I Find The Concept That Lena Is Secretly A Jock Endlessly Amusing. Like, Lena’s Totally A Science Nerd.

I find the concept that Lena is secretly a jock endlessly amusing. Like, Lena’s totally a science nerd. She’d never really be mistaken for an athlete; though, that’s mostly due to the fact that she wasn’t playing common sports like basketball or soccer. No, Lillian enrolled her almost exclusively in all sorts of super obscure, ‘rich people’ sports because a respectable, young woman is well-rounded, Lena, dear.

So Lena is actually out here being a master archer and a ranked fencer, among several other activities. The family has gone on many winter holidays, so of course, she’s a competent skier. And you bet your ass, she’s done horseback riding, probably even played her fair share of polo at her fancy European boarding schools. (The closest she ever actually got to a mainstream sport was in grad school when she played for Sam’s intramural softball team—pitching exclusively. There was no bribe big enough to convince her to run bases.)

All of this was incredibly amusing for Kara to learn, after finding several of Lena’s old team photos—including ones of her in her old fencing uniform—because it’s just so dichotomous with her view of Lena. But also somehow, so fitting.

Her lovely girlfriend who can’t run to save her life but could easily and gracefully stab the shit out of someone using multiple different weapons … it tracks