I loved this scene so much because like, Lois raises some very good points. And in a lot of real ways, clark’s actions could lead to more death. Like, what if that jump-started a war involving the us? Or a sokovia-accords style panic ovwr meta-humans? Or if he can only ever temporarily hold off a war that grows in brutality for the delay?
but clarks response of “people were going to die” is so valuable because in a way thats the appeal of superman. When theres a building fire, or a hostage situation, or a war, its almost a given that people will die. And even our remedies have their own costs and consequences. But superman is invulnerable, he has super speed, super strength, he’s always there. Hes an appeal to the part of us that always wants an answer without pointless death , that just wants to save things and go “but people will die” and damn the consequences.
Superman and superhero fiction are an escapism but also a reminder. That we want a solution to the horrible things in the world, that we care about the lives of everyone. And that sometimes even the consequences arent what matters, or that accepting them is worth it, or that its okay to just know that we want to be irrational and desperate and see a better end because isnt that a beautiful human thing, that we care about each other, that at the end of the day the lengths we can go for that are astounding
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