ClubXerxes
03-13-2009, 06:57 PM
I was a bit confused by the scene in the barn between Lois and Clark in Infamous - particularly when Clark told Lois that he was going back in time and would not tell her his secret again because she WAS special to him.
I didn't get it initially...it seemed oddly out of place. Why wouldn't he tell her? Why couldn't he share it with her like he did Chloe and Lana? If she was special, why wouldn't he tell her (he could just tell her to keep it a secret)?
Then I recalled Lois's speech at the end of Siren - when drowning her sorrows in Rocky Road and speaking with Clark, she told Clark about how impossibly hard it would be for her to be in love with someone who's destiny is so much greater than her own, and how she did not want to be left behind again.
This is why Clark did what he did - this is why (IMO) Clark did not meet her for coffee.
He wanted to (he was dressed and ready), but he couldn't hurt her.
It was that speech at the end of Siren that did it.
As I thought about it, there were other minor parallels between the two episodes which made me think back to it:
Lois in the elevator with a female nemesis:
In Siren, she caught the elevator with Dinah Lance (who called her a shrill arm trophy)
In Infamous, she caught the elevator with Linda Lake (who made a similar reference to her voice)
Lois discovers a hero's secret identity:
In Siren, Lois discovers Ollie is the Green Arrow
In Infamous, Lois discovers Clark is the Red-Blue Blur
Lois gets knocked out by female nemesis:
In Siren, Lois gets knocked out by Black Canary
In Infamous, Lois gets knocked out by Linda Lake
Even though they seemed unrelated, I think they borrowed heavily from Siren for Infamous...just my two cents
I didn't get it initially...it seemed oddly out of place. Why wouldn't he tell her? Why couldn't he share it with her like he did Chloe and Lana? If she was special, why wouldn't he tell her (he could just tell her to keep it a secret)?
Then I recalled Lois's speech at the end of Siren - when drowning her sorrows in Rocky Road and speaking with Clark, she told Clark about how impossibly hard it would be for her to be in love with someone who's destiny is so much greater than her own, and how she did not want to be left behind again.
This is why Clark did what he did - this is why (IMO) Clark did not meet her for coffee.
He wanted to (he was dressed and ready), but he couldn't hurt her.
It was that speech at the end of Siren that did it.
As I thought about it, there were other minor parallels between the two episodes which made me think back to it:
Lois in the elevator with a female nemesis:
In Siren, she caught the elevator with Dinah Lance (who called her a shrill arm trophy)
In Infamous, she caught the elevator with Linda Lake (who made a similar reference to her voice)
Lois discovers a hero's secret identity:
In Siren, Lois discovers Ollie is the Green Arrow
In Infamous, Lois discovers Clark is the Red-Blue Blur
Lois gets knocked out by female nemesis:
In Siren, Lois gets knocked out by Black Canary
In Infamous, Lois gets knocked out by Linda Lake
Even though they seemed unrelated, I think they borrowed heavily from Siren for Infamous...just my two cents