Everything changes

I just finished watching the 8th episode of Smallville’s last season (yes i know i’m far behind) .. and for any of you who do follow it and haven’t reached there yet, this post DOES contain SPOILERS.. so shooo..

I’ve never had any doubt about the way I feel for G, C and S (K too.. but that as we know is a galore of confusion) and to what extent I’d sacrifice anything in life for them… but this episode really got me thinking. The friendship of Chloe and Clark was always something that would bring a smile to my face and there are very few fictional friendships that ever had the same effect on me. And in this episode to save Chloe from any more trouble in the future because of him, Clark makes the ultimate sacrifice (pun intended for the superman fans). When restoring Chloe’s memory, he makes sure she doesn’t remember anything about his true identity. And in the scenes that follow, it is clear that now though she might still be his best bud, they’ve lost a lot of their friendship with the selective loss of her memory.

What this got me thinking about is if I could really ever be that selfless and have the courge to alienate (to whatever extent) any of the people I really cared about, if I thought it would make their life better. Would I ever have to..? Would I be strong enough!?