Spoilers Supergirl - Season 2
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Ah yes, I remember my youthful intolerance of slave-owning.
Don't worry though, she already has.
That's not what happened, on either account.Ah yes, I remember my youthful intolerance of slave-owning.
Don't worry though, she already has.
Kara's immaturity wasn't from exhibiting intolerance of slave-owning. Rather, it was in being prejudicial of all Daxamites because of the injustice in their system of government.
Further, Kara didn't outgrow her intolerance of slave-owning, either. Rather, Mon-El renounced his throne, and proved to her that he did not support that system.
I was about to say fair point on the second part (and I do agree about Kara, that's my bad born out of frustration). But then I read the rest and remembered that the priority reason Mon-El gave for renouncing his throne was to stay with Kara, even proposing running away from Earth entirely as long as she was with him. He only briefly considered doing something about the system when forced back into it.
On the first part, I guess I'm just a teensy bit tired of people in this thread talking about Kara's immaturity when so far all of her opinions of Daxamites prior to their coming to Earth have proved to be accurate. Yes, that's an awfully simplistic reading but that's what the show has presented.
Oh, good grief.
Well there's a difference in making a (correct) judgement about the regime and acting like everyone who lives under that regime is a stinky poopyhead....
And there's the accusation of immaturity again, when the bulk of Kara's prejudice (which Mon-El shared towards her people) was dealt with in the first couple episodes after Mon-El woke up, how many episodes ago now?
CorporalCaptain did though.
You also said it was the "moral intolerance of youth. She'll probably outgrow it." Please explain to me how that isn't a dictionary definition for immaturity?
You two don't know how hard it was not to reply with half a dozen snarky comments to each of those posts. 
Seriously though, I just want people to stop calling the lead character immature for having morals.
Seriously though, I just want people to stop calling the lead character immature for having morals.
That's not what happened, so....
Of course it's not.
Being judgmental is not the same thing as "having morals" to begin with. Functional morality has a great deal more to do with one's own actions, including actions taken to oppose or ameliorate the bad behavior of others. Simply condemning an individual, group or culture is nothing more than having an opinion...we all have 'em, and you know what they're worth.
Kara was a kid when she left Krypton. There's no evidence that she knew anything more substantial about Daxamites than what she was taught as a child of the elite, and we saw last season that she was badly misled about the morality of her own family and those she idolized. All of that might have given her a moment's pause about going off in a prejudiced manner against the sole survivor of another planet, an individual about whom she knew next to nothing.
Those are some good points. I'd say I agree 100% even, though the line between opposing bad behaviour and condemning those who display it is tricky.
One of the things that I have appreciated about this season (even though it's often nowhere near as well done as it could be) is the way it tells stories about the main characters dealing with, and dealing out, prejudice. M'Gann, Lena and yes, Mon-El, have all had to face prejudice from our heroes, just because of their background. (You could even include Livewire in there, though that's less because of her background and more about her)
(Let's also take a moment here to compare how astronomically better M'Gann and Lena compare to Mon-El here in terms of 'redemption' story, cos hoo-boy)
Anyway, the point here is that Kara did pre-judge Mon-El early on, but then she pretty much got over it in just a couple episodes, and yet people here are bringing it up as if it's still happening. It's not. She's reacting to exactly how terrible the Daxamites she's met have behaved, and being a lot more forgiving about it than the general person would tend to be. ("Let's reason with your mother who sent out a galactic hit on me" Kara no)
One of the things that I have appreciated about this season (even though it's often nowhere near as well done as it could be) is the way it tells stories about the main characters dealing with, and dealing out, prejudice. M'Gann, Lena and yes, Mon-El, have all had to face prejudice from our heroes, just because of their background. (You could even include Livewire in there, though that's less because of her background and more about her)
(Let's also take a moment here to compare how astronomically better M'Gann and Lena compare to Mon-El here in terms of 'redemption' story, cos hoo-boy)
Anyway, the point here is that Kara did pre-judge Mon-El early on, but then she pretty much got over it in just a couple episodes, and yet people here are bringing it up as if it's still happening. It's not. She's reacting to exactly how terrible the Daxamites she's met have behaved, and being a lot more forgiving about it than the general person would tend to be. ("Let's reason with your mother who sent out a galactic hit on me" Kara no)
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