Originally posted by VirginiaR:
I can't seem to get this thread out of my head. 
I've got another scenario. What if Clark had multiple personalities. One was Clark, one was Superman. And he didn't know he was both men. It would be like twins only in the same body. And of course Lois didn't know they were the same man either.
Of course that would mean a whole different upbringing. Maybe it would work better for alt-Clark. Someone without a family.
I'm not sure how you would remedy it, but my guess it would be Lois's love that allow Clark to realize the greatness of both sides of himself and allow him finally be whole. Interesting idea. Multiple or spilt personality is good. Somewhere on my computer I have a schizofrenic Clark scampering around, but it makes for an interesting subject... I might just drag him out for an appearance...
But back to your thing.
That would be very interesting. For instance, how would he switch between Clark and Superman without realizing it? Would it just be him moonlighting in tights and not know it? And there's not really a down side to his second personality-- or would there be a down side simply because there are two different personalities? Lois falling for both would be a definite problem- if it were later on when she was actually dating him, maybe *she* would see the switch and make the connection, and probably be furious to start and think he's covering it up... ultimately I think it would be up to Lois to fix, whether she's aware of the change or not. And yes, it would work better for Alt-Clark, or an alternate Clark at least. Otherwise you would think that Martha and Jonathan would constantly jump in and gently break it to him, trying to keep him stable and that might make for a whole new slew of problems...
Goodness, now I've rambled. Look at the mess you made, Virginia...
Maybe someone would like to clean this up for me?
