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susiecarterDo you think that Clark would have been any different if it had been his mother who died in that tornado rather than his father?
Ooh, man, I hate to think about this because I like Martha so much, but that's a great question, anon! I do think he would have been different—I mean, not HUGELY, he would still be Clark in a lot of ways, but having Pa Kent stick around to keep telling him to hide all the time would probably have changed how things played out and how Clark reacted to things in MoS.
... Though they'd also have had time to show us Pa Kent changing his mind about Clark using his powers, instead of retconning it with that weird "just the dream of a farmer from Kansas" line in BvS, which I wouldn't have minded. ;D
But yes, depending on the angle that was taken I think that could absolutely have changed Clark. He might not have left home to hobo around the world, since I doubt Jonathan would have liked the idea of giving that many people a chance to see Clark doing things he shouldn't—or he might have left but only after having to have an awful fight with Jonathan about it, but either way I think that would change him and the way he handled things to some degree. And then, of course, going the other direction, Jonathan changing his mind and actually talking to Clark about it could have done a lot to make the whole thing easier on Clark. (DAMMIT, PA KENT.)
Ooh, man, I hate to think about this because I like Martha so much, but that's a great question, anon! I do think he would have been different—I mean, not HUGELY, he would still be Clark in a lot of ways, but having Pa Kent stick around to keep telling him to hide all the time would probably have changed how things played out and how Clark reacted to things in MoS.
... Though they'd also have had time to show us Pa Kent changing his mind about Clark using his powers, instead of retconning it with that weird "just the dream of a farmer from Kansas" line in BvS, which I wouldn't have minded. ;D
But yes, depending on the angle that was taken I think that could absolutely have changed Clark. He might not have left home to hobo around the world, since I doubt Jonathan would have liked the idea of giving that many people a chance to see Clark doing things he shouldn't—or he might have left but only after having to have an awful fight with Jonathan about it, but either way I think that would change him and the way he handled things to some degree. And then, of course, going the other direction, Jonathan changing his mind and actually talking to Clark about it could have done a lot to make the whole thing easier on Clark. (DAMMIT, PA KENT.)
