darkfic

[xparrot]

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

Comments

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

Egods. Brilliantly written, and I can absolutely believe in this possible future. *mourns for the loving Lex who could have been, but doesn't bother feeling sorry for Lana*

[ladydey.livejournal.com]

♥OH YES!♥


Lovely, seriously. I love, will always love, the idea of Lex keeping Lana lock away in a pit (and not being Lana's dancing f**king monkey anymore), but I love love the idea that Lex is testing his Will to Power against Lana's love mutation.... and winning. I mean it's sad that Lex no longer has the ability to love, , but that he is no longer susiptible to Lana is a yay for the win.


I love that in truth Lana left no mark after removal - awesome!

[lukita.livejournal.com]

...

Oh my god, what have you done to Lana? She so perfect and Lex is so mean for dropping her down a hole and everyone in Smallville abandoned her.

I wish it'll really happen, but I'm still holding on hope that Lana's power is probability, no one can be that lucky and avoid death on a weekly bases.

[tigriswolf]

Oh, _wow_. Awesome.

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

Thinking over what you said about rarely hating fictional characters (aside from Lana), I have to ask: Is there anything I could say to start you hating SV's Oliver Queen? I'd love to see you write some truly appropriate fate for him!

[tasabian.livejournal.com]

Whoa! That plot twist at the end works really well because Lana as a meteor-powered Helen of Troy is actually very plausible.

[brandil.livejournal.com]

Brilliant.

[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

Ouch!

I love it! 8-)

[bagheera-san.livejournal.com]

Mean twist! I didn't expect that at all.

I waver between "You go, Lex!" and "Ouch" - mostly ouch for Lex, because Lana is such a non-entity that I can't even feel a lot of pity for her.

[ljs-lj.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I really enjoyed this!

[yma2.livejournal.com]

You know, if that had been written in a different way I would absolutely loath it. The basic concept is utterly... well... character-bashy. But you really make it work, somehow. You make it dark and, yet, kinda funny in a referential way.
I could never write something like that myself, but you carry it off well and it's good. You've got the tone right so that it isn't just another Character Bash fic, which for me kind of rescues it. So yeah, I like this.

[lastscorpion.livejournal.com]

Oh, my!

That's a gorgeous piece of darkfic! Thank you for writing it and putting it up!

[mobiusklein.livejournal.com]

I like this one. It's something I've always suspected even if Goughlar never make it canon.

[miche-connor.livejournal.com]

Hah. Think it might happen? Really--It would explain so very much. Still. I don't hate her. I just wish (SO MUCH) that the writers would have made her with more self-esteem and confidence. But then, I guess, she can't be perfect if she does actually accept responsibility for her actions. hah. Makes you think - Serial murders and psychopaths don't take responsibility for their actions, either...

(and she's killed twice already. And gotten away with it.)
(hmm. I guess I am just a little bitter.)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't worry, if you are going to hell we'll be right there with you! It'll be fun! Lots of Clex! ^_^

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I almost want to see this. Just because. Yeah. (...eeeevol!Lex turns me on, big-time ^^;;)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Lex can triumph over anything. <3

Bah! No matter what Lex thinks, this ends the way all my SV stories end (in my head) - "they have sex, and live happily ever after" XD Clark is Superman! He can force a little of that lost love back into his Lex. Oh yes, he can.
...I'm not very good at handling darkfics, can you tell? ^^;;

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Bwahah. Yes, you have a point about Lana's powers. Lex has mutant healing ability to explain why he's not in a vegetative state from all the concussions, but Lana's continued survival is a tragic mystery...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Eh, well, the problem is I don't hate Ollie. I think he's something of an asshole who excuses certain sociopathic tendencies as vigilante antics, but he doesn't seem to be presented as a hero and as such provides an interesting foil to Clark's innate-but-mostly-repressed heroic impulses. Also not everyone in the world adores him for no reason...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely not the first person to postulate that Lana is a love-mutant, don't remember where I first saw the idea, but...it really makes so very much sense!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

thanks! (your icon makes me happy. ^^)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

The ironic thing is if they gave Lana this unconscious power, I genuinely would pity her. It's sort of a terrible thing if you think about, to learn that no one loves you for you, but only because you have this effect...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (and thank you again - more AtD today, if my beta is feeling better...)