Originally posted by jimgallagher:
What was the point of bringing Kara to Rokyn? They didn't determine her heredity, or at least didn't mention it. They didn't leave her there to live as a Kryptonian. Why did they make her think they were going to and then just go "Psyche!"
Barry's endorsed an explanation, but I prefer the "Cos is an ass" theory. I mean, just look at him smirking at the end there, when she's pitifully thanking him over and over again just for not exiling her on a strange planet. There's nothing more useful than a subservient, emotionally-devastating Kryptonian....
Light Lass went too quickly from hating Kara to being her best friend.
I think that goes well with her hypothesized "natural contrarian" personality. When Kara's popularity queen, Ayla tries to cut her down; when she's an isolated primitive, Ayla protects her.
If they were assuming that Mon-El was (1) Kryptonian, (2) a criminal, and (3) possibly dangerous, wouldn't it make a lot more sense to release him on Rokyn where he would be powerless, surrounded by Kryptonian culture and have the Kryptonian authorities on hand to deal with him?
That seemed strange to me too. But 1) they
do have that chunk of Kryptonite on hand, 2) the danger Brainy mentions of accidentally Zoning some Legionnaires would be best dealt with from his lab, and 3) they probably weren't very welcome to stick around Kandor after taking Supergirl back, and if they'd released yet
another ancient Kryptonian and tried to take
him off-planet too, the Kandorians would have been seriously pissed off.