@davidgrantlloyd: Stagnation. Stagnation is what Superman is. He is the first superhero. He is the archetype. Or the cliche of superheroes. Almost every parody of superheros has mocked Superman the most. Why because he is a cliche. Now you are here arguing that Superman dating Lois is a cliche but you ignore all the other ones. And those others ones that you ignore like say Supes being the most powerful hero have a much bigger negative impact on him. How many times have you heard the phase "Superman is too overpowered."
Another cliche is Superman's relationship with Wonder Woman. She is the second most common love interest for Superman since COIE other than Lois. There have been so many Elseworlds like Kingdom Come, Distant Fires, and TDKSA that have featured them as a couple. And in a lot of those stories WW follows Superman around like Renfield to Dracula. We see again it in Injustice. Also WW was shown to have a huge desire for Superman pre 52 like how a 15 year old girl desires Justin Beiber. So it is not at all a progression. In fact all the possible love interests you mentioned above but Dr. Veritas have been also used.
Now Dr. Veritas as a love interest. As Superman's girlfriend, that is a progression. But you know why DC did not do it? Because it would have been excepted by most fans and there would have been no hype to sell.
Another question is why do you, I and everybody else who has read or comment on this thread reads Superman? Because we view the cliches, the stagnation as a mythology. Which you criticized in your post above. If DC really want to progress its universe than DC would have killed off Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and all the other superheros and replaced them with new ones. But we would hate that now would we. So please stop talking about progression and enjoy the Superman/Lois romance when it starts again.
Your entire argument is flawed. But that doesn't surprise me. The fact you have stated that "Superman is stagnation" and a "cliche" and should therefore always embrace the same concepts again and again forever, proves that you have absolutely no imagination or open-mindedness or any deep and/or diverse sense of perception. That's pretty pathetic.
BTW The reason I didn't address other elements of Superman's character is because that would've been irrelevant to this discussion (if you look at the thread starter, you'll notice it asks one question: "Should Lois and Clark get back together?" It doesn't ask anything about his superpowers or if he's overpowered ... so I didn't "ignore" these elements, as you suggest; I didn't address them because that's not what this thread is about. Duh.
Also, you're really reaching if you're seriously implying that SM/WW is as cliched as Lois & Clark. It's only been touched upon a handful of times. Lois & Clark, however, has been everywhere for decades. It's been done to death. There are no more stories to tell. It is stagnation. If you can't accept that reality then that's your problem. There are still several more stories that can be told with Superman and Wonder Woman, Superman and Lori Lemaris and ... well, pretty much Superman and anyone other than Lois. Once DC revert to that, there's really no need for them to call this continuity the New 52 any more. Incidentally, it was the New 52 which got me back into mainstream comics ... so, unlike you, I don't read these mainstream comics for the "cliches" and "stagnation" as you do ... I came back to the mainstream, hoping to read something "New", as DC said they would be doing.
And, with respect, when you assume to know why I and others read Superman comics, you do come across as extremely ignorant and obnoxious; just like you do at the end of your post when you're requesting me to "stop talking about progression". Just so you know, you are not the boss of me. I can do whatever I like. And I WILL continue to do so, whether you like it or not. Get over yourself.
Last word: SM/WW does symbolise progression. SM/LL does symbolise stagnation.
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