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Lex, sweetie, you were really brave and all ...
but did it occur to you that, since you apparently healed damage to your internal organs and to your fingers (Jinx and Spell) with a speed and success impossible for an ordinary human, an "antidote" that worked for you might not work for other, normal folks?
However, since your worst nightmare is that you will destroy the world, I am prepared to overlook this lapse of reason, especially as it took place in the presence of Clark, who seems to emit a logic-distortion field as part of his alien powers. Such an awesome terror, so different from the personal fears of the others! When Luthors have delusions of grandeur, they really have delusions of grandeur.
Also, the look on Lex's face when Clark offers himself up for study -- that moment of pure calculation, speculation, acquisitive desire -- was a wonderful bit of acting. Lex has learned not to leave his evidence around where any curious wife (or alien) with a key can get in, but he hasn't lost his lust to know Clark in the only way he thinks he ever can. And don't think he doesn't know where that sudden excessive heat came from. After all, Lex has got to be familiar with sudden excessive heat as the result of Clark's presence already.
Minor question: so is Lois at risk of going nuts too? (Also, I think maybe the biological basis of some mental diseases, schizophrenia say, might be a little more heritable than an imperative to conquer the world -- especially since as far as we know Jor-el didn't conquer any worlds, so he's really got aspirations for his son rather than a desire to see Clark follow in his path.)
but did it occur to you that, since you apparently healed damage to your internal organs and to your fingers (Jinx and Spell) with a speed and success impossible for an ordinary human, an "antidote" that worked for you might not work for other, normal folks?
However, since your worst nightmare is that you will destroy the world, I am prepared to overlook this lapse of reason, especially as it took place in the presence of Clark, who seems to emit a logic-distortion field as part of his alien powers. Such an awesome terror, so different from the personal fears of the others! When Luthors have delusions of grandeur, they really have delusions of grandeur.
Also, the look on Lex's face when Clark offers himself up for study -- that moment of pure calculation, speculation, acquisitive desire -- was a wonderful bit of acting. Lex has learned not to leave his evidence around where any curious wife (or alien) with a key can get in, but he hasn't lost his lust to know Clark in the only way he thinks he ever can. And don't think he doesn't know where that sudden excessive heat came from. After all, Lex has got to be familiar with sudden excessive heat as the result of Clark's presence already.
Minor question: so is Lois at risk of going nuts too? (Also, I think maybe the biological basis of some mental diseases, schizophrenia say, might be a little more heritable than an imperative to conquer the world -- especially since as far as we know Jor-el didn't conquer any worlds, so he's really got aspirations for his son rather than a desire to see Clark follow in his path.)
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As well as about the "heriditary" mental illness. Bertha Rochester's family was "mad" through several generations, and I guess inbreeding can factor in, but I couldn't help wondering: what sort of mental illness are we really talking about, here?
The whole ep was quite confusing from a logical standpoint, IMO.
(Could I possibly be added to your list? It would please me greatly, as you and your work are a great part of fandom for me.)
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Welcome aboard! Glad you enjoy the stories.
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