The Flash: Why Dreamer Is Extra Necessary Than Ever

“It feels somewhat bit like Nia and Kara, doesn’t it?” she says. “It’s very related vitality—two reporter gals, one among which Nia’s an enormous fan of, placing their noses to the bottom and fixing a thriller. It felt very traditional. I liked it.”

Actually, the pair now apparently has month-to-month boozy brunches in Nationwide Metropolis along with a number of of the Arrowverse’s different favourite feminine characters, and the truth that we don’t see this onscreen is a travesty. However the straightforward camaraderie between Maines and The Flash star Candice Patton is outwardly the product of their in-person interactions at numerous occasions. 

“Candice and I had executed SXSW collectively. We did iHeartRadio collectively. So she and I have already got a relationship. And going into The Flash, it was like ‘Wow that is the primary time we’re really working collectively!” Maines laughs. “We had a good time. We have been simply goofing round and it was actually enjoyable. It was nice attending to work together with her lastly.”

Although the CW’s Arrowverse is winding down, followers haven’t seen the final of Nia Nal or Dreamer. The character made her DC Comics debut final yr—a lot the identical method that Arrow’s John Diggle and Batwoman’s Ryan additionally made the soar from display screen to web page—and Maines is wanting ahead to writing extra of her adventures in comedian guide type. 

“Right here’s the factor: I’ll at all times, 100%, it doesn’t matter what, no hesitation, say sure to Dreamer, and say sure to Nia Nal,” Maines declares. “I’m this character’s primary fan. I like her a lot and I’m at all times advocating for her. I simply put in one other massive pitch over at DC on the comics facet of issues. She’s simply chugging away steadily, and so, within the comics, I do know she’s going to have a task shifting ahead.”

It’s additionally arduous to overstate the significance of Dreamer’s groundbreaking standing as a trans superhero in a world the place anti-trans sentiment is uncomfortably on the rise and payments proscribing trans folks’s rights appear to be popping up in nearly each statehouse throughout the nation. And Maines, who’s herself trans, understands the required cultural position that her character occupies at this exact second.