the Tragedy of Lex, 5th season ultimate edition

Just finished watching 5th season SV. After spending most of the season totally WTFing at Lex, because it initially seems like he just wakes up in the premiere with his supervillain switch flicked on - it's pretty cool how that's all explained in the second to last ep. Only it's done in such a way that we didn't get it until gnine figured out the explanation that makes the most sense, and now we're wondering where the fics are...the trouble with getting into fandom late is that we miss all the meta! (That is to say, you've probably seen this all before, I'm writing it out for my own benefit. And possibly future ficcing.)

Also - I gotta say, kudos to SV's writers. I'm not sure this is what they were going for for the entire season, but it does explain quite a bit that made no sense whatsoever otherwise, and it's a darn nifty slow-realization reveal. Even if man, yow. Poor, poor Lex. I've gone on before about the Tragedy of Lex but this...he's no villain. He's trying his damndest to be the hero.

( Wow. Lex in 5th season ascends to a whole new *level* of tragic! )

darkfic

More "All the Difference" soon; meanwhile I wanted to get this up before tomorrow, on the off-chance the new ep will joss me.

This...I've been wanting to write fluff. This is not fluff. It's not even Clex. You see, I am not one for hating characters. I have my favorites, definitely, but usually when I get into a series I find something to like in all the chars. Even those who threaten my preferred pairings I usually will enjoy aside from the romance disasters.

Lana Lang is the exception to this rule.

Smallville: As Moths {2,327 words}
PG-13, gen with hints of canon pairings; spoilers for 6th season, and a convincing bit of fanon; dark
Lana Lang had found her destiny elsewhere, and maybe that was best for everyone after all.

Read it on AO3