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Do you think that Clark or Bruce were right in the movie canon as opposed to fanfic or headcanon? I know that you feel that Bruce was wrong from reading your fics—or at least misinformed—but if you had to come down on on side or the other, who would you pick?
:D I actually don't think Bruce was wrong so much as that post-movie, BRUCE thinks Bruce was wrong, and post-movie is where it's at for me so far! I myself think that—based solely on the information available to him—Bruce was right, or at least his position was completely understandable. Clark COULD fry this entire planet to a crisp/break it in half and throw the pieces into the sun/kill every single person on Earth with his bare hands one at a time, and there's next to nothing that could stop him.
And don't get me wrong, what's beautiful to me about Clark as a person is that the only restraint he needs, which is 99.9% effective, is just that he's himself—that he'd never do that, that deliberately causing that kind of damage is the last thing that would ever even occur to him. But the thing is, he wouldn't even need to want to; if he got mind-controlled or something, I mean, jesus, you know? D: That is a serious, serious problem!
So there's a logic to Bruce's position during BvS that I completely understand. The execution is where he loses me: World's Greatest Detective, Shmorld's Greatest Detective, he doesn't even TRY to figure out what really happened in Nairomi or what's going on behind the scenes, not until it's almost too late. Which ALSO makes sense—with where he's at in his head during the movie, the benefit of the doubt is not something he's extending to anybody (not even himself, in some ways).
Which is why BvS gives me so many feelings! If Bruce had explained what he was concerned about, Clark might very well have agreed with him—might even (as he's done at least once in the comics, I believe) have allowed for Bruce to be furnished with kryptonite weaponry, because if he started causing harm like that, he'd WANT someone to be able to stop him, and might even have been okay with that someone being Bruce. BUT having that conversation is also basically the last thing BvS!Bruce was emotionally capable of, because it would have required trusting Clark and expecting the best of him, and at the beginning of the movie, I mean, that just was not an option. THE ONE THING THAT MIGHT HAVE STOPPED BRUCE FROM MAKING A TERRIBLE MISTAKE = THE ONE THING THAT LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE TO BRUCE THAT HE WON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT. /o\ JUST RIP MY HEART OUT.
(Which boils down to: if I had to pick a side, I guess it would sort of be Clark's, in that my focus would be on talking Bruce out of his movieverse "plan", if I had the option. But I'd want them to be able to achieve a compromise where SOMEBODY has some kryptonite, because, yeah. Bruce ain't actually wrong.)
:D I actually don't think Bruce was wrong so much as that post-movie, BRUCE thinks Bruce was wrong, and post-movie is where it's at for me so far! I myself think that—based solely on the information available to him—Bruce was right, or at least his position was completely understandable. Clark COULD fry this entire planet to a crisp/break it in half and throw the pieces into the sun/kill every single person on Earth with his bare hands one at a time, and there's next to nothing that could stop him.
And don't get me wrong, what's beautiful to me about Clark as a person is that the only restraint he needs, which is 99.9% effective, is just that he's himself—that he'd never do that, that deliberately causing that kind of damage is the last thing that would ever even occur to him. But the thing is, he wouldn't even need to want to; if he got mind-controlled or something, I mean, jesus, you know? D: That is a serious, serious problem!
So there's a logic to Bruce's position during BvS that I completely understand. The execution is where he loses me: World's Greatest Detective, Shmorld's Greatest Detective, he doesn't even TRY to figure out what really happened in Nairomi or what's going on behind the scenes, not until it's almost too late. Which ALSO makes sense—with where he's at in his head during the movie, the benefit of the doubt is not something he's extending to anybody (not even himself, in some ways).
Which is why BvS gives me so many feelings! If Bruce had explained what he was concerned about, Clark might very well have agreed with him—might even (as he's done at least once in the comics, I believe) have allowed for Bruce to be furnished with kryptonite weaponry, because if he started causing harm like that, he'd WANT someone to be able to stop him, and might even have been okay with that someone being Bruce. BUT having that conversation is also basically the last thing BvS!Bruce was emotionally capable of, because it would have required trusting Clark and expecting the best of him, and at the beginning of the movie, I mean, that just was not an option. THE ONE THING THAT MIGHT HAVE STOPPED BRUCE FROM MAKING A TERRIBLE MISTAKE = THE ONE THING THAT LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE TO BRUCE THAT HE WON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT. /o\ JUST RIP MY HEART OUT.
(Which boils down to: if I had to pick a side, I guess it would sort of be Clark's, in that my focus would be on talking Bruce out of his movieverse "plan", if I had the option. But I'd want them to be able to achieve a compromise where SOMEBODY has some kryptonite, because, yeah. Bruce ain't actually wrong.)
