smallville fic: This Mortal Coil

[xparrot]

So, yeah. Smallville fanfic. This isn't a new thing for me; I've been OTPing the Clex for a good five years. I just haven't written any for a while. See, I have this love/hate relationship with the series. That is, I love the premise, and I love the Lex, and his daddy, and the pretty, pretty boys, and the HoYay, and the TWoP recaps, and--I don't really watch the show, because mostly I can't stand it. All that high school drama, like, gag me with a spoon. But. The fandom. Is worth it in spades. The fic is fantastic, the music videos are gorgeous, and, oh, the Clex. Clark Kent and Lex Luthor are made for each other and I will shout it from the rooftops and go down with this ship and no one will ever, ever convince me differently.

But the initial passion had cooled, as it does in true love, and it wouldn't be interfering with my busy fanning schedule, except last month gnine was whining for something to read, so I threw the Identical series at her as it has been one of my all-time favorite fanfics since forever, and thus she saw the light in all its brazen bald glory. And dragged me back down into it. And tied me up and forced me to write fic. Or at least prodded me to consider doing so should inspiration strike, and the super-powered bunnies were annoyingly quick to oblige. Thus, we have this. Which is a one-shot, but not a one-time thing, I'm afraid to say.

Clex, Futurefic, angst, drama. PG-ish.
It was, when I initially conceived it, a comedy. Somehow, in the actual execution? Not so much.

Read it on AO3

Comments

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

Humble apologies for butting in on your conversation (and late, too), but could you please, please, tell me where to find Eliot Maggin's website? Having read what you've written about his version of Lex Luthor, I would love to read his stuff for myself!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I don't know where Maggin's homepage is, but you can find a couple of his novels and some scans of the Superman comics he wrote here:
http://superman.ws/Maggin/maggin.php
(scans here: http://superman.ws/Maggin/bibliography.php)

They're definitely worth checking out. His Lex is totally different than Smallville's, but compelling and sort of tragic in his own way. And also hysterically funny; he and Supes snark at each other in the best of ways. I especially recommend his short story "Luthor's Gift" (this might be one of the fanfics she mentioned, I'm not sure) which is just...happy Clex ending! After 100 years! Aww, now! (total sucker, here...)

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

Oooh -- "Luthor's Gift" sounds great. Thanks so much!

[sholio]

Yeah, that page is the one that I was thinking of. Lots of pretty shinies to look at!

(and late, too)

But I'm considerably LATER, obviously!