Originally Posted by
Superlad93
See this is that double standard stuff, man. It's not explicitly stated in the text that Bruce, Clark, and Lois did anything more than worry. That's all it says in the text, but you're still assuming more may have been done or could have been done by them. But when Clark is literally shown talking to Martian Manhunter about finding other option to get in contact with his wife and son, you assume that's all he did. When Clark is literally shown physically searching frantically for them in space, you assume he didn't do much more. But Alfred makes one off hand comment about his parents just worrying till Alfred apparently just saying "they look fine on this vital monitor I'm looking at, so they must be okay" is enough to satisfy them, and neither Lois, Clark, nor Bruce are even there waiting up worried for them, they get a pass?
Like, dude, this is an honest-to-goodness double standard.
Damian is also a child, powerless in the grand sense, and no more accustom to space/dimensional travel than Jon.
Clark trusting Alfred and Damian is besides the point because Alfred never explicitly stated that he had a way of knowing anything more than that the boys are breathing. Their vitals could've been faked. The way Alfred speaks, it seems as though he didn't even know specifically where they were or what they were doing. It seems like the only thing he knew was that they were breathing.
Apparently he did. After Alfred told him "eh, Jon'll likely be back before school starts" Clark was good with just waiting at home and doing his normal thing. There was never anything stated or shown in the text (to my knowledge) that showed looking for Jon and Damian.
Clark apparently compromised just fine here. He's never even shown looking for Jon. He's good with just going off Alfred's assumptions and only the fact that Jon is breathing.
