The *real* Jor-El would *never* have strangled the *son of Hiram Kent*. We know from Relic that Hiram and his wife protected Jor-El after Louise's death. The real Jor-El would never repay that kindness by treating Hiram's son as disrepectfully as Jonathan is treated in Covenant. But if *Zod* needed Kal-El to collect the keys to his prison (the Fortress), then that explains torturing Jon to force Kal-El to submit to re-programming (Covenant/Crusade).
That's a really good point. And it reminds me that Kara, as reprogrammed by Jor-El (or Zod) was as dismissive about humans and their problems as Fine was--and just like Fine, warned Clark that Lex was evil.
So Zod tries another tactic. When Kal-El comes to the caves in Sacred, Zod feeds him cryptic warnings about Bad Things to Come if he doesn't collect and unite the elements. *This* is why that one element -- the one in China -- was surrounded by kryptonite: whoever put it there knew what it was the partial key to -- a prison housing a Very Bad Prisoner. With kryptonite around it, none of Zod's disciples, or, alternatively, no one from the same place (read: planet) as the Very Bad Prisoner could get to the elements (and only people from the same place as the Very Bad Prisoner are likely to have knowledge of VBP in the first place).
Ok, I *love* that your theory deals with the kryptonite surrounding the element, because that has always been a big WTF, for me, if it was supposedly hidden by Kryptonians.
It would rock *so hard* if your theory were correct, but at this point I'm kind of afraid to get my hopes up, you know?
Re: *cracks knuckles and gives it a whirl*
That's a really good point. And it reminds me that Kara, as reprogrammed by Jor-El (or Zod) was as dismissive about humans and their problems as Fine was--and just like Fine, warned Clark that Lex was evil.
So Zod tries another tactic. When Kal-El comes to the caves in Sacred, Zod feeds him cryptic warnings about Bad Things to Come if he doesn't collect and unite the elements. *This* is why that one element -- the one in China -- was surrounded by kryptonite: whoever put it there knew what it was the partial key to -- a prison housing a Very Bad Prisoner. With kryptonite around it, none of Zod's disciples, or, alternatively, no one from the same place (read: planet) as the Very Bad Prisoner could get to the elements (and only people from the same place as the Very Bad Prisoner are likely to have knowledge of VBP in the first place).
Ok, I *love* that your theory deals with the kryptonite surrounding the element, because that has always been a big WTF, for me, if it was supposedly hidden by Kryptonians.
It would rock *so hard* if your theory were correct, but at this point I'm kind of afraid to get my hopes up, you know?