I'm more okay with Clark this season. But honestly in season 3, they were very often having Clark accuse Lex of things that he hadn't done. And then Clark carrying on like a petulant child and never offering Lex an apology.
I saw a parallel betwen seasons 3 and 5, with Cyborg seeing a Lex that is guilty of the accusations. And he pleaded innocence and convinced Clark he was telling the truth, in exactly the same way he did in season 3 when he actually was. I think Cyborg has several reminders of the past clex interaction, and it does make you think about what came first. The accusations, or Lex living down to everyone elses image of him.
I'm not making excuses for Lex, just. Well thinking back in season 1, Lex wanted to prove himself to the town of Smallville. He constantly reached out to Jonathon Kent, wanting to try and change his impression of Lex. Time and time again Jonathon slaps him back, by the time of season 2 Lionel is mocking Lex and pointing out he will never be accpeted by the Kent's, and just accept his own nature. Which is, when it comes down to it, the same lesson Jonathon has ben giving Lex. By the time of season 3, post-Asylum, there is barely any Lex/Kent interaction. Lex has given up there. He is still trying to impress Clark, but more and more Clark isn't buying that Lex has good intentions. I think that does make a difference. If neither of your father figures believe in you for a start, ot keep giving you second chances (Vortex, Obscura, Prodigal), only to jerk you around later. If your friend starts constantly accusing you of being some scumbag.
I know when my family are screaming at me for things I haven't done, it really doesn't give me the incentive to be a better person for them. Usually it just makes me angry, and to not want to try. And Lex does keep trying, however half-heartedly, for a long time. And that's when literally everyone is smacking him down, and even his friends aren't in his corner.
Even now, Clark doesn't say make comments about Lex is better than the experiments, or doing so and so would be a wrong thing to do. He just basically tells Lex "you are a bad person". There really aren't a lot of places to go from there, but down. And maybe Clark is too young to handle this well, so we should sympathise. But he appointed himself as Lex's moralising teacher. He was "self-righteous" enough if you like, to think that was the job for him. Instead of just trying to be Lex's friend. And ultimately IMO he botched it.
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Date: 2006-02-21 09:57 am (UTC)I saw a parallel betwen seasons 3 and 5, with Cyborg seeing a Lex that is guilty of the accusations. And he pleaded innocence and convinced Clark he was telling the truth, in exactly the same way he did in season 3 when he actually was. I think Cyborg has several reminders of the past clex interaction, and it does make you think about what came first. The accusations, or Lex living down to everyone elses image of him.
I'm not making excuses for Lex, just. Well thinking back in season 1, Lex wanted to prove himself to the town of Smallville. He constantly reached out to Jonathon Kent, wanting to try and change his impression of Lex. Time and time again Jonathon slaps him back, by the time of season 2 Lionel is mocking Lex and pointing out he will never be accpeted by the Kent's, and just accept his own nature. Which is, when it comes down to it, the same lesson Jonathon has ben giving Lex. By the time of season 3, post-Asylum, there is barely any Lex/Kent interaction. Lex has given up there. He is still trying to impress Clark, but more and more Clark isn't buying that Lex has good intentions. I think that does make a difference. If neither of your father figures believe in you for a start, ot keep giving you second chances (Vortex, Obscura, Prodigal), only to jerk you around later. If your friend starts constantly accusing you of being some scumbag.
I know when my family are screaming at me for things I haven't done, it really doesn't give me the incentive to be a better person for them. Usually it just makes me angry, and to not want to try. And Lex does keep trying, however half-heartedly, for a long time. And that's when literally everyone is smacking him down, and even his friends aren't in his corner.
Even now, Clark doesn't say make comments about Lex is better than the experiments, or doing so and so would be a wrong thing to do. He just basically tells Lex "you are a bad person". There really aren't a lot of places to go from there, but down. And maybe Clark is too young to handle this well, so we should sympathise. But he appointed himself as Lex's moralising teacher. He was "self-righteous" enough if you like, to think that was the job for him. Instead of just trying to be Lex's friend. And ultimately IMO he botched it.