I'm not really trying to torture anyone. It's just I have too much going on and decided to upload what I had done.
I know. I was just teasin' ya. Means I really like the story and want more. But hey--trying to figure stuff out is good.
Uh, the House of El sure didn't seem that powerful in the movies, or in the comics.
Well, in the Superman Returns novel version, Sor-El was one of the people who helped create the Kryptonian gov't. That, to me, makes it seem like the house of El is pretty darn influential.
I have to agree with your sentiments about NK waiting for Kal-El to take over and become king though.
Although . . . since they were married at birth, it does make sense to me that only Clark could make it so Zara can rule on her own, since he essentially has to dissolve the marriage first (or second, depending on whether or not dissolving the marriage also dissolves his power as ruler).
Whether or not Clark (our clark, of course) can enact political changes in the NK laws, I don't know. Heck, I'm trying to find out for one of my own fics whether or not Jor-El and Lara, as living heads of the house of El, would have any influence over NK or not!
