The Artisan
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wouldn't it be less complicated if they just retconned her into existing in the same universe instead of multi?
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Supergirl renewed - moving to the CW
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wouldn't it be less complicated if they just retconned her into existing in the same universe instead of multi?
They would make a cute couple.
They should have did that in the first place
SpideySenses
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Retconning should be the worst case scenario, meta humans were a huge mind fuck for everyone in Arrow and Flash, the idea that an alien has been saving the world for years without them mentioning it would be ridiculous.
Mortimer Brewster
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Now we can look forward to the plague known as Felicity Smoak infecting a fourth show.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
It'd be more complicated than that, though, as Supergirl exists in a universe with an active, adult Superman. Superman operating in public for 15 years changes the universe considerably, especially when it comes to the uniqueness of the Flash and other metahumans.
It was smart to keep them separate initially and them merging the universes in some way could lead to good or at least interesting story possibilities.
The problem with having Superman exist in the universe is that it weakens the impact of the Flash, who is the strongest superhero in the Arrowverse at the moment. Flash is Superman here just as Green Arrow is Batman.
Nope. Superman exist in the Supergirl show so you'd have to explain him as he's been operating globally for over 20 years by this point. If it was just her then it might be a different story. It's simpler to say there are multiple Earths and they can simply cross over via portals that speedsters can create then move on. DC is full of stuff like that, it's also a huge part of the Flash character/mythos and it's best not to shy away from it. Trying to ignore that stuff and come up with new things is where it gets messy, confusing, etc. Flash and even Legends of Tomorrow has been good to okay with explaining stuff like that. Hell that's what Flash season 2 has been all about. I don' think it will be as complicated as some think.
A good way to handle it would be if Supergirl and some of her cast gets thrown into Earth 1. That way there's no Superman, or more expensive actors, and it acts as a soft reboot for anyone who jumps in for only the CW episodes.
Basically a crisis situation.
Basically a crisis situation.
KonradLaw
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I think it will take another couple years before it will be feasible technically on tv budget.
Jorok Goldblade
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The timeline for Supergirl is:
1982: Krypton explodes, infant Kal-El lands on Earth
2006: Kara Zor-El exits the Phantom Zone and lands on Earth, is found by a 24-year old Kal-El, who is already Superman
In the Arrowverse, the superpowers weren't public knowledge until a few months after the Flash became active in fall 2014.
You're looking at a Superman who was active at the very least 8 years and potentially 14 at the time the public in the Arrowverse became aware of super powers.
Problem is super powered beings (not counting Mirakuru super soldiers) aren't really a thing until the pilot of The Flash.
brucewaynegretzky
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If this wasn't the case there was a solid chance I would have stopped watching... Best part of the show, by far.
I can't wait for the explanation for CatCo's "remodeling".
NipplesAndToes23
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In the World's Finest episode did that woman call her customer a Muggle? The fuck is this Harry Potter?
That's nothing. The Flash has been dropping Harry Potter jokes/meta non stop this year. (I love it). Even Arrow dropped a Harry Potter reference recently.
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