Supergirl the TV show

[james_davis_nicoll]

Is it becoming a distaff harem comedy?

Comments

[keithmm.livejournal.com]

Uh, whether you see a reason or not, it's already been announced. Episode 18, called "Worlds Finest".

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've heard; I'm just unclear why they need more than a good road map to travel between the settings.

[keithmm.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding. It's because there's no trivial way to fit Supergirl into the Arrowverse directly.

On Supergirl, Superman has been a known public figure for a decade and has fought supervillains, so the idea of superhumans/superpowers is well established in the public consciousness. On Arrow/Flash/Vixen/Legends, superhumans are just starting to come to the public's attention. The shows have gradually revealed that such things have been there, but they've been operating in secret, behind the scenes. There isn't a way to easily justify why people would be utterly befuddled at the idea of the Flash when there's been a world-famous someone, an alien aside from that, in a bright blue and red costume flying around fighting other super-powered characters for a decade, nor why Superman wouldn't show up to assist with things like having a small army of super-strong lunatics overrunning Starling City, a situation so bad the government was prepared to essentially nuke the city to stop it.

It's simply easier to have a parallel world than try to fit the two together.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

I am enlightened. I don't watch Arrow so I hadn't taken that into account. Thank you.