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Originally Posted by Dezzy

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I do despise Lena's story in the new season of Supergirl, it's like the good seasons of Smallville without what made Clark and Lex's friendship compelling.

For someone as smart as Lena's meant to be, they're doing a great job of writing her like an idiot. 'I'm not a villain! I just want to brainwash people into living the way I want them to!'

I feel like Lex's dark turn in Smallville made more sense, especially considering he was a dark person to begin with. Lena went from trying to be good to instant supervillain over the course of a season break.

I'm hoping they course correct Lena in the second half of the season. They are trying to force an arc that doesn't really make sense for the character.

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Indeed - Lex was always a person with a lot of darkness and loneliness from his upbringing who was trying really hard to be good but eventually "gave in"... Lena has been portrayed as a generally good person who has gone darkside for a really flimsy reason. It's a rubbish arc. They're kind of showing signs of just cancelling it / her "wavering" in Crisis IMO and I hope they do tbh.

Other thoughts: I actually think Ruby Rose's Batwoman has been well used, well acted and a generally pretty decent character in Crisis?? She plays really well alongside Kara. But the solo show is barely watchable. Kind of shows, for me, that the core character and actress are not the problem at all... it's the writing, showrunning and supporting characters. A shame because I'm not sure the show can be saved at this point, the reviews and ratings are abysmal.