Part 3 of this series, this chapter is an adaptation of “Funeral in Smallville”, which is Chapter 6 of All-Star Superman. This was one of the harder chapters to adapt, because the birth and early years of Supah Fwuff would be very different from Kal-El/Clark Kent the last son of Krypton. After all, Supah Fwuff was not an adopted alien son of a farmer, but a fluffy who got his powers form a mysterious flash of light and, most likely, would have been born from a breeding mill, like the ones Mayclore used to write about.
Some notes:
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the members of the Band of Heroes can be imagined to be Justice League expys, an idea that was utilized in Invincible, Squadron Supreme and so on. The fluffy members of the Band, that being Prince, Mauve and Joseph, should be familiar to anyone who has read the #sam_adams_guide.
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I was supposed to go a bit more into the time traveller, aka John Doe, but I decided that I will save that for the next chapter
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Clark’s brief time with his mother in the mill should be roughly analgous to @Carpdime’s “The Last Baby”
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elements of Clark’s happiest day ever were not explored in this chapter, as I decided to save them for a later, more significant chapter.
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the title of this chapter is taken from Mother Love, the last song by Queen to feature the vocals of Freddie Mercury.
Next up should be Chapter 8 of Avocado.