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Smallville: Combat
Um, I must say, that was NOT what I was expecting from this episode.
Dear Almiles, are you DELIBERATELY trying to alienate all the hard core fans? Last week you drove away all the Lana and Clana haters and the Lexana lovers, and this week I'm sure you just drove off all the hardcore Superman fans. Justifiably. Superman doesn't kill people. I don't know if you knew that or not, but it's KIND OF A BIG DEAL. One of the things that separates him from other types of heroes, in fact. And yes, Clark has probably caused deaths before, but not deliberately--and if that wasn't a deliberate killing, than neither was Lex killing the doctor last week. True, that Zoner had killed a bunch of people and posed a danger to society, but Superman doesn't kill people. And the fact that you had him feel a little guilty at the end? Does NOT justify it.
Honestly, even something this egregious isn't going to cause me to bail from this show, because I am the Pollyanna of Smallville, but they're not even trying now, are they? I thought Lana and Martha were the ones who were supposed to go dark this season, not Clark. (Though in the 3000 word essay on "Promise" I wrote this afternoon and will post in two parts tomorrow I speculated that Clark was, in fact, regressing from the heroic path, and I guess this is definite sign of regression.)
Dear Clark: STOP KILLING PEOPLE. This is not heroic behavior--I don't care how mad you are at Lex.
Dear Martha, thank you for calling Clark on his behavior, but actually I think you let him off the hook a little too easily. Yay, he feels guilty: big whoop. I'm glad that you're reminding him of his humanity, but that boy needs hit upside the head with a big clue stick.
Dear Lois: You rock hardcore, beyond the telling. Big props for figuring out the location of the fight club all on your own. Bigger props for pulling out the red leather catsuit, pretending to be a stripper, and hitting on the security lady. And way to show off your fighting skills! Your only error, and it was an understandable one, was stopping to gloat afterward. I am officially in love with you now, just so you know, and I hope people are already writing the hot femslash. (But Almiles? Having Lois hit on the hot chick--or pretend to, whatever--does NOT compensate for having Superman deliberately kill someone).
Dear Lex: I can't decide if you caused Lana to miscarry with that drink (I'd currently give that about a 49% possibility) or you're covering up something even worse and the miscarriage was fake (I'm guessing about a 50% possibility--with 1% being the possibility that that drink had nothing to do with Lana's collapse) , but either way, that was pretty cold. Did you do it just because she's not putting out? I was a little sympathetic to you last week, after the way your father manipulated things so that you got what you most wanted in a way that guaranteed you would never enjoy it, but this week my sympathies were entirely with Lana.
Dear Lana: you look beautiful in black, and I was going to say that Lex is definitely going to figure out you were coerced into the wedding if you don't start faking better, but in some ways this miscarriage is to your advantage. Not that I want to be harsh--I genuinely felt bad for you, and you actually made me cry a little. Hanging out in the nursery mourning is wonderfully sad and creepy and in character, and gives you a great excuse to avoid Lex. (And it also seems reminiscent of that amazing OT4 story by romanyg that I hope is still going to be finished even though it's been jossed).
Dear Chloe, thank you for speculating that research is your mutant power, because that means it definitely *isn't*, which is what I've been saying for a while, nyah nyah nyah. (/ inner-5-year-old)
Dear Lois, I just feel the need to repeat that you were completely wonderful and hot and kickass and awesome and FEMSLASHY. Thank you very much for redeeming this episode for me. You and grief-stricken semi-creepy Lana were definitely the highlight.
Dear Almiles, are you DELIBERATELY trying to alienate all the hard core fans? Last week you drove away all the Lana and Clana haters and the Lexana lovers, and this week I'm sure you just drove off all the hardcore Superman fans. Justifiably. Superman doesn't kill people. I don't know if you knew that or not, but it's KIND OF A BIG DEAL. One of the things that separates him from other types of heroes, in fact. And yes, Clark has probably caused deaths before, but not deliberately--and if that wasn't a deliberate killing, than neither was Lex killing the doctor last week. True, that Zoner had killed a bunch of people and posed a danger to society, but Superman doesn't kill people. And the fact that you had him feel a little guilty at the end? Does NOT justify it.
Honestly, even something this egregious isn't going to cause me to bail from this show, because I am the Pollyanna of Smallville, but they're not even trying now, are they? I thought Lana and Martha were the ones who were supposed to go dark this season, not Clark. (Though in the 3000 word essay on "Promise" I wrote this afternoon and will post in two parts tomorrow I speculated that Clark was, in fact, regressing from the heroic path, and I guess this is definite sign of regression.)
Dear Clark: STOP KILLING PEOPLE. This is not heroic behavior--I don't care how mad you are at Lex.
Dear Martha, thank you for calling Clark on his behavior, but actually I think you let him off the hook a little too easily. Yay, he feels guilty: big whoop. I'm glad that you're reminding him of his humanity, but that boy needs hit upside the head with a big clue stick.
Dear Lois: You rock hardcore, beyond the telling. Big props for figuring out the location of the fight club all on your own. Bigger props for pulling out the red leather catsuit, pretending to be a stripper, and hitting on the security lady. And way to show off your fighting skills! Your only error, and it was an understandable one, was stopping to gloat afterward. I am officially in love with you now, just so you know, and I hope people are already writing the hot femslash. (But Almiles? Having Lois hit on the hot chick--or pretend to, whatever--does NOT compensate for having Superman deliberately kill someone).
Dear Lex: I can't decide if you caused Lana to miscarry with that drink (I'd currently give that about a 49% possibility) or you're covering up something even worse and the miscarriage was fake (I'm guessing about a 50% possibility--with 1% being the possibility that that drink had nothing to do with Lana's collapse) , but either way, that was pretty cold. Did you do it just because she's not putting out? I was a little sympathetic to you last week, after the way your father manipulated things so that you got what you most wanted in a way that guaranteed you would never enjoy it, but this week my sympathies were entirely with Lana.
Dear Lana: you look beautiful in black, and I was going to say that Lex is definitely going to figure out you were coerced into the wedding if you don't start faking better, but in some ways this miscarriage is to your advantage. Not that I want to be harsh--I genuinely felt bad for you, and you actually made me cry a little. Hanging out in the nursery mourning is wonderfully sad and creepy and in character, and gives you a great excuse to avoid Lex. (And it also seems reminiscent of that amazing OT4 story by romanyg that I hope is still going to be finished even though it's been jossed).
Dear Chloe, thank you for speculating that research is your mutant power, because that means it definitely *isn't*, which is what I've been saying for a while, nyah nyah nyah. (/ inner-5-year-old)
Dear Lois, I just feel the need to repeat that you were completely wonderful and hot and kickass and awesome and FEMSLASHY. Thank you very much for redeeming this episode for me. You and grief-stricken semi-creepy Lana were definitely the highlight.