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

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, it's almost a good thing SV's writing is so...erratic, as it allows room for all kinds of meta-ing about!

Yes, Lionel is powerful on a limited scale; he's lacking vision, or Lex's drive for greatness. All he knows is his own desires, while Lex can sacrifice himself to something larger than self. (...at least that's what I want Lex to be. Stupid Lana, getting him off-track...)

The "old spider" was actually just how I was thinking of Lionel for the whole ep, sitting in his web pulling strings and watching the flies at the end twitch. But yes, Anansi works well! I always appreciate mythology refs (even if they were unintentional ^^;)

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

Lana warps everyone around her. She gets everyone off track for their destiny. Clark and his mission (what happened to tracking down Zoners then going for training? Ollie's going to come back and beat your ass.) Lex and his world saving (I find it interesting that she's now told both Lex and Clark that they don't need to save the world. In Fallout, then in Labrynth.). Lois with her place by Clark's side. Chloe, well she just takes up so much of her damn time I'm sure her grades and career are suffering. If the writers are aware of it, they are just awesome and we could still save Lana as a character. If not, well... it would suck to live in the world they apparently live in. It's not MY world, by any means.