OH LEX. OH TESS. OH HOUSE OF LUTHOR, WHY SO CURSED. I was really hoping Tess, at least, would have broken free of the curse.
Yes--it's like the Luthor superpower is to believe that they're cursed to be evil. Lex kind of gloried in it, definitely thought that his villainy would be the thing to guide Clark into greatness and at the same time, seemed to still think he had a job to do, keeping Clark in check. That little speech about the way Clark said his name--he was laughing at Clark for still believing after all this time, but there was a fondness there too. At least it seemed so to me.
I had to pretty much ignore what Bo and Martha were saying because it really didn't make a lot of sense to me, and in fact, they seemed to be contradicting themselves. But I was also editing a story so I might have missed vital bits. It was so nice to see them, and they looked wonderful. This whole episode was so beautiful to look at that it made me tear up.
I hate that they killed Tess, because I'd really come to like her. She was *totally* badass, breaking free. Damn, that was good! Then they go and make me scream out loud when Lex killed her. I felt terrible about that--and still felt sorry for Lex for getting it all so wrong. Lionel Luthor was the devil incarnate and what he did to Lex *and* Tess--he got off easy.
The last part of that episode, I mostly just sniveled a whole lot.
I loved that speech about how Clark says his name--SO MUCH fic fodder in that one line.
Honestly, all of that Jonathan and Martha speechifying seemed extremely contrived and time-wasting to me. I'd rather they spent that time giving him marriage advice, for fuck's sake.
I thought they might have Lionel kill Tess, but I really, really didn't expect Lex to do it. I don't know why--it's a good way to remind the audience he IS the villain of the story--but I just wasn't expecting it.
Yes--it's like the Luthor superpower is to believe that they're cursed to be evil. Lex kind of gloried in it, definitely thought that his villainy would be the thing to guide Clark into greatness and at the same time, seemed to still think he had a job to do, keeping Clark in check. That little speech about the way Clark said his name--he was laughing at Clark for still believing after all this time, but there was a fondness there too. At least it seemed so to me.
I had to pretty much ignore what Bo and Martha were saying because it really didn't make a lot of sense to me, and in fact, they seemed to be contradicting themselves. But I was also editing a story so I might have missed vital bits. It was so nice to see them, and they looked wonderful. This whole episode was so beautiful to look at that it made me tear up.
I hate that they killed Tess, because I'd really come to like her. She was *totally* badass, breaking free. Damn, that was good! Then they go and make me scream out loud when Lex killed her. I felt terrible about that--and still felt sorry for Lex for getting it all so wrong. Lionel Luthor was the devil incarnate and what he did to Lex *and* Tess--he got off easy.
The last part of that episode, I mostly just sniveled a whole lot.
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Honestly, all of that Jonathan and Martha speechifying seemed extremely contrived and time-wasting to me. I'd rather they spent that time giving him marriage advice, for fuck's sake.
I thought they might have Lionel kill Tess, but I really, really didn't expect Lex to do it. I don't know why--it's a good way to remind the audience he IS the villain of the story--but I just wasn't expecting it.
Yeah, I was so dehydrated from crying after this!
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