Just by nature of him being 1 of 1? His whole existence cannot be understood, truly, which is why he is partial to Zod’s “brotherhood” offer in S9.

Of course he had wonderful parents who did their best, but I can see how the circumstances may mimic similar wounds or behaviors of a fearful avoidant, if kryptonians can have attachment issues.

In later seasons he realizes he’s not alone . But i can imagine that dating him must feel like dating a fearful avoidant.

He both craves and fears intimacy and closeness. Which is why Lois is so great for him, she’s stable and communicates clearly.

Currently watching season 9- no spoilers please- and I love the concept of Lois almost dating Clark fully in theory having both sides of him at one point - and only one side of him isn’t enough for her.

>! She inherently understands why he can’t share his secret, at this point, I don’t think he’s scared to share his secret, he’s scared for her safety knowing the information. !<

>! One thing I didn’t like is how she treated him after they get fired from the DP, and doesn’t like the “jealous” side of him, when really, she’s in love with another man. She sort of makes up for it at the end of that same episode, saying “you don’t have to be ok with it” and “I shouldn’t ask that of you” - but not apologizing for it, or her treatment of him bc of it. It makes me sad for Clark. Then I realize that he’s in this situation because of himself. Then I realize he doesn’t have much choice otherwise. Then I realize she’d understand and does understand. Then I wonder if he’d be ok with it if he weren’t the blur. Anyway, I really liked that concept this season (one of the only things). Writers for the win. !<

I know Clark gets a lot of heat, and he’s not perfect, but this post isn’t meant to be an attack on him. I’m a Clark fan. Just trying to picture what it would be like for a mere human to date him and having some conversations with you guys!

If you’ve dated an avoidant man, you know.

**edit for those who don’t know what an FA is: “Fearful avoidant attachment (or disorganized attachment) is characterized by a "push-pull" dynamic, where an intense desire for intimacy clashes with a deep fear of rejection or vulnerability. Key signs include hot-and-cold behavior, severe trust issues, emotional volatility, high anxiety, and a negative view of both self and others.”

I have not been on reddit a lot but I NEED to talk to someone about this, I initially always thought Lex Luthor was just "some bad guy" in the Superman universe. I'm watching Smallville for the first time and I'm on season 3...I think Lex's decent into becoming a villain is very valid, his dad and best friend are constantly gaslighting him and denying any real version of events he goes through, it would make anyone go a bit coo-coo banana's. Also he has grown up on conditional love from his father, he only gets acknowledgement when he bends to what Lionel wants or when he does something as equally morally wrong as his dad. His whole self worth is based on achievement and intellect, never loved for who he is as a person and only the outcomes he produces. I think at his core his main trait is obviously very fierce loyalty but when he learns this does not necessarily propel him into anything positive, that's when he starts to question his world view and go on the decline into madness. just a thought :)

How did this guy get to places outside of the americas if he couldn't fly? It happened a lot of times where he went to europe and asia. In the last season he says super casual that there was a fire in Korea. How did he get there?? He couldn't fly and I don't think he was fast enough to run over the entire pacific or atlantic ocean

Genuinely, what is going on over there?

Wasted opportunity ,it would have been awesome moment in the story

what I love the most about Smallville is that it took such an incredible man yk The Superman and really developed him as Clark Kent before developing him as Superman.

I have been saying this already but I'm obv home for the holidays and I'm working on my TV script (I already have a cast willing, I just need a production company) and studying screenwriting on some of the most well written TV shows I've watched : Buffy The Vampire Slayer (& the incredible spin off Angel), The Sopranos, Gilmore Girls, Breaking Bad (& Better Call Saul), The Good Place, Veronica Mars, Freaks & Geeks, Mad Men, Six Feet Under, Fleabag. I think Smallville is going to fall into that category. The show is such a good combination of the 2000s teen genre culture and succeded in imprinting itself with the Buffy formula that was establishing itself at the time. The characterization is truly great (with some exception of course, like Lana's). Episodes like Memoria takes a great care in diving in the character's motivations and personas. To this very day, Smallville stays being one of the best superhero adaptations out there and one of the best TV can offer honestly. As someone who watched all the Arrowverse, a lot of them lost after two seasons what Smaville had, which is good writing with depth and heart.

Honestly I have a soft spot for every time Clark dates a girl-of-the-week who knows his secret. It's nice seeing him be fully open and comfortable with a girl, and Alicia was especially nice because it was the first time he dated a metahuman and also knew her secret in turn.

It was such a shame she turned out to be so completely unstable. I mean, I get full well that they could never be together long-term, but I wish the way they chose to restore status quo gave us a little more time with Alicia and Clark just being two wholesome superhuman sweethearts.

I mean, how cute is it that Alicia can teleport anything and anyone she wants, anywhere she wants, but on her date with Clark, she just wants to be a normal girl whose boyfriend drives her home?

This is a bit niche but I love the show Smallville and I also love using the app Letterboxd. So I was wondering if the Smallville characters had letterboxd, what would their top 4 be? I'm mainly asking for Clark and Lois's, but you can add Oliver's, Lana's, hell even Lionel's. I'm just a bored curious person lol.

For such a small town the crime rate there was probably the worst crime rate in the country.. which would beg the question why would anyone want to live there? It’s worse than Chicago and New York City combined..

Is it possible the meteor shower in 1989 that brought Clark wasn’t the first one. I just watched the episode with Chrissy parker the girl with the ability to drain the age from her victims dating back to the 1920’s with no reasoning to how she got her powers and I have a theory. Later in the series we get the flashback episode of Jor-El sent to earth in the 60’s by his father for a sort of coming of age tradition and dax ur was also on earth originally experimenting with the effects meteor rocks had under the yellow sun meaning kryptonians had been coming to earth for a while. My theory is that either there was a meteor shower before 1989 that produced kryptonite that gave Chrissy her powers in the 20’s that was just never recorded due to not being as big as the 89 shower or being so long ago they didn’t see the need to record the event or maybe dax ur wasn’t the first scientist experimenting under the yellow sun with meteor rocks and either Chrissy got exposed to meteors or a not so friendly scientist performed an experiment on her giving her the abilities she had sort of how the kandorians experimented in season 9 trying to get their powers

Despite how overpowered the character is, why is it that he can easily lose his powers to something as small as kryptonite and a little electricity?

Smallville | S06E21 "Prototype"

Rating: 8.0/10

So Lex really and truly has, in the words of Sam and Dean Winchester, 'gone fully Darkside'. Everything he's done this season has come to full fruition, and the things he's done to get here are nothing short of actual war crimes.

The inciting incident that sparks this whole episode is fundamentally more violent than anything we've seen so far. Some of the episodes have been more gory and/or weird, but this one was surprisingly frank and stark.

Erica's scenes with Tahmoh are great. She shows a lot of real emotion here, and however impossible it may be, so does Tahmoh, even when he shouldn't be having any emotions at all. Like I said, I'm a fan.

Things resolve the way they resolve, but one of the coolest things is Martha Kent Goes To Washington.

After watching Talkville and seeing Michael strongly aligns with Oliver's " for the greater good" philosophy, I see his point but I'm still undecided, cause this episode was an example of how making decisions for the greater good can still backfire. Oliver's plan didn't work the way it was supposed to, but Clark's method didn't either... So I get both sides, sacrificing something (or someone) in order to save many or to protect something bigger, but I also get that believing in the possibility of individuals being redeemable or saved is part of the best human qualities. So... who was right in this case? Neither? Both? Can't decide.. Maybe it was for the best it all went down as horribly as it did? 🤡