"Today. Tomorrow." a Superman fan comic about Clark Kent, Lois Lane and relationships.
We wanted to tackle one of the trickiest parts of Superman mythos; and that's the entangled romance between Clark Kent, Lana Lang, Lois Lane and Superman. Often times these more mundane parts of Superman get pushed to the side, when they can give so much insight into the characters and what they're seeking from each other.
“Bruce!” Clark rebukes him. “They’re not going to do anything.”
“Don’t tell me you can’t see it coming. With your enhanced senses, you can probably smell it coming.”
“You know I try not to use my powers like that.” Clark says. “They’re not going to sleep together. Barry is married, and Hal is straight as far as I know.”
Bruce snorts. “Hal Jordan is not straight. He routinely fucks up his relationships with women due to his internalized homophobia of his stronger attraction to men. And Barry is trying his best to fit himself into the comfortable cookie-cutter mold of a midwestern family. A pressure you might understand.”
Clark looks away but doesn't disagree.
“Clark.” Bruce says. “I’m a detective. It’s going to happen. I’d bet my company on it.”
“I hope it doesn’t.” Clark whispers. “If only for their sake. It would be such a hurtful mess.”
“A mess, a mistake, a bad idea.” Bruce says. “The closeted bisexual and the married man. Makes even us sound like a good idea.”
Clark flushes slightly. “Well, given the fact neither of us is married and both of us are comfortable with who we are, then yes, we are the better idea.”
The admission weighs heavy on the air between them.
Bruce leans in closer. “It’s going to happen.”
Clark flushes deeper but doesn’t back away. “Barry’s not going to cheat.”
“I give them a month.” Bruce breathes in Clark’s ear. “Bet.”
In the tense stillness, Bruce can hear Clark swallow and wet his lips. “Bet.”
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What if the sacrificial ritual was never completed?
Did Jade and Tabitha help the boy in white escape and now he protects the other boys that come through the town, like Victor and Ethan, to ensure the ritual is never completed?
Is that why Sarah was told to "k!ll the boy", to complete the unfinished ritual?
I'm collecting everything I remember surrounding the story Julie tells Ethan in the RV. Feel free to add to it if you find something I missed!
In the story, the character "Norman" dies in his friends' arms, which upsets Ethan. To fix this, Tabitha reasons that Norman can't be dead, because it was monsters that killed him, and there's no such thing as monsters. This is the scene that introduces us to the four characters in the Matthews family, but it also introduces us to some other elements that will keep coming up through the show.
THE LAKE OF TEARS
After his seizure during the night they spend in the RV in S1E2, Ethan claims to have "seen" the lake of tears as a drawing in Victor's room.
"I saw the lake of tears. It was a drawing on the wall. There were so many drawings on the wall. Like when I used to draw with crayons... and you would put it on the fridge? And we were all there in the drawings, you and me and Mom and Julie. But somebody screamed, because the spider came down from the ceiling."
I find it interesting that Ethan could see drawings of his family that Victor made, before they even met Victor. It seems that Julie can visit the past during her seizures, while Ethan can see into the future.
Many of Victor's drawings depict water droplets, large bodies of water and a large spider. We can see a few of them here.
"TELLING A DIFFERENT STORY"
The norman story is longer in an earlier version of the script. In this longer version, Ethan begs Julie to change the ending, but she tells him that she can't change the ending because the story's over. Tabitha suggest that they can tell a different story (one that brings Norman back to life), but Julie argues that it won't matter because "her story came first".
After the crash, we get this sweet scene of Julie writing a different ending for Ethan in S1E2, where Norman's friends are able to save him. However, it doesn't seem to land as Ethan's interest is grabbed by seeing the BIW outside the window.
Once Julie becomes a storywalker in season 3, she tells Ethan she might be able to save Tian-Chen, and maybe even Thomas. It's now Ethan who tells her that it doesn't work that way — she can visit chapters that have already been told, but she can't change them.
E: "You're a Storywalker."
J: "So if I go back to those ruins, do you think I could do it again?"
E: "Maybe, why?"
J: "Well, if... if this is real, that means I can change things. I can save Tian-Chen. Maybe I could even save Thomas." (😭)
E: "It doesn't work like that. You can visit the chapters, but you can't change them."
J: "Why?"
E: "No one can change a story once it's been told."
Still, that doesn't stop her from trying. We see future Julie trying to save her dad in the finale. It seems Ethan was right, as she's not able to make any meaningful changes to the narrative.
She does, however, throw Boyd the rope, so we will have to wait until S4 to learn more about storywalking and what Julie may or may not be able to do when she visits the past.
There is also the possibility that, just like with Norman's story, it will be Tabitha who changes the ending with a different approach of her own. When Victor recalls what the BIW told Christopher in S3E8, he mentions "someone who loved the children" telling them a story that gave them hope.
"The children were born in the dark, and they were murdered in the dark. But someone who loved them told them a story. The story gave them hope, and when the children laid on the stones, they poured their hopes into the roots to make the symbol, and those roots became the tree."
I'm guessing this "someone" is very likely to be the first incarnation of either Tabitha or Jade. The story they told created the gateway out of the town, so who knows what else is possible?
JIM AND NORMAN
In Tabitha's dream in S1E9, we get a closeup of some of Ethan's toys in the steps of the lighthouse. Moments later, we're shown Jim hanging upside down. This is the scene that popularized the theory that Jim would eventually die.
The dream is about Tabitha's memory of the RV crash, so both Jim hanging upside down and the focus on Norman make sense without implying Jim's death. However, Jim did eventually die, so the connection feels worthy of mention.
The show makes a point to remind us that Norman got buried alongside Jim when their house collapsed. It's interesting that he's present every time the possibility of Jim's death comes up.
Lastly, I find it interesting that Jim's death seems to mirror Norman's (death by monster claws, right after he cracked the code that unlocked the answers that might save them, complete with a loved one crying in despair.)
THE SECRET FAIRIES
The "secret fairies" are not brought up again to my knowledge, but I can't help but wonder if we've met them. Could they be the children that only Jade and Tabitha can see?
They are central to the story of the show, so it would make sense to me that they were introduced as early as possible alongside the rest of the elements I've mentioned.
CONCLUSION
Like Victor said, I also think "the answers to the end are at the beginning", so I think Tabitha might find a way to wish or reason the monsters away with Jade's help, and potentially save Jim.
What do you think?
Sorry, buddy. Jim's dead, and when you're dead, you're gone.
They can tell another story. One that brings Jim back to life.
do u ever think about how niall lynch was a devilishly handsome son of a bitch who was impossible not to like, naturally commanded the attention of everyone in the room, told stories as easily as breathing, ruled over his own particular corner of the world, didn’t even seem real until you knew him, died facedown on a gravel driveway, and then do you ever think about gansey.
i have promised you a DM-coded thing, and it's nearly 5 a.m., and i regret nothing
kinda related to and works well with this pic on art and chase, this pic on art and choice, and this slow thread of unhelpful sketches
no ID yet bc 5 am i can't human
you all know who is to blame, right?
go tell them they're beautiful and doing God's work if you have a chance; imma just lay down and finally sleep for this idea is out of my system AT LAST
important note in case of need: any artwork of mine remains edible, every wall of mine remains welcoming
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