Smallville: Ten things I loved about Fortune

[tariel22]

I should probably warn you that this entry isn't as complimentary as the subject line might suggest, and any Chloe fans will definitely want to scroll on by.

Comments

[itsaslashything]

*is mesmerized by the pretty*

[tariel22]

It's the one thing we can ALWAYS count on from Smallville. :)

[kissme_myfool]

I will miss her!! Last scene and I was bawling. Did not care about the chlollie marriage. Also, chlarked looked good together as bride/groom. Chlark talk and hug was gorgeous.

I thought the Lois/Ollie was so boring. Also, Lois looked so old with her s4 hair do. You think 6 yrs wouldn't matter much, but they do.

[tariel22]

Sadly, I can only say I'll miss who Chloe used to be. Or more accurately, who she used to be to Clark. It was bad enough when the show decided there was only room for one female reporter at the Daily Planet, and pushed Chloe out, but I'll never forgive them for changing the fundamental nature of her relationship with Clark. :(

I have to say I've never seen Allison look more breathtaking than she did over the past four episodes, and of course I'll miss her acting talent. She always made it all look so effortless.

I didn't like Lois's hair at all. Those bangs drove me crazy.

As always, thanks for sharing your perspective!

[kissme_myfool]

Or more accurately, who she used to be to Clark.

Explain?

[tariel22]

I loved the Chloe who was Clark's BFF, who believed in him unconditionally, and who stood by his side fighting the good fight. The writers turned her into someone who lost her faith in Clark, questioned his every move, spied on him, lied to him, betrayed his trust, treated him with contempt, and finally put her own plans in action in direct opposition to his.

Evidently TPTB couldn't conceive of a world where two women had a special bond with Clark Kent (or even where two women could be reporters), so they changed who Chloe was altogether. Love trumps friendship, I guess. It made me angry and sad to see the amazing relationship between Clark and Chloe systematically dismantled, but eventually I had to accept who she had become at face value. She was a completely different person, and I didn't like her much.

[huzzlewhat]

The funny thing is, I missed the first half of this episode, and laughed my ass off for the second half - until the Clark-Chloe farewell scene anyway, when I was ... well, someday I'll laugh. :-) Maybe the episode would have worked better as a 1/2 hour sitcom? Or maybe it benefitted from me not having seen The Hangover, so I had no idea how derivative they were being. Or it benefitted from the first scene I saw was Ollie and Lois on the train tracks, which was one of the really winning parts of the ep, and so it sort of set the tone and my attitude for the rest of it.

What I don't understand is... is Chloe and Oliver's marriage real? I thought it "didn't take," so to speak, because of what Chloe said to Clark about him not having to worry because the marriage wasn't legit, but the way reviews of the episode read, it sounds like it's for real. So... it wasn't legit when she thought it was Clark, but it was once she knew it was Ollie? The logic of this completely escapes me. Sigh.

[gildinwen]

And if it is real, what about Dianah (sp?)??? What now she's second best?

[tariel22]

When Chloe told Clark she was leaving, she said, "I still have to break it to Oliver, but I won't let a hero give up his world for me." I wondered if that meant Oliver was planning to stop being the Green Arrow in order to shelter the woman by his side from the public eye. Maybe in Smallville continuity Oliver passes the green hoody on to someone else, and that guy becomes Dinah's Green Arrow.

[gildinwen]

But would DC really let them get away with that. It felt like they were playing with the BC/GA pairing in earlier seasons?

[serenography]

[audrey229]

Sorry for jumping in here but I just wanted to agree with you about Lana's arc

[tariel22]

This is SO in line with what I posted in my comments about this episode. We even quoted the same Oliver/Lois lines.

I said the exact same thing in your journal! :D

What Lana's arc did do that I think distinguishes and elevates it from Chloe's final arc, is show a Lana who was inspired BY Clark, and they textually made that point very clear.That's a good point. Lana said in Bride, "If we want to fight for the greater good, maybe we all have to be a little more like Clark." Chloe has spent the last two years rejecting Clark's way of doing things, and forging her own path, which she has mostly kept secret from him

[whimsywinx]

I'm still behind in Smallville, but I really want to see Ollie in the showgirl costume. (Yes, I am completely and utterly that shallow.)

[tariel22]

Here are a few more caps to tide you over until you can watch. Click for BIGGER. :)

[whimsywinx]

Have I told you lately that I love you? That there's no one else above you?