I effing LOVE Spartacus: B&S and not just because of the skimpily-clad, muscle-bound gladiators. Although that's at least 75% of it. ;)
You're right in that early SV!Lex was more complex but I think what they were trying to do was explain his near-insane jealousy of Superman in canon in a way that's more than just "they love him more than they love me." The latter is a petty grievance if the two only met as adults; it makes Lex as boring a villain as Jesus!Superman. However, the history SV has given Lex, not only in his interactions with Clark but with almost everyone he has tried to be close to, having Clark as a focus of his maniacal hatred is understandable. Not sensible or logical but understandable.
SV!Zod is a little less grey than Lex. I think he'd be more like early Lex in terms of complexity if they showed all the things he'd done to help his people in the past & the present. As it is, they're just telling and while it does colour his actions, it's not enough for the audience to have an emotional attachment to him. At least not this audience member. ;) That would be a great place to explore in fic though. How does a hero become a villain?
Which them makes me want to read Mark Waid's "Incorruptible."
You're right in that early SV!Lex was more complex but I think what they were trying to do was explain his near-insane jealousy of Superman in canon in a way that's more than just "they love him more than they love me." The latter is a petty grievance if the two only met as adults; it makes Lex as boring a villain as Jesus!Superman. However, the history SV has given Lex, not only in his interactions with Clark but with almost everyone he has tried to be close to, having Clark as a focus of his maniacal hatred is understandable. Not sensible or logical but understandable.
SV!Zod is a little less grey than Lex. I think he'd be more like early Lex in terms of complexity if they showed all the things he'd done to help his people in the past & the present. As it is, they're just telling and while it does colour his actions, it's not enough for the audience to have an emotional attachment to him. At least not this audience member. ;) That would be a great place to explore in fic though. How does a hero become a villain?
Which them makes me want to read Mark Waid's "Incorruptible."
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