Another thought

[hils]

I just had a thought. I think it's pretty clear that the rift between Clark and Lex fully came into being at the end of Mortal where they punch each other in the mansion. The reason they fall out is because Lex put Lana and his parents lives in danger so he could find out the truth about Clark.

Fast forward to Wrath. Lana didn't put his parents lives in danger, but only because they're gone. She did put Lois in the hospital, try to choke the life out of Grant and kidnap Lex with the intention of murdering him.

Why? Because she wanted to expose the truth about Lex

Notice how we don't see Clark immediately declare things over between them.

Do the words double standard mean anything on this show?

Comments

[juxtoppozed.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to defend Lana at all here...but I do think it's important to contextualize the Clex fight in Mortal. By the time he'd put his parents' lives in danger, they'd already had some pretty ugly revelations revolving around Lex prying into his life and the consequences the investigations incurred: the the first Nixon-aided investigation(which almost got Jonathan killed, but Clark put it aside quickly and said "Lex said that was all in the past, he promised" when rationalizing it to Bo), then the Clark Room and second covert investigation, and to a lesser extent, before the Clark Room, when the FBI trashed Clark's house after discovering Lex's intel on him (leading Loder to catch on to Clark. Which Lex didn't mean to happen, but it showed the danger he put Clark in should anyone get into his private files)...I mean each of these alone could end a relationship but Clex tried to set it aside each time and start anew. Mortal was the nail in the coffin by S5. So imo there is a significant difference in the history in each relationship up until each "major reveal," this was the first such major reveal where Lana is concerned for Clark.

[hils.livejournal.com]

*grumbles* Yeah, you're probably right. LOL!

[bagheera-san.livejournal.com]

I actually think that by the end of the episode (where they're not happy together at all, Clark and Lana) Clark is starting to see the parallels. He's trying to blame someone for who Lana has become, first Lex, then himself, which is definitely a double standard: Lex is held fully accountable for his actions, while Lana isn't even granted the possibility that she might make choices and not be a victim - it's fair to neither of them. But Clark did give Lex a number of second chances, too, after Nixon and the Chamber of Clark Kent (I'm not sure where they stand in S4, but they're still sorta kinda friends.)

And another parallel to Mortal: Lana did put *Lionel's* life in serious danger, by having him kidnapped by a crazy - it's essentially what Lex did to the Kents.

[hils.livejournal.com]

I will definitely be a lot happier if they address this on the show but they probably won't. LOL

[goth-clark.livejournal.com]

The show is so full of double standards. It's the main reason my man hates it so much(that and his blinding hatred of Lana). The women can do no wrong. The men are always wrong. That's generalizing, but it's pretty much how it's been throughout the series.

[hils.livejournal.com]

I know! It's so annoying!

[herohunter.livejournal.com]

Do the words double standard mean anything on this show?

Not when it comes to Lana.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's so stupid

*sighs*