Too Much

April 5, 2008

 

  

I’ve been watching episode after episode of Smallville. It’s like I’m hooked! No wait, I am hooked. I’m addicted.

It’s funny, I always thought Smallville to be such a bore, I never was fascinated in Superman, my favourite heroes have always been Spiderman and Batman *hearts Batman*, Spidey cuz he’s quite the joker and Batman cuz of him being mysterious and plagued with emotional baggage (my heart goes out to all the emotionally damaged, it’s a genetic flaw) but never once have I found the stoic Superman and all his woes of toggling between being an alien and wanting to be with Lois Lane particularly intriguing. Plus, the costume never was the slightest bit attractive. You see, Batman has the sense to wear BLACK underwear and not BRIGHT RED. 

 

And even now, although terribly addicted to Smallville, I can hardly say I’m in it for the toils and troubles of Clark Kent.

 

No my friends, it is Lex Luther who fascinates me.

 

 

Yes, I go through episodes of Smallville each day just to see the growth of this fine specimen and his route to villainy. 

 

You see, I figure I know what it takes to turn a person inflicted with so much pain and suffering to do good. Yes, I know that one. It’s because of hope, that there’ll some day be a better day. But what’s it like to give up? And just breathe free into a life of villainy?

 

Lex and Clark are very much alike, they have similar issues that bug them tho Lex’s issues mess around with his head a lot more. Either way, both of them struggle to find a sense of identity. Both are thrown into the pits and it’s how they come out of it that determines what kinda people they morph into. It’s very intriguing really. Lex struggles with a maniacal father that puts him through so much torture, he’s perplexed as to whether his father loves him or not. His father probably moulds him into the sheer villainy he turns into when he grows up. Clark however, struggles to NOT face the destiny he’s been sent to earth for, to rule and colonise, apparently. And he doesn’t know if he should come out with his secret or if he shouldn’t. But we know he eventually learns to cope with it by forging a secret identity.

 

Lana Lang annoys me - Clark’s childhood sweetheart. I hope she dies.

 

Lois Lane ( see how familiar they sound, Lana Lang, Lois Lane?) soon comes along to plague him. Ha, fancy falling in love with a journalist. No more secrets to be kept.  

   Yes, this show is FULL of good-looking people.

Lex Luther fascinates me for a few scary reasons:

1. He’s always wanting to prove himself to his father.  
2. He struggles with his inner demons all the time
3. He is oh-so cunning and manipulative
4. And yet, he values friendship, but mostly. . .loyalty.
5. Whatever he learns of people (and he learns a lot) he remembers for future usage.
6. He wants to believe in good but skepticism holds him against allowing mankind the benefit of the doubt - as such, he always has a plan B
7. Lex Luther has been through a lot, emotionally. And yet, he never gives up.

 

 Yes, I know the very notion of me finding Lex more of a hero than Clark is scary. But let’s face it, Clark is your TYPICAL hero. And frankly, typical is getting to be boring. So is predictable. Now Lex, tho the bad guy, has piqued my interest.

 

And my obsession with Smallville is all because. . .

 

I can empathise so much with most of the characters.

 

In Clark, I see the part of me that wants to do good, that goes all out for the people I care about.

In Lex, I see the family issues, the constant need to prove myself.

In Lana Lang (yes, even her!), I see the need to want to be safe.

In Chloe Sullivan (Clark’s friend), I feel the disappointment of loving someone and not having it returned but putting up with it, day after day.

In Pete (Clark’s best friend), I see the burden some relationships have to offer.

In Clark’s oarents, I see mine, the overprotective sheltering and the fear of losing their son.

 

Blah, Smallville has become too emo-fying for me. Tho *switches on next episode* I can’t seem to get enough!