Post by PreachCaleb on Apr 5, 2018 16:36:38 GMT
Clark did indeed shrug off the mild-mannered reporter, yes. But he wasn't using the Superman persona. We also saw in Superman 4 when the developers were trying to buy his farm the real Clark. The bumbling fool persona he puts on for Lois and everyone else is as much a disguise as the blue tights and cape. The real Clark is somewhere in the middle.
Plus, he's not Kal-El. He's Clark. He grew up with Johnathan and Martha Kent on their farm. He learned their values and morals. Kal-El is someone he never got to be. Kal-El would also be a disguise to other heroes who aren't as close to him. Bruce calls him Clark. The JL/JLU series was great at showing all their real personalities. Clark becomes Superman so people will let him lead a normal human life. If Superman was who he really was, there'd be no need for Clark.
He was using the Superman persona because that is him. He was going to reveal that he was Superman.
None of them know him as Kal El. Also, if they did know his Kryptonian name they would still call him Clark because that makes him more human. Clark is what he use so he stays grounded and doesn't become this:
If he didn't stay close to the people he is trying to protect, he'd be on the Watchtower like in Kingdom Come, scanning the Earth.
He was going to reveal he was Superman, yes. But that's not his real personality. The persona of Superman is as much a disguise as the bumbling Clark.
The real Clark is in the middle. And they all do know his birth name is Kal-El. That's public knowledge.
And he became that not because he didn't have Clark, but because Lois died. That's what led him down the dark path.
Which is similar to what happens in Kingdom Come, yet even there, he retired to his farm for over ten years. That's who he is. Clark, not Superman. And even at the end, he returns to farming in Kansas.