Thanks Ken!
You're lacking the insight that lets him deal with those fears.
Ouch... thanks for busting my bubble there RJS.
I don't think Clark is agoraphobic in the least.
Let's put it in perspective. I've written 13 of these vignettes. 3 of them deal with fear- this one, Vulnerable and Terrified.
This one deals with fear for Lois' safety, and there's all of a very short paragraph stating about a fear of Clark's own. Now, if it was me and someone came very very close to killing someone I loved, chances are I would want to hurt that person- at least in the heat of the moment, which was what I wrote as Clark's fear. We know from the series that he also worries about Lois' safety, especially in this episode.
Vulnerable is Clark dealing with the discovery of Kryptonite. If you've never experienced pain before (or at least not for a very long time), suddenly finding something that can hurt you has to be a bit scary. As for the ending, well, there's a lot of first responders in my family- mainly firefighters and police officers. Every single one of them will tell you that when they first started in their chosen careers, they had to deal with the possibility of getting hurt on just about every call. After a while they stop thinking about it, or they can't do their jobs effectively. I put that into my story, as why would Superman be immune?
Terrified is Clark dealing with the fact that he's lost his memory. You have to admit, losing all knowledge of yourself, everything around you, your *life* has to be scary.
Why don't you try putting yourself into the characters shoes for a few minutes? He's not an emotionless robot. Even Superman has to get scared sometimes. Wasn't that pretty much the entire basis of him breaking up with Lois in Contact, for example?
I'm sorry you're not enjoying the series I'm writing, but rather than making an author feel bad about their writing, you could try just not reading it.
