The Last Daughter of Krypton II (OOC)

[ChasNicollette]

I do think my favorite however is the all blue with the mid drift. Chas correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that what she wore just before the went nu/you 52?

Yes.

That was the Supergirl they introduced in the "Superman/Batman" origin story for her-- restoring a Kara Zor-El, a Supergirl from Krypton, to the Post-Crisis timeline.

Before that, it had been a protomatter-based psychokinetic shapeshifter called Matrix who had served as Supergirl, who later passed a portion of her powers on to a human named Linda Danvers. Jeph Loeb considered this convoluted enough that he wanted to introduce a "back to basics" Supergirl.

It was her that wore the all blue with the bare midriff.

 

[TearsoftheWorld]

 

[LuckyVic]

definitely my fav outfit. tied with this one

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Oh that's the one from when Darkseid had control of her right?

 

[Aussie_Wolf]

Then again I would think you guys would really like this pic.

 

[ChasNicollette]

While that is aesthetically pleasing, and interdimensional self-love is a kink of mine, I actually ship Power Girl with The Huntress.

 

[TearsoftheWorld]

 

[ChasNicollette]

...um.

Yeah.

...what was I saying?

 

[TearsoftheWorld]

I wonder if Amen's ears are buzzing.

 

[ChasNicollette]

I wonder if Amen's ears are buzzing.

Or maybe his paracortex!

 

[LuckyVic]

dare I say second episode was better than the first

 

[TearsoftheWorld]

Or maybe his paracortex!

I find your vocabulary incredibly arousing.

 

[TearsoftheWorld]

dare I say second episode was better than the first

Tonight's episode was the only thing I was looking forward to.

I was not disappointed.

#HappySupergirl

 

[ChasNicollette]

I find your vocabulary incredibly arousing.

...and you just made me speechless.

 

[ChasNicollette]

dare I say second episode was better than the first

I do daresay!

 

[ChasNicollette]

Tonight's episode was the only thing I was looking forward to.

I was not disappointed.

#HappySupergirl

So far as symbols of hope go, you could do worse.

 

[LuckyVic]

I liked the new meaning of the crest, as well as her quickly figuring out that she doesn't want to do this alone like Superman does.

 

[AmenRa]

Yeah.

Hell. Yeah.

Kara asked him if he had a family.

"I did, once."

Eyes that flashed red.

Sounds like someone we know...

 

[ChasNicollette]

 

[ChasNicollette]

I liked the new meaning of the crest, as well as her quickly figuring out that she doesn't want to do this alone like Superman does.

I wonder if this world's Superman has an Emil Hamilton, or a Bibbo, or other support, that Kara doesn't know about? She didn't know about The Fortress of Solitude, and the ability to commune with technological ghosts of Krypton. She didn't even know about Kryptonite, which you think Clark would have warned her about that. I worry that this Kal-El has kept his cousin too distant.

As for the Symbol, I rankled at the new meaning at first, but then I realized that Kryptonese must be a ridiculously complex language. Like hieroglyphics, the different symbols could mean lots of things in different contexts. So it still means Hope, but it also means Stronger Together.

 

[ChasNicollette]

Yeah.

Hell. Yeah.

Kara asked him if he had a family.

"I did, once."

Eyes that flashed red.

Sounds like someone we know...

It's funny. When he said that bit about the family, I immediately thought of the comics Hank Henshaw, whose Fantastic Four-esque family died from the same radiation that gave them all powers, only Hank survived. But now... now I'm not so sure.

 

[TearsoftheWorld]

Definitely a few different takes on things.

The episode wasn't perfect, but I really like watching the series.

Heat vision beams cancelling each other out?

 

[TearsoftheWorld]

Also, as much as I hope for Hank to be the MM, I guess it's more likely that he's Cyborg Superman.

 

[ChasNicollette]

Also, as much as I hope for Hank to be the MM, I guess it's more likely that he's Cyborg Superman.

It could go either way!

I would be delighted by the script-flip!

 

[ChasNicollette]

Definitely a few different takes on things.

The episode wasn't perfect, but I really like watching the series.

Heat vision beams cancelling each other out?

My theory for Kryptonian heat vision is like some versions of plasma cannons, which project an EM forcefield tunnel around the plasma blast to keep it from disippating into the atmosphere.

In this case, a Kryptonian would extend their bio-electric force-aura as confinement beams around the heat rays (be these infrared light or radiation "waste products" of the solar metabolism). This keeps the heat focused on the target (you'll notice things next to the beams don't tend to burst into flame), and may explain the concussive component the vision beams sometimes have, as raw heat wouldn't have a "punch," but forcefields might have solidity to them.

Two such beams colliding in mid-air would disrupt the confinement and release the heat into the atmosphere, which, yeah, would cancel out the beams' flight but be no fun for anyone nearby that's not fireproof.

Martian eye blasts, based on my understanding are, like most of their powers, a function of their telekinesis. They can either channel this as pure force, or they can target an object and telekinetically accelerate its molecules to vastly elevate its temperature, possibly igniting it. This way a Martian isn't injured by using their own "heat vision."

/end headcanon rant