āThe last son of Kryptonā yeah. Yeah, thatās what Clark isāheās the last surviving child to be born on Krypton. But he could not be farther from āthe last Kryptonianā
And it honestly makes me so mad whenever heās referred to like that
Because to Clark, Krypton is a concept. Itās an idea. Itās like how we grow up with myths like Atlantisāwe have never and (most likely, in our case, but Iād like to hold out hope lol) will never experience it in real life.
And Clark was never really Kal-El; he was always just. Clark Kent. The human boy from Krypton.
Kara Zor-El, who grew up speaking Kryptonese.
Kara Zor-El, who grew up celebrating their holidays.
Kara Zor-El, who grew up eating their food.
Kara Zor-El, who, on the day that she left Krypton, had school the next day.
Kara is the last person alive who remembers a dead planet and actually lived on it.
Whereas to Clark, Krypton was a story, an ideal, a concept, to Kara, it was her entire world.
And sheās just. Sheās such a heartbreaking character.
Because, think about it; she was fifteen years old. The ground was shaking. Buildings were collapsing. People were screaming, people were crying, people were scared, people were confused, and people were dyingāher people, her friends.
And her parents told her to get into a pod. Told her that she needed to protect Kal-El. Their last request to her was to make sure that he was safe.
And she wonders why? Why her? Why, out of everyone, was she chosen to get to live, when everyoneāeverything that she knew was going to die, and there would be no one left to remember it but her?
And then sheās knocked off course.
And she spends two decadesātwo long, agonizing decadesāalone in the dark.
And then she finally she finally manages to make it to Earth. She hasnāt aged a dayāsheās still fifteen years old, and sheās lonely, and sheās confused, and sheās terrified, and she hurts, and she wants to go home, she wants her parents, she wants her friends. But she knows. She knows that sheās never going to see them again.
And when she gets to Earth, sheās still alone. She doesnāt understand what anyone is saying and no one understands her. And she doesnāt find Kal-El. Because Kal-El doesnāt really exist. She finds Clark Kent, all grown up. Clark Kent, older than her. Clark Kent, who doesnāt need her to protect him.
Andā¦she failed. She failed her parents.
She wasnāt there. She didnāt see him grow up. She didnāt protect him, she didnāt keep him safe.
And her home, her family, everything she ever had and everything she ever loved isā¦gone. But sheās still there.
And she must resent her parents, because who wouldnāt? If they hadnāt sent her away, it wouldnāt have made a difference in her cousinās life. Really, the only difference that it wouldāve made is that she wouldnāt be alone. She wouldnāt be suffering. She wouldnāt have to live knowing that everyone else was dead. She wouldnāt feel the guilt of it.
But she does. She does and she misses it and she misses them and she dreams of it. No matter how long itās been, sheāll still dream of Krypton, and she will until the day she dies.
Sorry, went off on kind of a tangent there lol. I just love psychology and I love Kara and sheās just so tragic.
