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Okay, in case you missed serrico's recommendation of this amazing vid by dualbunny and sweetestdrain and greensilver, I must boost the signal. You must watch this if you've ever been a Clex fan. I can't say anything more about it except that it is a completely life-changing experience. I don't think I'll ever look at that relationship in the same way again.

I thought it was in reruns until the end of March. Hey, east coast people, was it a new episode tonight?

So, season 9. I have to confess, I'm not entirely sure I'm going to be watching. This is not precisely due to the perceived direction of the season (I've read a few spoilers, though not that many); I think it's more a combination of (a) the show moving to Friday nights and (b) my sense of disconnection from the fandom.

Probably the Friday night factor is definitive. What little social life I have takes place on Friday nights, and I know from past experience I'm really *bad* about keeping up with shows I have to tape. (I'm about 4 episodes behind on Merlin, and 3 on Leverage, for example--and at a certain point I don't have a lot of motive to keep up, because the fannish conversation has moved on).

And it was the fannish conversation that kept me in SV long after the first great out-migration, and even after the second. Hell, I *became* active when everyone was leaving, back in season 4, and I have reviewed every single episode since season 5 on. But last year I noticed I was really out of step with a lot of my former SV conversation partners, and I was avoiding their reviews to stop myself from getting into stupid character wars or taking character criticisms personally (and I assume the reverse was also happening, since the comments on my own reviews went way down). So I just don't know what's going to happen this season. I'm not going to say I'm going to stop reviewing altogether. I know better to make that sort of grand pronouncement; it basically ensures I would renege on it a week later. But I know myself, and if I am avoiding people's reviews to avoid conflict, I'm not going to have an incentive to keep up with the show when I'm not watching it live, so I'm expecting a slow fade as the season progresses. Just FYI.

Only one week until the Smallville premiere! Yay!

In preparation for this, I wanted to remind everyone of the community I mod, eat_crow, which is a comm focused on Smallville episode reviews and general meta. One thing I do for every new episode is make a master post for people to link to their own episode reviews. I also (when time permits) collect links to reviews myself, and post them on the master post. I use the svreviewwatch account to do this.

I know that in the past few months there has been an influx of new Smallville fans, many of whom I haven't personally interacted with. If you (or someone you know) is a new SV fan and likely to write reviews/commentary on season 8 episodes, could you leave a comment with your (or their) name here so I can add them to the watch list?

The complete list of the folks svreviewwatch has friended is behind the cut, if you want to check if you're already on the list. (Oh, and even if you've left the fandom, I'm keeping you on that list, because I live in denial of the idea that anyone could really leave SV fandom forever. If you strongly object to having your future reviews linked, though, let me know and I will take you off.)

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A very happy birthday to mskatej, who is one of my favorite people in the world. She is the very first person to ever write porn especially for me. And not only that, but for my past two birthdays she has not only written me porn, but she's actually written pairings that she herself finds strange and weird, because she's such a wonderful person.

So I wanted to reciprocate, somehow. As everyone knows, I am not a writer (of fiction, anyway), but after much hair-pulling and gnashing of teeth and handholding by bop_radar (who deserves many thanks for a very last-minute beta), I have committed fic. Well, it's really more like a ficlet, but at 700 words it is the longest thing I've ever written, and probably the first non-parody story I've ever actually finished. So, happy birthday, Kate!

Title: Natural Sense
Fandom: Smallville
Character/Pairing: Lois-centric, sort of Cloisy, with mentions of other Lois/m pairings
Set sometime between "Crimson" and "Prototype"
Summary: ( Lois is not attracted to Clark, regardless of what that wannabe psychic thinks )

So I spent a big chunk of the weekend rereading classic Clex, and although I always enjoy doing that I started wondering about whether these big, romantic sacrifices Clark and Lex end up making for each other in some stories bear any resemblance to real life relationships. Not that they necessarily *should*--that's the joy of fiction--but I did start wondering if I would really make some of the sacrifices they make in many classic stories. So, a poll:


[Poll #866606]

In honor of the "Smallville: Project Countdown" , I bring you a HUGE Lionel-centered picspam. Because the magnificent bastard deserves some love too, dammit!

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