Originally Posted by
hellacre
Agreed. Left field attraction is not sexy nor does it have anything much to sustain it. Nor is attraction that is mostly to prop one character's machismo without him doing much to attain it.
SMWW is natural and organic built on friendship, trust, truth, mutual respect and shared ideals, aspirations etc. Diana in most canons, always connected to Clark because she said it...of all her allies he understood best what she was trying to do. Patty's commentary also confirms that the both share the same vision in how they see the world. We will find tons of comic material with Clark and Diana in terms of interaction, them working alongside each other in very stressful and dire situations, looking out for each other, sharing problems, debating how to deal with issues, connecting emotionally, comforting the other , allowing themselves to be vulnerable etc. She has more with him than any other male character in the last 30 something years. And I am not talking stuff like cooing at each other, dating or flirting. That is common , run of the mill stuff you can get with any love interest.
From myriad events, spanning years...the moment they met and forged their friendship where he told her his secret from the start to many stories like Our Worlds At War, A League of One, Sacrifice, KC, New Frontier, Trinity War, Truth, Doomed, Savage Dawn, etc etc...Clark and Diana don't have anyone in their life like each other. I'm sorry any one who thinks they have...they don't. PG and SG are strong but they are like family. He don't see them the same way and would feel responsible for them. Other meta women, he does not have that level of trust as he does with Diana. Batman? Sure there is respect etc there but they are not the same school of thought. Fear is not the tool of Clark or Diana. And Bruce has trust issues. And other humans Kal might be close to...sure they could all be very heroic and good etc but again, they simply don't and can't walk in his shoes in terms of the weight he feels on his shoulders. Diana can because from birth she carries this expectation of someone groomed to be in a position of power. She is a princess. She is a demi goddess. She wished to use her gifts to help a whole new world that she has to learn to adapt to. It has its own pressures. So his relationship with Diana imo is very important for his sense of balance and sanity. For them both. The idea they need one race ( human) to ground them is very myopic thinking as far as I see. The idea they need someone who does not have burdens so they can take time out is ridiculous as well. Not if you are a true hero, protector, savior. That is not something you do at your convenience. Nor can you just take time from it or presume because you have a wife or kid you should be exempt to some stuff while picking and choosing when to go save the world. Not when you have such power as SM does. Cops, soldiers, firefighters all have family, they don't get to pick and choose when and who they protect and serve. They certainly won't leave a comrade struggling or a battlefield to go serve their own personal interest...nor put each other first before innocents or the greater good. Diana never ever would expect this of Clark. I could never see her permitting him to save her as his priority. If his choice was save her or the world...I see her demanding he leave her to die and save everyone. If Clark really loved the earth as they claim he does...he'd never make that choice to sit while thousands died for one person. To make him opt for such choices is not romantic or heroic or even flawed. It's self serving. If he feels he has to do that then he should hang up the cape.
Soule has her say it. The day he ever did that for her...they would be over. And for me this is the best and most admirable kind of love because it embodies real sacrifice.