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How Supergirl And A Gay Comic Book Clerk Helped Save A Girl’s Life. My eyes misted up a bit, I admit it.

How Supergirl And A Gay Comic Book Clerk Helped Save A Girl’s Life. My eyes misted up a bit, I admit it.

How Supergirl And A Gay Comic Book Clerk Helped Save A Girl’s Life. My eyes misted up a bit, I admit it.

How Supergirl And A Gay Comic Book Clerk Helped Save A Girl’s Life. My eyes misted up a bit, I admit it.

Prize is you see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 in late April, instead of May. 

real super heroes are skeptical about being legendary no matter what some so called time traveler says

Second prize is a set of steak knives.
 
Third prize is you're fired.

I think that's an unfair accusation, not sure what benefit he would get from 'padding his post count'.

Or maybe you can stop being cranky and ask nicely?

I enjoyed the episode, but that was the sloooowest response to an alien invasion EVER. I mean, the big fight was awesome and I understand the budget can only support one of those per episode. I just would've preferred more investigation/exploration and a little less "let's take this time of crisis to explore our feelings and visit the daughter I didn't know I had." But hey, it is the CW.
 
One small thing I wanted but didn't get:
Felicity: "They've captured the President!"
Kara: "They've got President Marsdin? Oh no, I really like her..."
Felicity: "Um no, President Smith.* Who's President Marsdin? Wait "her?" You have a female President on your Earth? That's so nice..."
Ollie: "Can we please focus here?"
 
* Or whatever his name was

Nice Easter Egg on the Legends of Tomorrow wrap up of Invasion!  Ray Palmer says that Kara Danvers looks like his cousin.  
 
Brandon Routh played Superman and Melissa Benoist plays his cousin Supergirl.

A few from Wednesday's Fantasy Hero game. Our heroes have been transported to the land of the Fey. I'm describing the village they're approaching, with all the elfin villagers gathered in the town square.
 
Player: "Do they have these really tall hats? Are they singing the Whoville song? Is there Who Hash?"
Several of us singing: "Fahoo Fores, Dahoo Dores...!"
GM: "It's not Christmas here."
Player: "It's always Christmas in Whoville!"
 
They make friends. Over dinner, the village poet/Lothario is chatting up Thyri, the beautiful woman warrior. Next to them is Father Edmondo, the Priest and designated storyteller.
GM: "He spends most of the meal flirting with you."
Thyri: [dismissive hand wave] "Yeah, good luck with that."
Edmondo: "He's a poet right? I get him going exchanging stories."
GM: "Great. Now he spends the rest of the meal flirting with you."
Edmondo: [shrug] "Meh. I probably don't even notice. Friendly guy."
Other Player: "Should've known he goes both ways."
GM: "All elves go both ways. I thought everyone knew that."
 
Later, our heroes ask the Fey for magical advice. My (not terribly original) take on the Fey is that they're basically all magic users, and while some are obviously better at it than others they don't see it as a separate class/profession/whatever. And this is a small village, so everyone has to earn their keep somehow.
Edmondo: "We're hoping you can help us understand [bad Guy's] magic so we can figure out how to fight him."
Village Elder: "Ah, if you want to learn the secrets of magic, you must talk to...the Baker."

A few from Wednesday's Fantasy Hero game. Our heroes have been transported to the land of the Fey. I'm describing the village they're approaching, with all the elfin villagers gathered in the town square.
 
Player: "Do they have these really tall hats? Are they singing the Whoville song? Is there Who Hash?"
Several of us singing: "Fahoo Fores, Dahoo Dores...!"
GM: "It's not Christmas here."
Player: "It's always Christmas in Whoville!"
 
They make friends. Over dinner, the village poet/Lothario is chatting up Thyri, the beautiful woman warrior. Next to them is Father Edmondo, the Priest and designated storyteller.
GM: "He spends most of the meal flirting with you."
Thyri: [dismissive hand wave] "Yeah, good luck with that."
Edmondo: "He's a poet right? I get him going exchanging stories."
GM: "Great. Now he spends the rest of the meal flirting with you."
Edmondo: [shrug] "Meh. I probably don't even notice. Friendly guy."
Other Player: "Should've known he goes both ways."
GM: "All elves go both ways. I thought everyone knew that."
 
Later, our heroes ask the Fey for magical advice. My (not terribly original) take on the Fey is that they're basically all magic users, and while some are obviously better at it than others they don't see it as a separate class/profession/whatever. And this is a small village, so everyone has to earn their keep somehow.
Edmondo: "We're hoping you can help us understand [bad Guy's] magic so we can figure out how to fight him."
Village Elder: "Ah, if you want to learn the secrets of magic, you must talk to...the Baker."

A few from Wednesday's Fantasy Hero game. Our heroes have been transported to the land of the Fey. I'm describing the village they're approaching, with all the elfin villagers gathered in the town square.
 
Player: "Do they have these really tall hats? Are they singing the Whoville song? Is there Who Hash?"
Several of us singing: "Fahoo Fores, Dahoo Dores...!"
GM: "It's not Christmas here."
Player: "It's always Christmas in Whoville!"
 
