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I'm completely surprised at how well Academic Discourse is doing. It's a fic about a minor female character in the fandom that invented slash, it focuses on Racefail IN SPAAAAACE! and a friendship between two women, it's gen... by all accounts, it should be fangirl Kryptonite. Yet people can't seem to stop talking about it. D'awww, fandom... I know we fight, but you really are cool. Stay golden, Ponyboy.

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How much better would Smallville be, as an EXPERIENCE, if the Lex/Lana/Clark triangle had been replaced with the more canonical Lex/Lois/Clark? Obviously, this could also involve setting up Lois as less of a fuck-up, but given that I remember reading that the producers were waiting for Lana to turn 18 specifically so they could do the Lexana triangle (EWW EWW EWW HAVE YOU NO SHAME!?), there's no reason they couldn't have made Lois a more overachieving General's Daughter who could've believably attracted Lex's eye. And Lana could've left the show to go to Paris and never returned. DISCUSS.

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[chlavis333.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would have been nice they prolonged the Lana arc too long. But I did think Lexana had their moments and I liked Lana when she was w/ him and had grown a back bone.

IDK one of the things I like about SV is that thy show the growth towards the iconic thing. But of course they haven't done a great job with that. Trying to just prolong the growth by giving stumbbling blocks and having them go in circles. It's really annoying.

Anyway, I see what you mean. I actually thought a long time ago before Lois was introduced that she would be introduced as Lex's girl friend. But that she wouldn't meet Clark until like the end of the series. That's back when I actaully thought they'd follow the whole Mythos thing and not have Clark meet Lois because according to Mythos it was love at first sight.

[superri.livejournal.com]

But if Lana hadn't come back from Paris, we wouldn't have had the witch storyline!! THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AWFUL. *giggle*

Didn't Lex and Lois go out in the comics or cartoons? Vaguely remember that from my childhood.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

Didn't Lex and Lois go out in the comics or cartoons? Vaguely remember that from my childhood.

Yeah, it was actually in the comics. And it would've been more dramatic than the Lexana triangle, since we KNOW Lana isn't going to end up with Clark.