Enough Already

I've been a huge fan of Superman for as long as I can remember. I've loved the character in every medium he's been presented in whether it be comic books, cartoons, movies, etc... The only thing that's ever really perturbed me about him is his weakness for Lois Lane. I don't question his emotional attachment to her, I question his judgment in associating himself with someone so accident prone. Like the guy hasn't got enough on his plate as it is just protecting the entire planet, does he really need the added distraction of Lois' penchant for obliviously walking into the most asinine life threatening situations? Whether she's dangling off some cliff, seconds away from falling into a seething volcano, hanging over a vat of boiling acid, falling into a crack in the earth, being sucked out of an airplane or stepping on a thumbtack, Superman is always there within a microsecond to save her. How the hell did she ever exist without him for crying out loud? Just once I'd love to see Lois Lane yell out for help only to have Superman completely ignore her. I can see it in my mind so plainly. She's screaming at the top of her lungs, pleading with him to save her as the elevator cable snaps and she plummets sixty stories to her doom. Meanwhile at The Fortress Of Solitude, Superman detecting her howls with his super hearing, simply sits back in his easy chair, smirks and takes another sip of Redbull and Absolute while cranking up the volume on his Girls Gone Wild video. A guy can dream can't he?