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askye at 05:51pm on 19/05/2002Then there's Lex and Clark as lovers. First, Clark, no matter what Tom Welling looks like, is supposed to be 15 or so years old. Lex is 21 yrs old. Lex is an adult, Clark is a kid. There is no way a show on Network tv is going to show an relationship where there is a minor and adult involved and it's shown in a positive light. Sure you can say "well Clark is really an alien" but that's not going to fly.
Besides watching the variations of what those looks and glances mean is interesting, to me more interesting than if the show spelled it out.
At the end of the "Jitters" when Lex is being hugged by Lionel for the cameras and Clark is being smothered by affection by his parents Lex has this longing look on his face. That can be read several ways: Lex wanting Clark or Lex wanting to have a family and the love that Clark has, or whatever. I Watched it and thought "poor Lex, he so wants a family to belong to and parents that love him". Of course other people got the slashy vibe off that look. To me it's more fun putting the speculation in the relationship.
Sad but true
And wrod. I cherish the Joy of Clex, but The American People are never going to be happy with the notion that the incarnation of all that is good about the USA, the rugged & manly icon of Truth, Justice & The American Way (yada yada cliche cakes) is taking it up the ass. Ain't never gonna happen. I think there's a segment of the audience for whom Smallville is actually their first encounter with Superman & maybe they don't feel the improbability of the canon shifting to the extent that the older viewers do; and then there's the fact that the subtext is mentioned in the mainstream press in a way that wouldn't have happened years ago. But they're on the Good Ship Denial if they do think our pretty pretty doomed Gay Lovers are ever going to be canonically carnal with each other.