#mainlytrapped

Liz’s purse slipped from her shoulder, only to be caught in the crook of her elbow, and the sudden jolt of it made her burn her tongue on her latte.  She made a small sound of displeasure, set down her shopping bag long enough to readjust her purse, and picked up her bag long enough to get two more steps before her cell phone pinged twice.

“Really?” she groused, moving off to sit on a nearby bench.  She read what she could see of the two texts without opening them, one from her co-worker, Jerry, and one from her friend/boyfriend/not-sure-what-yet Perry.

She took a cautious sip of her latte, opening one of the texts with her thumb as she did so, and firing off a brief one-handed text as she set the paper cup carefully on the bench beside her.

Liz: Sorry, can’t talk now.  I’m trying to get this gift home and wrapped before he sees it.

As soon as she hit ‘Send’, she realized that she had sent it to Perry by mistake!

The paintings on the wall of the small gallery were amazing -- Raoul felt that he very well could spend an entire afternoon looking at them. After perusing the gallery, he only was more determined to speak to the artist. Maybe she’d be willing to work with the Arts Foundation? In any case, it was worth a try.

42 Character Development Questions

15. What kind of inner life do they have — rich and imaginative? Calculating and practical? Full of doubts and fears? Does it find any sort of outlet in their lives?

Wherever Clark goes, he’s always wondering about the people he sees, the lives they lead – who they go home to, where they go home to, what sorts of things matter to them. He imagines solutions and justices where they don’t necessarily exist yet, but is unsure how to put them into place except in the printed word. This is why he fights so hard for the stories that matter to him.

When it comes to himself, he doesn’t hold the high ambitions some of his coworkers at the Planet aim for, and in fact, he shies away from imagining himself with journalistic glory. He just wants to make sure the right stories are written and published at the right times, so that they can help the most people.

When it comes to what he does as Superman and who he is biologically, this is where the doubt and fear creeps in. Is he even doing the right thing? If what the people want is for him to not interfere, can he hold himself to do that? If the people around him knew that he, Clark Kent, was a Kryptonian, what would they do? It’s a perpetual sort of doubt and anxiety, and none of those questions are easy ones to answer. They rattle around in his head, but Clark’s always been a private person – probably too private, when it comes to letting thoughts like these fester.

(second question under a cut for mentions of violence.)

hi friend. take all the time you may need. nothing like this is ever your fault. i hope things will get better for you at work. i’m praying for you. and i miss you. and you’re just wonderful.