But only one of them lost their home and family because of it. And in spite of everything, Sam Lane always clearly loved his daughter. I also kind of scoff at the idea of Lois fighting against her father's expectations. The man's a five-star General and a Senator and clearly a member of a well-known and respected military family in the US, as far as I can tell. He may not have liked her becoming a journalist, but being Sam's daughter opened a lot more possibilities than if she hadn't been.
Meanwhile, Mera's origins have often been a problem for her, and used to denigrate her deeply in Atlantis and elsewhere.
Agreed, Mera sacrificed a lot by turning her back not just on her family and but also her nation, she ended living in the place she had always hated and that feeling was reciprocated by Atlanteans. On surface is not that better either. She sacrificed a lot for him.
Lois might have issues with her family but still in her country she lives.
Last edited by Goldrake; 01-24-2021 at 01:33 PM.
Well, when you look at the state of the Lane family in certain continuities, it's not much better. Sam loves his daughter but he doesn't show it well (and even worse with Lucy). Sam wanted a boy and got two girls, the girls have been fighting their fathers expectations since they were born.
I don't think Sam's position helped at all with her becoming a reporter. People could see it as an "in" for government exclusives, but that's never quite been the dynamic between Lois and her father, and she'd probably want to expose the seedier aspects of the military that Sam wants under wraps.
Obviously their exact circumstances are different because Lois is a normal woman living in America while Mera was born a princess to an undersea kingdom with the power to control waters, but there are similarities.