Ahhhh!! I’m riveted.
Oh wow, they move fast. This suggests that Lois didn’t have much time or access to information beforehand? I can’t imagine what this must be like for Lois, I mean these are some heavy noncon themes here because all of this is effectively coerced.
Coerced by the very peoples who attacked earth and killed countless humans. From her perspective anyway- I’d have a hard time finding much admiration even for those who claim to have been against that. Oh good, the house of El voted “nay” at the speciocide-or-at-least-total-subjugation-for-the-humans council meeting? Did they send a strongly worded letter of dissent? Well whoop de doo, what heroes, and now she has to submit completely to their idea of arranged marriage and submit in the ‘bridal chamber’, too? Basically under threat of more violence, because their forces are stuck in a volatile stalemate until then, because these bastards won’t even recall their troops fully until their prince gets some action? From Lois’ perspective, it seems it’d be real hard to keep the house of El apart from what the rest of kryptonians did, and not see this as just a milder form of subjugation. After all they didn’t even attempt to merge with human wedding traditions.
I loved the little moments of them glancing at each other, his little moment of maybe nervousness, and then seeming to force himself into proper form. Also, how does Kal know about tuxes? Has he studied earth, or been already? …Has he studied English?
After all, he is not the Clark we know, he’s sort of not Clark at all, he’s had totally different experiences. lol I’m so worried for Lois! What is this Kal going to be like? Is he going to address the messed up dynamic here? Is he just fine and dandy with consummating like this, I mean it’s not freely given consent. To be fair to Kal, his people also could suffer losses and he is not the one who designed this system, he didn’t want this either. And yet, he still has more power in this situation, both physically and because he is who she must ‘submit’ to, per tradition at least. Do they even have to? Who would know? Where are they going to live? Lois seems to think she’s going to New Krypton, but- really?
I could go on, my brain is running wild 😅 I am fascinated with where this’ll go. Where’s the nag emoji? 🙏🙏
