Really, Superman & Lois? Really?!

For all these individuals who nonetheless lie awake at evening, eyes huge open, unable to sleep, as a result of they nonetheless can’t determine how the CW’s Superman & Lois suits into the bigger Arrowverse, I’ve to imagine you lastly acquired evening’s sleep after final evening’s season two finale. Or possibly didn’t, as a result of the reply the present gave is… hoo boy.

If you’ve been sleeping contentedly, believing that Superman & Lois has taken place in the primary Arrowverse this whole time because it stars the exact same actors enjoying Superman and Lois—Tyler Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch—I remorse to tell you that you simply’ve been dwelling a lie. True followers haven’t been positive of the present’s Arrowverse standing as a result of, nicely, in S&L Clark Kent and Lois Lane have two teenaged boys, by no means talked about in any of their many appearances within the crossovers, and simply as importantly there’s by no means been another Arrowverse hero talked about on the collection… aside from Arrow mainstay John Diggle (David Ramsey), who stopped by final evening’s finale. But, because it seems, that wasn’t Arrow’s Diggle. Nor is it the Arrowverse’s Superman and Lois, as confirmed by a small speech General Sam Lane, Lois’ father, gave to his grandchildren:

“I’ve been working for the DOD for a long time. I’ve seen things you would not believe—glimpses of other worlds, and the leagues of superheroes they have on them. And even though we only have your father on this planet, thank God that we do, because he’s the finest of any Earth.”

The key takeaways listed here are the very fact there’s no League of superheroes, Justice or in any other case, within the universe that S&L takes place, which is patently unfaithful of the Arrowverse correct. That’s as a result of the S&L world solely has a Superman, that means there are not any different superheroes round. Now, in case you’re questioning why the present’s energy couple seems to be and acts precisely just like the Superman and Lois of the Arrowverse, or how Diggle might cease by, showrunner Todd Helbing gave an evidence to TV Line though I’m undecided how satisfying it’ll be:

“We have to think about this as a separate Superman, a doppelganger of the one who was in the Arrowverse. I understand why everyone has been wanting the references, but it would have felt wrong.” As for Diggle: “This is also a new Diggle. David Ramsey had grown a beard and grew his hair out. He called me and said, ‘I’ve been growing my hair, I look different. Do you want me to shave and get a haircut?’ So not to add more confusion to it, but he’s a different Diggle.”

Doppelgangers? Sure. While it could be annoying to some to have gotten invested within the Arrowverse’s Man of Steel solely to find the hero’s solo present starred a unique incarnation, that is precisely the type of factor the concept of a Multiverse permits for. Admittedly, bringing in a, however not the, Diggle solely serves to muddy the waters, and I feel this concept of Superman & Lois being separate would have been served higher by not bringing one other character who seems to be and acts identically (aside from that all-important haircut and beard) to his Arrowverse counterpart, however oh nicely.

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