Should ‘Supergirl’ season 2 make Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor (‘Supercorp’) into something more?

Mrs. Carter: Another “Supergirl” ‘ship is starting to rise…

One of the interesting things that came out of Monday night’s new episode is that the relationship that got the most attention among the internet fandom was not the one between Kara and Mon-El; meanwhile, the same goes for Alex and Maggie. Instead, it’s Kara and Lena Luthor, two characters who’ve become good friends despite Lena’s mother being one of the architects behind Project Cadmus (and there being some slight ambiguity in terms of whether or not Lena can be trusted).

Even before the episode aired, these two characters did still have a rather large fan following in support of them. They had their own ‘ship name of #Supercorp, and an ever-growing band of support to go along with it. They are characters who had some support behind them even before “Luthors,” but this episode caused the attention around them to spike to another level. No matter how many people doubted Lena’s ability to be innocent following Metallo and Lillian’s escape from prison, Kara never gave up on her. The two shared many meaningful conversations, and at the end of the episode, there was definitely a moment where many people felt as though Lena was about to go in for a kiss.

Is this the audience projecting what they want to project on the scene, and taking naturally-good chemistry to another level as a result? Possibly, but we do think that a sign of a great show is that you have characters with the sort of chemistry where you can imagine such things happening. You want people who are multi-dimensional, and feelings that are at times ambiguous. If people want to ‘ship two characters together, it’s a compliment since it means that you’re making the audience feel something.

As for whether or not Lena and Kara as a couple could ever be canon, that’s something that is hard to know for sure. So far Kara has been presented as a heterosexual character with interest in James Olsen and now Mon-El; meanwhile, Lena’s sexuality has not been thoroughly explored. The show already has one LGBT couple in Alex / Maggie, so they may choose to go in a different direction with Kara, but should they? There aren’t that many television shows out there that have two LGBT couples, and to that we say why not!? This is clearly something the fanbase is interested in seeing, the chemistry is there for Kara and Lena and just because Alex is in a relationship with Maggie it shouldn’t mean that the LGBT door is closed to everyone else.

The show would be wrong to completely ignore that this fan base is out there — maybe the support of the two characters together doesn’t turn into anything other than the writers trying to give Lena and Kara more scenes together, but we certainly know that fans have proven to have an influence on the DC – CW universe in the past (just look at Arrow and the Olicity ship).

What do you want to see from the two characters on “Supergirl” this season — do you think that Lena and Kara should be an item? Share below, and click here to get some further news when it comes to the show. (Photo: The CW.)