I'd really, really prefer that all visions of dead parents on this show be unconscious projections of their children's fears and desires rather than actual voices from the beyond. That's just way, way too anvilly.
ITA. Basically, I'm taking the position that unless/until the show tells me that Lex and/or Clark really does have some power of precognition any visions with dead parents telling them all about their future are just figments of their un- or subconscious minds. It's just *easier* that way for me, than trying to figure out how someone who's been dead for 14 years, as Lillian has for example, could know about shit that isn't going to happen for another 10 or so.
(Though damn. If it's Clark's unconscious mind, he's a little full of himself. Symbol of peace and justice is anvilly coming from Jonathan, but really self-important if coming from Clark!)
I can fanwank this, too, though, in a manner that's consistent with the "just a dream" reading of the visions:
Jonathan *always* made noises about how Clark's destiny and his gifts were greater than mundane things. "You're destiny isn't to play football" "You could be the world's greatest hero or its most mild-mannered citizen," etc. And if this is the season where Clark finally stops resisting/denying who and what he really is, then it's also the season where he's seriously *thinking* about all these things Jon said to him over the years (Cassandra and Jordan also told him that they sensed he was meant for great things). I can easily believe Clark internalized all of that and if he needed a final push to *stop dithering*, then it might manifest itself as Jonathan's bombast during the vision.
Re: part II
ITA. Basically, I'm taking the position that unless/until the show tells me that Lex and/or Clark really does have some power of precognition any visions with dead parents telling them all about their future are just figments of their un- or subconscious minds. It's just *easier* that way for me, than trying to figure out how someone who's been dead for 14 years, as Lillian has for example, could know about shit that isn't going to happen for another 10 or so.
(Though damn. If it's Clark's unconscious mind, he's a little full of himself. Symbol of peace and justice is anvilly coming from Jonathan, but really self-important if coming from Clark!)
I can fanwank this, too, though, in a manner that's consistent with the "just a dream" reading of the visions:
Jonathan *always* made noises about how Clark's destiny and his gifts were greater than mundane things. "You're destiny isn't to play football" "You could be the world's greatest hero or its most mild-mannered citizen," etc. And if this is the season where Clark finally stops resisting/denying who and what he really is, then it's also the season where he's seriously *thinking* about all these things Jon said to him over the years (Cassandra and Jordan also told him that they sensed he was meant for great things). I can easily believe Clark internalized all of that and if he needed a final push to *stop dithering*, then it might manifest itself as Jonathan's bombast during the vision.