I'm really not seeing the association of Clark acting in this story like a doormat. I honestly whatsoever don't see any of that...
Clark--and completely in my opinion
--is accepting some responsibility for the
whole of the situation. His part. His wrongdoings. And that's not weakness, it's him being honest with himself (and Lois) about
how he feels.
And let me prefrence this by saying that yes, totally, Lois was in the wrong for the
how of Clark's secret becoming public. No disagreement there from this reader. She 'outted' him--completely. She exposed Clark to the world without giving him any indication (that we know of so far) that she was going to do it. That was mean, horrible even.
But getting back to Clark. Clark had a 'Secret Identity'. A fake persona. And you fake that persona, in a sense, by lying. Clark
chose to pretend to be someone else, to pull the wool over everyone's eyes. Yes, he did it for good, but yes, it was still lying about himself--to his co-workers, to his friends,
to the world. He knew that he could always be exposed--it's the nature of hiding a secret. And at this level--while he was, in a sense, saving the world--the implications would be
that much bigger. And, like Clark pointed out in the story, he did all this while working at a world-renowned newspaper. While being partnered to their most-celebrated investigative journalist
/
/
. (Hate to say it, but you can almost see some of this coming
... ).
Clark
was mad at Lois, he told her so. And I applaud that. But he needed to, and has to, move on. Does he really want to live his life, never having forgiven?
I'm sure Clark won't forget, but he can forgive--for himself, above anyone.
We don't know what happened in Smallville, but from the sounds of it, something
definitely did happen. Something big. The ramifications that we've seen so far in the story might very well make more sense than we think (Lois'
).
With all of the amazing powers Clark possesses, wouldn't his sense of self--his innate goodness, allow him to forgive the person that (honestly) probably means the most to him? His personality attributes have always impressed me far more than anything 'Super' he's ever done. He didn't choose to have his gifts, but he chose daily in the series to be the person that he was. And that was someone pretty impressive
.
IMO, forgiveness is not Clark being weak, it's him coming to peace with himself. And that's not easy--sometimes you are your own worst critic
.
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A little 'post-rant' praise now...
Amazingly wonderful job, Anti-Kryptonite
. I am enjoying this story to no end. This chapter completely came to life for me as I read it today. You have that ability to do that--to create a story so real, so alive, that you feel like you are experiencing it
with the characters. And that takes talent!
The Highlight of my day--fantastic!
Laura
