Previously on smallville........

Ever since I understood the concept of superhero....I have loved the greatest of em all 'SUPERMAN'.

So it was natural that 10 years ago when I was merely 14 and piss in my pants excited about everything ...that I would be excited about a show that was devoted to telling the story of the transition of a farm boy into the worlds greatest fictional superhero. I remember eagerly watching the very first episode and going 'WOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW' in my head. I was thankful for the invention of television. I know I know I sound like one of those 'super' geeks at comic conventions (which reminds me that there are no comic conventions here) god damn it. Any way the point is yes I started watching the show cause it was about SUPERMAN. But you know what the funny thing is. They don't even utter the word superman until the very last episode of the series. The whole time every fan I've known waited for ten seasons to watch clark kent to finally become superman, but along the way you know what we realised ....we realised that the cliche line 'Its the journey and not the destination' makes a lotta sense. I saw clark grow up on tv while I grew up as well. Smallville comforted me in ways inexplicable. Because every one knows Superman always comes thru. Always makes the right choices. Always morally correct. But but but but...we saw in this show ..how he completely fucked up on so many occasions along his journey in becoming the man of steel

He was selfish, arrogant, had his heart broken, he even showed off, was too aggressive sometimes, lost control, got jealous. All human emotions. All the things we've felt. And this made every fan feel closer and gave us the ability to understand that all of us are capable of all the wrongs. But in the end its our choices and our will to grow and to realize the goodness we are capable off is what sets us apart... And of course the actual action of doing good. For ourselves and for others.

Thank You smallville.

nietzsche- 'So who are you, Man or Superman?'