They make friends. Over dinner, the village poet/Lothario is chatting up Thyri, the beautiful woman warrior. Next to them is Father Edmondo, the Priest and designated storyteller.
GM: "He spends most of the meal flirting with you."
Thyri: [dismissive hand wave] "Yeah, good luck with that."
Edmondo: "He's a poet right? I get him going exchanging stories."
GM: "Great. Now he spends the rest of the meal flirting with you."
Edmondo: [shrug] "Meh. I probably don't even notice. Friendly guy."
Other Player: "Should've known he goes both ways."
GM: "All elves go both ways. I thought everyone knew that."
 
Later, our heroes ask the Fey for magical advice. My (not terribly original) take on the Fey is that they're basically all magic users, and while some are obviously better at it than others they don't see it as a separate class/profession/whatever. And this is a small village, so everyone has to earn their keep somehow.
Edmondo: "We're hoping you can help us understand [bad Guy's] magic so we can figure out how to fight him."
Village Elder: "Ah, if you want to learn the secrets of magic, you must talk to...the Baker."

As a father I kind of get where Diggle is coming from on an emotional level.  There's no 'tradesies' with children. Learning that I had a child in another time that was an entirely different child than in this one - and who was 'erased' by some moron who thought his grief trumped all other considerations - WOULD feel like someone had taken a child from me.
 
Like so:
 
"I had a daughter?"
"Now you have a son instead."
"But I don't have the daughter I would have had if you hadn't played god."
"What's it matter? You've always only known a son."
"But now I know about a daughter that I should have."
"Ummm .... call your first daughter Sarah and we're even?"
*punch*
 
Now, if he takes that out on his son in any way ... holds any bitterness that this isn't how things are supposed to be, that he's living a lie and the son is the proof and constant reminder of that lie ... THEN he's an overeacting jerk.

I've been pleased by it too, though I sort of feel it has dragged on for a little too long now. I agree that it shouldn't be something the characters address in one episode and then just move on. But by the same token, I don't feel it needs to be a major plot element for 3+ episodes either. It can fade into the background of Alex's life, at least in terms of what is shown of her life on-screen, while still being a part of her character's development. It's like how we don't need to see Kara training Mon-El episode after episode; we get it, he is being trained, and most of that can happen off-camera in between the margins of each episode's plot. The show has a lot to cover in a small amount of time, and they are throwing an awful lot of screen/screenplay time at this one issue, and it feels a little forced at this point, at least to me.

Walking Dead - Zombie Virus
 
The Stand (Mini-Series) - "Captain Trips"
 
Stargate SG-1 - The Ori Plague (Took a few episodes)

You guys were close. 
 
The Flash Invasion! Crossover Episode Almost Included Lynda Carter
http://screenrant.com/flash-invasion-crossover-lynda-carter-president/    

I don't think DC will permit a Bat-anything to appear on television (except in animated form).

Alex might choose the name Huntress instead of Batwoman, unless we get Superman's "Partner with Gadgets and lots of Demons" to equip her.

I have to say how impressed I am with how they've handled the Alex Coming Out storyline. Most TV shows treat "turning gay" as a single Very Special Episode moment, cue a little family angst, and then everyone hugs it out and moves on. But with Alex it's been a process, and one that feels much more authentic and closer to what I've watched my LGBTQ friends & family go through. I liked that Kara was supportive but awkward about it* while Mom/Eliza had already figured it out, processed it, and is totally cool with it. And with so many gay characters on TV being defined by their promiscuity, and lesbians in particular often coming across more as fanboy fetish material than anything genuinely representative,** this felt like an actual character having actual character growth. And they've even managed (so far) not to fall into the Maudlin Soap Opera excess that is CW's relationship go-to place. Solid.
 
* Loving-but-awkward is kindof Kara's baseline anyway.
** I mean I love Caity Lotz, but come on...

I enjoyed the episode, but that was the sloooowest response to an alien invasion EVER. I mean, the big fight was awesome and I understand the budget can only support one of those per episode. I just would've preferred more investigation/exploration and a little less "let's take this time of crisis to explore our feelings and visit the daughter I didn't know I had." But hey, it is the CW.
 
One small thing I wanted but didn't get:
Felicity: "They've captured the President!"
Kara: "They've got President Marsdin? Oh no, I really like her..."
Felicity: "Um no, President Smith.* Who's President Marsdin? Wait "her?" You have a female President on your Earth? That's so nice..."
Ollie: "Can we please focus here?"
 
* Or whatever his name was

What do you do?
"I have a bow and trick arrows and lots of fighting ability."
"Ditto."
"I'm a martial artist."
"I'm a thug with a flame gun."
"I have supersuit and can shrink to miniscule size."
"I'm half of the flying fire guy."
"I'm superstrong. And superfast. And invulnerable. And I can fly. And see thru walls. And shoot lasers from my eyes. Or freeze things with my breath."
"You're the GM's girlfriend, right?"

What a shame Supergirl didn't bring any Medusa virus to Barry's Earth to stop the nonhuman non-Kryptonian aliens...