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That's where suspension of disbelief breaks down. But it's not really about recognising his face, is it? With his glasses he still looks very similar; if I put on a pair of glasses and start acting clumsier than usual people don't ask "Where's Mary?" It's because people don't want to see Superman as a normal person, or deal with the fact that Clark might be an alien, and because they don't believe that someone like Superman would 'need' glasses or want to lead a normal life when he has all these fantastic powers. She might just dismiss their striking similarity as being an amazing coincidence of epic proportions.

And Lois, I guess they've established her as thinking he's geeky and normal anyway; not to mention back in season four she said she'd let people have their secrets, and she didn't know whether she wanted to know for certain whether Ollie was the Green Arrow; it was implied that Clark kind of talked her round. I think they're getting at the idea that even if she had her suspicions, she'd leave it to Clark to tell her the truth.

I'm saying that if I saw one of my best friends, especially someone I considered to be a geek, flying around in blue tights and a red cape and doing things that are quite frankly fantastic, I would think I was losing my marbles. In that case, yeah, I might keep my suspicions to myself until I had some real confirmation.


It's not just that he looks and acts differently; it's that people don't want to know, and he gives them the opportunity not to.


In Superman I Lois briefly suspected Clark of being Superman at the end because of his coincidental disappearances and then dismissed it because the idea that this superhuman would run around as Clark Kent seemed ridiculous. When she saw him without his glasses in Superman II, it just reignited her suspicions, but it wasn't that hard for him to convince her otherwise (even though she should have seen it coming that he'd try to save her without using his powers). Then she put herself down for being "irrational".

When she realised it was him, it wasn't because his glasses fell off again, it was because she saw him put his hand in the fire and it wasn't burned, and because he let her see it. The original movies present some out-of-date ideas about the superhero/secret identity dynamic, but the producers have said that's what they want to match Smallville up with, so I guess that's what we're basing this on. She had her suspicions, but it just seemed so far out.


I don't know. She always seems to write it off as coincidence or whatever. It probably doesn't help that half the time when he comes to save her, she actually saves herself (Exposed, Fanatic). The only time I can think of off the top of my head where it really warranted an explanation and the writers let us down was Combat.


I agree that it would, but I think she would wait for him to tell her or give her some kind of sign rather than confronting him about it outright, or operating on the assumption that it's true.

People don't want to know things that put responsibility on them. In the abstract, people think they'd want to know if Superman had a secret identity; in reality, they don't want to deal with the consequences of knowing. It frightens them.

Lois is a little different; I think she probably doesn't want to deal with the fact that the guy she loves and/or her best friend (depending on which version) might actually be an alien. Or maybe she wants to know, and is fine with that, but she wants him to want her to know.

She caught a glimpse of him without his glasses in Superman II when they were fogged up by the spray and she took them off his face to clean up. That's what lead her to accuse him of being Superman and then jump into the rapids.

I really can't think of any time off the top of my head where Lois has been saved by Clark and given a really cringe-worthy excuse. neutral

And frankly, they've always depicted her as being capable of taking care of herself within reason (Gone, Facade, Exposed, Fanatic, Arrow, Hydro, Combat). When she's had to be saved, it's in situations where you couldn't reasonably expect anyone else to save themself.

The thread's been off-topic for quite a while now. You know, it's really exasperating when you're having a dialogue with somebody and then they're suddenly like "we're off-topic" so that they have the last word. neutral

You know him not wearing a disguise doesn't bother me. I kinda like the fact that he hasn't gotten his superman outfit yet. But I figured you would agree with me on the Chlark issue Chloe.

I think we can all agree on that.

HA! it looks like the bribing worked? xd
aahh not really though...somehow they'll find a way to end it rolleyes gonk