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[urdsama]

Was goofing around last weekend, and doodled this after Te made me think about what Kara's true nature would/should be, seeing as canon cannot make up its mind and it's painful to watch.

I don't actually think she'd be a chain-smoking teen rebel without a cause. Tho I did reminded myself of this, which I have pinned up on my YJ wall at work. :D

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[urdsama]

I *can* see her as someone who would willfully choose to expose herself out of a sense of rebellion and a need to express some of the confusion in her mind, but it's a little bit -- and sometimes a lot -- of a stretch. I mean, have they even tried to handwave something in about Kara feeling stifled on Krypton?

Yes, that is my problem exactly - I don't know what is going through her mind. Is she confused about her current role in Earth society? Is she stifled in any way that would cause her to act out rebelliously? I'll gladly consider any possibility as long as it's backed up and consistent. I do think that she wants Clark's approval, acceptance from the only family member and the new world -- thus she'll behave herself on the job, and dress for the job. No stupid bared midriffs! XD

But even that would be an experiment, and I think as she got older she would damned well cover up even more -- both as a response to the kind of fucked-up world we live in and as an expression of her life-long allegiance to where she came from and who she is *inside*.

What about the Kryptonians? I get a Heian Japan vibe with a big dose of the Roman empire mixed in. Unbreakable ideas about honor and propriety, backed up by a strict militaristic regime... Hm, I really don't know much about them. XD So yeah, it's hard for me to guess at what Kara's ingrained values are. Please enlighten me if you know? ^_^

[thete1]

I'll gladly consider any possibility as long as it's backed up and consistent.

Yes, *that*. It's never seemed to be so much to ask to have people who are brought in to write a given character *read at least some of what's come before*. And not just a few issues of the last guy, either. These comics and toons are all available with a minimal amount of effort. Even if you already know you're going to go in a different direction, it just works better if you truly understand what's come before. I mean, that's the essence of writing good AUs, right there. Comics fans can suspend a whole lot of disbelief, but why make them bend over backwards to do it? Write your wild and out-there stories, but let them be informed by what's come before.

I will happily follow a writer from point A to point B-Z -- or from point A to point Oobladooble Prime -- if that writer gives me a path I can use *to* follow.

What about the Kryptonians? I get a Heian Japan vibe with a big dose of the Roman empire mixed in. Unbreakable ideas about honor and propriety, backed up by a strict militaristic regime... Hm, I really don't know much about them. XD So yeah, it's hard for me to guess at what Kara's ingrained values are. Please enlighten me if you know? ^_^

From what I've picked up from various comics and toons...

1) Oligarchy, with Jor-El -- and sometimes Lara, too -- ranked highly. 2) Hugely conservative physically in terms of what's allowed in public -- there's a scene in some comic somewhere with Lara weeping over sending her baby to a barbarian world where farmers sometimes take their shirts off *even though they're outside*. 3) Monocultural, with everything that implies in terms of a lack of personal freedom and individuality in general. 4) Punishing of iconoclasts. 5) Married to their tech in many, many ways -- those machines raised their kids and wiped their asses and *everything* in between.

All the other things I've written into stories have been mostly made up, with the monoculturalism as a jumping-off point. I mean, you really have to wonder what happened to the people who disagreed.

And to the people who didn't look like Jor-El and Lara.

[urdsama]

::takes notes:: Thank you for sharing the info!!