That was because the intent was for any future seasons to center around a new group of characters each time.

Then it became a hit, the execs said there was no way they could let this cast go... and yeah.

Except the power creep got worse with Season 3 when they had comic writers as show runners.

Yeah. I feel the same about it destroying Trickster's reformation and "con man for the forces of good" phase.

No. Neither is Underworld Unleashed, where Lex cured his clone body's degeneration.

Which neatly avoids having to explain away the big part Alan Scott and his wife Molly had and geling that with Alan's new history as a closeted gay man.

IIRC, the chief problem was Rick Sloan sank most of the budget into the puppets and got hosed on the promise of how mobile they were.

Ah. Applied Ethics.

Okay. This is weird. I just checked @markwaid.bsky.social 's New History of the DC Universe.

Matrix Supergirl isn't in it!

Kara dies in Crisis and then gets resurrected by Darkseid to set up the events of her return in 2005.

Which does save having to explain, well, all of Peter David's Supergirl.

This is a legit concern. I have one student on the Spectrum who has been accused of using AI to write his essays -ironically by a professor using an AI-enhanced paper-reader to detect cheating. This is being used to justify a "cheating epidemic" despite no one vetting the paper-reader.

Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.

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