I guess you disagree with my argument above, that Jor-El isn't really controlling what happens, then?
I know that it's important that Clark *feel* responsible for Jonathan's death, because (a) SV is a tragedy and (B) it's going to set in motion the whole "superheros can't have girlfriends" plot and (c) Clark needs to learn in a very personal way that making choices has irreversible costs. But actually, if anything, the fact that Jonathan is the one that died underscores for me *more* that Clark, ultimately, isn't the one in control of who lives or dies in this scenario, because he was going to have a heart attack at some point in the near future *regardless* of the choice that Clark made in the Fortress. (And I also think, you know, that if in scenario one it was Jonathan rather than Lana who had died, Clark would have still gone to Jor-El and asked for a way out).
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I know that it's important that Clark *feel* responsible for Jonathan's death, because (a) SV is a tragedy and (B) it's going to set in motion the whole "superheros can't have girlfriends" plot and (c) Clark needs to learn in a very personal way that making choices has irreversible costs. But actually, if anything, the fact that Jonathan is the one that died underscores for me *more* that Clark, ultimately, isn't the one in control of who lives or dies in this scenario, because he was going to have a heart attack at some point in the near future *regardless* of the choice that Clark made in the Fortress. (And I also think, you know, that if in scenario one it was Jonathan rather than Lana who had died, Clark would have still gone to Jor-El and asked for a way out).