Well, considering I thought Jonathan was a blockheaded jerk a lot of the time, I *hope* what Clark tells himself his dad would have wanted is going to be different than what Jonathan actually would have wanted. Yes, me too. And so far this seems to be the case. He's internalised Jonathan as a) telling him to control his anger and not kill anyone, b) supporting Martha in a career. Hooray!
It would be fascinating if Lex also internalised Lionel. It would seem inevitable. It's also an interesting reversal of Lana's plot. She started out with an internalised image of her parents as having a perfect happy marriage and loving smalltown life. Then the reality surfaced in her mum's diary and the photos of her with Henry Small. So the internalised vision was disrupted/distorted/destroyed.
I do fear for Chloe too in the sense that I think noone in SV escapes their destiny. And now the fact that they've given Chloe such space in SV canon and we've seen her go to her mom... well, it could come back. It may not. But I think it's an open plot thread they could pick up again.
What I'm especially loving in this plot is how AOT is playing Martha's body language in complete opposition to her actual dialogue. That's a perfect description of it. Thank you! *That's* what is so unsettling about these scenes. Also, it's fascinating in the whole image-versus-truth world of SV that her words belie her actions.
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Yes, me too. And so far this seems to be the case. He's internalised Jonathan as a) telling him to control his anger and not kill anyone, b) supporting Martha in a career. Hooray!
It would be fascinating if Lex also internalised Lionel. It would seem inevitable. It's also an interesting reversal of Lana's plot. She started out with an internalised image of her parents as having a perfect happy marriage and loving smalltown life. Then the reality surfaced in her mum's diary and the photos of her with Henry Small. So the internalised vision was disrupted/distorted/destroyed.
I do fear for Chloe too in the sense that I think noone in SV escapes their destiny. And now the fact that they've given Chloe such space in SV canon and we've seen her go to her mom... well, it could come back. It may not. But I think it's an open plot thread they could pick up again.
What I'm especially loving in this plot is how AOT is playing Martha's body language in complete opposition to her actual dialogue.
That's a perfect description of it. Thank you! *That's* what is so unsettling about these scenes. Also, it's fascinating in the whole image-versus-truth world of SV that her words belie her actions.