[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I wonder, is the Kara/Clark disguise supposed to be some sort of... extra power? There's just been a bit where someone was chasing her, turns a corner and there's "Kara" and he's like "Durrr where did Supergirl go?" and it just jumps the shark so hard (as it always has with every iteration of Superman etc.) that my new head-canon is that the Kryptonians actually have an extra power, like the Doctor Who "perception filter", where people literally can't see them as the same person when they're out of the suit unless they already know the identity.

I mean... even Brainy said that "Kara and Supergirl look nothing alike!" when he had temporarily "boxed up" his memory of her identity. It just doesn't make sense... like he would have super-advanced facial recognition tech ...

I believe they've tackled this a few times in the comics, when it comes to Superman, they've explained it by saying that he changes his body language completely when he is Clark and he tends to wear bigger, baggier clothes to make Clark look out of shape. The glasses themselves make his eyes look different too, I believe.

I remember Henry Cavill standing around in front of a Batman Vs Superman billboard in New York while wearing glasses and no one actually recognised him or made the connection between him wearing glasses and the picture of Superman on the billboard.