I just don't see why people think Lana is going OOC
This is the thing that gets me: "Lana's so OOC for being with Lex because she loved Clark forever and ever!"
So? Lana's also *always had a back-up boyfriend* AND she will *canonically* put up with a lot of crap (a) in order to not be alone and (b) as long as her mans is 'honest' with her. She was totally ready to sleep with Jason to keep him back in S4 and even though she wasn't happy in her relationship with Clark as early as ... whenever he stopped sleeping with her, she kept hanging on to it in the clear hope he'd eventually open up with her.
Lana is *terrified* of being alone. Even in Wither, it's easy to read her actions, especially at the end, as being more about not wanting to be alone than anything else (given how clear Lex was in the beginning of the episode, basically telling her that she needed to commit one way or the other). This isn't to say Lana doesn't care about Lex qua Lex because I think she does. But. Lana still hasn't really learned how to be on her own, how to be alone. Moving right into a relationship with Lex so soon after Clark is her typical M.O. She hooked up with Jason pretty quickly after spinning her wheels waiting for Clark in S3 and she *didn't even break up with Jason* before swoonily dancing with Clark at prom and eventually hooking up with him.
There's *nothing* OOC in Lana's behavior hooking up with Lex. Some people may not *like* it, but that doesn't make it OOC.
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This is the thing that gets me: "Lana's so OOC for being with Lex because she loved Clark forever and ever!"
So? Lana's also *always had a back-up boyfriend* AND she will *canonically* put up with a lot of crap (a) in order to not be alone and (b) as long as her mans is 'honest' with her. She was totally ready to sleep with Jason to keep him back in S4 and even though she wasn't happy in her relationship with Clark as early as ... whenever he stopped sleeping with her, she kept hanging on to it in the clear hope he'd eventually open up with her.
Lana is *terrified* of being alone. Even in Wither, it's easy to read her actions, especially at the end, as being more about not wanting to be alone than anything else (given how clear Lex was in the beginning of the episode, basically telling her that she needed to commit one way or the other). This isn't to say Lana doesn't care about Lex qua Lex because I think she does. But. Lana still hasn't really learned how to be on her own, how to be alone. Moving right into a relationship with Lex so soon after Clark is her typical M.O. She hooked up with Jason pretty quickly after spinning her wheels waiting for Clark in S3 and she *didn't even break up with Jason* before swoonily dancing with Clark at prom and eventually hooking up with him.
There's *nothing* OOC in Lana's behavior hooking up with Lex. Some people may not *like* it, but that doesn't make it OOC.