Smallville and Supernatural: Arrow and Dead Things

[butterfly]

I am continuing to just have so much fun with Thursday night television! I adored Arrow. Lois was so! Eee! Lois-y. Her interaction with Oliver (and totally not clicking that he was the Green Arrow) was so perfect. I'm vastly amused that Lois and Clark were united in their strong dislike of Oliver's methods (though Lois didn't know that). And I loved Oliver giving us some set-up for Superman in the future. And Lana continues to be absolutely kick-ass. I simply adore her now.

So much fun!

First, Sam was stealing my heart for the first half of Children, but then Dean totally ripped it out of Sam's hands. "Things that are dead should stay dead." Oh, Dean.

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[huzzlewhat.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness yes. I loved Smallville to tiny little bits. The only complaints I had was with the directing, at times — there were a few reaction shots that were held just a little too long. But the characters? Damn. There was so much tremendous character work in this episode, I'm bringing it together in little pieces. Lana's scene in the elevator made my jaw drop. And I have so much love for Lois after last night, it's unreal. And yes, absolutely, to Lois and Clark having the same instinctual world view. That's Important, in terms of this show and the different characters' moral codes, you know?

[clari-clyde.livejournal.com]

And yes, absolutely, to Lois and Clark having the same instinctual world view. That's Important, in terms of this show and the different characters' moral codes, you know?

That’s it, Clark and Lois have the same world view which is different from Oliver and Chloe’s. Clark and Lois struggle with the grey areas while ultimately wanting to push their actions to the white side of things while Chloe and Oliver embrace the grey area. All the more reason to not ship Chlark (and this articulates for me just exactly why I’ve felt that Chloe has never really understood Clark and why Clark never felt anything more than “friends” towards Chloe) but to ship Clois.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

That’s it, Clark and Lois have the same world view which is different from Oliver and Chloe’s. Clark and Lois struggle with the grey areas while ultimately wanting to push their actions to the white side of things while Chloe and Oliver embrace the grey area.

Indeed. And while I do like the Chloe's and Oliver's of the world, it doesn't generally work so well when they get into romances with the Clark's and Lois's.

All the more reason to not ship Chlark (and this articulates for me just exactly why I’ve felt that Chloe has never really understood Clark and why Clark never felt anything more than “friends” towards Chloe) but to ship Clois.

There is a side of Clark that Chloe doesn't share and vice versa. They really aren't well-matched.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness yes. I loved Smallville to tiny little bits. The only complaints I had was with the directing, at times — there were a few reaction shots that were held just a little too long.

Dude, yes. What was up with that? Did they run slightly short and need to make up a few seconds?

But the characters? Damn. There was so much tremendous character work in this episode, I'm bringing it together in little pieces.

The character work was so impressive. This year feels very tight so far, in regards to the characters.

Lana's scene in the elevator made my jaw drop.

That she kept up her sweetness throughout the entire scene just killed me. I mean, wow, that woman really could make a hell of a wife for Lex, with that loyalty and willingness to get dirty for the things that she really wants (which I think we saw in S1 or 2, when she called in something against the Beanery because it was taking all of the Talon's business and mentioned that she kinda enjoyed it).

And I have so much love for Lois after last night, it's unreal.

Lois was so amazing last night. And they really seem to be doing a retread of what happened between Lois and Bruce/Batman in an earlier version, where she liked the man but not what he was willing to do in his undercover work. And it's good to have that happen on Smallville because it points out that Lois wouldn't disapprove of Clark's methods. She seeks out the Green Arrow's identity because, like Clark, flat-out stealing is still wrong.

And yes, absolutely, to Lois and Clark having the same instinctual world view. That's Important, in terms of this show and the different characters' moral codes, you know?

Very important and very lovely to see. They are going to be so well-matched. They aren't quite there yet, but they are getting so close now.