This week the universe was #blessed with a force so strong, so magnificent that a joyful noise erupted from the sky in celebration: Barry Allen is coming to Nation City. Yes, THE National City. The home of one Kara Danvers. In other words, The Flash is crossing over with Supergirl, and our hearts just might explode with overwhelming glee. (Get it? Glee.)
CBS announced Wednesday that Grant Gustin’s titular superhero from CW’s The Flash will be making an appearance an upcoming March episode of Supergirl, making for an unconventional cross-network crossover.
The Flash set a precedent for superheroes on TV. The CW series proved that superheroes don’t have to be surly or brooding to get the job done, and that super-shows could embrace their whimsy without losing their edge. In many ways, Kara Danvers is following in Barry Allen’s footsteps. So this crossover makes a lot of sense.
Visually and tonally, Supergirl feels a lot like its speedy cousin on The CW. (And it has the opening and closing voice-overs to prove it.) It’s fictional, and fantastical, and sometimes, it’s just plain fluff. But it’s also bright, colorful, and funny — with moments of real pathos. As the show’s bubbly protagonist, Kara (played by the charming Melissa Benoist) is more than just a symbol of strength for the citizens of National City; she’s hope personified.
But what makes her a great superhero isn’t her super strength or her heat vision. It’s her empathy and compassion — it’s her ability to triumph in the face of adversity with blinding optimism. On a similar note, in a sea of angsty superheroes, Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen stands as a beacon of lovable superhero awkwardness.
So the two of them together will be like a perfect array of all that is good and pure in this world. Think two boisterous puppies happily prancing around a field of daises. The world can’t even handle that much cute. When Barry meets Kara (maybe for a cup of coffee?), the possibilities are endless, but we’ve got some ideas for how it should go down:
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