youngbloodbuzz:

racethewind10:

booasaur:

My secret weapon. My guardian angel.

#What I liked most about this moment#is the power imbalance between them has (mostly) balanced out#and here are these two women hiding behind the identities they present of themselves to the world#starting down the road of being real to each other – via @trancer21

#yes yes a thousand times yes#one thing that really struck me about this scene was the makeup choices#look at kara. at how neutral her makeup is. there’s barely anything on at all not even her usual simple eyeliner#melissa looks bare. naked. and she IS#identity exposed; she’s stripped bare and stands naked in front of cat and has NO idea how to process it#there’s nothing else to hide behind#no cape; no glasses#no more excuses or sheepish coverup smiles#cat pulled them all away and this is the first time we’ve really seen kara look….SCARED#frightened and uncomfortable and confused she’s just…waiting#waiting to see what’ll happen next; what cat grant will do with this incredibly powerful information#that’s why this particular scene so importantly culminates this episode and the season as a whole#we needed to see cat’s character develop#she’s calculated and driven. she’s not a saint. she isn’t completely selfless or giving#but we’ve also learned she’s not cruel or uncaring#she’s not max lord.#its only now; after cat’s relationship with BOTH kara and supergirl has developed; and in turn kara’s relationship with cat#that we learn to not be afraid of this turn of events. to see this moment as true gratitude and appreciation#they know each others’ secrets now#(because of course cat’s known kara’s name this whole time. names are a way to leverage power and control and expectation.#names have fear. names have hope. names have power.#cat’s known kara’s name this whole time.#that’s why she was the one to coin Supergirl. it was out there from the first episode. this moment was inevitable.)