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20 Random Facts About Smallville Clark Kent

Jan 25, 2008 14:15

Title: 20 Random Facts About Smallville Clark Kent
Author: Northernwalker
Pairing: Bruce/Clark
Rating: PG
Warnings: none.
Universes: Batman Begins/Smallville. And the Justice League.
Word Count: 992
Summary: I got puppied after seeing DC Random Facts Fest.
Note: This is going off from my AU fics and I need a name for that series.

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bruce/clark

Comments 22

jij January 26 2008, 02:48:45 UTC

Oh, 15 and 20 make me giggle and sigh in turn. Clark all smudged up and dirty is a very appealing image...

nw_fic January 26 2008, 16:33:16 UTC

Bruce agrees. ;)

Great, now I have a smutfic puppy bounding around my ankles and snuggling up against me!

taro_twist January 26 2008, 04:20:52 UTC

Ohh, this was great! I don't like SV Clark that much, but this made me fall in love with him. As someone else said, wonderful insights into his character!

Loved #4 (yay smart Clark!) and #7--I'd never felt the Clark/Ollie until I read that. =P And #11 was brilliant! I've always imagined Clark being naturally talented at writing, but I love your explanation for his journalism career even more--of course he would go for the challenge!

This was a great line:

It gives him a chance to talk with the other person who loves Bruce as much as he does.

Loved the bit about Diana being like a big sister (especially since I've always thought of them as surrogate siblings =P)

And I'm with just about everyone else that #15 is made of awesome. Gardening and getting dirty for the win! :D

nw_fic January 26 2008, 16:42:09 UTC

I don't like SV Clark that much, but this made me fall in love with him.

Yay! He can be kinda emo, but I try to give him a little self-awareness.

#7--I'd never felt the Clark/Ollie until I read that.

I like the Collie, but B/C is still my favorite. I think he'd be relieved to come up with a way to do what he feels he needs to without endangering others.

I've always imagined Clark being naturally talented at writing, but I love your explanation for his journalism career even more--of course he would go for the challenge!He'd want something that was all his own, that he'd earned fair and square, I think ( ... )

ladybugkay January 26 2008, 06:32:15 UTC

Wonderful! I love that Clark washes the dishes at Wayne Manor, and Bruce teases him before giving him a good cuddle.

I also really like how introspective Clark is, and how his Kryptonian heritage becomes less of a burden and more of a gift after he starts working with the Justice League. Because Smallville does tend to portray almost all Kryptonians as arrogant and manipulative and cruel, if not downright evil.

And, of course, all the little references to Clark's relationship with Bruce made me very happy.

nw_fic January 26 2008, 16:46:48 UTC

Wonderful! I love that Clark washes the dishes at Wayne Manor, and Bruce teases him before giving him a good cuddle.

The boys like it too...

I also really like how introspective Clark is, and how his Kryptonian heritage becomes less of a burden and more of a gift after he starts working with the Justice League. Because Smallville does tend to portray almost all Kryptonians as arrogant and manipulative and cruel, if not downright evil.

He gets a more balanced view in later years, but by that point the early indoctrination has pretty much taken over. He really needs someone like J'onn who can tell him what it was actually like.

And, of course, all the little references to Clark's relationship with Bruce made me very happy.

Me too.

Thanks for commenting!

rednihilist January 26 2008, 08:48:36 UTC

Being a SV fan before I was truly indoctrinated in Superman lore, no. 17 was particularly poignant for me. So many times, when I see re-runs from seasons one and two, I ask that question: What if he'd just told Lex?

And I am always surprised that a lot of fics don't even hint at no. five. If I were Clark, I think that would be one of the most terrifying things to contemplate. You hit a lot of buttons with this, and I really enjoyed reading it. An in-love-with-Bruce Clark is one of my favorites to read. Thank you for posting!

nw_fic January 26 2008, 16:50:54 UTC

Being a SV fan before I was truly indoctrinated in Superman lore, no. 17 was particularly poignant for me. So many times, when I see re-runs from seasons one and two, I ask that question: What if he'd just told Lex?

Me too. But at fifteen and sixteen, having all these very adult worries would scare me into keeping silent too, even to a friend.

And I am always surprised that a lot of fics don't even hint at no. five. If I were Clark, I think that would be one of the most terrifying things to contemplate.

Contemplating mortality is hard. Contemplating immortality would scare me silly. Sometimes it's hard to consider the sheer sweep of time he's facing.

Thanks for commenting!

bradygirl_12 January 26 2008, 20:16:40 UTC

Contemplating mortality is hard. Contemplating immortality would scare me silly. Sometimes it's hard to consider the sheer sweep of time he's facing.

Absolutely right! I think that Clark is very, very afraid of life when everyone's gone. I wrote on that theme a few times, one involving Clark and one involving Diana, and the sheer weight of the centuries they survived after their loved ones were gone was mind-boggling! I think they'd eventually break down mentally if they lived for a very, very long time.

nw_fic January 28 2008, 14:14:34 UTC

David Weber gives a couple of examples in his War God series of immortals- some who shut themselves away from the world and others who force themselves to stay connected. I think Clark and Diana would be in the second category. This was what he said:

He was lonely. Could it truly be that simple, the Horse Stealer wondered? And yet, how could it not be? This man's flame-cored eyes had witnessed the fall of the greatest empire in history. He'd seen the wreckage of that empire washed up on Norfressa's shore, watched over and guarded it as it painfully and laboriously set about putting its pieces back together. And aside from some of the elves of Saramantha in their self-imposed seclusion, he was the only one who had. How many people-how many friends-had he known across that vast sweep of years? How many times had death washed them away and left him alone once more to pursue his lonely task as a continent's guardian? The grief of so much loss must eat at a man's soul, yet the only way to avoid that sorrow would be to isolate one's self ( ... )

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