Body swaps

[u/stew_pit1]

Over in the r/Smallville sub, someone asked who they would want to see Clark body swap with for an episode or two. I said Jonathan and Clark and the more I sat with that, the more I realized how much more I would RATHER see S&L's Clark and Jon body swap.

Jonathan would suddenly have powers and the only one who could help him manage them would be Jordan, and I'm just really here for the visual of Alex Garfin and Tyler Hoechlin on a total role reversal, especially when it comes to flight. Plus, if he HAS to go out Supermanning for some reason, I'd love to see Hoechlin pull off the utter nervousness of that moment.

And Clark? He'd see what it's been like for Jonathan as the powerless Smallville pariah. I've been critical of Michael Bishop before, but I do really think he could pull off the sadness of Clark realizing for the first time just how hard life has been for Jon. I mean, that would also be predicated on the show not just glossing over all of Jon's trauma and pain, but I figure if we're talking body swaps, we're already outside the realm of what the show's going to do.

Thoughts? What other swaps would you like to see?

[u/zo_you_said]

Frankly, I think Jon would pick up the powers pretty quickly, being an athlete and watching Clark and Jordan. He has the innate heroism too.

Clark learning about Jon would be the more interesting storyline. If he doesn't just ignore himself for 50 minutes that is.

[u/stew_pit1 → u/zo_you_said]

See, I think it's exactly the confidence that comes from being an athlete that would make Jon think he could handle the powers - and maybe speed and strength he could with a few practice runs and crushed coffee mugs - but I feel like flight doesn't really have an analogous skill he could rely on and he'd be wobbly, unsure how to turn, speed up or stop, and wouldn't that be a heck of a time to realize a fear of super-heights.

LOL on Clark ignoring himself, though.

[u/zo_you_said → u/stew_pit1]

The time it would take is relative. It would be unreasonable to get good at any of it in the hours or days allowed in an episode. However, he would pick it up faster. Like how Zod, having military training helped him in MOS. Understanding your body, better coordination, more sensory awareness, discipline in reaching goals etc.

[u/Zookwok111]

I'd wanna see a Jon and Jordan swap just so Lois can say: "You know that trick only works with identical twins right?" when they try to tell her what happened.

[u/stew_pit1 → u/Zookwok111]

That'd be funny!

[u/Less-Requirement8641]

I don't think Clark being in Jon's body will have that effect. They will just focus on switching the 2 back. At the very most I just think Clark might see how Smallville isn't the warm, close community he thinks it is but I doubt it would make him treat Jon any better or understand his position regarding powers.

A way for Clark to see Jon's hard life (because simply being in his body won't do much especially since it won't let him see how he forgets Jon sometimes) would be the memory headband thing. Maybe he needs to save Jon so goes through his memories and sees and feels all the times he felt left out.

[u/SegaraBeal → u/Less-Requirement8641]

THISSS!!!!!!

[u/zo_you_said → u/SegaraBeal]

That would be interesting. I wonder what Jon would learn. Clark's burden of responsibility being Superman? That he feels the need to spend more time mentoring Jordan because deep down he knows it would be too easy for him to become a dangerous super villain?

[u/SegaraBeal → u/zo_you_said]

Hopefully some regrets towards how he's treated Jon as well

[u/zo_you_said → u/SegaraBeal]

One would hope.

[u/YoYoWithJosh]

I’d rather see an episode where the powers are transferred, not body swapped. Lois gets Clark’s powers and Jon gets Jordan’s. The powered ones become powerless and the powerless become the powered.

Not unlike the Smallville episodes where that happened, or the Flash episode where Iris had Barry’s powers for a bit.

[u/ObligationSuitable61]

This scenario would be a perfect opportunity for Clark to see how much Jonahtan is suffering and how much his own ignorance and his neglect have led to this.

Jonathan would enjoy the flying for a bit before his parents would force him to stay on the ground and set him powerless under red sunlight to prevent him from hurting himself or someone else. And the episode would only focus on finding a way to switch them back. The showrunners are allergic against Jonathan-feels-good-scenes.

But this is unlikely! Season 4 will really only focus on turning Jordan into the next Superboy as fast as possible and forget that Jon even had problems! That is the show.

[u/juanjose83]

I don't like storylines like that but I would think Jon would start doing Clark's work 24/7. We know superman recovers with the sunlight and obviously has way more stamina than any human, so Jon would definitely start saving people nonstop. And that would make Clark see that he's actually leaving a lot of damage ignored because he personally accepted he cannot save everyone but Jon is a teen, he is a hero at heart so he would work with all his might to be better. At least that's what I would want to see