Fic: All the Difference, part 5

SV 6x16, "Promise" - no spoilers, but Oh Em Gee, I love Lionel, puppet master extraordinaire. Dance on his strings, boys and girls. Hah. (This is why I like villains. Everyone is miserable - and making me miserable watching them - except Lionel, who's snug as a spider in its web...)

gnine's been ill, but felt well enough to beta tonight (thanks hon!), so here you go. Don't know about you but after that ep, I need the pick-me-up. Man, I want me some 6th season reconciliation!Clex...

Smallville: All the Difference, 5/? {3,631 words}
PG-13, Clark/Lex, futurefic, AU (in a manner of speaking)
Lex Luthor wakes up in his own bed in his own penthouse, infinitely far from all he knows. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor wakes up in his own bed in his own penthouse, just as far from home...

( Part 5: In which Lex is surprised by brandy and pad thai, and Clark comes home. )

thursday S-tv roundup

Non-spoilers: Scrubs just felt good and comfortable and like a regular ep; the last couple have been inhaling from the crack-pipe a bit but this one had the right balance of LOLs and aww.

SPN "Roadkill" also made me aww, in a 'oh, show, you're so cute when you're being obvious' way. (They gotta watch those 'previouslys,' they keep giving stuff away...) Also I <3 Tricia Helfer, though I love her more when she's bleached and crazy-hot with Baltar.

And then there was Smallville "Promise." ( okay, here's the spoilers. Also some rage. It sort of is self-generating the more I think on the ep. )

darkfic: Promises to Keep

Okay, I take back what I said about Lex in "Promise." This is what's really going on. Major props to jakrar for inspiring us to peer deeper into the mechanism, and to gnine for hashing out more of the details.

This is a fanfic and episode meta in one. I could have written yet another essay, but this was more fun and only took a couple hours to dash off. The characterization might make more sense if you're aware of our current interpretation of Lex.

Smallville: Promises to Keep {2,063 words}
PG-13. Warnings for meteorfreak!Lana and mastermind!Lex. Well, less warnings for the latter, more reassurances. He's been sorely lacking of late in the show proper. Also massive spoilers for "Promise." The dialogue and action are all from the episode's script; the words in between are mine.

( Lex Luthor is used to desperation. )