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butterflyI was never a big Superman fan as a kid. He was too perfect, you know? Big shiny guy without any flaws.
I first thought that he was interesting in Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman. I fell in love with Dean Cain's Clark Kent. And it is Clark Kent that I fell for. He was a total sweetheart, but he wasn't perfect. And he was real to me, in a way that Superman wasn't.
I like the version of Superman where that's the disguise that Clark wears. How did they put it? "Superman is what I can do, Clark Kent is who I am."
And I loved the love story. Lois and Clark were wonderful together. They fit.
So then Smallville started and I didn't watch right away. I started watching about halfway through, when someone showed me an episode and I realized that there was some quality there. Now, there's cheese and there's suck on occasion, but overall? I'm very glad that I started watching.
I got attached to Clark pretty quickly. I like the heros. I also got attached to Lex pretty quickly. I like the complicated ones, the yearning ones. Some of my favorites are the ones who search and want and hope and try and always end up burned.
Knowing the end of the story is a blessing and a curse. A part of me wants to hope that Clark can save Lex from that fate. At the same time, I want the Rift in all its glorious pain. I want the Clark I saw in Shattered. I love the tragedies - Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge, and West Side Story are three of my favorite movies. And in all of them, there's this terrible knowledge of the futility of hope, and yet the hope and love persists. Every time, I hope for Romeo to see Juliet wake up before he drinks the poison. I hope that Satine doesn't die. I hope that Tony isn't shot.
I see that same beauty in the story of Connor. And in the ultimate story of Lex on Smallville.
It's the glory of a supernova, the sheer beauty of self-destruction. Terrible and amazing.
And on a totally different topic, I'm thinking of getting rid of my splash/warning page. I've always hated having it, and I'm thinking I'll just put the warning stuff on the main page. I'll be very clear about the whole thing, but on the main page. I put the page there in the first place because of that horrible thing with my last job, where my employer came across my website and I ended up not working for her anymore. Huge levels of unfun. But I think it's enough to have the warning on the main page. Also, I doubt I will ever accidentally email my website's address to Burgerville, as they don't ever email me.
I first thought that he was interesting in Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman. I fell in love with Dean Cain's Clark Kent. And it is Clark Kent that I fell for. He was a total sweetheart, but he wasn't perfect. And he was real to me, in a way that Superman wasn't.
I like the version of Superman where that's the disguise that Clark wears. How did they put it? "Superman is what I can do, Clark Kent is who I am."
And I loved the love story. Lois and Clark were wonderful together. They fit.
So then Smallville started and I didn't watch right away. I started watching about halfway through, when someone showed me an episode and I realized that there was some quality there. Now, there's cheese and there's suck on occasion, but overall? I'm very glad that I started watching.
I got attached to Clark pretty quickly. I like the heros. I also got attached to Lex pretty quickly. I like the complicated ones, the yearning ones. Some of my favorites are the ones who search and want and hope and try and always end up burned.
Knowing the end of the story is a blessing and a curse. A part of me wants to hope that Clark can save Lex from that fate. At the same time, I want the Rift in all its glorious pain. I want the Clark I saw in Shattered. I love the tragedies - Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge, and West Side Story are three of my favorite movies. And in all of them, there's this terrible knowledge of the futility of hope, and yet the hope and love persists. Every time, I hope for Romeo to see Juliet wake up before he drinks the poison. I hope that Satine doesn't die. I hope that Tony isn't shot.
I see that same beauty in the story of Connor. And in the ultimate story of Lex on Smallville.
It's the glory of a supernova, the sheer beauty of self-destruction. Terrible and amazing.
And on a totally different topic, I'm thinking of getting rid of my splash/warning page. I've always hated having it, and I'm thinking I'll just put the warning stuff on the main page. I'll be very clear about the whole thing, but on the main page. I put the page there in the first place because of that horrible thing with my last job, where my employer came across my website and I ended up not working for her anymore. Huge levels of unfun. But I think it's enough to have the warning on the main page. Also, I doubt I will ever accidentally email my website's address to Burgerville, as they don't ever email me.