Originally posted by Female Hawk:
Chilling.
Well written, though!
Corrina.
I wanted to bring home the point that Superman is an alien. How do you do that?
Well, in the lore, or some of it, he turns green if killed by kryptonite. But L&C, the Reeve films and SR did not show that. The Superboy TV series and Smallville did.
In the current new 52 lore, and in Smallville, kryptonite causes Superman's veins to engorge and become black/green.
The new 52 has him aging to his "true age" if killed by kryptonite. So while he always looks 25, if he were to die from K poisoning at 50 he would age to appear 50. Hence the hints of gray and wrinkles.
In death, unlike in life, Superman is clearly an alien and actually looks grotesque - this is what Luthor sees. What is underneath and not what is on the surface.
So shocking yes, but I wanted to bring that home to the reader.
This story includes Luthor's dissection of Superman, I know intense - it is not for the faint of heart, and Superman's alien nature is further brought out. Including that Superman could never have had a child with Lois or any Earth woman. Tying in with how L&C ended.
