So here’s the thing: I loved this scene. Like, it was actually one of my all-time favorites from s2, BUT PART OF ME ACTUALLY WANTED KARA TO FAIL.
Hear me out: If she’d failed, they could have spent the rest of the season completely centered around the Danvers sisters trying to get back to each other because they love each other more than anyone in the entire universe. So we could’ve gotten back to the s1 roots of having the major story arcs revolve around the two of them and their relationship with each other. PLUS A FEW NEW THINGS TOO, GET THIS:
So we’d get this split in screentime of Kara trying to track Alex down, and then we’d also get to see Alex like crash-landing on some planet somewhere and trying everything in her power to get back home, or at least get a message to Kara that she’s alive. AND THEN, while she’s trying to bop from planet to planet, who does she run into???? THAT’S RIGHT, SHE FUCKING RUNS INTO ASTRA, WHO DIDN’T DIE AFTER ALL, SHE JUST TOOK THAT SPACE NAP WE’RE ALL CONVINCED ABOUT. So then the two of them begrudgingly work together to get home to Kara, and they get closer together as time goes by. And definitely fall in love. Because duh.
Meanwhile, Kara is doing everything in her power to find Alex NOT EVEN SURE IF SHE’S ALIVE…and just like…if she had failed to save the one person she loves MORE THAN ANYONE IN THE UNIVERSE, just THINK about how much more her character could have been developed. It wouldn’t revolve around pining over that dumb Daxamite dude, it would be about KARA and who she is, and how her failure to save Alex almost DESTROYS her because Alex has always been her strength. So now she has to learn to be strong even without Alex, and she and J’onn have to find a way to have HOPE again…because you KNOW J’onn would be terrified that he’d just lost another daughter to the effects of intolerance and violence between different alien races.
And then we can bring in some SUPERCORP as well, because Lena’s mom was the one who sent the ship with Alex et al across the fucking universe, so Lena can probably find or develop some kind of tracking device SO SHE AND KARA CAN GO ON A ROMANTIC SPACE RESCUE MISSION to save Alex. So now we’ve got a side Supercorp romance, and a side General Danvers romance, while still having the MAIN focus of the story be on our Danvers sisters and the strength of their relationship. That way at its heart, the show still has those underlying themes of HOPE and FAMILY, only now it’s fucking ELEVATED FOR THIS NEW SEASON…not only that, but it makes Kara and Alex’s relationship more DYNAMIC again…like…CAN YOU IMAGINE THE ANGST??? But also the humor of watching Alex and Astra try to get along, and Lena being like, Kara, we’re on a space ship together I FUCKING KNOW YOU’RE SUPERGIRL, JFC.
And then everyone’s all reunited, and ASTRA GETS TO HAVE HER REDEMPTION ARC which is rooted in her love for her niece, and in this newfound love for Alex. PLUS with hers and Lena’s help, you could rope this all back into the CADMUS storyline when they return home so we actually get some closure on that…and everything’s all about hope, and love, and family, and EVERYBODY BEING STRONGER TOGETHER AND SHIT…
National City has had its share of magic users over the years, but very few can master more than one ability. Alex and Astra are among the most powerful witches of the time, having mastered various forms of magic. When they meet, they feel a pull, their magic entwining in a way the world has never before seen. Their powers increase, becoming most proficient when they are together, and so a bond forms as their hearts connect as magnificently as their magic.
GD Monthly Prompt| Halloween/Autumn Moodboard for Alex and Astra, featuring the trappings of the season, and a special cameo by GD shippers’ favourite coffee house.
Question of Smoke 