Former DCEU director Zack Snyder has defended an original Justice League plotline that saw Batman and Lois Lane get together romantically. Snyder argued in favor of his originally planned romantic plot for Bruce Wayne and Lois Lane in Justice League in a new episode of the Russo brothers’ Pizza Film School video podcast.

Snyder wanted to include this development in Lois’ story especially as a way to highlight Amy Adams (Lois Lane) and her talents, saying “Amy’s a genius…she’s just a great actress and a force of nature.” The director also felt that seeing a romance between Batman and Lois would allow the film to explore a war-film-like plotline wherein the wife of someone who went to war “moves on, and then the husband appears, like, ‘I’m not dead. I’m fine.'”

How Would This Romance Have Changed Justice League?

The idea would have been that Bruce would end up needing to sacrifice his chance with Lois by bringing Superman back to life in Justice League, at a personal loss to himself. However, more than that, its inclusion could have put Lois’ character into an even tighter love interest box that it did not need to be confined by.

To many fans, Lois is simply a love interest, but in reality, she is far more. Making her love for Superman, and Batman’s love for her, a major component of the plot of Justice League may not have added to Lois’ own independent character arc.

Ultimately, what is done is done, and following two different releases and an upcoming DCU reboot, Justice League is likely staying as it is for the foreseeable future. Although many fans would have found that love-triangle story compelling, it could have treated Lois as simply a plot device, which would have been a disservice to the beloved character.