Post by PreachCaleb on Apr 5, 2018 18:12:05 GMT
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.
He's not putting on a persona. He's shedding the bumbling reporter.
Bingo, he lost sight of Clark. Meaning that totalitarian version of him isn't who he is. It's who he becomes if he's lost his way.
Yes, it does mean that because he went on to do what he wants, and yes, he flew around and lifted wooden beams. Those are his powers. They are part of him. They are part of what they can do.
But they are are not his personality. Clark is his personality. The farm boy who grew up in Kansas.