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Forget the A Team, Call that the LBG Team.

Jimmy Olsen assembling a crack team of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals (we've all seen how you look at Vicki Vale, Lois) to save his pal Superman.

gone too soon, but at the same time IM GLAD OUR CLARK IS BACK!!

R.I.P evil!clark. You and your boob window were taken from us too soon :(

MAWS Clark's New Suit

I've seen a lot of people complain. about it but honestly?

I adore the new suit, it has everything I like in a Superman suit.

The armour like texture that actually looks like it protects him, a regal/elegant look, the finger covering, the golden accents, the semi belt, the longer boots, the shoulder pads (people hate them but i love them) etc.

It represents his growth as a character and i love that too.

I love love the new suit, it is among my favorites ever.

I liked the trunks while they were here but i am kinda glad they are gone.

MOS Pa Kent and MAWS Pa Kent

I find the polar opposite depictions of Jonathan in these stories incredibly fascinating.

MOS Jonathan shields and separates Clark from anything related his heritage, including things like his ship and powers. Encouraging suppresion and caution in Clark.

Actively telling Clark to hide his powers and never use them, scolding him whenever he used them. He is a man terrified of the world taking his son away from him, specially knowing he has no real way of protecting Clark from anything that may seek to harm him. So he encourages him to hide himself and avoid drawing any attention.

He is a more jaded and cynical man, immediately assuming the world would attack and try to kill his son (he ended up being right, which is its own can of worms), would try to rip his miracle child, his star baby away from him.

He only sees a world that would harm the child he so desperately seeks to protect, that child he loves more than anything.

MAWS Jonathan is the complete opposite of his MOS counterpart. He is the one that encouraged Clark to discover himself, to make contact with the ship, to practice his use and control of his powers, even turning that into a game a young Clark could enjoy.

He is aware of the shock Clark´s existence will create but in the end he has faith in humanity seeing Clark for what he truly is, someone who just wants to help others.

He is more optimistic and cheerful, thinking of the best and encouraging other people to do so too.

In MAWS, Martha is the one who is the one who wants to keep Clark away from anything alien, the one that clings to him and wants to keep him hidden.

While Jonathan is cheerful over Clark deciding to go public and help people, Martha is the one that is slightly reluctant (though not to MOS Jonathan´s level, like letting yourself get killed by a tornado because you don´t want your son to expose himself is extreme though somewhat understandable) to let him go, though she eventually gets on board and creates his trunks.

This dicotomy is reflected on Clark´s abilities.

Flight is one of his most characteristic abilities and it often serves as a metaphor for Clark feeling free and accepted, it comes in moments where Clark learns to love and accept himself.

So it is interesting to see how in MAWS it is one of the first he obtains while in MOS it is one of the last ones. Showing the difference in how their settings and enviroments reacted to them.

MAWS is honestly amazing and I am incredibly glad we got this adaptation of the Superman mythos. It is so unique and refreshing. I can´t wait for season 3.

Regardless of its flaws I genuinely love MOS and its depiction of the Kent family. Its different from what we are used to in comics and tv shows, but it offers a unique take on the Kents dealing with Clark´s powers. At the end the day Jonathan is just a father terrified someone will hurt his child and he won´t be able to protect him.

Anyways this ramble has lasted enough, love both pieces of media to bits.

Brainiac’s Fate

Something tells me Brainiac is not going to be fully defeated this season, like he is somehow going to escape while our heroes think they defeated him.

I feel he will return to cause trouble in later seasons, maybe teaming up with another Superman villain or maybe being the creator of Doomsday in MAWS (or something like that)

It is just he had been built as this bigger than life thing yet I am supposed to believe he is going to be defeated in 2 episodes? I doubt it.

Maybe I am wrong, who knows? Only time will tell.

The Boob Window

Brainiac’s Makeover

Babygirl

Also Babygirl unfortunately

MAWS Clark’s Strenght

This has been a point of contention for a lot of people, with some saying this Clark is incredibly weak, and while he is definitely not the strongest version of Clark out there. 2X8 proved Clark holds back more than he himself even realizes and that his grasp on his own powers is primitive at best.

Even when fighting for his life and giving it “his all” he really wasn’t. He was still holding back.

Because seeing his fight with Kara and then comparing it to Brainiac’s fight with Kara, we can see it was Clark’s mind not his body which made him lose fights.

Brainiac rag dolled Kara during their fight, meanwhile Clark was getting tossed around by Kara and only landing a few hits.

Brainiac’s Feelings

This little scene feels so important to me, because Brainiac jumping into Clark’s body gives us insight into the more subtle aspects of Brainiac’s feelings.

Like for all his intelligence and power he must not be used to having an actual face that can emote, because as we can see in the clip the Eye and eyebrow movement gives the fact that what he is saying is truly genuine away.

The way he gaze softens for a moment as he looks at Kara’s tear stricken face before it closes off and he attacks her.

