Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-5441128-20200121210249/@comment-27700324-20200203014220

Well Melissa despite being older than the character is, still represents who Kara is. Kara's hopeful nature and her way of making mistakes and learning from them as an inexperienced hero in a world where Superman already exists still stays from the comics and other media.

Difference with Kate is that the character isn't just a gay superhero like the show is presenting. She's a superhero because she is gay. If she never got her expulsion, she'd be in the military instead of in a bat costume. However the show presents it that no matter what, Bruce would've still gone missing and Kate would still have taken up the reigns by playing Bat dress up. It's less her own arc and more her taking Bruce's job. Thankfully Rachel Skarsten's performance as Alice is absolutely phenomenal because the rest of it is a wreck.