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Not saying the idea for those arcs are bad. How they were executed was though. Dick's journey of rejecting Batman was cut in half and was made the main focus of a team based show. As for Gar, you kinda explained how that one was an issue. Raven while a good character, had kinda distracted me with the constant metaphors to the teen audience of the show. Starfire is... okay. I just feel Diop only really put enthusiasm into her role by the middle of the series and that is it. She seems to be getting better by Season 2 though. Lastly the entire season's arc was cut in half and now adding more plotlines ontop of that for the next season to have to address. That isn't the sign of a good series.

Smallville didn't really capture the best aspects. They captured the worst of Superman. The parts of him people have misconceptions of to this day. Such as that he can just kill all his villains super easily so why should we care about him? The show doesn't capture what makes Superman a good person. Plus yes, people can just say "He's not there yet" but even when he is closer than ever to Superman, it feels inorganic. It feels like he became a completely different man in between episodes. The start of Season 8, he becomes an okay Superman. Sadly he goes back to terrible when Season 10 starts just to artificially stop him from getting the suit. Then he goes back to how he was during 8 and 9. There is no real hero's journey. It goes all over the place just to suit the ridiculous amount of Seasons and CW cliches that make Clark Kent a petty person.

See the difference between this and Arrow, or Flash, or even Supergirl is that they still act like heroes. The Arrow may have started as a vengeful character, but then there was a reason for why he changed. It may not be the same level of change his comic book counterpart had, but as his own hero, he was a good person. Same with Supergirl or the Flash. Even the Legends and their nonsense eventually get down to saving the day in the end.