Tim Bruening wrote:
> >
>
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:43:33 -0400 Reverend Lovejoy wrote:
>
> Bill Bickel wrote:
> > Exactly why is it cheating for Clark to play football, when it
isn't
> > cheating for, say, abnormally super-sized men to play basketball?
Clark has
> > Kryptonian genes, Suleiman Ali Nashnush had "8 feet tall" genes.
What's the
> > difference?
> >
> > Bill Bickel
> >
> >
>
> Well, FWIW, what we've seen on the show is that Clark has discreet
> "powers" that he has to invoke in order to use, as indicated by the
fact
> that normal humans can be imbued with them (Jonathon Kent, the leech
> guy) and Clark can lose them (the leech episoode again).
>
> So it's not just a matter of Clark being super-strong or super-fast.
He
> has normal strength and speed, probably being whatever his muscles
can
> do normally, sans powers. He also has powers, with which he can
amplify
> his strength or speed - but need to be invoked consciously, and are
> separate from whatever his muscles can do.
>
> So, it is *possible* to imagine Clark playing fairly and not cheat.
> There's a discreet point where his natural strength and speed ends
and
> he has to use powers to go further, which he can choose not to cross.
>
> That explains how he can make love safely!
The whole concept of "discreet powers" is a ridiculous plot device
though. The powers aren't an add-on: Clark is a Kryptonian.
Transferring powers essentially means Clark turns into an Earthman and
somebody else turns into a Kryptonian. And Clark simply losing his
powers turns him into an Earthman. Why not a Martian? Makes as much
sense.
Bill Bickel
http://www.comicsidontunderstand.com
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