A young Atraxian female, a species that was actually raised to respect and obey Kryptonians spends time with Superman everyday for a week before calming the quaking reaction. Her race was actually a labor class on Krypton and her mother like the rest of her race was literally branded into service for one or the other of the great houses of Krypton. Superman or Kal-el had nothing to do with it and she holds the man no particular grudge.
I'm setting my story about a young Atraxian, a race that was a labor-class on Krypton, in THAT world not either of the continuities I created or Earth-38. In case you don't know, while this show is set in the same multiverse as Flash and Arrow and Supergirl, it's not Supergirl's version of Clark and Lois. It's thier doppelgangers-doubles on one of the few Earth's remaining after the mega-crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths. They actually have a history of people from other Earth's distinctly Dis-liking Kal'el specifically. Or another Earth's version of Kal'el causing some serious problems when he's just trying to do the right thing. So it's something they are sort of familiar with that gets turned on its head when they meet her. She's the inverse: An alien who's misunderstanding isn't with Kal'el specifically at all.
One day Tal-Rho stops by to see his brother and reacts in surprise when Sarrin address him as 'Sajente'. After confirming she's Atraxian he tells her among other things she doesn't have to call him that.
"Sajen then." She says. "I'd feel weird not calling you at least that. I address Kal'el that way."
Tal-Rho tells her 'that I can deal with'. This sends her over the moon. Clark walks in and asks her what's made her so emotional, considering the dignity and restraint she usually bears.
"Going by my true name so often – Sasha is a name I adopted when I landed here and started going to school and everything. You're the first people I've met since secondary school to even know I'm an alien. Going by my native name of 'Sarrin' all the time is new for me – add to that meeting TWO Kryptonians I don't have to. – yeah goofy grin on my face."
In an undertone Clark asks his brother. "Is it that rare for her to meet a good Kryptonian?"
"It's that rare for her to meet two Kryptonians she doesn't have to essentially call 'master'. Good and bad don't enter into it for her. They...never could make that distinction."
Clark recognizes what he means. That Atraxians weren't allowed to make a distinction between good and bad Kryptonians. They were required to address all of thier 'superiors' that way. And that Tal is being not only politic but courteous about it. As if he doesn't agree with it either...anymore.
"Tal, she's not the only one over the moon about this." Clark mentions as he walks away.
Subverting the normal 'friend become enemy' trope, in the Arrow-verse show Superman and Lois the season 1 bad guy becomes a season 2 ally friend and brother. He actually is Kal-el's half-brother and Clark does come to trust and rely on him.
One day Tal-Rho stops by to see his brother and reacts in surprise as she address him as 'Sajente'. After confirming she's Atraxian he tells her among other things she doesn't have to call him that.
"Sajen then." She says. "I'd feel weird not calling you at least that. I address Kal'el that way."
Tal-Rho tells her 'that I can deal with'. This sends her over the moon. Clark walks in and asks her what's made her so emotional, considering the dignity and restraint she usually bears.
"Going by my true name so often – Sasha is a name I adopted when I landed here and started going to school and everything. You're the first people I've met since secondary school to even know I'm an alien. Going by my native name of 'Sarrin' all the time is new for me – add to that meeting TWO Kryptonians I don't have to. – yeah goofy grin on my face."
In an undertone Clark asks his brother. "Is it that rare for her to meet a good Kryptonian?"
Clark recognizes what he means. That Atraxians weren't allowed to make a distinction between good and bad Kryptonians. They were required to address all of thier 'superiors' that way. And that Tal is being not only politic but courteous about it. As if he doesn't agree with it either...anymore.
"Tal, she's not the only one over the moon about this." Clark mentions as he walks away.
One thing I HAVE to remember to include is that when Sarrin met 'Superman' she recognized the symbol on his chest as Kryptonian but couldn't read it. She asked him 'if we were on Krypton, what would I call you'. Essentially asking his Kryptonian name. Tal-Rho's crest on the other hand she can 'read' just fine. Also that when talking to Clark and John Henry Irons, she defined 'Sajente' as how you would address royalty or heads of state and how any of her race would address ALL Kryptonians. And 'Sajen' as how you would address an officer of the law or a superior officer in the military. Clark, dressed in human clothes invited her to stay at his house. She accepted but warned him that 'old habits die hard'. Basically it will take a minute for her not to treat him as a superior.
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