>>84128863OK, fine.
Superman in the movie was trying to help the best he could while not interfering too much and keep himself out of political crisis, something that was mentioned during the news and interviews segments, but then Lex managed to complicate him one using Lois as a bait finally giving the senate something they could use to nail Superman's ass.
Superman in all this was feeling overwhelmed and angry, not only with others for all the persecution and twisting, but with himself thanks to his inability and powerlessness.
Batman presence only made his feelings worse, because he was a vigilante doing whatever the hell he wanted and hurting for real normal people, while the media and government gave lip service to the case. Superman felt that the whole deal wasn't far. Why treat him like shit when this guy was doing way worse and nobody cared?
Because of all of this he started to become more and more attached to Lois, the only person who could understand and make him feel at ease. Lois was becoming his whole world away from the real world.
This worried Lois, who wondered if their relationship was keeping Clark from being Superman, specially at such time when things were getting so complicated for him, but Superman was at such a point where he was even doubting if being Superman mattered..
When Lex started to gun for Lois and his mother, Superman finally realized that he couldn't simple shut the real world out. Things didn't worked like that. Not only Lois and his mother needed Superman, but the whole world as well.
So it was thanks to Lois love that he felt the strength to keep going despite everything. Lois and his mother love and his love for them made him love everyone else as well, as love himself as Superman too.
