Clark Kent Must Die (Smallville Season 8 Spoilers & Speculation)
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Hmmm... thanks for the link.
I just can't help but thinking that given the nature of that article, looking like the author was throwing questions like bullets at him, that either the veteran part was missed by him when it was asked or that the author added the word to the question when it was being transcribed for the article. Either way, it doesn't seem all that much more "spoilery" that what had already been revealed. And it also seems to contradict his earlier quote where he gave the hint: "The *er**n d***g ** *** C****." Which could be decoded as "The PerSOn dYINg IS NOT CHLOE." Then again, that last word could be "Clark" as well.
I am sticking to my prediction as of now, that comment about it being a "long running" character really cements it in my head. As no other character has run as long of a distance as Bart. Not even Clark. And his superior speed is an advantage that can only really be exploited against a slower moving Kryptonian. Otherwise, Kryptonian super-speed will get the job done. I really think that Bart sacrificing all will inspire Clark to carry on for him, to honor his death.
Then again, I fully admit this is all speculation on my part and I have been wrong before. No doubt I will be wrong again many times in the future. So, I guess we will see for certain in two weeks.
Ausiello IS the author. He's sent questions by email, he picks a few to answer, and then answers them. It's not live, its a copy and paste job, done on his own time, at his own speed.
How does it contradict?
Actually he added more letters later on:
After watching tonight's episode, Clark has to die by Doomsday's hand. Clark could/should have used the non-lethal solution to send him to the Zone, he got talked out of it by Chloe. They both made the wrong choices, and there has to be consequences to those wrong choices.
I'm not saying the story absolutely has to be well written or make sense, it could be written whatever way. But I don't see that it makes sense with any other ending. Chloe has to see that she is wrong, nothing else is going to snap her out of it. Clark has to learn to trust his own instincts, or he isn't Superman, he's a surrogate to Chloe or whomever is talking him down each week. Clark has to be the ethical leader, not the follower.
I'm not saying the story absolutely has to be well written or make sense, it could be written whatever way. But I don't see that it makes sense with any other ending. Chloe has to see that she is wrong, nothing else is going to snap her out of it. Clark has to learn to trust his own instincts, or he isn't Superman, he's a surrogate to Chloe or whomever is talking him down each week. Clark has to be the ethical leader, not the follower.
I agree with all of that.
Which doesn't really mean much. The only two people who have been confirmed as returning, so far, next season are Tom Welling and Erica Durance. The rest are up in the air.
As for contracts: John Glover still had a contract to appear in Season 8 when they decided that the character of Lionel had run his course and wrote Lionel out of the series. If they decide they want to get rid of Chloe they can.
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Even the though the speculation about killing off Clark is pretty cool, I think the character death is Chloe. Her death would have far more impact on everyone than Bart's. Her death would probably compel Clark even more to reassess his life and get more serious about becoming a force for good, like Chloe's been advocating for some time.
As for DC mythology, Chloe's the only main character that doesn't fit. As much as I like Allison Mack, I thought she should've died off during the Bizarro storyline/end of season 6. I think the character has run her course, and now that she's taking somewhat of a dark turn in her desire to help Davis, I can see her sacrificing herself to save Clark one last time.
Though it would be really cool for Davis to kill Clark, and then to have the writers resurrect Clark, I don't know if the Smallville writers have the cojones to do that. Even though I agree that it makes no sense to bring Doomsday on the show if he doesn't kill Clark. That was the whole purpose of the character to begin with. That's why he's famous.
If they just wanted another super-powered cosmic kind of threat, they could've gone with Mongul, Darkseid, Imperiex, or Jax-Ur, etc.
As for DC mythology, Chloe's the only main character that doesn't fit. As much as I like Allison Mack, I thought she should've died off during the Bizarro storyline/end of season 6. I think the character has run her course, and now that she's taking somewhat of a dark turn in her desire to help Davis, I can see her sacrificing herself to save Clark one last time.
Though it would be really cool for Davis to kill Clark, and then to have the writers resurrect Clark, I don't know if the Smallville writers have the cojones to do that. Even though I agree that it makes no sense to bring Doomsday on the show if he doesn't kill Clark. That was the whole purpose of the character to begin with. That's why he's famous.
If they just wanted another super-powered cosmic kind of threat, they could've gone with Mongul, Darkseid, Imperiex, or Jax-Ur, etc.
All things being equal, killing him was the ethical choice, compared to sentencing him to eternity in the Phantom Zone. The problem is that killing him isn't possible. Even the Phantom Zone is only a temporary solution, given how powerful he'd likely to become there due to the harsh environment and deadly creatures. Eventually he'd be powerful enough to break out on his own.
Unless he's converted into a phantom first.
Bart came back from the dead about a month ago as the new Kid Flash(again).
But they'd bee working torads that for two years since the Lightning crossover betwee JLA and JSA two years ago.
Recent is such a fucked up term with comics.
Whosoever dies, I can still picture a drunk Chloe dry humping someones grave.
Bart came back from the dead about a month ago as the new Kid Flash(again).
But they'd bee working torads that for two years since the Lightning crossover betwee JLA and JSA two years ago.
Recent is such a fucked up term with comics.
Whosoever dies, I can still picture a drunk Chloe dry humping someones grave.
How about we get all symbolic, Chloe's real death causes the "death" of Clark Kent and the birth of Superman.
OK maybe not, it's a pet idea I've been playing with, it would give some meaning to Chloe's fate if it was the thing that pushed him over the edge into becoming the Superman we all know fully taking ownership of his powers and responsibilities to honor her dying wishes and to make sure nothing like that ever happened again. (Sorry about the long sentence there...)
OK maybe not, it's a pet idea I've been playing with, it would give some meaning to Chloe's fate if it was the thing that pushed him over the edge into becoming the Superman we all know fully taking ownership of his powers and responsibilities to honor her dying wishes and to make sure nothing like that ever happened again. (Sorry about the long sentence there...)