There's a difference between characters who make mistakes, who make bad decisions or decisions I might not support, and characters who behave inconsistently or capriciously. The former is characterization, the latter is bad writing.

I think you mean "the world of bad fiction" because well written fiction is internally consistent. Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels are set in a completely fantastic universe but the characters behave consistently and magic has rules that stay the same from one book to the next.

No, "every possible second" doesn't infuriate me, just the seconds when something happens for no good reason.

You might have to "roll with it" but I don't. You apparently missed the part about suspending some disbelief. FWIW, over the years I've come up with what I think are a couple of reasonably plausible superhero ideas. One is a riff on the X-Men and involves believable "superpowers" like telepathy and a couple of…

I'll have to take your word for it. I haven't seen any of the Spider-Man movies since about the second one. I do remember him being passed out in a train car and someone took his mask off but that's not the same.

I know and often I don't enjoy super hero shows for exactly that reason. I don't mind suspending some disbelief but don't insult my intelligence.

Heat vision was supposed to be a byproduct of exposure to Earth's yellow sun, the same as invulnerability and the ability to hover and not just leap long distances. But yeah, I never accepted the bit about heat vision burning the threads. It should have been like a normal person staring at a normal piece of thread,…

Well, in this version her cape is indestructible anyway so we're only talking about the rest of the costume. The "extended a bit off of [her] body" idea would allow it to include the skirt. I guess I can live with that but someday I'd like to see a realistic superhero (if that's not a contradiction) who gets his/her…

IIRC, the force field explanation was also used in Lois and Clark but I haven't seen the show in ages so I can't be sure. In the Supergirl Pilot, when James gave her Clark's old baby blanket, he said "This cape won't shred." It could be that the force field—if there is one—only applies to parts of the costume that…

You might have to accept it but I don't. The lead has to have been traveling at 17,000 MPH or less because that's orbital velocity and anything significantly faster would escape from Earth's gravity. At that speed, it would take about 45 minutes to reach the opposite side of Earth. For reference, a bullet has a muzzle…

In the original comics, Martha Kent unraveled the blankets and rewove them into the Superman costume. Young Clark used his heat vision to sever the threads, which doesn't make sense since the threads would be invulnerable to his heat vision. And if you look at old depictions of the spaceship that brought him to Earth…

Yeah, I get that they're trying to give a nod to the comics but lead not only isn't radioactive, it's what you use to block radiation. Synonyms for "irradiate" include: infuse, permeate, saturate, and flood. How hard would it be to use a different (and more accurate) word?

Yes, the original explanation was that the costumes were made from Kryptonian fibers, his from his baby blankets by Martha Kent and hers made by her mom. His glasses lenses were also supposed to be made from Kryptonian super plastic from the ship that brought him to Earth. There were supposed to be four pieces that…

Sure, fallout is a byproduct of nukes but it demonstrates how something acts when it gets in the air, how stuff spreads. If the "lead bomb" had sent out lead with extreme force, it would have killed Lena, Lillian and Winn and knocked out walls. That means the primary mechanism spreading the lead is plain old wind.…

Yes, the lead was supposed to spread throughout the entire atmosphere. The Internet says the point opposite Los Angeles (which I believe National City is supposed to be) is in the Indian Ocean in the vicinity of Madagascar: http://www.answers.com/Q/Wh… But he'd be safest somewhere in Antarctica. The novel (and film)…

I hope so too but my gut is telling me they're simply going to sweep it under the rug. Anyway, we can hope for better things next season.

That would have made sense except then Mon-El wouldn't need to leave, he could have just gone somewhere else and waited for the DEO or whoever to come up with a cure/defense. In the comics lead poisoning was permanent so they could have gone with that option, with him being exposed and not going to get better, except…

We haven't seen her since episode 18 IIRC. That's about right IMHO. She definitely shouldn't be tagging along with James and Winn. Maggie has more reason to be around and her appearances are being cut back next season.

Yeah, Alex could have whispered and Kara would have still heard her. They could have shot the scene with Kara refusing to answer the door and Alex leaning her face against the door and whispering, "Kara, I know you can hear me. I'm sorry…I should have never tried to keep you from being who you were meant to be. We…

Yes, less Lyra. IMHO, she doesn't add anything. Now that the evil-Cadmus-deporting-alien-refugees plotline is over there's no real place for her except occasionally.