Smallville 8x14 - Requiem
While I'm glad that they gave Lana a powerful goodbye, I really wish that they'd let Clark and Lana have a choice.
I've been one of the people going, "Well, we don't know how Lana's arc will end," so I didn't want to rush to judgement on whether or not it would be in a place that would make any potential Lois relationship look less important.
But making the Clark/Lana separation based on him dying if they touch? Yes, that makes it look they're setting up Lois to be second-best. And if they completely drop the Lana angst, Clark will look like a heartless monster. I can't see any possible way for them to actually get to the relationship that Lois and Clark are supposed to have. She deserves better than a guy who's only picking her because his OTL will kill him if they get too close.
And I missed Tess.
I just... I'm not sure that I understand why the show decided to do this particular way of breaking up Lana and Clark. It seems short-sighted.
I've been one of the people going, "Well, we don't know how Lana's arc will end," so I didn't want to rush to judgement on whether or not it would be in a place that would make any potential Lois relationship look less important.
But making the Clark/Lana separation based on him dying if they touch? Yes, that makes it look they're setting up Lois to be second-best. And if they completely drop the Lana angst, Clark will look like a heartless monster. I can't see any possible way for them to actually get to the relationship that Lois and Clark are supposed to have. She deserves better than a guy who's only picking her because his OTL will kill him if they get too close.
And I missed Tess.
I just... I'm not sure that I understand why the show decided to do this particular way of breaking up Lana and Clark. It seems short-sighted.