Sounds pretty certain, at this point, that Supergirl will not be involved in any of The Flash's five event episodes.
It's really depressing that Crisis was Supergirl's last crossover. I'd place bets that Superman & Lois will also continue to pretend that Supergirl never existed, despite the fact that bringing her back as a guest on that show would be amazing.
6 years on the air, spawning it's own spinoff in Superman & Lois. And still shown no respect.
Really depressing.
I know how you feel.I'm very down about Supergirl probably not participating in the Flash event.The COVID-19 situation and the understandable protocols put in place really screwed over this aspect of things.They had to have these protocols but it hurt on this front..I'm pretty confident that if the pandemic didn't happen and we had gotten the originally planned Batwoman/Superman & Lois crossover event,both Supergirl & the Flash would of appeared in it.I remember that while the crossover was only going to be two episodes,the showrunners said other Arrowverse characters were going to be in it.I'm sure both Barry & Kara would of been involved.I think the kryptonite bullet wound Ryan suffered from in the first part of this season of Batwoman was the original setup for it.
Also I remember earlier this year when Superman & Lois was launching.Bitsie Tulloch was doing that interview and in the middle of the interview,she got that phone call from I think Azie.She mentions how Melissa really wants to appear on Superman & Lois before the season ends and Supergirl finishes.
Also thinking about how for the Arrow series finale,Kara(Melissa),Barry(Grant) and Sara(Caity) all appeared.
And it just really sucks that circumstances prevented all this.Marc Guggenheim mentioned in a interview how Melissa literally came from the Supergirl set,shot the Arrow scene for a hour and than rushed back to the Supergirl set.
Granted,the Arrow series finale was a very different beast since Oliver died and Arrow is the series that launched the Arrowverse so it made sense to have The Flash,Supergirl and White Canary there for Oliver's funeral.But still,it feels like such a loss that as you say,the idea of Crisis and even the Arrow finale being Supergirl's last interaction with any of the other heroes especially Barry and Clark.
I'll be quite honest,my excitement for The Flash event has gone way down now since it's probably unlikely Kara will be in it.I'm still looking forward to it.I'm still hoping and thinking Black Lightning will appear and I do like the idea of exploring the budding friendship between Barry and Jefferson that started in Crisis.But other than that.Barry has no connection to the new Batwoman.He has a very limited connection to Superman.There isn't that close friendship and bond between Barry & Clark yet like there is with Barry & Kara.There has been speculation about Stargirl showing up but again there is no connection between Barry and Courtney yet.
Canadagraph is even speculating that White Canary might not appear due to scheduling.Caity is directing another episode of Legends early in the season which means she will have to have limited appearances in the Legends episode before she directs due to prep work,,the actual episode she directs due to directing and the episode after she directs due to post work as director for the previous episode.He speculates that because Sara will have to have a limited role in three Legends episodes early In the new season,they aren't going to want to let her go to another show for the Flash event and have limited Sara in a fourth episode early in the season too.A short season to since odds are season 7 of Legend will be between 13-15 episodes.
Next to Kara,Sara is the only other main Arrowverse hero Barry has a close friendship with(and I think he's actually closer to Kara).So if Sara doesn't appear or only has a small role,than that just lowers my interest even more.
Maybe if Diggle appears,that would provide a character Barry has a close connection to.
Again,I'm still looking forward to the event but nowhere near as much with the idea of no Kara and possibly no Sara.
And no Kara mentions on Superman & Lois this year was criminal IMO It was.actually glaringly distracting at the lack of even one Supergirl/Kara mention.
In the post mortem interview at TVline with the Superman & Lois showrunner,half the comments were complaining about no Supergirl nods,mntions or connections..
They had Superman as a off-screen presence in Supergirl Season 1(a silhouettein in the pilot,and phone calls and texts at times etc).In the Season 3 finale,it's mentioned how Superman is helping
off-screen with the world disasters caused by Reign and The World Killer threat.
I don’t understand how lack of crossovers this year and no intermingling sets had to prevent something like these examples or a mere mention of Kara?
