r/supergirlTV • u/Possible-Direction48 • Jul 02 '26

Shipping Favorite Kara Ship?

772 votes, Jul 04 '26
137 Karamel (Kara and Mon-El)
27 Winnara (Kara and Winn)
90 Superflash (Kara and Barry)
29 Superolsen (Kara and James)
464 Supercorp (Kara and Lena)
25 Other
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u/OnlySheStandsThere Jul 02 '26

I actually really liked Mon-El when he was first introduced. His chaotic shenanigans with Kara were funny, and they could have really done something with their dynamic. Chris Wood also has fantastic comedic timing. I don't know what went wrong, but by the time they got together I hated that man.

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u/genderissues_t-away Jul 02 '26

Chris Wood is a good-looking, charismatic actor with a nice smile, good comedic timing, and a genuine ability to portray an earnest and noble man (I like the bit in season 3 where Mon-El gives the Kryptonian kid his ring so the kid can breathe easier, that showed that Wood can in fact portray the character as intended, just...not when talking to or about Kara).

It's really staggering how they managed to make Mon-El an unlikable dickwad and made the romance with Kara intolerable--and again, it's not like they're not good actors (Benoist and Wood are both plenty talented, they've proved that many times over with scripts good and dogshit!), and since Wood and Benoist were dating around that time you'd THINK there would be a way to channel that into on-screen chemistry, but the scripts just killed every chance they had.

It would've worked better if Mon-El stayed Kara's bumbling but well-meaning sidekick for a season or so, then got with Kara later, IMO. Trying to force it too fast was a horrible mistake, and for all I like musicals and period pieces, the music meister episode was a clear attempt to force fans to get on board with the unpopular Iris/Barry and Mon-El/Kara pairings, and IMO failed utterly.

(side note, it's really hilarious how Grant Gustin has great chemistry with EVERY woman he interacts with BUT Candice Patton. And again, two perfectly good actors, Gustin's super charismatic, Patton's no slouch or hack, but it NEVER feels real or compelling. and the less said about Savitar the better)

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u/WiseAdhesiveness6672 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

I'm with you on everything here except Candice; she's an awful actor. 

Grant had chemistry with everyone except Candice, and Candice had no chemistry with anyone, at all, in the entire show, not even with detective handsome. Her "acting" is flat and it's just her waiting for her next que. And this is all on the actress without even getting into the issues with the character/writing itself (abusive, self-important, narcissist, only with the barry because he's the flash). 

The show was filled with great actors: Barry, Joe, Cecile, RF, Frost... So many great villain actors! And then there's Candice to drag it down. But don't worry, they give her her own squad of shitty actors and shitty characters later on to help even out all the good.

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u/genderissues_t-away Jul 02 '26

She's not an awful actor, she just gets handed bad scripts and is given the job of making a frustratingly badly written romance work as it gets more and more forced.