Reading and writing Clex fanfiction...
I'm wondering what the remaining people still active on this list feel and/or think about Clex fanfiction. I'm wondering this for several reasons.
First of all, today I decided to try reading some again, after a long break. I found a story that looked interesting, and started reading, but something or other set off alarm bells, and I skimmed through to the end, thank heaven. It seems that Lex had been given amnesia, and this cured his evil. Clark is pure goodness, of course. He and Lex start a relationship, and Clark refuses to tell Lex what he was like before the amnesia, because he was so bad. Clark has to sneak out of the White House early in the morning so that the public don't know they're lovers, a plan that is doomed to failure as these things always get found out, but never mind that. Then Martha comments, when Clark tells her who his new lover is, that he should be careful or something because of 'what Lex put him through'. After that, I quit reading the story for good. No, no, no.
This is the thing that has always bothered me about most Clex fiction over the last few years. In the early days, before Clark started abusing Lex and lying to him constantly, it might still be argued that Clark was a good friend and that Lex was doomed to being the one destroying their friendship. But now? How can anyone ignore what Clark put Lex through? Why do fanfiction writers so often ignore how badly Clark behaved? And if you want to ignore that, how do you explain why their friendship fell apart, when Clark was such a good friend? It was Lex who held onto the friendship long after Clark had turned abusive.
This isn't just a problem for readers, it's a problem for writers, too. And I think we need a Clex writers support group, or something. I never give up, not completely. I hang on to the last fraying threads of any relationship, clinging with my torn and broken fingernails, so I'm willing to discuss all this if anyone else is.
So, if there are still any readers or writers out there, give me something to hang onto, if you can.
ETA: I guess it's time I did give up.
First of all, today I decided to try reading some again, after a long break. I found a story that looked interesting, and started reading, but something or other set off alarm bells, and I skimmed through to the end, thank heaven. It seems that Lex had been given amnesia, and this cured his evil. Clark is pure goodness, of course. He and Lex start a relationship, and Clark refuses to tell Lex what he was like before the amnesia, because he was so bad. Clark has to sneak out of the White House early in the morning so that the public don't know they're lovers, a plan that is doomed to failure as these things always get found out, but never mind that. Then Martha comments, when Clark tells her who his new lover is, that he should be careful or something because of 'what Lex put him through'. After that, I quit reading the story for good. No, no, no.
This is the thing that has always bothered me about most Clex fiction over the last few years. In the early days, before Clark started abusing Lex and lying to him constantly, it might still be argued that Clark was a good friend and that Lex was doomed to being the one destroying their friendship. But now? How can anyone ignore what Clark put Lex through? Why do fanfiction writers so often ignore how badly Clark behaved? And if you want to ignore that, how do you explain why their friendship fell apart, when Clark was such a good friend? It was Lex who held onto the friendship long after Clark had turned abusive.
This isn't just a problem for readers, it's a problem for writers, too. And I think we need a Clex writers support group, or something. I never give up, not completely. I hang on to the last fraying threads of any relationship, clinging with my torn and broken fingernails, so I'm willing to discuss all this if anyone else is.
So, if there are still any readers or writers out there, give me something to hang onto, if you can.
ETA: I guess it's time I did give up.