#chlark

[brujaporfavor]

"I feel like Chloe and Lex are gonna hook up eventually, but they're both going to have to dress up like Clark."

[werybeen]

𝔸𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕂𝕖𝕟𝕥?

I’ve been writing and rewriting my think piece on why I’ve always headcannoned Clark as autistic. Of course I’ve got my mains: 

He emotes differently; bearing his teeth, smiling or squeezing his eyes shut when he’s in danger, his blank stares and his inability to not be super obvious when he's uncomfortable, disappointed or judgmental. 

His aversion to eye contact when he’s feeling intense emotions or he know the person he’s speaking with is feeling intense emotion

His hyperempathy 

His black and white morals/ reasoning 

Him wearing the same three outfits on rotation unless someone else dresses him 

His inability to read subtext 

His general lack of understanding for behaviors and his compulsion to study his disagreement/ interpersonal issues clinically through reading because he's not sure how to approach it any other way 

His crashouts when he has big emotions and then subsequent self hatred for lashing out 

I could go on but what I’ve been missing that truly captured the idea was Clark’s desperation to be seen as a person but always managing to perform personhood incorrectly. No matter how compassionate or gentle he is, no matter how he tries to change himself or hide, he never seems to get it right. He tries to explain his behaviors and experiences to his friends and family but no matter how he sells it, they will never understand what it's like to live as him and in turn, why he does the things he does. 

It’s very reminiscent of high masking individuals whose parents instill in them that differences are okay at home but wrong if anyone else finds out. That once someone finds out there is something tangibly different about him then his whole world will fall apart. He’d rather people think he is cruel or irresponsible than admit his brain and body work differently than other people’s do. He spends his whole life hoping that one day he can share himself with someone other than his parents but then even his closest friend talks about how much they despise people like him. He tries to defend his community without revealing his in the community but it just falls on the deaf ear of people thinking he's just trying to be righteous. Even in a future when he reveals his secret, there is this looming blame that is held over his head. People will act like saints for accommodating someone like him or defending him against those with cruel intentions when all he wants is to be cared for and loved without condition or feeling like he is a burden.

I know non human characters as metaphor for autism is a stereotype but there is nothing stereotypical about not feeling human bc your brain is wired a different way and being just good enough at pretending that your passable but slightly uncanny.

[wtevrroesyurboat]

Force femming Clark Kent like its my job ԅ(‾⌣‾ԅ)

Text description: CS: Clark! Will you just come out already? CK: I'm coming! CS: Finally! CK: I think...its too tight CS: Yea, maybe

[scar-talks-a-latte]

Chloe Sullivan?

I saw someone say that they (as in producers) considered having Chloe become Lois Lane and that existed as an option before they casted Erica. And whether this is true or not doesn’t really matter because the very idea of that is sooooo interesting. Largely because it makes sense, like a lot of sense. Chloe is a journalist, she’s driven, she’s smart, and her and Clark have history and potential. Also her fake death, or even just her using Lois as a pen name because of what happened with Lionel and the Daily Planet, would have made her changing her name very plausible. Plus adding another female member of the cast whose character was a romantic interest for Clark, and therefore adding someone else to pit against the existing women on the show, always kind of bothered me. Their role in the story was always somewhat limited to whether they had Clark’s attention and the viewers’ attention, whether they were appealing enough or if they could be used and it didn’t always feel faithful to their characters.

Not to mention the whole, “I’m the girl of your dreams masquerading as your best friend.”

Chloe becoming Lois would have been a shocking and intriguing way to introduce Lois into the story and challenge the viewers’ expectations of the show. With an origin story where we all know the ending, we all know what Clark will become and who he will end up with, it would have been a great way to surprise the audience, to show them that there’s still a possibility for creativity.

I still love the Lois that we got, but I haven’t been able to get this fact or this possibility out of my head.

[thesizeofonesoul]

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[smallvilleversary-zine]

Characters and Ships

As it was mentioned in our FAQ posts, shipping is allowed in the zine, so it is time to expand on the subject.

For our zine we stick to the rule: “If a character wasn’t shown clearly dying on the screen, or there is no prove of them being actually dead, they may be considered to still be alive.”

