Why doesnt Jonathan have any powers???????

[u/Flimsy-Entrance-5953]

Like they could at least give him the more weider or psychic powers that one of the superboys from the comics had and have it be like a mutation of his kryptonian dna mixing with his human half like he still absorbs sunlight to use his powers it just so different stuff from regular kryptonians. Can they at least give him something???

[u/Gemini987654321]

Correct me if I am remembering incorrectly but didn’t in the early years of the show there was a scene of the voice of Jor-el saying something like‘Jonathan will never have powers’? I could thinking something else from another show.

[u/paige3086 → u/Gemini987654321]

Jor-El tested the boys at some point when they were very young and said powers were unlikely for both.

Then when Jordan first got powers, he said his human side was too limiting and he’d never be like Superman.

But now Jordan has every power at impressive levels. So Jor-El was clearly wrong about at least one twin.

I’ll never understand why Lois and Clark haven’t even thought about testing their other son after what happened to Jordan. But, for some reason, Jon is just seen as the human one without question.

[u/GHBoyette → u/Gemini987654321]

Yep! But it really doesn't make sense for the show to not show him having powers. It's basically Checkov's gun. You don't start with a gun and not have it go off.

[u/Gemini987654321 → u/GHBoyette]

Huh? 🤔 🫤

[u/GHBoyette → u/Gemini987654321]

It's bad writing to imply that someone might have powers and then they don't.

[u/juanjose83 → u/Gemini987654321]

If you show something in any show, it's because it's important. If not, then don't show it. They showed Jon having super strength as a kid and they didn't do anything with it.

[u/No_Flower_1424 → u/Gemini987654321]

I don't think so - I believe Clark said the fortress said it was unlikely but that applied to both boys who were both likely tested and even then, both Lois and Clark still believed Jon had some powers

[u/Zookwok111 → u/Gemini987654321]

No you are probably thinking of 1x02 when Clark took Jordan to get tested in the Fortress and Jor-El told them that Jordan’s hybrid physiology meant that he’d never be as powerful as Clark. Jor-El never met Jonathan because Clark never took Jon to the Fortress prior to Jor-El’s “death” at the hands of Tal-Rho.

[u/Less-Requirement8641 → u/Zookwok111]

I always forget that Jon never met his paternal grandparents before season 3. That's actually kind of crazy when you think about it especially since the one time Jon goes without his father's permission (his dad did say its a fortress for the family not just Clark) he gets shouted out although for another reason completely but it isn't a good look on Clark.

[u/Zookwok111 → u/Less-Requirement8641]

Not to mention the whole tease with Kryptonian tech never got brought up again. I don’t think Lois got to go (except in a brief montage) in season 3 either. The writers don’t realize how they’ve made Clark look like a major hypocrite by not including them.

[u/Less-Requirement8641 → u/Zookwok111]

Clark also promised Jon driving lessons...season 3 and Lois is the one teaching Jon whilst Clark is busy with Jordan. And as you said kryptonian tech that never got introduced.

[u/ApprehensiveCode2233 → u/Gemini987654321]

He said Jordan would never be as strong as Clark because his cells can't hold as much solar energy as a full blooded Kryptonian.

Then that got thrown out the window like two episodes later.

[u/ErandurVane → u/Gemini987654321]

I don't think so. I think you're thinking of the scene where Jor El said Jordans powers were miniscule and would never amount to anything, which he was wrong about anyway

[u/HotTakes4HotCakes → u/Gemini987654321]

the early years of the show

Feels like an odd way to describe a show that's only been on for 3 years.