(Sorry for the late reply; I've been out of town all weekend).

I definitely agree with you that it's tragic he won't be able to prevent what's coming--I just have a hard time holding Clark accountable for not waiting on Lois when it so obviously seemed to me to be a plot contrivance. (I mean, I know canon means accepting what is on the screen, but since there didn't seem to be an organic character reason why he *wouldn't* wait ten seconds to hear what Lois had to say, I have a hard time blaming Clark for it.)