Board Thread:Supergirl discussions/@comment-9346948-20170523001131/@comment-31125534-20170525095744

I don't want to argue about this, so I'll only say this: I've been a Superman fan for decades. I heard about the fight but I told myself "Wait and see before judging".

After watching it, and speaking strictly for myself, I've absolutely no trouble with it. If Supergirl would actually have curb-stomped her cousin, I'd complain that both characters have been done a disservice. But it didn't happen. Both beat each other up, Kara managed to land a good blow and collapsed straight afterwards. Supergirl won fairly.

In the comics, Supergirl has always been as powerful as Superman (and a more aggressive fighter). In Superboy (Volume 1) 80, both cousins compete against each other and Kal admits she's just as good as him. In Action Comics 282, Supergirl becomes invulnerable to Green-K for a short while and Superman thinks she's more powerful now and HE should be HER sidekick. In the "Great Darkness saga", Superboy and Supergirl fight Darkseid and Supergirl fights on after her cousin is taken down (and before someone tells anything about "years of exposure to sunlight", in the Pre-Crisis universe Kryptonian powers didn't work like that. the number of years absorbing sunlight was irrelevant). She nearly killed the Anti-Monitor right after he nearly killed her cousin. In the Post-Crisis universe she fought Doomsday in "New Krypton" and "Reign of Doomsday" and survived. Plus, in the Pre-Crisis continuity she saved Superman more times than he saved him. And in the Smallville universe, she mastered her powers way before Kal did. She's always been as strong as Superman, but for some reason, a lot of comic fans has always assumed she was weaker. Well, she isn't. She's never been.

So... she manages to take down a brainwashed Superman -who obviously wasn't thinking clearly- after a long, tough and extenuating fight? And then she loses consciousness and needs healing? I'm fine with it. If she had beaten him down easily I'd complain, but that isn't what happened.

Moreover, the legacy hero surpassing his/her master is an old trope. No one complains about Barry being faster than Jay and Wally being faster than Barry, so why should I complain about Supergirl beating Superman in one fight?

To sum it up, I have many issues with the show, but this fight isn't one of them.

If they're bringing female Kryptonian Supergirl villains in, I'd like to see Lesla-Lar, Black Flame or Shyla Kor-Onn, but I guess Reign is a decent option. By the way, regarding Starfire, there's actually a Supergirl villain called Starfire. I don't think she'll be used, but being a crime lord, she'd offer a different challenge.