Missed SV last night; watching this morning

[rivkat]

Interrupting to say: Lois, did you just (a) suggest that feminism is about ordering men around and (b) make a prison rape joke? 'Cause I liked you, but I am off the liking bus now in a big way.

Leftover musing from last week that I haven't seen anyone else say: At least Facade, terrible as it is, gave Lois a canonical reason to think that Clark's a wimp, because of the Kryptogas he was exposed to in her presence. But since I don't like her any more, I'm not as happy with that as I was.

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[iocaste212.livejournal.com]

I'm in the middle of watching it; Lex just made his speech to Clark about how his dark side is creeping out and how Clark keeps it at bay. And all I'm thinking is, Rivkat: Are you okay?

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

I'm of two minds: on the one hand, Lex doesn't need the Kryptojuice to be hopelessly in love with Clark, willing to abase himself and give up his really big picture of Clark to woo Clark back, which must make jerking off a lot less fun. So, a lot of sub and a lot of text; not so much of the subtext, really. On the other, I already knew that Lex was a hopeless romantic looking for a hopeless romance, and I sort of want to slap him and say -- "Lex, the big dumb alien is not good enough for you; he will never love you the way you love him; get over it, because pining becomes pathetic after a while and you're a lot sexier when you're angry than when you're abasing yourself."

In other words, where was Clark in this conversation? Accepting worship (and being saved from a major beat-down) does not make Clark a good, or even a tolerant, person. And "in the spirit of friendship, can I ask you for a(nother) favor?" as the followup left a bitter taste in my mouth. I can only hope that at the very least Lex had a bitter taste in his afterwards. If you know what I mean, and I think you do.

It's just that -- Lex is never going to be good enough to pass Clark's tests, and this is a tragic combination of Lex's flaws and Clark's. Half of me wants Lex to get his evil mastermind on now, to end the ongoing humiliation and blunt the force of the blow when Clark's ultimate unconcern for him really sinks in.