Supergirl Just Redefined Her Name in the Darkest Way

Supergirl Just Redefined Her Name in the Darkest Way

Kara Zor-El reveals her heartbreaking past may be why she presently opts to be known as Supergirl instead of by Superwoman or her Kryptonian name.

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Supergirl Just Redefined Her Name in the Darkest Way

Warning! Spoilers for Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow #4 ahead!

In Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow, a coming-of-age miniseries for Supergirl, the superheroine from Krypton has provided chilling insight into why she is self-styling herself as Supergirl, even in her early adulthood. The traumatic events of her past, when she saw her entire civilization wiped out, have locked Kara Zor-El into viewing herself as the same 14-year-old who witnessed this destruction. It is a name borne of trauma, while also reading as a fierce attempt to maintain her youthful spirit from that time.

The Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow miniseries has been full of such introspection, as Kara’s relationship with Ruthye, a young girl whose story is not too different from her own, provides an impetus to question, alter, and reinforce her own choices. This includes whether she will fulfill the request to kill Krem, who murdered Ruthye’s father and Krypto the Superdog, though such an action breaks Superman’s most sacred rule. Given that Supergirl did not and could not enact her own personal revenge on what was directly responsible for her planet’s destruction, there is a question of whether she will make Ruthye’s quest for vengeance her own.

By answering a probing question from Ruthye in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #4 by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Mat Lopez, Supergirl revealed that the dark events of her past have shaped how she views herself. Seeking to connect further with someone whose stature as an orphan mirrors her own, Ruthye asks Kara how old she was the first time she saw terror, prompting a haunting, yet revealing answer. “I was a girl.” This suggests a darker meaning behind her decision to go by the Supergirl moniker, which Kara has forcefully emphasized is her real name. She is still in the headspace of seeing the unspeakable horror that befell her friends, family, and entire planet. Kara is frozen in the moment of that atrocity and unwilling, or unable, to view herself differently.

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In an earlier interview with Screen Rant, writer Tom King shared that Kara being in the middle of such devastation was central to the motivations of her character in this miniseries. He noted that she differs from Superman in that “she didn’t just survive a Holocaust; she witnessed the Holocaust.” Kara being called Supergirl is a sad nod to that defining decimation, but there is also a strength in her ability to hold on to her girlhood, even if it is name only. In doing so, she simultaneously clings to her sense of grief and sense of self, rejecting how others view Kryptonians and their planet’s destruction and writing her own narrative. As the title itself suggests, she will be ready to become Superwoman sometime in the future, when the time is right.

Until then, much more remains to be answered in this compelling coming-of-age story. Which choices will Kara make to aid Ruthye? Will she truly break the cardinal rule she shares with Superman – or is this a misdirect? Are forgiveness and acceptance how she transitions to superwomanhood? As it stands, the terrible singular event Supergirl witnessed on Krypton has shaped everything about her, starting with the name she chooses for herself.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/supergirl-woman-tomorrow-kara-name-krypton-trauma-girl/

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