Remember the cliché prompts? Fic (1/2)

[bagheera_san]

In January, I asked people to give me cliché prompts. I expected to write small ficlets, all done in a day or two. I was oh so wrong. I'm not very good at ficlets.

Anyways, this is the first part of norwich36's prompt: bodyswitching. Because there can never be enough stories where Clark and Lex find out about each other from the inside.I declare

Comments

[roxymissrose]

Brilliant! Brilliant idea, and brilliant writing. Just beautiful, intelligent, and completely engrossing.

here I am, hooked again. :)

[bagheera_san]

Whew, thanks! I wasn't too sure about this fic!

Mmh, your icon is pretty :)

[norwich36]

Well, I would apologize for giving you a hard prompt, except that I am *really* enjoying this story, so it would be hypocritical of me.

Lots of great lines and scenes so far. I really liked this part:

Lex thought he had long given up on trying to be worthy of Clark Kent's ridiculously hypocritical standards. Not so much apparently. Maybe his Dad had warped him so much that Lex needed a bar raised impossibly high in his life.

And right now, Lex had a body made to jump impossibly high.

and this part as well, because oddly enough I haven't seen a lot of existential reflection in bodyswitch fics:

How much could he really be himself while in another body? The whole idea of transplanting a mind into another body made no sense from a scientific point of view, much less a human mind into an alien body. How much of him had been rewired? How much could he trust his perception of self? What was even left of him that was purely Lex Luthor and not some alien part grafted onto him by drugs and viruses and all kinds of people messing with his

[bagheera_san]

No need to apologize. It forced me to write a story I would normally have given up on after the first few tries :) I'm very glad you like it!

oddly enough I haven't seen a lot of existential reflection in bodyswitch fics

Me neither, but I think the experience could be extremely unsettling, especially if you were, like Lex, already not too sure of your identity and had your mind and your body messed with so many times.

[busarewski]

lovely! I really enjoyed this take on the Zod thing. Great handling of the switched bodies trope. I love you style of writing.

[bagheera_san]

Thanks!

[danceswithgary]

This was totally engrossing and I love the amount of detail you have around both Clark and Lex dealing with the change in both physical but the responsibilities associated with those bodies. Can't wait for the next part!

[bagheera_san]

I love the amount of detail you have around both Clark and Lex dealing with the change in both physical but the responsibilities associated with those bodies.

I find it really hard to convey the physical aspect, so focussing on the responsibilities is the easy way out - and for me, the more interesting part.

[rosy5000]

I love the attention to detail you give as to how things feel for Clark and Lex in each other's bodies. I'm completely hooked and can't wait for more. :)

[bagheera_san]

I don't think you'll have to wait long - it's all downhill from where I am in the story now.