Board Thread:Supergirl discussions/@comment-27750273-20170202001946/@comment-24152851-20170208024048

Yas, exactly. Or how Riddler started up as CSI which never happened in the comics. Arrowverse is also fond of decomposite characters, like splitting Black Canary up into Sara, Laurel, (and now) Dinah. Or Speedy up into Roy Harper and Thea Queen.