First: Cool series title!
So Clark just left without getting/asking for any more explanation from Jordan/Red Tornado the last time? OK that's...weird...
Ah, Jordan giving Cat some clues for a story, handy future knowledge and all that. Could prevent "Uncle Walty" from causing more harm for quite some time, maybe. There are many ways to be a hero. And the timeline is already a screw-up as it is so why bother?
Yeah, I see the Luthor parallels there... Everyone being so "Never-ever" seems a bit odd though. Like there are tons of stories of seemingly "good" celibrities having dark secrets of varoius shades so it's not like that didn't happen before. (Granted there's also a lot of false rumors floating around so there's that too)
Poor Cat. HEaring from people and actually proving what you know are two very different things, especially if there's a public reputation. And it's all in the pre-social media age so that makes it more complicated.
The convo between Cat and Clark was both hilarious and very emotional. Clark already acting as Jordan's dad even without him knowing. Him projecting a lot of his own fears and experiences on his fellow Super who may or may not go public (why do I get the feel a perosn who might be named Lana could be involved there...?). Cat assuming it's out of councurrence fears is interesting (she certainly noticed the uneasy relationship of Jordan and future Clark). I wonder if some of Jordan's...rough edges...are part of the reason for their apparent future conflicts? As in Clakr fears Jordan's behavior might bring him into trouble with the public but because he's the dad, he's bad at communicating that well, maybe. And yes, it's really obvious we have "Baby Superman" still, here. He hasn't really figured it out yet.
Cat makes some good points though. MAybe that will help him. Also comparing Clark's situation with that of the creepy celibrity was interesting. And she already knows about Lex..wonder if she's gonna do anything about that.
Also, something tells me that if/when Clark finds the globe and hears the name "Jor-El", he could remember Cat's "Jor" slip reg. Tornado, which could lead to a lot of funny confussion.
(CLARK: Tornado. You are my father.
JORDAN: ...???)
Oh, and the landlady LOL. Cat is a sassy one, isn't she?
Also, it appears tha tfor a Cat(holic), she has an...urm...interesting way of doing some things that don't really fit in then, but who's to judge?
Anyway, another great piece! Now, I'm eagerly awaiting the superhero debut #2 of Red Tornado in the toasters' cl...establishment.
PS: While reading, I stumbled about a few typos and such. You might want to do another proof-check.
