I really felt for the younger Lex (even as my like for present Lex is fading) and, for me, it wasn't so much him beating Duncan up, as it was the brutality of it. Oh, that's a really good way of putting it actualy. Yes, I think I agree. I think it was just a deeply personal thing for me--I could totally understand that young Lex and even feel some sympathy for him, but I couldn'tempathise. I think just because I have a hugely anti-violence streak myself, so that pushed me 'out' of him. But I certainly didn't find young Lex as unsympathetic as mature Lex is now. And I agree with you that pehaps the writers just went ott a bit--I think we're supposed to believe that Lex has some inate violent streak--evident on the island and on a few other occasions when he's lost it. But I don't know... it seems a bit forced, unlike other character attributes he's been given.
I have a problem with her sudden leap into journalism. Like, okay, I want to do that! And then it's done. I've found this to be the case with several of her endeavors and I really would LOVE some build-up, some kind of real character growth. But this is just me, and what I see. We obviously differ and that's very yay! It IS very yay, and I'm glad you've mentioned a difference in how we see Lois. I'm glad she's not irking you so much, and I'm curious about the journalism thing. Because I *do* see character growth there--quite slow growth. For starters, she had a story land in her lap, so to speak, but it was Lois herself who sold that story to the Inquisitor. She's got a very go-getter personality. I wish I had that, but I don't. However, I don't find it any more unbelievable in a Smallville character than, say, Lana running the Talon, or Chloe being able to hack every computer system on the face of the planet bar the Pentagon. And they deliberately showed Lois as naive about journalism--her standards were low and it certainly wasn't a mature piece that she wrote. She's determined and works hard, but it's only in this ep that we see her exercise good judgment about taste for the first time. Whereas Chloe was miles ahead of her in high school--she was already trying to 'better' her journalism and aim for the Planet, despite having the same open-mindedness about the supernatural.
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Oh, that's a really good way of putting it actualy. Yes, I think I agree. I think it was just a deeply personal thing for me--I could totally understand that young Lex and even feel some sympathy for him, but I couldn'tempathise. I think just because I have a hugely anti-violence streak myself, so that pushed me 'out' of him. But I certainly didn't find young Lex as unsympathetic as mature Lex is now. And I agree with you that pehaps the writers just went ott a bit--I think we're supposed to believe that Lex has some inate violent streak--evident on the island and on a few other occasions when he's lost it. But I don't know... it seems a bit forced, unlike other character attributes he's been given.
I have a problem with her sudden leap into journalism. Like, okay, I want to do that! And then it's done. I've found this to be the case with several of her endeavors and I really would LOVE some build-up, some kind of real character growth. But this is just me, and what I see. We obviously differ and that's very yay!
It IS very yay, and I'm glad you've mentioned a difference in how we see Lois. I'm glad she's not irking you so much, and I'm curious about the journalism thing. Because I *do* see character growth there--quite slow growth. For starters, she had a story land in her lap, so to speak, but it was Lois herself who sold that story to the Inquisitor. She's got a very go-getter personality. I wish I had that, but I don't. However, I don't find it any more unbelievable in a Smallville character than, say, Lana running the Talon, or Chloe being able to hack every computer system on the face of the planet bar the Pentagon. And they deliberately showed Lois as naive about journalism--her standards were low and it certainly wasn't a mature piece that she wrote. She's determined and works hard, but it's only in this ep that we see her exercise good judgment about taste for the first time. Whereas Chloe was miles ahead of her in high school--she was already trying to 'better' her journalism and aim for the Planet, despite having the same open-mindedness about the supernatural.
Oliver is LOVE!!! *flails*