Alex Danvers/Kelly Olsen

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Pairing
Pairing: Alex Danvers/Kelly Olsen
Alternative name(s): Dansen
Gender category: F/F, Femslash
Fandom: Supergirl
Canonical?: Yes
Prevalence: Moderate
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Alex Danvers/Kelly Olsen is a canonical femslash pairing in the Supergirl fandom.

Canon

Alex and Kelly's relationship arc started after Kelly joined the show in season four episode 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'. Kelly arrived in National City in very stressful circumstances, having been called after her brother, James Olsen, was shot. As his only available direct family, Kelly has to make the final decision about James' medical care, which causes her to clash initially with Alex, who thinks they should try Lena Luthor's possible cure. Due to James' break-up with Lena and what she knows about the Luthors, Kelly is understandably reluctant. Alex later apologises for pushing Kelly.

Throughout subsequent episodes, Alex and Kelly grew closer and, when Kelly eventually moves to National City, a romance begins. Season five saw Kelly promoted to a season regular character and she became a part of the team around Supergirl. She later takes up the mantle of the Guardian.

Alex and Kelly married in the series finale of Supergirl.

Fandom

The pairing was generally well-received by the fandom, especially as their relationship developed and details came to light about how Chyler Leigh (who played Alex) and Azie Tesfai (who played Kelly), spent time making sure that the relationship between Alex and Kelly was well-portrayed and genuine. There were strong opinions amongst some fans that both Azie and Chyler were not given enough chance to shine in the show.

So in summary: azie and chy would go in hours early to run through lines and change stuff, would meet with the director to discuss things and push for changes, they would hold up filming, they resisted them doing it at first but they gave in bc her and chy would have walked off

@DerpSwan at Twitter

Chyler kept away from Azie till she walked down the aisle! I love how much love these two have for their characters and it’s a tragedy they weren’t given material to actually work with that shows that fully

megxchaos at Tumblr


The first fanworks on AO3 with this pairing were in April and May of 2019, with some being posted before the episode Kelly appeared in aired, and, as of October 2023, the pairing has 1,606 works with 352 of them being "otp: true".

Fans have voiced being frustrated by the fact that Alex/Kelly are often background tagged to the juggernaut femslash pairing of Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, making it difficult to find fanworks or discussions focused on Alex/Kelly.

Common Tropes in Fanworks

Example Fanworks

Fanfic

Fanart

Fanvids

  • Alex & Kelly - Mine by Bloodyheroesandlegends
  • Alex & Kelly (Dansen)[1] - Build it better by DansenInTheMoonlight

Other Fanworks

Events

  • Dansen Fic Week - Dansen Fic Week was a fan event run on Twitter in 2019 and 2020, for Alex/Kelly focused fanworks.

Archives and Communities

Other Fannish Resources

(Rec Lists, Big Bangs, Thing-a-thons, Holiday Exchanges, wiki links, etc.)

References