Oh this was just so full of cute! I laughed, and sighed, and smiled, and just loved the building relationships in the Kent/Summer family. I loved the way Scott handled learning of Clark's powers and his reactions to it. Wow, you're an alien, can you help me with my homework! Yep, that's children for you. Also it seems that Clark is always attracted to deep thinkers, first Scott later in life Bruce....seems like some sort of trend here XD Thank you for sharing adn I look forward to the rest of this series.
Hee! Thanks! Kids definitely have a different perspective on what's important & what isn't. ;) I think thinkers gravitate around each other because they have core values in common, even if everything else is different. It would be interesting to see how this Scott would interact with Bruce once they're grown up.
One of my fave examples of using a kid in story-telling is Marjane Satrapi's own Marjane in the first part of Persepolis. -- I ADORE Persepolis. Everything about it-- the art, the POV, the dialogue-- it's so powerful because it uses ALL the elements to tell her particular story. Just... UNGH.
I think I might have mentioned before that Scott is logic (even as a kid) in contrast to Clark's emotion. They're both quite intelligent in terms of just book-smarts but that sort of instinctual intelligence, I guess, brain vs. heart, dictates how they process the book-smarts, the information. Which isn't to say that Scott can't act emotionally; he DID get hysterical during the tornado. But that logic also helped him deal with Clark's revelations. Likewise, Clark can assess all of Scott's actions & probably still understand that Scott's grieving but it's his heart, his ability to empathise, that enables him to say what Scott needs to hear.
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Clark laughed. "Why, do you have something to hide?"
"No! It's just weird." Scott made a face. "Letting him in the house is bad perimeter defense.""
Y hallo thar, familial Summers paranoia.
Oh, oh, Scotty, I'm so glad you got a Christmas with NQR cake and a blanket fort.
Scott sat beside Clark. "I'm glad you're an alien. Can you help me with my language arts homework?"
Bwah haha, kids. Oh, Scotty, baby, you're going to think you're an alien, too, aren't you?
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Well, Clark DOES have a freaky optic power.
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Thank you for sharing adn I look forward to the rest of this series.
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-- I ADORE Persepolis. Everything about it-- the art, the POV, the dialogue-- it's so powerful because it uses ALL the elements to tell her particular story. Just... UNGH.
I think I might have mentioned before that Scott is logic (even as a kid) in contrast to Clark's emotion. They're both quite intelligent in terms of just book-smarts but that sort of instinctual intelligence, I guess, brain vs. heart, dictates how they process the book-smarts, the information. Which isn't to say that Scott can't act emotionally; he DID get hysterical during the tornado. But that logic also helped him deal with Clark's revelations. Likewise, Clark can assess all of Scott's actions & probably still understand that Scott's grieving but it's his heart, his ability to empathise, that enables him to say what Scott needs to hear.
TL;DR. I LOVE my boys. ;)
Thanks again for the review!
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