Inspired by the recent dad swap threads, how would things go if instead of Greg, Superman was Stevens father?
How would it go?
Hudson Torres
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Oliver Nguyen
Superman is a bad dad that would make his kids sad.
Ryan Stewart
Wut?
Jason Myers
Steven wouldn’t be a fat retard living with other people.
Joshua Howard
C'mon there's no need for that
Daniel Rodriguez
Kryptonians would unironically make the entire gemkind butthurt.
Landon Bell
Eh, they're pretty isolated on one planet.
Easton Thomas
Wonder how much time Clark is gonna spend away from earth when finds out about the Gempire, and Roses importance, if he ever does find out about Pink Diamond.
Josiah Gray
That can really shake a guy
Dylan Mitchell
From a powerset perspective, he'd obviously be a lot different, and this depends entirely on how the story writes gems reacting to Kryptonian skin, we're going to assume for the sake of argument that its a 1-1 with humans. Now, from what we saw when Yellow stomped him, the shield itself wasn't able to tank a hit that Superman himself could easily shrug off in most, but not all, incarnations, so depending on how that goes it might be Superman with healing powers+some shields he could use for civilians but are useless for personal defense. Very helpful for Supes line of work, its a great fit.
From a personality perspective, Steven would be entirely different. Just ground up different. No way would Superman let the Gems do all the raising of the kid, and unlike Greg, Superman would have to be there from jump because his Kryptonian powers are going to be just as dangerous as his Gem ones would be. He'd toss Pearl over the horizon if she tried that shit grabbing his gem too, and he'd be able to hear/see that happening. He'd definitely instill Steven to be a more proactive person with his superpowers, something that would only grow when he learned Steven has healing abilities. I'd like to think he'd be open to Steven wanting to live a normal life, but its just as possible he'd fall into a very understandable mentality that someone like Steven can't just brush off all he could do. There would absolutely be huge pressure to live up to Superman, he's freaking Superman, not some washed up singer in a van. The Gems and Supes would no doubt clash a lot, which would probably add some strain on him, but ultimately he would still be the noble, nice, caring person who wants to make sure nobody gets hurt because that's as much a part of Superman as it is him. Oh, and he'd go to school. Actual school. Superman wouldn't take this 'let rocks with no social skills teach him' thing, he didn't with his kid in canon.
As far as dads go, Supes would be one of the best fits.