>>149402102
>Was it some dumbass editorial decision?
The opposite, actually. The writer has gone on record saying she went to editorial for help, and they just told her to do whatever she wanted. Although, I guess you could say hiring Leah/and not helping her is a dumbass editorial decision.

>>149402213
There wasn't so much a point as there was a goal, and that was to integrate Power Girl into the Superfamily-unfortunately, it was went about it in the dumbest and worst way possible. Angsting over not feeling like a part of the Superfamily, feeling insecure about Supergirl (and just feeling insecure in general), and having her previous identity, character and history treated and tossed aside like nothing because Leah couldn't be bothered to properly research the character she was hired to write and decided to just get rid of the "baggage" and start anew. It's supposed to be this marker of a new era, one where she's accepted into the Superfamily with a name they so graciously bestowed upon her, like a fucking pet. Nevermind the fact she made her own identity and life outside her association with Superman by choice; let's just strip away everything about her and make her a worse version of Supergirl. We could've gotten something much better, but thanks to ignorance and a refusal to engage with the character, we got...this.