Hot Shots: Smallville Series Finale Sneak Peek!

I apologize if I said things that were not really related to what you said in your post. I sometimes speak in general terms beside respondind to the comments in a specific post, so some sentences may not have been directly directed at you :/

I don’t think she’s the one making him Superman, if it has been stated then it was a great exaggeration. If we take the facts, then Lois has been inspiring him, supporting him, giving him advice. But it’s impossible she’s the one making him Superman since 1) he came up with the double identity by himself in season 8, 2) he has been inspired by many people since season 1 and not only Lois, 3)he was the one who suggested the glasses to Lois in Masquerade and started acting clumsily (he was just reluctant in continuing doing so in Booster), 4) Martha made the costume, 5) he has been saving people – with or without his powers – well before Lois knew about his secret etc. Lois, as the main important person in his life, shows the most support and belief in him, and gives him advice but it has been shown that she’s not always right about the way to go (cf. in Masquerade when she suggested a public costume with sunglasses and a red hoodie).

I want Clark to do things by himself too, and I don’t think Lois has been made into the “Superman-maker”. I also don’t think Clark and Lois have gotten that much screentime; it was true in the first half of the season but now they rarely have more than 3 scenes in an episode together – only the two of them – in an episode, each of them doing their thing apart or interacting with others in most episodes, with Lois’ “thing” most of the time related to Clark. And even if there has been storylines about Clark and Lois, I don’t really see how it takes the focus away from Clark. Otherwise we could say that everytime Clark shares a scene with someone it takes the focus from him. So why it’s the case with Lois? Because it’s about their relationship and it’s “cheap” compared to supposed more important stuff for Clark? Clark’s love life does matter and Clark and Clark/Lois is the strongest relationship that has been featured in the Comics, and I find it unfair when some undermine it as if it should be a detail. I also don’t see how it is a bad thing when it makes Clark happy and more grounded. I don’t believe we should compare the focus that Clark/Chloe and Clark/Lana got with Clark/Lois since, to me, the former often made Clark look brainless, helpless for one and made him sad and mopey (as well as avoid his destiny) for the other, while Clark/Lois showed him stronger, bolder, moving forward, going to the DP, being happier. So it’s a case of bad focus vs good focus. I see why you would be tired of Clark/Lois if you don’t like relationships developed onscreen, but to me focusing partly on Clark/Lois is a good thing and is as important for Clark (and by that I mean we as fans may not like it, but it’s what Clark wants that matters and not our opinion) as becoming Superman. His relationship doesn’t prevent him from putting the protection for the planet first, as shown in Dominion.

I’d love to see Clark save people, fight more, and use his powers more, but Clark/Lois isn’t at fault. It’s the budget and the producers’ “kitchen-sink” approach of this season. I’m sure that it would be possible to show the hero side of Clark more without using much money, but it seems the producers have wanted to do as many things as possible that were not done in live-action before in this last season (Darkseid and his minions,Lionel,Alexander/Conner, the VRA,the SS) , often resulting in too many storylines badly developed or/and wrapped-up. So to me Clois is far from being the issue as it doesn’t make him weak or make him less of a hero, I think it’s one of the good/positive things for Clark this season; if there is a lack of focus some other storylines are the problem, but there has been simply a lack of proper focus on Clark. Plenty of times, in scenes not involving his relationship with Lois, he could have come off stronger, as more decisive or proactive, but the producers/writers often don’t seem to know how to write a proactive Clark and instead give more “heroicness” to others, like to Kara in Supergirl who suddenly knew everything better than him and had to lecture him.

We can agree to disagree about the Clark/Lois relationship though It’s fine if you don’t like it, I just don’t agree with you that it takes focus from Clark and that Lois is the center of the show (in Dominion she had less screentime than Clark,Tess, Oliver and Zod!, in Fortune the focus was more on Chloe and Clark, in Luthor it was Clark/Lionel, in Kent Clark and Jonathan, etc.).