you're a criminal as long as you're mine

[aria]

This being polyfannish thing is still disconcerting. I am just not used to being excited about five things at once, but I suspect that this is my brain's way of coping with the fact that it suddenly has all this free space that is not taken up by juggling classes. Also, I am pleased to report that working through my guilt re: indulging in Highlander now means that I am completely unapologetic about Smallville! I'll probably move on to something else in a few days, but in the meantime:

i. My haphazard and arbitrary Smallville watch hit Shattered/Asylum from season three last night. I spent a lot of it clutching my face and crying a little. Yeah, that's right! LEX LUTHOR GIVES ME FEELINGS.

ii. I discovered this fic, Demarcation, which [a] is about identity politics, we all know how easy I am for identity politics, and [b] reminded me that actually Clark is an alien. I like Clark about fifty times better now! Shut up, my kinks are totally okay.

iii. The Clark/Lex Bad Romance vid; I don't know if I've linked it before, but it is what is to blame for this inexplicable Smallville watch in the first place. Unfortunately I still haven't managed to discover the context for most of the clips. Wiki episode summaries are not helpful, because apparently wikipedia seems to believe that I want to know about actual arc plots, when in actual fact what I want from my summaries is "The one where Lex is compulsively playing piano and bleeding all over everything" or "The one where Clark catches a bullet like a goddamn inch from Lex's face" or "The one with wacky airplane stunts and FLYING oh my god." I would probably watch quite a few more episodes if they had honest summaries like "Clark and Lex eyefuck a lot and then Lex bleeds on things." Because that is the show I have been watching!

...To be honest, I suspect I am doing fandom backwards. I am mostly going through the shows that are Slash's Greatest Hits out of anthropological fascination (and also because, did I mention, Spock and Methos and Lex!) but my wide-eyed enthusiasm is perhaps slightly outdated.

Comments

[aria]

Y-you just linked me to astolat Clark/Lex fic with the self-proclaimed summary Lex conquers the galaxy, in STYLE. I think this is the right time to also ask for a pony and ice cream! *_*

[polarisnorth]

Yeah, I thought it sounded like your sort of thing. ;) No go on the pony, but I can totes buy you ice cream when you get here!

[aria]

This sounds like a good deal!

By the way, have you ever seen any Smallville, or just read the fic? Not that I would tell you to watch it, but if you wouldn't mind, I would love to give you a Slashiest Scenes tour. Starting with, like, the one where they meet by kissing, oh my god. :D?

[polarisnorth]

PLEASE give me a slashiest scenes tour. I've always kind of wanted to see it, but I've read enough episode summaries to know that I probably wouldn't enjoy much beyond the slashy subtext. Plus, you know, Clark and Lex's tragically epic doomed romance is compelling but I'm not sure I could stand to actually watch it.

[aria]

Sure thing! :D Although, um, in that case, I ... probably shouldn't show you anything past second season. Like, they're still technically friends through fourth season, but, oh my god, THIRD SEASON MADE ME CRY. I don't want to put you through that.

[polarisnorth]

... yeah, that might be a good idea. I'm pretty sure that if it made you cry, I will wind up in a corner making little wobbly noises of pain.

[aria]

Well, I mean, it was a really good two-parter, it ... was just about Lionel drugging Lex to make him look insane, and locking him away in an asylum, and Clark being this close to rescuing him before being beat up while they give Lex electroshock therapy and then Lex doesn't remember any of it and Clark is heartbroken and oh godddd I was a MESS. Also, Michael Rosenbaum is PHENOMENAL.

So in conclusion I will instead show you the episode where Lex accidentally gets married and Clark is CRAZY JEALOUS and there are wacky hijinks! But I will only subject you to about five minutes total of it. :D

[feverbeats]

Why the fuck is astolat all up in my SV fandom? jfc. >:( Now I am rly angry.

[aria]

Astolat is in every fandom. It is her way!

[feverbeats]

Insidious!