I have taken my glasses off and worn a hat before and some of my close friends looked at me and thought they recognized me from somewhere but didn't know where. Superman's disguise could work.
One of the best explanations I've ever gotten for the Kent disguise is that Clark is just... some guy. Like, he's not famous. He has a small group of friends, but is really just some dude. And what reason would anybody have to think the superpowered alien is living among the humans? He's got a private satellite with all his superpowered buddies, ffs. Sure, that Kent guy from work looks a bit like him, but what of it?
The Kents literally are the best parents in DC. In fact, their influence is one of the reasons that Supes' themes of humility in victory, service in power, and virtue under hardship work. He is an alien, brought up by some of the finest salt-of-the-Earth American farmers to ever eat apple pie. We see in Red Son that the nature vs nurture of Kal-El could have allowed him to be raised into a man with very different beliefs, but the same God-like power. Instead of forging a super weapon, Ma and Pa Kent raised Clark to keep his friends favorite kinds of cookies in stock. In the end, that is why Superman is so great. He is the exception to absolute power corrupting. And all it took was one nice family in the boonies of Smallville, Kansas.
SmartestIdiotAlive on June 22nd, 2017 at 15:19 UTC »
I have taken my glasses off and worn a hat before and some of my close friends looked at me and thought they recognized me from somewhere but didn't know where. Superman's disguise could work.
Soman-Yonten on June 22nd, 2017 at 16:58 UTC »
One of the best explanations I've ever gotten for the Kent disguise is that Clark is just... some guy. Like, he's not famous. He has a small group of friends, but is really just some dude. And what reason would anybody have to think the superpowered alien is living among the humans? He's got a private satellite with all his superpowered buddies, ffs. Sure, that Kent guy from work looks a bit like him, but what of it?
Foremole_of_redwall on June 22nd, 2017 at 17:58 UTC »
The Kents literally are the best parents in DC. In fact, their influence is one of the reasons that Supes' themes of humility in victory, service in power, and virtue under hardship work. He is an alien, brought up by some of the finest salt-of-the-Earth American farmers to ever eat apple pie. We see in Red Son that the nature vs nurture of Kal-El could have allowed him to be raised into a man with very different beliefs, but the same God-like power. Instead of forging a super weapon, Ma and Pa Kent raised Clark to keep his friends favorite kinds of cookies in stock. In the end, that is why Superman is so great. He is the exception to absolute power corrupting. And all it took was one nice family in the boonies of Smallville, Kansas.