Denial

Denial is considered an unhealthy option from whatever angle you looked at it, unless you were in a desperate situation, then denial can seem to be the only plausible answer. Clark Kent didn't know this. As far as he was concerned, denial was not in his dictionary. It was, unfortunately, in his thesaurus, his best alternative word (or rather phrase) for it was "when everyone else overreacts". This from your perspective no doubt appears cynical and improper, especially in a leader and it is. But Clark didn't know that.

It seemed perfectly plausible to ignore Batman's glares, John's sudden psychotic streak and Shayera's tears as they were all anticipated reactions. Though, he was sure that John's sudden obsession with a lead box was something to worry about along his new best-friend, known to be the most paranoid member of the League and out witted in the scope of insanity only by the Creeper who was still wrestling with the differences between the sane side of him (the attempted uprooting of which had encouraged many psychologists to take their own lives) and the side that focused on pink bunnies and the differences between chocolate and concrete mix, but Clark had left him to his own devices on the basis that both sides held an optimistic view over life optimism was actively encouraged among members.

Clark was convinced that nothing was wrong and that this would all blow over when Wally arrived back complaining that there were no fast food restaurants at the edge of the universe, which was where he had ended up after a tiny accident with the teleportation device. This is why Clark is no better than Creeper in some respects.


The Influence of Leadership

J'onn did not need to read Clark's mind to know that his intentions were comendable. He was after all their leader and for a leader to work most effectively their colleagues had to trust a leader with their lives. That was what he had learnt over the past few years working with the Man of Steel. Whatever his motives, if his ambition was well reasoned then his decision was admirable. Right..?

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Diana liked to think that she was influenced by no-one. That she could pulverise those who stepped out of line with a finger. With Clark, however, this was not the case. Clark was, in theory, indestructible and could therefore throw himself in front of a bullet without needing to regard his own safety, without having to pause and regret the consequences. This was what made him such an effective leader in her eyes. As a fellow immortal, however, she failed to grasp the fact that whilst Clark was prepared to save lives and return without a scratch, there were other members who risked their lives to save members knowing that they'd receive more than a simple graze for their efforts. Whilst Clark was courageous but not to the point where he was suicidal simply because he couldn't be, there were members who were not invulnerable but would do the same for their fellow team mates. She remembered when Shayera had charged head first into the claws of danger and on many occasions had suffered serious injury for her struggles. She remembered when, despite the fact that he'd been powerless, John had crossed the field of battle carrying his, effectively useless green ring. The most memorable occasions were ones that involved her falling into the arms of a certain Dark Knight. She remembered J'onn saving them all from being turned into Lex's croanies when he had fused with braniac. She remembered many more occasions, however, when Wally had foolishly played decoy, most of the time getting himself hurt wasting the time of other Leaguers who had to pull him out. Most clearly, she remembered the fear in his eyes when he had almost vanished into the Speed Force. Diana knew nothing of fear. She lived only to reign over her people and to serve the League, immortality blinded her to such an emotion. So she felt that fear was a weakness. Ergo, Wally was a weakness because he feared death and therefore felt fear in the face of it.

We shouldn't save him. She thought, if he is a weakness then he's endangering himself and the League.

Though she tried to believe that she was certain of her own thoughts, she couldn't stop the heavy tear that left a trail across her cheek.


...I hate Clark, now y'know.

I know these were very different impressions in both length and deepness but I wanted to emphasise the differences between their motives. It's not that I don't love J'onn. It's that I don't feel that he is a colourful character and therefore his motives wouldn't go that deep, plus he has a better understanding of things than Diana and really doesn't need an explanation. That's my opinion anyway.

Soz for the late update (wow ryhmies). Again, my teacher's a ~#?!"&^ and class is a ?~#)%^ bucket full of ?/~#&*, bascially course work got in the way.

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