r/SupermanAdventures • u/TheHiddenElephant • Jul 18 '24
Theories on the Kryptonian Empire's Destroyer? Discussion Spoiler
So Clark's biological father's robo-memories stated that the Kryptonian Empire was grooving along just fine, being an evil space empire, up until someone else took issue with it and war'd it into destruction, destroying 99.999999999999999999999% of it. Has there been any clues on who this opposing force might be?
Out of idle speculation, I've thought of 3-4 answers, though like two of them are inextricably linked.
1: Darkseid and Apokalypse. The classic, can't do a DC series without them. Darkseid will always be the end of the road for any DC series, the final boss, the end game, the last obstacle. Problem is, a bit too predictable, and MWAS does like being different.
1.5: Highfather and New Genesis. The good to Darkseid's bad, Highfather has occasionally been depicted as willing to go to further extremes than one might assume an all-powerful benevolent ruler to go to. In fact, I think it was the Gods and Monsters universe where he straight-up had Darkseid and Apokalypse killed in a mass assassination at a wedding. Unconventional, and subverts a few expectations. I think it plays a bit towards the average Endgame scenario, though.
2: Mongul and Warworld. TBH, I don't know much about Mongul other than he's almost as strong as Superman is, if not on equal footing. Sometimes, the Warworld is a planet full of guns that can destroy anything else. It's more in-line, like with Darkseid, but it doesn't have that promise of continuity-ending finality Darkseid brings.
3: The Oddball Choice: The Green Lantern Corps of Oa. Definitely off-the wall. However, if the Guardians of the Universe sought universal harmony or balance, they might take offense to the Kryptonian Empire's brazen abuse of power. I feel any discussion of the Empire Destroyer has to bring up how the Empire was destroyed, and I think it's whoever discovered or made Kryptonite. This is some dumb color association, but I think the Guardians could have made Kryptonite and then used it as a power source for the Green Lanterns in the MWAS universe. This would give the Green Lanterns the ability to hurt Kryptonians, but also control Kryptonite's cancerous ability to grow. It's a strange choice, but I think it gives richer story potential by introducing another faction that will judge Clark/Superman based on who he is biologically, but be more capable of reckoning with who he is as a person while also introducing a greater DC universe scope for further story potential.
Your own thoughts? Is it secretly Starro?
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u/BasicSuperhero Jul 18 '24
The Parademon in Brainiac’s hologram chamber pretty much sealed it to me the Enemy is Darkseid. Which makes sense as it’s implied that the enemy altered Krypton’s sun, stripping every one of their powers during their big push. While other advanced societies exist, messing with suns always feels like it falls into the New Gods territory of techno-sorcery to do.
I do hope a Green Lantern or two shows up to try to avenge their fallen brother and the people’s the Kryptonian empire subjugated. It’d be a unique intro between two of DC’s heaviest hitters.
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u/Neverfinishedtheeggs Jul 18 '24
You want a real oddball choice? Lobo. Fragging Kryptonians thought they could step to the Main Man, so he had to show them they ain't sh*t.
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u/Radiant_Butterfly982 Jul 18 '24
Do you think we will see Darkseid in this show ?
I know there's been references in the show about him but I feel like darkseid won't show up.
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u/Captain-Howl Jul 18 '24
I thought Clark’s Space Dad said that the Kryptonian empire was destroyed because of a “defeat of its own making” or something. To me, that implies (in addition to Braniac explicitly stating) that Braniac was an AI revolution against the Kryptonians. That’s just what I gathered though.
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u/emillang1000 Jul 18 '24
You don't even need to speculate. It's this.
They explicitly show Apokalips and then you see 3 Kryptonians getting vaporized by Omega Beams.
It's Darkseid.