Tag: danvers duo

randomthingsthatilike123:

i’ve seen some conversations about how much alex has given up for kara, especially in season 1,and talk about how lopsided their relationship is but they conveniently leave out that not once but twice kara gives up her world as she knows it for alex–she exposes herself for alex, as she talks about in the cult ep in season 3, and the people in the plane just got lucky because she only did it because alex was there. she turns her life upside down without hesitating for her sister. because sure, Kara loves being Supergirl but her life got so much harder and dangerous after she did–and we’ve seen how much Kara hates change. This has been her life for the past 12 years, and she doesn’t hesitate to turn all of that on it’s head solely for the sake of her sister

and she gives up her greatest fantasy as well: Krypton and her family alive and whole, her aunt alive, neither of them have ever been in the phantom zone (because i think a lot about what kara said to astra–how astra looked at miles of never ending black space and how something inside her died and is she really talking about astra? or herself?). This is what she wants more than anything else–and it just takes a few words from Alex and she willingly chooses to lose them all once again

if alex’s tagline is “i come back with my sister or i don’t come back at all” then kara’s would be “there is no world worth living without you in it.” And I don’t think the severity and depth of that kind of devotion should be underestimated

coffeehousehaunt:

This is your friendly reminder that shipping Kara/Alex doesn’t mean you’re “erasing” adoptive families. You’re talking about a hypothetical dynamic between two specific fictional characters, one that you understand involves a departure from their canon relationship. You aren’t talking about anyone else’s real family, or invalidating their family. I know that the vast majority of Kara/Alex shippers fully support the canon written dynamic and only want to engage in the romantic shipping in a fanon context, and you don’t deserve to be told that you don’t value or are purposefully sexualizing a sibling relationship. You are not. You are discussing a “what-if” scenario where the “what if” is “what if they saw each other differently?” You are, more than likely, picking up on tropes between the two of them that are heavily romantically coded, and while it’s an interesting thought experiment and a wildly positive thing in the context of mass media to see a relationship like that given the same weight as a romantic one–you are not a creator of mass media, and you are not fundamentally altering or disrespecting the canon text by interpreting it differently. That is one of the core tenets of fandom: The canon stands. And, shockingly, you can hold more than one interpretation of a text, even if the two (or three, or four) interpretations conflict.

Second, “erasure” is a social justice term applied to groups that face systemic societal oppression, and claiming “erasure” is in fact appropriating the term in order to give their personal squick discursive weight where it doesn’t have any. Is it personally irritating? Maybe. Is it possibly something they’ve had to deal with people insinuating about their family at multiple points in their lives, and they just don’t want to hear about it? Sure; and it’s basic decency to respect their wishes to not have people trying to talk to them about things that upset them.

Do adoptive families face systemic oppression that can include things like: Markedly shorter lifespans for people from that group, due to lack of housing, job, or economic prospects (e.g., do people not want to hire them, work with them, house them, etc. because they’re adopted?); entire conservative institutions dedicated to “protecting the family” from them; face potential firing, physical or sexual harassment, or even murder because of their status–so often that it’s necessary to create legal statutes specifying violence based on those characteristics as “hate crimes”; pathologization and attempts to forcibly institutionalize and “treat” them; or ban from engaging in activities or institutions considered benefits, privileges, or duties of “full citizenship” in society, like military service (however you may feel about that), marriage, or (pointedly) adoption?

No.

Are people mean to them for it? Yes. Do people bully them for it? Yes. Do people insinuate things about their families? Yes, and I suspect that’s part of the reason for the reaction some people with that background have. But the necessary implication of “erasure” is that the group in question is also systemically oppressed. And that’s not true in this case.

the-queen-of-the-light:

Kara’s almost fourteen the first time she experiences snow, and she’s so excited. They didn’t really have snow on Krypton because of environmental degradation, so when she awakens in the middle of the night to see snow for the first time flurrying outside her window? Well, she’s positively beside herself with glee!

It sounds different than rain. She’d gotten used to that sound—the pitter-patter of water droplets hitting the roof—but snow is different, more of a gentle splat as thick flakes land. That’s what wakes her, and once she realizes what it is, she’s dragging Alex out of bed, barely pausing to let her grab her coat and boots before they’re out the door playing in the snow.

Alex has so much to teach her: sledding, snowmen, snow angels, snow forts, and most importantly, snowball fights.

Eliza and Jeremiah are woken at 3 in the morning by loud squeals, finding their girls—one barefoot in her pjs and the other bundled up like a burrito—in the backyard soaked and giggling, snow covering every inch of them

older-danvers:

lexie-xoxoxo:

foreverblueraven:

willow-hermione:

Alex protecting her alien family

This family is the core of this show. I hope we get more scenes with the Danvers sister and J’onn, especially Alex.
Big overprotective sister Alex is the best.

Look at her jumping in front of her bulletproof fam what a pure badass I love her

#If jumping in front of a bulletproof alien isn’t the core of Alex’s characters#nothing else could possibly come close (via @alittlelesspain)

ed1505:

You’ve got to understand
that I was only looking out for you

You’ve always looked out
for me


I need you faith, Alex.
More than that S, more than that cape…More than anyone’s.

You wanted to know if I
have faith in you…I do. I always had. You’ve always had the heart
of a hero, Kara. Way before you put on that S.


I may not need Superman to
be a hero, but…I’ll always need you.


Com’here. No thinking,
just hugging.


I was afraid…of losing
you. And I can’t lose you!


Kara…you’re my sister.
And I love you. No matter what.


Have faith in me…like I
have in you.

But what am I gonna do
without you?

You don’t need me. You
never had.

But you still took care of
me anyway.

Yeah and look how great
you turned out. I love you.

I love you too.


I’m sorry. I’m so sorry
for everything. I’m sorry if I ever made you feel like you were less
to me than Clark. You’re the only reason I ever felt at home on this
planet.

I’m just better when we
are together.

Me too.


I’m here. Always.


I do know how it feels to
keep a part of yourself shut off…to keep it inside. And I know how
lonely it can make you feel. But Alex…you’re not alone.

I can’t do this without
you.

You don’t have to.

“All those little moments
brought the two of them there, right in that instant.

All the fights, the tears,
the smiles, the people they met…Those who became family, those they
fell in love with… Everything else seemed to disappear, in the sky
of National City. In that moment it was just the two of them, just
like it started, all those years ago. Because no matter what
happened, no matter who they met, it had always been them: Kara and
Alex against the world. Always destined to reach that moment in time.
Sisters…best friends…Soulmates. And ready to start a new
adventure: the best one.”

Once again I commissioned @ohnoafterlaughs a piece and as always she delivered. And HOW did she deliver. This beautiful piece is hers so if you like it, go tell her! She’s amazing. 

Who follows me knows how obsessed I am with Alex and Kara Danvers. I couldn’t resist from asking her to draw them. I just love them and their relationship so much! So here it is, I hope all the other Kalex fans out there enjoy it as much as I do. 

konako:

Supergirl commission for Anonymous. We hope this piece will inspire some writer out there. 

“Supergirl has lost her powers and saw Alex get shot in the head. The bullet grazed her forehead and knocked her out, but for a heartbreaking moment, Kara thought her big sister was dead. Alex is leaning against an ambulance stretcher and Kara is hugging around Alex’s middle with her head on Alex’s chest. It’s the only way she can hear Alex’s heartbeat, now that’s she’s lost her powers.”