Power Girl Appreciation 2023

[Frontier]

How far are DC going to take this "Paige" thing?

[Thor-Ul]

I know,but Karen has been a target for her boob window for years now,taming her in multiple ways might be the plan.

It's a paranoid thought, but these days I could believe it.

How far are DC going to take this "Paige" thing?

Maybe until the "Karen hate" is gone?

[achilles]

So you think they are trying to get rid of her overall sexy tough hero look and persona,for whatever BS ppl think is appropriate these days for a female hero?

Well. yes. That's pretty much what I think.

[Agent Z]

I know,but Karen has been a target for her boob window for years now,taming her in multiple ways might be the plan.

Again, she still has the boob window. Her personality hasn't even changed that much, if at all.

[Robanker]

How far are DC going to take this "Paige" thing?

This creative team, I'd wager. I'm ready for the Paige thing to be over. Her name has been Karen for 50 years. Changing it over some current stigma regarding the name is pretty weak. It's her name. Having Karen just drop her entire personality and name is a very, very strange choice for her.

[achilles]

This creative team, I'd wager. I'm ready for the Paige thing to be over. Her name has been Karen for 50 years. Changing it over some current stigma regarding the name is pretty weak. It's her name. Having Karen just drop her entire personality and name is a very, very strange choice for her.

And here's the thing; it's already almost over. Hardly anyone uses that term any more. True, they have some lead time on these stories, but "Karen" as a derogatory term was on it's way out when they must have actually come up with these stories. I think most of us really hope that it gets dropped with a different writer.

[Will Evans]

If they were getting rid of the Karen name, they would have to do Bumblebee too.
I think they’re just differentiating her more from Kara Zod-El. As Supergirl in current continuity uses Kara as both her Kryptonian name and her Earth civilian name.

Explaining the differences with Supergirl and Powergirl for a newbie is difficult enough. And Karen/Kara causes more confusion.

[WonderNight]

I really hope they don't change her name. That would be stupid.

They won't change it for bumblebee because she's not white

[sifighter]

I know it’s a long shot but I really do hope this all leads to at least a Powergirl miniseries. I mean we have all the action comics backups, the powergirl one-shot, and now Knight Terrors.

I’d be cool if it was like what Dennis Culver wants to do with Doom Patrol, yearly seasonal miniseries with specials and tie-ins.

[achilles]

If they were getting rid of the Karen name, they would have to do Bumblebee too.
I think they’re just differentiating her more from Kara Zod-El. As Supergirl in current continuity uses Kara as both her Kryptonian name and her Earth civilian name.

Explaining the differences with Supergirl and Powergirl for a newbie is difficult enough. And Karen/Kara causes more confusion.

Why? Karen and Kara are spelled differently and sound different. Especially if you assign the pronunciation "Kar-Uh" to her. Besides, she's STILL Kara, which sounds a bit more confusing, which is to say, not very, than "Karen".

I would tell DC....just stick with Kara/Karen Starr. You win nothing by changing it, and you PO fans. And I think now it might just have been that DC allowed the current writer to do what she wants with Karen as she's not a hugely important character.

[Digifiend]

If they were getting rid of the Karen name, they would have to do Bumblebee too.
I think they’re just differentiating her more from Kara Zod-El. As Supergirl in current continuity uses Kara as both her Kryptonian name and her Earth civilian name.

Explaining the differences with Supergirl and Powergirl for a newbie is difficult enough. And Karen/Kara causes more confusion.

And they're actually going to be using Bumblebee too, she's in the upcoming World's Finest Teen Titans comic by Waid. Surely they won't be exclusively calling her by a nickname? They easily could (and derived the same way too, for example Bea, from Bumblebee).

It'll take fans a long time to get used to PG not being called Karen any more - I wonder if there's folks out there who still call Supergirl Linda? Even if there's less of that nowadays, I bet it was a common mistake before the CW show came along - her Kara Danvers secret identity actually appeared there before she adopted it in the comics. That's what PG would probably need if Paige is going to stick - an adaptation where she's called that.

[Frontier]

I know it’s a long shot but I really do hope this all leads to at least a Powergirl miniseries. I mean we have all the action comics backups, the powergirl one-shot, and now Knight Terrors.

I’d be cool if it was like what Dennis Culver wants to do with Doom Patrol, yearly seasonal miniseries with specials and tie-ins.

My only problem with it is if the mini keeps trying to push the "Paige" thing.

[achilles]

My only problem with it is if the mini keeps trying to push the "Paige" thing.

"Paige" is a high school cheerleader, not a Kryptonian superhero. And it sounds nothing at all like "Peege". So there goes that try.

[marhawkman]

"Paige" is a high school cheerleader, not a Kryptonian superhero. And it sounds nothing at all like "Peege". So there goes that try.

well... there's Paige Guthrie... but she's an X-men character.

[MajorHoy]

There was also the part where Jon calls her Karen and she tells him that isn't her name, but that of an alter ego from a while ago that has no use any longer. So Jon asks what to call her, Omen says she calls her PG, which leads into Jon making his suggestion.

So....randomly throw away a key part of her story and character for...nothing? There's no payoff to that. Nothing except a writer given too much freedom on a minor character who then decided to "fix" an annoying but temporary pop culture phenomenon that doesn't need fixing.

Time to turn the paige on this bad idea.

Part of the problem may be a question of how long has it been (in the comic book stories) since Power Girl was active as "Karen Starr" and is her company still in existence in this universe?

Maybe she feels it's time for a new identity rather than try to resurrect the "Karen Starr" persona from the past?

Not saying I think that's what should happen, but . . .