So such characters as Morgan Edge (mentioned to be missing in a Daily Planet’s article in Season 8, though twice said to be dead and never actually shown to be turned into the person trying to kill Lex and Clark in Episode 8 Season 3 (Shattered) via plastic surgery, after being presumed dead in Episode 2 Season 3 (Phoenix).) or Tess Mercer (Lutessa Luthor) (who was never shown after supposedly dying in Lex’s arms after being stabbed and drawing her last breath, considering Lex still could have called ER, especially after his memories were whipped) can be safely optimistically called still alive.

(Remember Greg Arkin (The Bug Boy) who seems to have died in Episode 2 Season 1 (Metamorphosis) and appeared alive and well in Episode 4 Season 10 (Homecoming)? That’s the same situation here.)

And we can also allow the possibility of Lionel Luthor being still among the living, because as Jor-El’s emissary and vessel he isn’t lacking importance and could have been resurrected by the kryptonian AI or put into altered state of existence, a stage of suspended animation right after the fall and then healed enough to recover, because his dead body wasn’t shown in the casket and there was no proof provided of it being not the case.

Everything depends on your vision.

So here is the list (not by any means final or complete), of the characters who may appear in the zine as living acting participants of various plots:

Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman; Lex Luthor; Martha Kent/The Red Queen; Lionel Luthor; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Chloe Sullivan/Watchtower; Oliver Queen/Green Arrow; Morgan Edge; Bart Allen/Impulse; Arthur Curry/AC/Aquaman; J’onn J’onzz/John Jones/Martian Manhunter; Tess Mercer/Mercy/Lutessa Luthor; Jor-El (AI, or in Lionel’s body); Kara Kent/Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers/Supergirl; Zatanna Zatara; Pete Ross; Lucas Luthor; etc.

In Flashbacks and mentions only:

Jonathan Kent (May appear as an AI version of himself in the Fortress of Solitude.); Whitney Fordman; Jimmy Olsen; Dr. Virgil Swann; Dr. Brigette Crosby; Ryan James; etc.

Characters, who appeared in Smallville Season 11 comic books are also allowed to be a part of the zine (Bruce Wayne/Batman, Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, etc.).

Earth-2/Mirrorverse counterparts of characters’s life depictions in 15 years in our time are also welcome (Clark Luthor, Lois Queen, Jonathan Kent (-2), Martha Clark (Kent before divorce), etc.).

Once again we establish that all relationships between the characters should be depicted in the works in the zine as being more on platonic side.

No ships between family members are allowed.

(Note: If you write a piece sticking to Mionel, Clex is not allowed in it and vice versa, etc.)

Here is the list of the ships:

Het:

Clois – the ship between Clark Kent and Lois Lane.

Clana – the ship between Clark Kent and Lana Lang.

Chlark – the ship between Clark Kent and Chloe Sullivan.

Jonathan x Martha – the ship between Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent. (in flashbacks only, or in case of Earth-2/Mirrorverse scenarios)

Mionel – the ship between Martha Kent and Lionel Luthor.

Lexana – the ship between Lex Luthor and Lana Lang.

Lollie – the ship between Lois Lane and Oliver Queen.

Chlollie – the ship between Chloe Sullivan and Oliver Queen.

Zeeiver – the ship between Zatanna Zatara and Oliver Queen.

Tollie – the ship between Tess Mercer and Oliver Queen.

Chlex – the ship between Chloe Sullivan and Lex Luthor.

Kex – the ship between Lex Luthor and Kara Zor-El.

Aquamera – the ship between Arthur Curry and Mera.

Slash:

Clex – the ship between Clark Kent and Lex Luthor.

Clollie – the ship between Clark Kent and Oliver Queen.

Ledge – the ship between Lionel Luthor and Morgan Edge.

Femslash:

Tess x Lois – the ship between Tess Mercer and Lois Lane.

Chess – the ship between Chloe Sullivan and Tess Mercer.

Chlana – the ship between Chloe Sullivan and Lana Lang.

If the ship of your choice isn’t included in the list, feel free to mention it.

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