Metamorphosis Discussion Post

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

First Rewatch DP
Pilot DP

This is the episode about Greg the bug boy, wherein we see the Clex flirting shamelessly at the farmer's market...



And Lex gives Clark his heart!



And then there was something going on with Lana, I guess? *scratches head*

Fav moments, thoughts and Clexy developments? Post away! Also, remember, you can totally talk to each other and not just to me.

Caps by acampbell

Comments

[jlvsclrk.livejournal.com]

That scene with the Trojan horse is so funny because textually its all about Lana - blah blah blah - but the pictures don't lie - the Clex are practically all over each other!

The only thing I dislike about the scene is that Clark eventually winds up giving the box away to Lana - tacky darling given its hitstory. Although since he does it to keep himself safe from Lana's necklace, I have to think Lex would understand.

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

I like to wank that somehow Clark got the box back. Either that, or Clark inadvertently caused the Lexana by giving Lex's heart/box away to Lana. He trusted you! *sob*
/silly

In this scene it would not have been inappropriate to end it with smoochies.

[voldything.livejournal.com]

Oh this episode, right this one, is my eternal favourite ♥ I literally hold my breath every single time I watch the Trojan scene. IT'S BORDERLINE SEX.

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

It's amazing they let the Trojan scene on the air without a disclaimer.

WARNING: MAY TURN YOUR KIDS INTO GAYS AND FAGHAGS.

[nonotthatone.livejournal.com]

I started a rewatch on my own last month ... here was my entry on this ep. (http://nonotthatone.livejournal.com/15605.html)

In rewatching, the thing that makes me saddest about this ep is the foreshadowing of the consequences of turning your back on a friend. Pete and Clark were friends with Greg but then ... an inexplicable rift, something they couldn't pinpoint or describe, but now Greg is evil and there's no turning back.

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

That is pretty sad. Greg looked like he could really use a friend in that situation. What happened to Greg with the bugs, it wasn't his fault, and I don't think he was evil, so much as he was working from instinct and there's no derailing that for him once he got infected.

There's also a pretty creepy parallel between Greg and Clark in this episode, and I don't know why they did it, with the watching of Lana when she doesn't know she's being watched and leaving her gifts. Greg's final "instinctual" acts of mating remind me of "Crimson" when Clark finally abducts her and takes her away to his barn (which he can't help at the time because of Red K). I doubt they meant for it to work like that. But I don't know.

[nonotthatone.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting. It seems to happen a lot, doesn't it, that the "freak of the week" or whoever has a targeted interest in Lana - and it's always cast as kind of creepy, and rightly so. But Clark's watching her through his telescope, and that's supposed to be so sweet and innocent and endearing because he makes puppy dog eyes while he's doing it? Of course I do have affection for Clark, and I get what they were trying to do with first love and she's-got-a-boyfriend and all that other stuff, but ... still, it's hypocritical. But then again, I guess it just bears out how Clark behaves in ways he wouldn't permit in others - even at this early point.

If I wanted to get my feminist up I could probably have a field day with Lana ... she's constantly objectified and commoditized.

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

The only time I remember them admitting how creepy it was might have been during Labyrinth, but the episode was overall pretty creepy. Sometimes I think the writers are pretty loopy about things like this and don't even realize the difference between romance and stalking.

But then again, I guess it just bears out how Clark behaves in ways he wouldn't permit in others - even at this early point.
That's really kind of disturbing. I can't fault him too much for it at that age, because it's clearly from his experience with Jonathan "Do as I say, not as I do" Kent and the influence of the small town, but still. I'd have liked to see him grow out of that.

I wrote a huuuge essay on Lana once. I could probably write a few more.

[nonotthatone.livejournal.com]

I can't fault him too much for it at that age, because it's clearly from his experience with Jonathan "Do as I say, not as I do" Kent and the influence of the small town, but still. I'd have liked to see him grow out of that.

sigh ... oh, me too. This is right near the top of the list of "Things I Wish For Clark."

I think maybe I'm letting too much later season angst creep into my rewatch though. It's hard, it's all still very fresh for me (I did all 8 seasons in the last year) but I will learn to separate and just enjoy the early eps for what they were - not what is coming.

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

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