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ways_back_room2007-11-07 01:18 pm
muji) wrote in ways_back_room2007-11-07 01:18 pm
Meme #2
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watchmakers_son beat me. :(But!
What is the one topic your character should never have a conversation about with another specific character? Tag with your pup, and others will answer!
Example: If Dean Winchester posts a comment, I would tag with that they would never talk about how much they are already supposed to be dead like, a billion times over.
Go for it! I am curious.
ETA: For those that are confused, this is not "OMG YOU BETTER NOT TAG ME". This is "This thread would be ridiculously painful -- let's do it!" or "This thread would make me cry -- let's do it!"
*changes icon appropriately*
So....
Kendra will never, ever discuss with Clark when her own Clark died. She would be emotionally incapable of doing so without totally breaking down, half in anxiety for what it might do to Milliways!Clark to hear it, and half out of fear that the same thing might happen to Milliways!Clark at some point. Seriously, at this point, if something horrible happened to Milliways!Clark, she'd be devastated. And very, very angry, and probably out for bloody and horrible vengance, space-time continuum be damned.
Why do I get that the list of what Clark won't discuss with Kendra is going to be loooooooong? Go on, hit me.
Re: So....
As for what he won't talk about, honestly, given time and circumstances, there might not really be anything he absolutely won't discuss with Kendra. Circumstances are very important there, though. What would be the hardest to get out of him is pretty much anything to do with Jor-El. He'll be vague or talk around it if he has to, but he won't get into specifics. This category actually covers a lot.
Second to that, probably most things that have to do with his personal life, simply because he thinks that should be private. But then, as she's already seen, he's not above throwing out something he normally wouldn't say from time to time just to get a reaction.
Re: So....Awww, and question.
I like the way that they're working at a sort of realistic pace in building trust with each other. Eventually, I don't think that anything, with the exception of the above, would be off limits for Kendra to feel capable of discussing with Clark, except for possibly...details of the physical aspects of her love life with Carter, or something very similar. She wouldn't want to break his brain.
Why is Clark so reticent about Jor-El? My initial read is that it's the typical abusive parent dynamic, where the child never wants to discuss the specifics of what really happened, because it's so agonizingly uncomfortable. Jor-El has been really punishingly manipulative of Clark, and dammit, that's abusive. What's your take on it?
PS - Kendra is working towards showing Clark a picture of Carter, to see his reaction. She wants to look him in the eye when he says that he's never seen any winged guys back on his own world. :-)
PS
Re: PS
Yes, he does. He doesn't have all that many people he can talk to about even half of what he does with Kendra. It helps that other!him trusts her. Oddly, it also helps that she's a woman - he's pretty much accustomed to not having other guys around.
except for possibly...details of the physical aspects of her love life with Carter, or something very similar. She wouldn't want to break his brain.
Hah. I can promise you that he will never ask.
Unless he's on Red K.Why is Clark so reticent about Jor-El? My initial read is that it's the typical abusive parent dynamic, where the child never wants to discuss the specifics of what really happened, because it's so agonizingly uncomfortable. Jor-El has been really punishingly manipulative of Clark, and dammit, that's abusive. What's your take on it?
That's pretty much it. He knows what he's been put through is wrong, but it's his father and that screws with his head a lot, especially since he's been getting conflicting information about how Jor-El actually was. It's also avoidance of possibly being blamed/lectured for putting up with it, which he sort of got from Kara when he talked to her a little about it. Lastly, at the point he is in canon, there's a lot of guilt over things Clark thinks he could have prevented, so there's his typical "it's-all-my-fault" syndrome.
this means, of course, that there is a high statistical probability within the year that our two pups will inevitably thread about Jor-El. I can see it coming!
I am not actually adverse to this idea! It's just a matter of getting Clark talking under the right circumstances, which could be quite tricky.