I got more of Brainiac’s true thoughts and feelings from his face than his words and I think that is amazing storytelling.

Brainiac’s Magical Girl Transformation

It certainly wasn’t on my MAWS S2E8 Bingo card. (And Brainiac unfortunately served in that outfit)

Also why is his waist out like that? (I like it)

MAWS S2 E8

I can only say “FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK”

Clark baby you deserve so much better.

(Brainiac slayed that outfit though)

I think it be funny if task force x and Lex are the ones who either discover/make the difference kryptonites and almost all of them have the wrong effect then they intended making things crazy for clark

One of the things i liked in MAWS, was how much Kryptonite seem dangerous for Kryptonians, in other series and movies it would just make them feel to the ground like they are out of energy or feel weak, but this version make it look like they are really in pain, and i really liked the green veins and bits of it growing on their body. Makes me wonder how would other types of Kryptonite affect them visually, like red, gold, blue or even pink Kryptonite.

I would LOVE to see other colors of Kryptonite in MAWS. It's hard to keep track of which colors have what effects on the character. It seems to change from iteration to iteration The ones I remember are red alters your personality. Silver makes you drunk/stoned. Was it blue or gold that removes powers? Also pink can make you horny, or gay, or make you fall in love, or change your sex? I'm not sure.

Here's some ideas:

1.) One where Clark finds a type of Kryptonite that temporarily takes his powers away and at first he loves it. It's a little embarrassing trying to hide the blue crystals coming out of his skin. (Maybe they pop up close to his eye and he wear sunglasses to cover them. or long sleeves over crystal veins on his arms) But for the first time, he really is a normal man and it's all on his terms because he took the kryptonite knowing how long the effects would last. But of course there's an emergency and he needs his powers ASAP to save the day but it's still a while before they can come back.

2.) Clark gets high off of some kryptonite and Lois and Jimmy have to stay by him so he doesn't wander off.

3.) Jimmy finds some of that "Makes you fall in love/makes you horny" Kryptonite and can't help his curiosity but to try it with Kara with overwhelming results. (Or Lois does that with Clark.)

4.) Something scary. The gang finds themselves in a post apocalyptic alternate dimension that was ravaged by a destruction thirsty Superman who had his personality altered into that of a monster because of some red kryptonite he got infected with. He is pretty much a horror movie monster in this one, with red crystal veins all over his body, and they need to find a way back to their home dimension with our Clark now developing a HUGE phobia of getting infected with personality altering Kryptonite.

5.) Combine them. They're playing around with various different Kryptonites. Jimmy is trapped in his apartment with a Kara who just wants to cuddle. Clark on a Kryptonite high wanders off into an alternate dimension where he's a horrible monster and once he sobers up, he's infected with Blue Kryptonite so he's on the run from his evil AU self with no powers.

That and the flash and superman are the two most comedic, nerdy heroes who really care for their villains…

…That, and if there was a my adventures with flash, we would have and ADHD anime nerd flash who has a villain who has at least once been gay.(captain cold)

I know the show runners of MAWS want to focus on the superman mythos (and I agree) but if i were to choose one hero to make a cameo it'd be the flash only because i think the superman v flash race is the kind of silly fun this series has going for it

Just wait till they add the supportive gay friend Captain Cold

Livewire and Heatwave being an evil yuri couple is galaxy brain stuff thank u maws creators

I think the last option makes the most sense, but personally I think it’s that the planet that was destroyed was the lantern’s jurisdiction and he died before being able to tell the rest of Oa. They might be on their way, but most likely it would take some time, given that the conquering the the planets is very recent, still nothing yet, but soon.

That might also be true for the hawk people, with them most likely escaping since we saw they had times to make carving of the event and are also probably on their way.

Also I think that computer was the most life given the fact that he could cry.

I don't know a ton about the Green Lanterns. I know some but not nearly as much as other areas of the DCU. I hope that someone who does know them well enough can help me figure this out.

So the GL corps sent a Lantern to stop Brainiac's invasion and Brainiac made Kara kill it and turn the last remnants of it's consciousness into a hologram copy.

But the ring still works for the hologram copy? How does that work? I thought they were powered up by the wearer's strong will. How can he have enough of a will to make the ring work if he's just an echo of what he once was? Is there a precedence for something like that in the comics?

The Lantern corps would have sent more Lanterns if one of them were killed on their mission right? But if Kara had wiped them all out wouldn't Oa be on her list on conquered planets?

Or do you think there ARE more Green lanterns on the way? That they're currently just strategizing a way to beat Kara and Brainiac's Empire.

Or do you think Brainiac is allowing the holographic copy to have just enough will to use the ring and send messages back to Oa to tell them, the situation is being handled, don't send anyone else, until Brainiac is ready to lure more out.

Finally, the family dynamic we need

Cousins ​​annoying each other