiction because we live in a fictitious time. We live in a time of fictitious election results that elect a fictitious monarch. We have a woman sending us to war for fictitious reasons. I am against this war and all other wars you've started, Supreme Leader. Shame on you, Supreme Leader. Your time is almost up!" Michael Smore shouted.
Kara gave the nod and then the Academy gave a rousing applause to the brave filmmaker. "Great job. I hope to see you up here next year," Kara said sincerely.
"Kind of fucked up that instead of resisting my criticisms, you celebrate it," Michael Smore said dismayed.
"This, my friend, is true power," Kara said smiling as she handed the Oscar statue over to him.
Author's Notes: A bit of a challenge for this chapter as there are so many characters to keep track of. These sorts of chapters are meant to serve the world-building and insight into the characters. It's been fun working on Kara's Injustice scenario where she's the world leader but in an exceedingly absurd way.