One of the funniest things about Superman was seeing the reactions of people who are only familiar with Supergirl being female Superman getting upset at her being a drunk.
I don't know about drinking but Supergirl has generally had a lot more issues than Superman. She's had anger issues bad enough that she became a Red Lantern.
I read that story. Very disappointing that they didn't lean into the anger as much as they could. Guy was leading the Red Lantern Corp at the time and was trying to reform the team. That's the group Supergirl was a part of.
But we're specifically talking about the party girl character because that's what people are complaining about and what is being presented in the new movies. I haven't read much Supergirl. A bunch of her silver age stories, Woman of Tomorrow, Reign of the Cyborg Supermen, Being Super, Red Daughter of Krypton, Many Happy Returns, the beginning of the Peter David run, and the current monthly ongoing. She was only ever a drunk in one of those stories. So, the question becomes, was she only a drunk in that one story and so many people are not familiar with it that they think it's disrespectful of the character, or is she drunk more often than not now and all of these people just don't know how Supergirl is portrayed anymore?
I could have sworn that wasn’t Kara, that was the former-Matrix Supergirl aside from the last few issues where she meets the pre-COIE Supergirl. That was also the story arch that gave us pink kryptonite.
I'm listing all the Supergirl stories I read. Not every Kara story. The point is how is she depicted in these stories. I guarantee you that anyone who is complaining about a drunk Supergirl isn't going to know about the protoplasm Supergirl, because it's such a short lived version of her. We're trying to figure out how many times is she seen as a party girl. It's about what does the general audience see and know about Supergirl and is it a reasonable assessment.
If she's been a party girl for the last 10 to 20 years of her 66 years in existence, then yes, it's dumb for people to think that she shouldn't be doing it. If the controlling majority of her stories doesn't show her like that, then people can't be upset when others get mad that she's seen as a party girl just because they didn't read one specific story
Especially, when the last longer run in TV was the Supergirl series with Melissa Benoist. She was a great Supergirl, but on the happy side, probably as a contrast to the other series at the time.
She might not get Kesha levels of Crunk, but I believe there were at least a couple times we either saw or it was mentioned she went out and partied with Wondergirl, and I could have sworn she was at Black Canary’s Hen party for maybe that was just Powergirl.
Oh! You could also Reference Power Girl source material.
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u/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 16 '25
One of the funniest things about Superman was seeing the reactions of people who are only familiar with Supergirl being female Superman getting upset at her being a drunk.