Post by ThatGuy on Apr 5, 2018 17:58:34 GMT
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.
Why reveal he is Superman by putting on another persona? Why not "be himself" and then fly her out of there? Putting on another persona means he'd still be lying to her.
Since when? Everyone publicly calls him Superman.
And he lost sight of who he was.
Farming after retiring from being Superman doesn't mean he's Clark. That's just how he grew up. He still flew around and lifted wooden beams as a Kryptonian.