Supergirl, Season 2, and Sacrificing "Having It All"

First he had his entire romantic storyline erased in a single episode, only to be given the mantle of vigilante human hero.

[...] he becomes Guardian, they pour enough gravel into his voice to create Arrow-esque over-the-topness (and ruin Mehcad Brooks' best superpower), and then he disappears for most of the season.

What's the point of having CW Seed if it isn't an incubator for all these brilliant ideas?

The show, however, fixed its Season 1 romantic glitches that doomed James and Kara by giving Mon-El time to redeem himself with prime episode real estate and making the Daxamite more vulnerable.

[...] as he was placed in a rocket ship toward the Phantom Zone (oops), the season had done enough to establish that Kara would be sad to see him go and we would be sad for all the lost zingers.

There's a formula to her where she appears to be working for the bad guys or for nefarious purposes but then she changes the game at the last minute, insisting that she was always good and is just really skilled at appearing bad enough to foil her mother and the Luthor villainous legacy.

Snapper Carr (Ian Gomez): We watched the News Grinch's heart grow one-and-a-half sizes.

What is it with superhero movies and shows that want to back a dump truck full of gravel into the throats of its characters?