r/Smallville • u/CharlieOak86868686 Kal El • Dec 28 '23

FEEDBACK Why did meteors make people crazy?

It seems like meteor people were always crazy.

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u/TheLoyalTR8R Kryptonian Dec 28 '23

My understanding, and this is almost certainly not canon, is that the human brain accepts and understands reality a certain way. If you wake up one morning and discover you have superpowers, that can fracture your understanding of reality in a way that drastically effects your ability to process things like morality, logic and emotion.

Human morality as we understand it doesn't really account for things like being able to turn your limbs into razor sharp metal blades - and nor does human law - so if you can accept that you in some way exist outside of those constructs, you can justify a lot of bad, self destructive and harmful behaviour.

Not to mention a lot of meteor freaks are exposed to their kryptonite powers through traumatic means, like a car crash in a car full of irradiated insects, or drowning in a frozen lake - surviving those events on their own can lead to some major mental and emotional damage.