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I said no photos at the barbecue

That's when he let's himself get captured and Superman 'incidentally' destroys the place whilst rescuing Clark Kent

I'd go further than red son and be less lib. Having the story set now rather than as an alternate universe period piece would make it more relevant as well

His parents pumped him full of pro-america propaganda for the right reasons. You could do a lot in him leaving Smallville and seeing things aren't like he was told they would be.

Clark losing his job would be a great angle as well. You could explore the alternative media space by having him join a website or he becomes his own substack journalist

Only 90s kids remember the 90s.Without that, what do they have?

The story I'm thinking of would be more from Cheney's perspective so this would make a good subplot. It would be good comic relief as Superman would know exactly what's going on and maybe he plays it off with Clark Kent's regular bumbling aloofness so the CIA think he just keeps getting lucky

All these logistics of being the US state as it currently operates with Superman around would be interesting.

I'd also want to include political elements. Like what if Superman spoke out against the invasion of Iraq and the genocide in Palestine? What would be the response to Superman treating the US like any other villain?

Eventually superman would have to acknowledge no state is capable of the violence he is, and he needs to take a more hands on approach if he wants to make the world a better place. Kind of like the end of Alan Moore's Marvelman run

I've read Dark Knight Returns a few times. I thought they had something over Superman, which was how they were able to turn him into an appendage of the state, it wasn't by choice.

There was also the whole scene of superman with the nuke, butI think he could have stopped that before it got off the ground

Jump on myabandonware and try their older game Pariah as well

Now here is someone ready for anything

Sorry. I'm ready for everything except a magic duel

Watch these and you can decide:

https://youtu.be/lJLJvlMFgpA?si=jAQ84_rUvwiy35hb

https://youtu.be/bL_rW3olPgY?si=kfM2A81AEBRH1P5n