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hackthis_archiveGood intentions? I had some of them once. They’re nice you know, like flowers. The thing about flowers, though, is that they die.
Okay. So. First of all, thank you to everyone who responded to ‘The Prodigal Replacement;’ it means a lot to me to know that you all enjoyed it, and I will totally respond as soon as I can. Theoretically, there is more where that came from. Okay, not really theoretically, more like definitely, I’m just trying to work out the kinks. Kinks. Adam. Funny. I digress.
I’ve been thinking very hard about why I’m so gung-ho for Adam & Lex vs. Clark & Lex these days, and the reasoning that I've come up with is that I’ve always wanted Lex to have someone who won’t judge him and find him lacking. Yes, the entire world is lacking, but I’ve always wanted Lex to have someone who understands the moral gray area and that just because you don’t always do the right thing doesn’t mean you don’t have good intentions. Desiree was out for herself; Helen was out for herself too; Victoria, whatever, and Clark, well, we'll come to him a minute.
When I look at Adam, I see someone like Lex. Someone whose questionable past is continually being held against them as reasoning why they don’t deserve a second chance, why people look at them twice, or have hesitations where they’re concerned. Except there's nothing wrong with being reserved or trying to get past the things you've lived through. Since when does everything have to be shared all the fucking time? Clearly we are in the age of Oprah and Jerry, but to my mind, there's a lot to be said to keeping things to yourself, and leaving the past where it's laid. Right now it's like Adam and Lex are being implicated for trying to move ahead, and to me that’s all bullshit. It’s like saying nobody who’s ever done anything more severe than jaywalking deserves a second change. I mean why call it a second chance if people won’t let go of the first impressions, you know? (This is not to say that first impressions can’t be spot on, only that I think there should always be room for a shifting of the POV).
I say all this to say that I think Adam and Lex are amazing. I think they have knockout chemistry. I think they would enable each other to the most insane stuff imaginable because they understand what it‘s like to be misunderstood and doubted. I think they would want to prove the entire world wrong, and hey, they would look fucking hot doing it too. (Heh, double entendre). This is what excites me about the pairing. You don’t have to be understood by everybody, but one person can make all the difference in the world and when I look at Adam and Lex, that’s what I see -- it’s what I want to promote.
At the same time, however, I’m old enough and have enough experience to realize that sometimes enablement is not what you need. You may want it, but dude, everybody needs someone to tell them when to sit down, shut up, stop drinking or stop being a fucking asshole -- and this is the part where I have to give *one* kudo to Clark.
I make no bones of the fact that I’m not impressed with Clark or Supes or anybody who likes to pull the Messiah card, however, the more time I spend thinking about the allure of Lex and Adam, the more I have to (grudgingly) appreciate Clark and Lex.
It’s easy to tell somebody you care about ‘yes'; it’s a hell of a lot harder to say ‘no.’
Clark doesn’t let Lex get away with a lot, and even though that doesn’t work both ways, the way it should, at least Clark cares enough about Lex to want him safe and not all the way over the moral divide. Of course the moral divide is totally relative, but that’s a conversation for another day.
This is not my way of saying I have any Clark love, only that I have a deeper understand and perhaps, appreciation, of what a good team Clark and Lex could make in the future.
Okay, that’s my .02 for the day.
Note: I have no doubt that I’m going to be Jossed very soon and find out that my new favored son is a serial killer or a zombie or whatever, so these ideas are simply based on my thoughts up till ‘Hereafter’ I am not encouraging any sort of felony behavior -- I mean, of the kind that harms someone else, because you know, there are all kinds of felonies. Just saying.
Okay. So. First of all, thank you to everyone who responded to ‘The Prodigal Replacement;’ it means a lot to me to know that you all enjoyed it, and I will totally respond as soon as I can. Theoretically, there is more where that came from. Okay, not really theoretically, more like definitely, I’m just trying to work out the kinks. Kinks. Adam. Funny. I digress.
