(BTW, the Anonymous up there is me; I forgot to press the LJ button)
Rereading this story, the tone - esp. that between Clark and Lex - reminds me irresistably of "The Presence of Fire." Only, in that one, it was Clark who committed the unforgiveable sin against Lex; this time, it was Lex's turn. The use of sense memory is the same: Lex likening the color of Clark's eyes to the newly restored jungles of Earth; in TPOF, Clark spent a month in Maine (IIRC) because the place where sea and sky touched, at a certain time of day, was the same color as Lex's eyes (one of my favorite lines in that story, BTW).
The two stories, being told at opposite ends of the TV series, reflect to some degree your take on their character development since then (though your Lex has changed less than your Clark); it makes them sort of bookends of each other.
Thank you, again.
And I hope hope hope this isn't your last CLex story - and not the last one with a happy ending, either.
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Bookends!
Date: 2007-08-26 03:28 am (UTC)Rereading this story, the tone - esp. that between Clark and Lex - reminds me irresistably of "The Presence of Fire." Only, in that one, it was Clark who committed the unforgiveable sin against Lex; this time, it was Lex's turn. The use of sense memory is the same: Lex likening the color of Clark's eyes to the newly restored jungles of Earth; in TPOF, Clark spent a month in Maine (IIRC) because the place where sea and sky touched, at a certain time of day, was the same color as Lex's eyes (one of my favorite lines in that story, BTW).
The two stories, being told at opposite ends of the TV series, reflect to some degree your take on their character development since then (though your Lex has changed less than your Clark); it makes them sort of bookends of each other.
Thank you, again.
And I hope hope hope this isn't your last CLex story - and not the last one with a happy ending, either.