Art of the Day: Supergirl and Lena Luthor

Artwork: Love by rafidesousa

Non-Canon Couples Week: Day #6: Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor

I'm still surprised by how popular the non-canon couple Kara Danvers (Supergirl) and Lena Luthor a.k.a SuperCorp is with fans. These two have an amazing chemistry and a wonderful friendship that has a hint of something more that could develop between them. Whether a relationship will ever happen between them doesn't matter because the TV series has shown plenty of times how much they care about each other.

However, I think this upcoming 5th season of Supergirl is really going to test their friendship with Lena finding out that Kara is Supergirl. She feels betrayed and I think that's going to cause a rift between these two that will either be short term and they are able to work on their friendship or it will lead Lena down a path towards being a villain like her brother Lex Luthor. It's going to be interesting seeing if their friendship will survive this.

There is no doubt that Kara and Lena are close friends but it's that spark of something more that fans have continued to pick up on.

Artwork: Shiver Shiver by rafidesousa

Art of the Day: Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor (Supergirl)

Artwork: Kara and Lena by plastic-pipes

Art of the Day: Supergirl and Lena Luthor

Artwork: The Role Reversal by lesly-oh

According to Tumblr's Fanometrics, SuperCorp (the fan ship of Kara Danvers/Supergirl and Lena Luthor) is the #6 top ship of 2017. I think that's pretty cool. Fans see the chemistry between Kara and Lena, too bad the showrunners for Supergirl choose to ignore it.

Art of the Day: Supergirl and Lena Luthor

Artwork: You're Alive by lesly-oh

I'm Disappointed in the Supergirl Cast for Mocking their Fans

I had to post something because fans should not be mocked or made to feel as if they are of no value. There are always going to be non-canon ships and for Jeremy Jordan (who stars as Winn Schott) to make a tasteless joke as a song about the Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor ship (or SuperCorp as fans have called it) during the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) made no sense. It hurt even more for fans when Melissa Benoist (who stars as Supergirl) chimed in with a comment and not to mention most of the cast laughing at the joke.

Who is it hurting if fans ship this? Absolutely no one and they did not have to disrespect many of their fans for a supposed joke. And many of the responses afterwards from some of the cast have not made things any better. From most of their responses you can tell they don't seem to understand why fans are so upset. They painted many of the fans as overreacting instead of actually trying to see what they did to hurt their fans.

The reason why fans were upset has nothing to do with trying to make SuperCorp canon, it's more to do with how the fans felt disrespected or not supported by the cast. Most fans know that Kara and Lena will never become canon but the way the message was presented as a joke is what hurt for so many.

I am really surprised that the CW network has not issued out an apology but so far they have been rather quiet letting the actors do damage control which is not really working. I'm also surprised that Melissa Benoist has not apologized. Perhaps she believes that if she doesn't say anything this will simply go away but by saying nothing, all it does it makes it seem as if she doesn't care about the shows fans.

I was disappointed because I feel like fandom should be something fun but when toxicity is introduced (be it from fans/actors/writers/etc.) it can damage the experience. Fans deserve to be appreciated and not made fun of. And trust me, Hollywood knows just how great fans are at promoting their favorite things. They give shows and movies so much free publicity from their support and energy but if fans start to feel dismissed or alienated they know when to abandon it and move on to something else.

Art of the Day: Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor (Supergirl)

Artwork: SuperCorp by lesly-oh

I never understood why if there is natural chemistry between characters why the creative team doesn't go with it. Because on the Supergirl TV series, Kara definitely has more chemistry with Lena than she does with Mon-El.

It made no sense for the writers to continue the relationship between Kara and Mon-El when there was nothing there. Their romance felt forced. However, there is something there between Kara and Lena but nothing ever developed pass friendship. Perhaps in the third season the creative team will take a chance and pair these two up but I doubt it will happen.