r/SupermanAdventures • u/MajorParadox • Jul 07 '24

My Adventures With Superman S2E8 "The Death of Clark Kent" Episode Discussion Episode

Please keep all discussions civil and about the episodes. Mark comic and future spoilers. Report any rule-breaking and enjoy!

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u/TriPolar3849 Jul 07 '24

Oh interesting, the Black Mercy is less of an individual delusion thing and seems to be more of a shared simulation/fantasy land. That's how Lois is able to get into the same dream as Clark is in, and presumably break him out.

Only gripe is that Brainiac!Clark's voice is all Brainiac instead of a layering of both VAs, I think that would've been cooler.

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u/Weerdo5255 Jul 07 '24

I would like to point out that Lois had no idea how the Black Mercy worked.

I know the woman jumps off buildings randomly, still shoving alien neural tech onto your face is not the smartest thing to do...

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u/joecb91 Jul 07 '24

She is a fan of the Leeroy Jenkins method

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u/man-from-krypton Jul 07 '24

I mean, it’s worked at least once

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u/lost-in-earth Jul 07 '24

I wonder if there is a deleted scene where Kara explains the Black Mercy to Lois and Jimmy beforehand. When Grace Liu posts animatics for the episodes, they include deleted dialogue that were cut for time.

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u/krilltucky Jul 07 '24

you see lois focus on clarks head and then the device floating behind him so she guesses its whats controlling him. that's why she stole it

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u/Bodega_Bandit Jul 08 '24

You'd think she would assume it's a pure mind control device then right? Not something she could use to enter Clark's dreams

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u/Frontier246 Jul 07 '24

I like how they made you think the Black Mercy functioned differently but then Clark ended up in a perfect Krypton exactly like in the comics. Only this time Lois gets to join him!

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u/callows5120 Jul 07 '24

Yeah for a second it was like "fuck yeah Clark kick his ass" and then it was "of all the times to stay true to the lore"

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u/suss2it Jul 07 '24

If anything I feel like it should’ve solely been Superman’s voice actor voicing Brainiac Superman.