episode fic: "Progeny"

[xparrot]

So after rewatching most of "Progeny" I decided that Lex is the hero of the ep, at least comparatively speaking; he was attacked first, and spent the ep trying to contain a dangerous emergency situation that was his responsibility, as cleanly as he could.

I also decided that after Lex, my second favorite character is Lowell, the hat-wearing super-strong meteor mutant with two lines of six words total. Obviously his story needed to be told, and since I don't know if we'll ever see him again, I went ahead and fic'ed it.

This is pretty unapologetically Lex-apologist, or else not at all; take it as you will, and remember as always that no narrator is entirely reliable or unbiased. Either way, Lex needs some minions, darn it!

Smallville: Loyalty {3,695 words}
PG-13, gen, drama; spoilers for 6th season, ep tag for "Progeny"
Meteor freak Lowell's take on the events of "Progeny", 33.1, and Lex Luthor.

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Comments

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

While I dislike using subtext for fanwanking plot holes - I'm a canon whore and like to stick to things that could plausibly be written into the show - I am at a total loss to explain Clark in "Bound" except that he was wildly jealous to have been left out of the Lexploits. I've never heard of a non-religious teenage boy who, hearing his friend is getting plenty of tail, responds with anything except "Rock on, dude!" If Lex were a sexual predator, that would be one thing, but he's not coercing any of those women; it's not implied that he's even telling them "I love you" or promising them anything other than a good time (and wow must it be good, considering how crazy she gets...) They're all consenting adults and I can't see Lex as guilty of anything except being a (desperately lonely and justifiably terrified of commitment) horndog.

Admittedly, Kansas is in the Bible Belt. But religion is as strangely absent from SV as party politics...

So I just take it as Clark getting hot under the collar that Lex was going to those Metropolis women when he had a wanton and willing farmboy waiting for him back in Smallville. Which doesn't excuse Clark from being a total asshat at the end, ignoring Lex's cry for help...

In other news, it never ceases to amuse me how much the "Bound" chick looks like Tom Welling in drag. She's got the same cheekbones and all. Oh, Lex.

(much <3 for the topic-appropriate icon, btw!)

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

Lol!! Absolutely. Even Clark's parents didn't seem as mad at Lex as they usually are. Jonathan kinda defended him. And that's surprising. Rock on, Lex.

I can see how Lex might start to think that his manjuice is infected with meteor radiation and it makes women crazycakes. But really, dude, it's erotomania (or you're the psych major, you tell me), not Lex evilly preying upon women. I wonder if he knew about his dad doing that thing with the earrings though?

I wouldn't have been offended if they included a scene or two of the Kents at a church bake sale or heading off to church (or Clark being LATE for church) since they're in the Bible Belt. They wouldn't have to give a denomination. I accept that Superman is probably a Christian! He's certainly not going to be an eclectic pagan like me or an atheist like Lex should be. He couldn't handle the grey.

Hee. I didn't realize that she looked so much like Clark. But it makes sense with Lionel's cagey explaination that Lex goes for dark hair women because they remind him of his... mother... who had red hair until Memoria and never again. Even "good" Lionel is a liar and a weird stalker who knows his son's sexual activities. I may have to watch that ep again because it is bizarrely slashy despite being frustrating. Clark even exhibits his classing uncomfortable with girls thing.

So I just take it as Clark getting hot under the collar that Lex was going to those Metropolis women when he had a wanton and willing farmboy waiting for him back in Smallville.
Clark, you would have been included in his Lexploits if you hadn't freaked out over Lex's obsession with you. He thinks you're off limits!

Your icon is totally the future.

I am TOTALLY going to study now >.>