"If I raised a son that can kill, kill me ..."
BoKent?
- He's under the influence. No need to assume he's the son you raised.
- And what if you raised a son that engages in other felonies? What then?
- Way to go to keep out of the situation -- if he can kill, he kills you, and it's no longer your problem.
There is the question of whether RedKryptonite!Clark is essentially the same person as Clark!Clark. (almost referred to him as Clarky Clark.) Clark seems to consider his Red self to be him, just a part of his personality he usually controls, and Bo seems to share some of that thought. It's more like him getting blitzed than just having his switch flipped from good to evil.
It's more like him getting blitzed than just having his switch flipped from good to evil.
So Bo
did
raise a son who steals and lies, but he seems very unbothered by it.
Well, a serial killer is really just a nun without a superego, right?
Okay, that didn't come out as mellifluously as I'd hoped. Actually, the red kryptonite seems to work a lot like PCP, with the complete loss of inhibitions, the "I'm indestructible" chestnut, and the random taking off of clothing. Clark always talked really really slowly, however.
Eh. Episode was kind of boring, and I'm glad I had baseball to distract me. Maybe it's just not a fun show when 8 people aren't snarkingon it actively.
I think Bo figures that stealing and lying aren't so bad compared with patricide, unless it's extraterrestrial patricide.
It's more like him getting blitzed than just having his switch flipped from good to evil.
This is how I saw it, too. Clark knows what he's doing -- he just doesn't care.
I think Bo figures that stealing and lying aren't so bad
There are gradations of wrong, sure, but he's still acting like Clark never did those things. But like it was Clark about to kill him.
It's sloppy.
It's sloppy.
Bo's not exactly famous for his incisive logic. Mr. Never Waste a Neuron Twitch when a Platitude Will Do.
Bo's not exactly famous for his incisive logic.
Yeah, and neither are the Smallville writers. I just wanted him to get punched in the head, really. I'm channelling my disappointment where I should know better.
Clark has done dishonest things before - and Bo is used to the lying. I think he was just so relieved that all Clark had done so far was steal, that he wasn't killing, or, god forbid, having sex (gay or otherwise) that it seemed like a forgiveable sin.