# Supergirl

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 27, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892 "2015-10-27T18:29:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 191

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892/191 "2015-11-21T05:50:53Z")

</div>

> [@Supergirl question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-question/737812/37):
>
> She’s great at that! I am honestly watching mostly for the sheer delight of seeing her play awkward so well. It’s like Christopher Reeve as überdork Clark (and Brandon Routh did a good job in Superman Returns).

Yes, although I thought that was a bit of a plot hole in the last episode; Livewire (before she becomes Livewire) was ranting on her radio show about Supergirl and called her “adorkable”. The adorkability is really a Kara thing.

> [@EllisDee](#):
>
> Exactly right.
> 
> The exploitable weaknesses of Supergirl are bad PR, accidental collateral damage, the dreaded kryptonite (fine in small doses from a storytelling perspective,) and just being clever enough that she can’t find you. Maybe frame other bad guys to keep her off your trail. Or be five steps ahead, like a [Die Hard with a Vengeance](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112864/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_113) kind of plot.
> 
> Instead, every single enemy she has faced so far has gone after her strength: Standing toe to toe with her and throwing punches. It’s the worst possible strategy for a Supergirl enemy, yet every single one goes right for it. Even worse, the writers are portraying these boxing matches as fair fights.
> 
> Maybe the Hulk or Thor could go toe to toe with Supergirl. Other than that? My eyes start rolling.

That’s why I called it a challenge; in order to craft a plot worthy of a genius supervillain, you need, at least, very smart writers. _Supergirl_’s writers may not be up to that challenge, yet. The fact that villains have gone against her strength can be handwaved a bit; Supergirl is new on the scene and the baddies don’t really know how best to take her on. On the other hand, Superman is known and they might well assume that sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose.

Does that apply to the secret identity issue as well? If it’s known that Superman has an alter ego (even if it’s not known that he’s Clark Kent), the folks in-universe might assume that Supergirl does the same.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl/735892)._