Oliver really comes across here as Lex 2.0, in every possible way, AND HE KNOWS IT. And it's eating him from the inside, but no matter how he fights it, he just winds up reinforcing it. OMG I LOVE YOU! ((HUGS)) Thank you, yes, THAT. I'm so glad that came through to you (or to someone)--I really REALLY got into his Epic Angst about that while making this vid, which I think gets somewhat buried on the show because they shove his plot into corners in most episodes and then randomly showcase it occasionally without proper development. I will be honest--his plot is not as coherent as this vid makes out (I'm not being boastful--it's just Smallville, you know how it is), but there was some absolute GOLD in the Oliver plot in early Season 9 that sustained me with the show long after everything else had pissed me off.
The thing I really get into is that he becomes the man he destroys, and is painfully self-conscious about it, and that is just SO fascinating/sexy/angst-ridden in the best possible way.
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OMG I LOVE YOU! ((HUGS)) Thank you, yes, THAT. I'm so glad that came through to you (or to someone)--I really REALLY got into his Epic Angst about that while making this vid, which I think gets somewhat buried on the show because they shove his plot into corners in most episodes and then randomly showcase it occasionally without proper development. I will be honest--his plot is not as coherent as this vid makes out (I'm not being boastful--it's just Smallville, you know how it is), but there was some absolute GOLD in the Oliver plot in early Season 9 that sustained me with the show long after everything else had pissed me off.
The thing I really get into is that he becomes the man he destroys, and is painfully self-conscious about it, and that is just SO fascinating/sexy/angst-ridden in the best possible way.