Clark's powers define him?

[Leo]

I don't know if this has been brought up before, but in during the Summer Hiatus, I recently rewatched Season 1. In Rogue, Clark says "Maybe I shouldn't use my gifts anymore." And Martha says "They're who you are."

2 episodes later in Leech, Martha says "Your powers don't define you."

Did anybody else notice?

[madcatlady]

Ah well, mothers like to say whatever it takes to make their sons happy.

[dsv100]

Yes, that, and also Martha's position was not what was really changing -- her position on Clark's powers is no doubt constant, and her responses were to the different viewpoints Clark was expressing in those episodes.

An analogy might be that a mother may tell her child, "drink more water," some times, but also say, "you're drinking too much water," other times. She's working to correct different errors the child is making at different times, not contradicting herself.

Good catch, though, Leo. You certainly may be the first to notice this bit of Martha's dialogue. :)

[ginnyfan]

Out of context Martha's comments seem contradictory but I'm sure that in context they make sense. The first comment was because she wanted Clark to accept himself the way he is - not spend time wishing he were different or "normal". The second was probably because she didn't want him to feel burdened by his powers... as though he didn't have choices because of them.

"Leech" was a great episode to show that Clark's powers DON'T define him. As Clark says at th end Eric aka Superboy didn't turn out so well with Clark's powers because he didn't have parents like Martha and Jonathan.

[rebecavaldez]

Haha, that's funny. Never noticed.

[MPD Psycho]

It's similar to Obi-Wan telling Luke to let The Force partially controls his action, but it also obeys his commands.

[donnarose]

Character yes, person no.;);)