Hell other Arrowverse shows this year were able to do it.Early this season on Legends,Ava tries to contact Alex and the DEO for help with their alien threat only for Gideon to reveal that the DEO was destroyed in 2020 and we cut to the wreckage of the DEO from last season on Supergirl with a phone ringing(Ava trying to call) lol.
Barry made a off-screen appearance on Black Lightning delivering a device Jefferson needed from Star Labs to save Jennifer.
Barry also made a Superman reference in this season.He mentions to Iris that Clark recommended a restaurant.
Just in last weeks episode of Legends,Sara & Ava debated inviting Barry & Iris to their wedding(Ava is worried supervillains will crash it if they do) and Sara mentions wanting to invite Black Siren since she is her sister from another earth.
These are such little things the others shows could do and yet Superman & Lois couldn't muster one Kara mention?They cut the scene with the photo of Clark,Lois and Kara when Lois is packing her stuff from The Daily Planet for time..They couldn't have a quick mention at some point that Kara called Clark with couldences over Martha's death?
Getting back to no final Supergirl meetup with Flash or Superman.Maybe Melissa makes a guest appearance on Flash,Superman & Lois or a crossover down the line.Who knows.I'll continue to hope for that.Maybe she appears in this Flash event.It feels unlikely she would leave Vancouver only to come back so soon after wrapping Supergirl.This event is five episodes which will probably be shooting until late September or early October.Again,I don't think it's likely she would come back that soon after leaving but I guess it's possible.Or she could of shot something for The Flash event on the Supergirl set before the series wrapped.Chyler did that for her Grey's Anatomy return this year.Ezra Miller did the same for the Snyder Cut reshoots from the Fantastic Beasts 3 set in the U.K.Even Canadagraphs thinks there could be a very
slim chance Melissa shot something for the Flash event on the Supergirl set before the show wrapped.
As with everything,we'll see what the future brings.What we do have for sure is Supergirl for 13 more episodes so at the very least we have that to look forward to and enjoy.
I tend to subscribe to the idea that Melissa probably turned them down. That said, there is tons of other characters from Supergirl they could invite instead. Like Martian Manhunter
Anyway, another interview regarding Kelly and her ascent to Guardian: https://href.li/?https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2021/08/20/noc-interview-azie-tesfai-steps-into-her-power-on-supergirl/amp/
Personally, I think considering the typical style and demographic a Nia spinoff would make more sense. Jay Snow is just an embarassing fanboy blogger I think, not an actual journalist.
ETA: I wonder if there is actually a chance Kelly might cross over, because they recently posted a lot of pictures of the various black actors from the Arrowverse hanging out together. Though according to her insta Azie is now out of Canada as well. But she posted a picture of Rachel Skarsten from Batwoman on her insta? And David posted some more Martian Manhunter things even though he is back in England.
Great interview with Azie.
It would be great to see any of the Supergirl characters in the Flash event but like with Melissa,would they leave Vancouver only have to come back so soon to do this event?
Maybe if this event was happening later in the season,possibly the back half of season 8,it would be more likely for some of them to be open to come back(maybe even Melissa) but they all just left two weeks ago and the Flash event is now filming..It just feel like that if anyone would be appearing in any of these five episodes,it would make more sense and just be easier to hang around Vancouver a few extra weeks over leaving the country and coming back.It's why it's very unlikely I think that Melissa will be appearing unless she shot something for it before Supergirl finished filming.Especially for someone like David who lives in the U.K.If they live in L.A.,it maybe more likely.Cress Williams said since he was moving back to L.A. once Black Lightning wrapped(remember Black lightning shot in Georgia),flying up to Vancouver for any guest appearances would be easy.But Cress has been off of playing Black Lightning and has had time at rest for months now since Black lightning probably wrapped early in the year.Supergirl just wrapped two weeks ago after filming for everyone but Melissa started last October.
Again,if this event was happening in the back half of the season,I think it would be more likely for some Supergirl characters to appear since that would be next year,sometime in 2022 given everyone time to decompress and have a bit of a break after a 11 month shoot and for Melissa a eight month shoot.
If it was just a repost, seems kind of odd the other people would rush to duplicate it? (though I guess it's always possible that I remember it wrong)
