SUPERMAN, one of the most Iconic and Beloved Super Heroes ever to exist. So many people have followed his exploits almost religiously and in ways almost like some people worship him and in modern times that's how many people view and write the character, as a GOD. Well I'm sick of it, I'm sick of hearing that Superman isn't relatable, that Superman is above us in every way. That's never how I've seen Superman and god forbid i let my kids see it that way.
First off Superman isn't a God, He's a most relatable character. See I believe that Superman isn't the Dominant persona, but the Career choice of Clark Kent. Superman as grand as he is, just isn't possible, unlike Batman he was raised with two loving parents who gave him the morals and views of a baptist( Modernly i think it's Baptist, maybe Christian, although to say Jewish would be closer to home, as he was originally a Jewish parable) A person really can't be raised to be Superman, and I like many people believe that who you are is in how you're raised (needless to say theirs exceptions to this rule, mainly mentally ill folks who's status view are very different due to their illness) You just can't raise a kid to be Superman, that's plain fact. Superman is a choice, i remember a specific line from the Lois & Clark: The Adventures of Superman, which Clark proposed to Lois and she had asked him "Who's asking? You or Superman?" only for Clark to retort "Clark is who i am, Superman is what i can do!" Which has since really stuck to me on who is who in this story. It's true how i thought, Superman being a main construct in the being is illogical. Even though he's not one of them, he was raised by humans, his thought process, his way of learning, emotions are all Human based, it doesn't matter that he has powers beyond mortal men, it doesn't matter that he could very well be scientifically smarter than anyone else on the globe, what does matter is where he risen from. A small American town that is the dream of many people and in that hometown is where the person was born, Superman is a choice. Clark takes on many disguises. I'll go through each of them, from the Clark i believe in as the true face, to the many forms he takes.
Smallville Clark: This is who i see as being The real man behind it all, Smallville Clark is where all this began, where he was raised, a good ol' farm boy who enjoys the out doors and loves the simple life, This is what i see as being Superman's true face, where he get's superman's morals and nature.
Fortress Kal-El: This is the Clark Kent i see most in Smallville nowadays, the Kind that sees his destiny and strives to attain it no matter how he must change and what he changes into giving him a very demanding and strong opinionated do good or else attitude, this is what would also evolve into the Politically Correct Superman persona, in my opinion. a Small part of Superman showing his very strong and indomitable willed views.
Metropolis Clark: Clark Kents, bumbling work-a-holic persona that we all know and love. The man who writes the best story he can and yet still trips over his shoe laces, this is the joke. the Patsy to make everyone not believe Clark Kent could be:
SUPERMAN, the face of the public the idol career choice of Clark Kent, a Supercop with the morals of a small town boy wanting and Trying to make a difference.
This is a choice, Clark has always had his choice to do this. And when he finally chooses to stop, who do you think will be left, Clark or Superman? I know my answer, what about yours?