Even funnier if he's still a true believer in the US even as he's uncovering more and more shit. Finds out cops are working with white supremacists to silence black protesters? Well, the issue is just a few bad apples, not the whole system. Exposes Lex Luthor's bribery of courts and politicians to cover up his death squads killing protesting overseas workers? That's just one rich guy, not indicative of capitalism at all. Discovers the CIA running a drug ring to experiment new mind control drugs? Surely it's just rogue agents and not the whole CIA.
Top it off by him finding out, point-blank, that the CIA is trying to kill him for exposing the corruption and lies of the US, and Clark still not understanding that the US is the problem. Have Waller herself be the antagonist, getting frustrated trying to get it through his head that he's upholding a system totally opposed to his overly idealistic vision, but Clark just can't grasp it.
I have an ending for you. After the CIA's last attempt almost kills Lois Lane, the president intervenes and stops the CIA. Clark goes to the White House to thank him. The president asks him for a little favpur in return, to help protect the US. Clark agrees. The president gives him his first assignement. Head over to a country and do something despicable, that Clark has previously uncovered that the US was lying about the subject all along.
Have Waller herself be the antagonist, getting frustrated trying to get it through his head that he's upholding a system totally opposed to his overly idealistic vision, but Clark just can't grasp it.
Even better, have 90% of clark's shit get assuaged by "oh actually it's OK because it's legal".
Clark catches an off duty cop shooting a black 17 year old for stealing apples and running away (Clark uses xray vision to tell the kid has a recipt on him)
Clark's article focuses on how the kid didn't steal the apples and the cop should have made sure.
Lois: Uhhh shouldn't you mention that cops shouldn't be summarily executing children for being black under the pretense of stealing? Maybe that the justice system shouldn't create situations where kids need to run from cops?
Clark: Whoa whoa whoa the internal investigation determined that the cop was not racist and had to defend himself incase the kid had a gun. The kid should have worked with the system, not against it. Both people are wrong here.
Even funnier if he's still a true believer in the US even as he's uncovering more and more shit. Finds out cops are working with white supremacists to silence black protesters? Well, the issue is just a few bad apples, not the whole system. Exposes Lex Luthor's bribery of courts and politicians to cover up his death squads killing protesting overseas workers? That's just one rich guy, not indicative of capitalism at all. Discovers the CIA running a drug ring to experiment new mind control drugs? Surely it's just rogue agents and not the whole CIA.
Top it off by him finding out, point-blank, that the CIA is trying to kill him for exposing the corruption and lies of the US, and Clark still not understanding that the US is the problem. Have Waller herself be the antagonist, getting frustrated trying to get it through his head that he's upholding a system totally opposed to his overly idealistic vision, but Clark just can't grasp it.
I have an ending for you. After the CIA's last attempt almost kills Lois Lane, the president intervenes and stops the CIA. Clark goes to the White House to thank him. The president asks him for a little favpur in return, to help protect the US. Clark agrees. The president gives him his first assignement. Head over to a country and do something despicable, that Clark has previously uncovered that the US was lying about the subject all along.
I think that was a plot point in a Batman comic, wasn't it? Where Superman intervenes in the Cold War for Reagan and nearly destroyed the world?
Lol. I hope I didn't reinvent a story!
Even better, have 90% of clark's shit get assuaged by "oh actually it's OK because it's legal".
Clark catches an off duty cop shooting a black 17 year old for stealing apples and running away (Clark uses xray vision to tell the kid has a recipt on him)
Clark's article focuses on how the kid didn't steal the apples and the cop should have made sure.
Lois: Uhhh shouldn't you mention that cops shouldn't be summarily executing children for being black under the pretense of stealing? Maybe that the justice system shouldn't create situations where kids need to run from cops?
Clark: Whoa whoa whoa the internal investigation determined that the cop was not racist and had to defend himself incase the kid had a gun. The kid should have worked with the system, not against it. Both people are wrong here.
Lmao, yes. Bonus points if there's a multiverse crossover and the "real" Superman is viscerally disgusted by this parody version.
I feel like the Superman from the new animated series would catch onto the problem.