I was always a fan of the Earth-Two Kryptonian idea.
Earth-Two Kryptonians produce internal energies, thus causing them to naturally have superpowers even on Krypton which is of course very different from most other known Kryptonians. Earth-Two Kryptonians naturally produce and maintain these power levels regardless of being in a yellow or red sun. Originally the level of power that these Krytonians had in comparison to other dimensional Kryptonians were far lower than those of other dimensions such as the Silver Age Earth 1 Kryptonians. However some Earth-Two Kryptonians had advanced to higher levels, such as Superman and Power Girl, so a possibility being that perhaps yellow sunlight does in some capacity enhance their powers.
I mean they always want to Nerf Superman to a degree, but really? I think the idea of him SLOWLY, getting stronger over the years? Makes more sense for Nerfing, but still keeps him at fairly regular levels. Yeah, it eliminates ONE weakness of red sunlight, but since he can't just fly up the sun and get a mega boost in a few minutes anymore(Well he COULD, but it'd take a LOT longer than it normally would) it'd balance out.
I think one reason the Earth 2 physiology of Kryptonians was abandoned is to explain HOW they could have possibly died in a planetary explosion, Clark's tanked bigger things than that before... Worse for the wear in most cases, but still. No one seems to think of THIS reason. The explosion? Released the Kryptonite core of the planet. The MASSIVE amounts of Kryptonite was like one giant Kryptonite bomb, thus killing all life on the planet, except of course for Clark and Kara who were already on their way to Earth. Which also explains the abundance of Kryptonite since? An ENTIRE shattered core of a planet that was 4 times bigger than Earth.
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