As for me, I find myself still dwelling on what I almost did, what I proved myself capable of.
Yes, but there's only so much a person can take, Lex. Unless I'm grossly mistaken, you will take much more when it's done to you than when it's done to the one you love. That's not necessarily a character flaw.
Also, here's a prime example of your true nature: you could have chosen to keep Clark to yourself, where he was comfortable being, but you opted for reuniting him with his parents, which is something you knew he needed.
You did well and I'm proud of you.
:)
Sorry for the edited post; I clicked on the wrong button and it posted too soon.
Thank you for your kind words, herohunter. You're right that I'll do anything for Clark--including sharing him, if it's in his best interest. But if you think about it, even that serves me well. I'm accustomed to Clark being--grounded, as much as a young man of his age can be, given his situation.
But what I almost did... yes, it was about Clark, to some degree. But really, it was between my father and myself. Can it really be about anyone but him and me, where my father is concerned?
I want to be free of this, free of him and the hold he has on me. Instead, that hold mutates, adapts.
Well, he WILL always be your father, whether you see him every day or never again for the end of time. We can't really change where we come from, only where we go.
And here's something I learned (in a Neurolinguistics class) a long time ago: *Everything* a person does, they do because they're gaining something from it. Even the most despicable acts give the person committing them something they need/want/can't otherwise have. So yes, reuniting Clark with his parents has brought YOU some benefits or you wouldn't have instigated it, but I highly doubt that that was your main reason. So stop beating yourself up over everything you do (as we both know you're wont to--it takes one to know one, as they say, heh) and let me pay you a compliment for once, hm?
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Yes, but there's only so much a person can take, Lex. Unless I'm grossly mistaken, you will take much more when it's done to you than when it's done to the one you love. That's not necessarily a character flaw.
Also, here's a prime example of your true nature: you could have chosen to keep Clark to yourself, where he was comfortable being, but you opted for reuniting him with his parents, which is something you knew he needed.
You did well and I'm proud of you.
:)
Sorry for the edited post; I clicked on the wrong button and it posted too soon.
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But what I almost did... yes, it was about Clark, to some degree. But really, it was between my father and myself. Can it really be about anyone but him and me, where my father is concerned?
I want to be free of this, free of him and the hold he has on me. Instead, that hold mutates, adapts.
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And here's something I learned (in a Neurolinguistics class) a long time ago: *Everything* a person does, they do because they're gaining something from it. Even the most despicable acts give the person committing them something they need/want/can't otherwise have. So yes, reuniting Clark with his parents has brought YOU some benefits or you wouldn't have instigated it, but I highly doubt that that was your main reason. So stop beating yourself up over everything you do (as we both know you're wont to--it takes one to know one, as they say, heh) and let me pay you a compliment for once, hm?
:)
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