Originally posted by Marcus Rowland:
The only way to minimise sonic booms I'm aware of is to have a long needle-like shape which tapers to a point at both ends with a minimum of protuberances. Clark obviously doesn't meet that description, but maybe there's some sort of force field around him that does. I often wondered fthe is why he's shown flying with one arm out from time to time.
CLARK: No. I'm just worried I'm a jinx.
JONATHAN: A jinx?
CLARK: Yeah. Let's face it, ever since she's known me, Lois's been kidnapped, frozen, pushed off buildings, almost stabbed, poisoned, buried alive and who knows what else, and it's all because of me.
-"Contact" (You're not her jinx, you're her blessing.)
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