Originally Posted by
JAK
My first thought was to be a smarta** and say "Maxima, just let it go - Superman doesn't love you", but if you're going to talk about Lois running around in the silver age, why aren't you bringing up Lana, Lori, and a whole host of other women - some of whom Superman even pitted against each other (especially on the comic covers, but still)? Super-dickery is a thing for a reason, and everyone had their Silver-Age turn being written as a petty person that few people now would give the time of day.
But even in Post-Crisis continuity (where Lois has arguably been treated the best) Clark dated several people, including Cat Grant for a time. It's never really been one-sided. As for Smallville, I've raised concerns about Lois having dated other members of the JL, but that's not from a character level, it's from a "don't the writers know how this is going to look, why would they do this to her" level.
But... Maxima and Lashina?.... I'm sorry, I just can't take any of the rest of that seriously after reading that. It's such a surface-level read of relationships, I just...can't.
Also:
Maxima and Lashina are secondary characters on their *best* days. Usually, they're third/fourth tier. And unless the writer wants to promote another character at the expense of Superman, you'd be hard-pressed to make the claim that any other character in a Superman-centric media *isn't* a secondary character in relation to Superman. So dismissing Lois as a "secondary" character isn't the slam-dunk you're imagining. Besides, at least Lois has had her own book from time to time.
Anyway, I'm also going to watch the Snyder cut out of sheer morbid curiosity, and secure in the knowledge that I'll never have to worry about him messing with Lois, Clark, or the Super-verse again in any kind of "this is the mainstream version of Superman" capacity.