I’ve been thinking very hard about why I’m so gung-ho for Adam & Lex vs. Clark & Lex these days, and the reasoning that I've come up with is that I’ve always wanted Lex to have someone who won’t judge him and find him lacking. Yes, the entire world is lacking, but I’ve always wanted Lex to have someone who understands the moral gray area and that just because you don’t always do the right thing doesn’t mean you don’t have good intentions. Desiree was out for herself; Helen was out for herself too; Victoria, whatever, and Clark, well, we'll come to him a minute.
When I look at Adam, I see someone like Lex. Someone whose questionable past is continually being held against them as reasoning why they don’t deserve a second chance, why people look at them twice, or have hesitations where they’re concerned. Except there's nothing wrong with being reserved or trying to get past the things you've lived through. Since when does everything have to be shared all the fucking time? Clearly we are in the age of Oprah and Jerry, but to my mind, there's a lot to be said to keeping things to yourself, and leaving the past where it's laid. Right now it's like Adam and Lex are being implicated for trying to move ahead, and to me that’s all bullshit. It’s like saying nobody who’s ever done anything more severe than jaywalking deserves a second change. I mean why call it a second chance if people won’t let go of the first impressions, you know? (This is not to say that first impressions can’t be spot on, only that I think there should always be room for a shifting of the POV).
I say all this to say that I think Adam and Lex are amazing. I think they have knockout chemistry. I think they would enable each other to the most insane stuff imaginable because they understand what it‘s like to be misunderstood and doubted. I think they would want to prove the entire world wrong, and hey, they would look fucking hot doing it too. (Heh, double entendre). This is what excites me about the pairing. You don’t have to be understood by everybody, but one person can make all the difference in the world and when I look at Adam and Lex, that’s what I see -- it’s what I want to promote.
At the same time, however, I’m old enough and have enough experience to realize that sometimes enablement is not what you need. You may want it, but dude, everybody needs someone to tell them when to sit down, shut up, stop drinking or stop being a fucking asshole -- and this is the part where I have to give *one* kudo to Clark.
I make no bones of the fact that I’m not impressed with Clark or Supes or anybody who likes to pull the Messiah card, however, the more time I spend thinking about the allure of Lex and Adam, the more I have to (grudgingly) appreciate Clark and Lex.
It’s easy to tell somebody you care about ‘yes'; it’s a hell of a lot harder to say ‘no.’
Clark doesn’t let Lex get away with a lot, and even though that doesn’t work both ways, the way it should, at least Clark cares enough about Lex to want him safe and not all the way over the moral divide. Of course the moral divide is totally relative, but that’s a conversation for another day.
This is not my way of saying I have any Clark love, only that I have a deeper understand and perhaps, appreciation, of what a good team Clark and Lex could make in the future.
Okay, that’s my .02 for the day.
Note: I have no doubt that I’m going to be Jossed very soon and find out that my new favored son is a serial killer or a zombie or whatever, so these ideas are simply based on my thoughts up till ‘Hereafter’ I am not encouraging any sort of felony behavior -- I mean, of the kind that harms someone else, because you know, there are all kinds of felonies. Just saying.
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Date: 2004-02-08 08:55 am (UTC)Dude, why must you go get all meta and interesting and all when I'm drunk? Some day I am going to make a post about why Clark being a hero is not a bad thing, but I really think now is not the time. No, no, no, now is definitely not the time.
(um, this is not to say that you're not interesting other times. You know what I mean. You also know the insane shit that I say when I'm drunk. Ignore me at will.)
Right. Yeah.
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Date: 2004-02-09 12:21 am (UTC)Dude, you know I wrote this *because* I'd been out drinking for real! Also, this week, we work on Adam/Lex. With plot. And porn, since they have now become all about the porn for me. I can't think of any other pairing I've ever encountered that I've been so eager to get on their backs.
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Date: 2004-02-09 12:45 am (UTC)