#lanex?

[revolutionsingingintherainnn]

i miss them, sue me

[kyliafanfiction]

Do you ship Lex and Lana? Not sure where you are in the series, but I think you'll find it a really interesting ship! I'd also love to hear your thoughts on Clark and Chloe, as separate characters and as a potential couple.

I suppose I probably could if their ages were more compatible (Lex is like, 9 years older than them?), and once Lana is out of HS and even older than that, I might be able to consider it more (a nine year age difference matters less and less when the younger one is 22, 23, 24, 25 or even older than it does when the younger one is 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21). (this is also my issue with Chole x Lex, which I actually have expressed a like for before)

Certainly, most of Lana’s most interesting interactions are with Lex, and they do have an interesting dynamic in general. I don’t ship it really, but we’ll have to see how/if they interact once the characters are finally out of High School (it’s season 3 and they’re not Seniors, IIRC? I miss Buffy’s pacing).

As for Chole - I love her as a character, she’s amazing and cool and I love her drive and passion, I love her heart but also that she gets angry and she’s allowed to get angry (lana does too, but much more rarely). I don’t like her thing for  Lana-obsessed Clark, but she’s moved on from that. Or so it seems as of now, but I’m sure they’ll bring it back somehow.

I certainly prefer Clark x Chloe to Clark x Lana, but that’s because I hate Clark x Lana so much. I still ultimately dislike the core trope at work in Clark x Chloe - the whole “we’ve been friends forever and I’ve loved you the whole time and you’ve never noticed me that way and my entire romantic hope is pinned on you suddenly seeing me that way’ dynamic we see With Willow Rosenberg re: Xander, Hermione Granger re: Ron, Barry Allen re: Iris, etc.

I just - I don’t like that trope, and I never have, and while Chole x Clark is preferable to Clark x Lana, that says more about how unutterably boring Clark and Lana is.

As for Clark - he’s okay, mostly, but also infuriating because of his obsession with Lana and the whole “I’m not telling anyone anything but I Expect full honesty from them” but then again, self-righteousness does seem to be both a Kent family trait and a House of El family trait, judging by Smallville and Supergirl respectively, so... that doesn’t surprise me.

Clark is a typical mediocre to good TV show protagonist - enjoyable enough, but suffering from unfocused writing that bounces around and jerks the character’s development all over the place. He’s fine, but the writing can make him not, all too often.