darkfic: Promises to Keep

[xparrot]

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. )

Comments

[lukita.livejournal.com]

I totally re-watched those parts of the episode with this in mind and they suddenly made so much more sense. Except we can't use this theory for every stupid Lex moments so far, Static did not happened.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

gnine is now insisting that "Static" makes perfect sense if you accept meteormutant!Lana - Lex was off his Lana-resisting drugs the whole time he was in the other frequency ^^ (we also justify it by saying that Lex was thinking the guy was possibly listening the whole time, or set it up such that Lana would hear him eventually...)

[lukita.livejournal.com]

In that case... It would make more sense, but how do you explain the password? I won't actually rant about all the sensitive info Chloe got on 33.1 from the password.

This baby is going to inherit Lana's please-love-me, Lex's healing and whatever else Lex added, I'm still thinking Clark alien since Lex's nightmare is about the baby being a monster.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Well, if all of Static was a wicked!Lexian!scheme, then that password probably only unlocked a limited database? umm, maybe?

That's if the baby's real. I'm thinking Lex faked this pregnancy to shotgun her to the altar...

[lukita.livejournal.com]

Ohly unlocking a limited database would be awesome.

If the pregnancy is faked to shotgun Lana to the altar, I would laugh really really hard, Lana doesn't even know her body well enough to realize she's not pregnant.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Well, if the pregnancy is faked, Lex has to be drugging her, at the very least to assure she doesn't menstruate and give it away. I still will find it hysterical, just because pregnancy is totally a woman's tactic for forcing a wedding. Oh, Lex. You're such a girl!

[lukita.livejournal.com]

Dood, it's been a few months since Lana knows she's pregnant and she's a tiny person, shouldn't it at least shows up a little?