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1. how I feel about this character I have a lot of complicated feelings on Lex. I really find his character interesting and Michael Rosenbaum did an excellent job with the role- honestly he is my Lex, accept no substitutes. He is a very layered and complex character and I do like him a lot. He's smart and capable and has shown that he wanted to be good but it is interesting how his own personality traits were his downfall- his obsession and eventual need for power ruined him.
2. all the people I ship romantically and/or sexually with this character Chloe and Lana. Once I realized that Chloe/Lex was something people shipped, I found it intriguing and I thought Lex/Lana was far more interesting than Clana.
3. favourite gen relationship(s) for this character Clark. I shipped it in the early years and even up to s6 but then I stopped. Those two had great chemistry and I don't blame fans for wishing their friendship worked out.
4. my unpopular opinion about this character He didn't have a right to Clark's secret and he is not just some giant woobie. Lionel was a terrible parent but that doesn't excuse some of his behavior and Clark was supposed to be 14/15 in s1 while Lex was 21 which to me, makes some of his mistakes more understandable. Now that I'm way past both those ages, Lex was young too but yeah, it is still a power difference which probably would've been highlighted had they cast someone age appropriate.
5. one thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon He didn't die in 8.14 "Requiem". The whole clone plotline was so dumb and it really erases the connection that Clark has with Lex which influences their future interactions. I just pretend that he faked his death and went into hiding until he was ready to show up in the finale. Also it doesn't make any sense that he orchestrated Lana being pregnant when he looked really shocked when she admitted it. I wish his and Clark's relationship fallout hadn't seem to come down to Lana in s7. They had real issues that could not and should not been handwaved by that dumb triangle.
6. random pet theory about this character that you won't convince me is not true Strongly am going to believe he faked his death so he could get Oliver and Lana off his back.
7. a song or piece of music I associate with this character Probably "The Prayer" by Mans Zelmerlow. The lyrics really fit Lex and his journey.
Don't know when it really started Was it my one way out from the broken hearted? Growing older made me colder As I lost direction, struggling for perfection
Really worked for me. And there is a referenced part about a boy he used to know which I always that could work for Clark or for Alexander, his younger self who had more hope.
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Date: 2021-10-14 06:55 pm (UTC)1. how I feel about this character
I have a lot of complicated feelings on Lex. I really find his character interesting and Michael Rosenbaum did an excellent job with the role- honestly he is my Lex, accept no substitutes. He is a very layered and complex character and I do like him a lot. He's smart and capable and has shown that he wanted to be good but it is interesting how his own personality traits were his downfall- his obsession and eventual need for power ruined him.
2. all the people I ship romantically and/or sexually with this character
Chloe and Lana. Once I realized that Chloe/Lex was something people shipped, I found it intriguing and I thought Lex/Lana was far more interesting than Clana.
3. favourite gen relationship(s) for this character
Clark. I shipped it in the early years and even up to s6 but then I stopped. Those two had great chemistry and I don't blame fans for wishing their friendship worked out.
4. my unpopular opinion about this character
He didn't have a right to Clark's secret and he is not just some giant woobie. Lionel was a terrible parent but that doesn't excuse some of his behavior and Clark was supposed to be 14/15 in s1 while Lex was 21 which to me, makes some of his mistakes more understandable. Now that I'm way past both those ages, Lex was young too but yeah, it is still a power difference which probably would've been highlighted had they cast someone age appropriate.
5. one thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon
He didn't die in 8.14 "Requiem". The whole clone plotline was so dumb and it really erases the connection that Clark has with Lex which influences their future interactions. I just pretend that he faked his death and went into hiding until he was ready to show up in the finale. Also it doesn't make any sense that he orchestrated Lana being pregnant when he looked really shocked when she admitted it. I wish his and Clark's relationship fallout hadn't seem to come down to Lana in s7. They had real issues that could not and should not been handwaved by that dumb triangle.
6. random pet theory about this character that you won't convince me is not true
Strongly am going to believe he faked his death so he could get Oliver and Lana off his back.
7. a song or piece of music I associate with this character
Probably "The Prayer" by Mans Zelmerlow. The lyrics really fit Lex and his journey.
Don't know when it really started
Was it my one way out from the broken hearted?
Growing older made me colder
As I lost direction, struggling for perfection
Really worked for me. And there is a referenced part about a boy he used to know which I always that could work for Clark or for Alexander, his younger self who had more hope.