In every version of the saga I've ever read or seen, through the comics, the movies, and now the series, it's always been about Lex trying to define himself.
And if Clark weren't a sheltered child who has had his alienness thrust upon him at a late stage, he'd probably understand this about Lex. His paranoia and puffed-up sense of importance are not actually unjustified, but he has no sense of scale, or of other people's own concerns outside of his secrets.
The unfairness done to him by the Kents by withholding the information about his origins--to the extent that they knew anything, poor frightened bunnies--is understandable, but also pretty fucking tragic.
Essentially, what makes them enemies in future is what's keeping them friends now--that drive to understand, to want to trust, to want to be trusted--on both sides. Neither of them really understand the life the other's living. Neither one really understands the concrete ton-weight of pressure the other's under. From their perspective, the other guy has it so easy, it makes their teeth clench, yet they rarely say anything about it. They just endure, the best they can, and care, and worry, and get frustrated and annoyed and resentful along the way. Just like any relationship.
Well, I love this, and I agree, except I do think that Lex, being a bit older and certainly much more worldly, has cut Clark a lot of slack because he realizes his young friend is under a great deal of pressure...but it's obviously getting tiresome making allowances and having Clark be defensive and snarky back at him, even if he does believe Clark might have reason to be fearful.
Technically, by everything AlMiles has said, the season finale of "Smallville" should have ended the show.
Well, but this was just their third year of high school (confirmed by Product!Placement!Pete's 5-second stint as Temporal!Location!Pete), so they should have at least the next year where, theoretically, Clark will attend school. I would think that even the Kents ought to start realizing, though, that Clark might have more important things to take care of than graduating from Smallville High...
Seriously, what possible reason could there be for Clark to keep trying to be a "normal" kid?
I'm really excited for S4. Like, way more than I was for S3. Probably because I thought S2 was so-so, and I loved S3. Yay! Bring on the angst!
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Re: And to jump off from Brighid's point...
Date: 2004-05-23 08:15 pm (UTC)And if Clark weren't a sheltered child who has had his alienness thrust upon him at a late stage, he'd probably understand this about Lex. His paranoia and puffed-up sense of importance are not actually unjustified, but he has no sense of scale, or of other people's own concerns outside of his secrets.
The unfairness done to him by the Kents by withholding the information about his origins--to the extent that they knew anything, poor frightened bunnies--is understandable, but also pretty fucking tragic.
Essentially, what makes them enemies in future is what's keeping them friends now--that drive to understand, to want to trust, to want to be trusted--on both sides. Neither of them really understand the life the other's living. Neither one really understands the concrete ton-weight of pressure the other's under. From their perspective, the other guy has it so easy, it makes their teeth clench, yet they rarely say anything about it. They just endure, the best they can, and care, and worry, and get frustrated and annoyed and resentful along the way. Just like any relationship.
Well, I love this, and I agree, except I do think that Lex, being a bit older and certainly much more worldly, has cut Clark a lot of slack because he realizes his young friend is under a great deal of pressure...but it's obviously getting tiresome making allowances and having Clark be defensive and snarky back at him, even if he does believe Clark might have reason to be fearful.
Technically, by everything AlMiles has said, the season finale of "Smallville" should have ended the show.
Well, but this was just their third year of high school (confirmed by Product!Placement!Pete's 5-second stint as Temporal!Location!Pete), so they should have at least the next year where, theoretically, Clark will attend school. I would think that even the Kents ought to start realizing, though, that Clark might have more important things to take care of than graduating from Smallville High...
Seriously, what possible reason could there be for Clark to keep trying to be a "normal" kid?
I'm really excited for S4. Like, way more than I was for S3. Probably because I thought S2 was so-so, and I loved S3. Yay! Bring on the angst!