both to highlight the similar feelings of alienation both Clark and Kara experienced, and to show how much Clark himself has matured. *nods* Yes, the dual purpose was wonderfully handled.
And maybe it's telling us something about Kryptonian biology, too? Didn't Jor-El also form an instacrush on Louise? Maybe they really do imprint somehow. Fun to speculate, anyway. Aha! He totally did. In fact, Jor-El in Relic follows a very similar model to Clark--he also railed against his fate and tried to get the 'best of both worlds'. I suspect it's a common Kryptonian trait in adolescence. Cat and I have speculated that they not only imprint quickly, they also develop very fixed ideals about their perfect 'destiny' and find it hard to shift them. Their longed for state seems to be not passion but a tranquil utopian bubble.
I said in my review that scene pretty much captured the totality that is SV Lex in a few lines of dialogue. Mmm, I agree! Perhaps that's why it carried such a punch. It was the whole story in a (tragic) nutshell.
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Date: 2007-10-14 12:32 am (UTC)*nods* Yes, the dual purpose was wonderfully handled.
And maybe it's telling us something about Kryptonian biology, too? Didn't Jor-El also form an instacrush on Louise? Maybe they really do imprint somehow. Fun to speculate, anyway.
Aha! He totally did. In fact, Jor-El in Relic follows a very similar model to Clark--he also railed against his fate and tried to get the 'best of both worlds'. I suspect it's a common Kryptonian trait in adolescence. Cat and I have speculated that they not only imprint quickly, they also develop very fixed ideals about their perfect 'destiny' and find it hard to shift them. Their longed for state seems to be not passion but a tranquil utopian bubble.
I said in my review that scene pretty much captured the totality that is SV Lex in a few lines of dialogue.
Mmm, I agree! Perhaps that's why it carried such a punch. It was the whole story in a (tragic) nutshell.