Like the scene where dealing with Joker as Clark is much harder than other villains, because he’s never had to consider what ‘giant funny mallet’ or ‘deadly rubber chicken’ would do to a human. How deadly would it be, how much can he get away with taking a blow, how much does he absolutely have to avoid, even if he moves at slightly superhuman speed - so that he appears the most human.
So much of what he does, both as Clark AND and Superman, is for other people’s comfort.
The way he tilts his head to show he’s hearing something you can’t.
The way he dresses for weather he can’t feel.
The way his glasses obscure the too-intense blueness of his eyes.
The way he lifts his feet over cracks, and ducks under overhangs.
The way he eventually purchases oven mitts and other protective gear to wear before touching dangerous substances.
The way he leans into blows so people don’t shatter their hands.
The way he tries to only respond to words and tone, rather than heartbeat, increased/decreased sweating, breathing changes, ‘inaudible’ mumbles, and all the other things people don’t know they’re communicating.
A Clark that forgets to do those things is fascinating to observe.
(I’d also love to see more of various Karas and Kon dealing with similar things, because their perspectives are all so different.
Kara grew up without powers, but not around humans, and so her blind spots would be really different.
Kon starts out without any interest in passing for human, and then gets a lot of his Kryptonian abilities around the time he begins to care, and it’s mixed up with all this resentment and confusion about ‘being human,’ and the fact that most of the people close to him act weirder than he does - he must be SO CREEPY, you guys!)
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