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i hate trivializing character moments for shipwars so much. Lana got sexually assaulted for weeks by Bizarro and the only time you’d ever see it mentioned in the fandom is when they are using it to point out that she didn’t know it wasn’t Clark

The show itself is guilty of it. She got deceived by the face of the man she loved and then had to get rid of him and there was not a second of understanding! I am not saying that she wasn’t wrong. She ignored the obvious signs because she WANTED to believe that her boyfriend could ever fully commit to her and understand and assist her without judgment (which he, well, couldn’t). But she ultimately made the right decision and immediately got rid of him even when she could have had the "better", more devoted Clark instead. And I completely sympathise with Clark on his feelings about being replaced. But some focus on her feelings would have been nice.

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If I wanted to watch something sad I’d turn on the news.

I’m so sick of feel good tv shows thinking they need substance and just traumatizing me out of the blue. What. The. Hell.

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THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS

Yes, Rudy Pankow and Madison Bailey used STUNTS to film a scene where their characters are just hugging 🤣 This is bizarre how unprofessional they both are.

And there are still people who DARE SAY that their relationship ended because of the fans!!!!!! The fans had NOTHING TO DO with the fight that happened between them. This was something between Rudy, Madison and their respective girlfriends.

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ONE TREE HILL 4.03 "Good News for People Who Love Bad News"

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Quick question: If I ship brucas, where should I stop watching so I can pretend they’re endgame?

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Season 7x03-7x20

I just finished watching all the Clana scenes from S7...

Firstly, the beginning was so happy - Lana, Kara, and Clark at the farm. Clark's smile as he hugged Lana when she showed up at the barn. Lana making Clark his 'favourite blueberry pancakes' and Clark superspeeding to the store to get Vermont's finest maple syrup when Lana said they were out. Clark saying the food that Lana prepared was amazing. Lana acting like such wife material <3. Clark rightfully pulling back from the famous chick on his lap and Lana strolling in, introducing herself as Clark's girlfriend (plus this random famous chick also clocking that Lana is 'the center of Clark's universe like 5 minutes into meeting them). Clark confidently telling Lana that he has finally got everything he ever wanted and that it was right on that farm with her. Clark and Lana going horseback riding after a morning of Clark being weirdly romantic. Clark and Lana making earthquakes after...yeah. Clark opening up to Lana about stuff he did from S3 when she was almost walking out the door. Lana's eyes lighting up at Clark's honesty and her saying that she is still committed to them. Clark saying that he doesn't want their relationship to be over. My personal favourite is when Clark finds Lana at the farm with her hand on the burning pot handle, grabbing her hand, and in the softest voice I have ever heard from him on this show, saying "Honey, your hand" (I won't even touch on the way he looked at her here and during the time when Braniac did whatever he was doing to her). They had their share of happy, beautiful, touching moments this season that further cement the innate connection they share.

I think the happiness we saw from them in S5 was them enjoying the last of their teenage years and exploring their relationship and all the things that they had denied themselves for years. It was this catharsis and giddyness at finally having what they wanted. In S7, their happiness is calmer. Lana didn't have to come back to Smallville where she was wanted for crimes. She had 10 million dollars from Lex, an aunt in Metropolis, a whole world that she could explore, and she decided to come back to a farm in a small town. When she came back, they didn't even discuss what they were. After all these years, they didn't have to.

Then, there were the sad moments, the moments that make you want to shrink away from what you're seeing on the screen. I understand that Lionel and Lex did a number on Lana (though, I stand by my oppinion that a lot of Lana's vulnerability to Lex's manipulations was due to Clark pushing her away). Lana went through the ringer last season due to the Luthors. And she thinks that Lionel has means to hurt Clark. So, I understand that she would want to hurt them, to hurt the Luthors' goals. And I think that there's just no 100% moral way for her to go about that - when you want to hurt people as morally challenged as the Luthors, you have to break a few moral boundaries of your own. I also understand why she didn't tell Clark about all this. The Clark we know would be ...disgusted...by these less-than-moral actions from someone who he has imagined as kind. Similar to Clark fearing what Lana would think of him if he told her about his powers, Lana feared how Clark would look at her if he knew the things she had done. However, we do see reassurance from Clark's end that Lana isn't at that point of no return, and Lana's willingness to be better. That's the thing. They actually talk candidly about their relationship issues now....6 seasons later lol.

Though the way Lana intentionally hid things from Clark and lied bothered me, I thought of this as an opportunity for growth in their relationship. An opportunity for Clark to acknowledge what Lana had been through and understand that it is stifling to hold anyone to those moral standards. This growth seemed to be possible given Clark saying that he wanted to work to make sure that they could trust each other again.

Bizarro was proabaly the most hurtful part of this season. Yes, it must have been hurtful to Clark that Lana couldn't tell that it wasn't him. It must have been hurtful to hear that Lana preferred Bizarro since he was 'affectionate and understanding'. From Lana's perspective, there's this guy who looks exactly like Clark and gives you all the affection you crave - sometimes, you can want something so much that you can become blinded. It's not like Lana intentionally slept with someone that wasn't him, rather, I think she was a victim in this scenerio. There have been so many times in this series where Clark was on Red K or on some type of drug (more times than L*is has seen) where he wasn't being impersonated. How was Lana to know that this wasn't the strange way that Clark was during one of those other times? If my partner was suddenly a better partner, my first conclusion certainly would not be that he was being impersonated. The bottom line is that there wasn't sufficient reason for Lana to know that it wasn't Clark and, at the end of the day, she chose Clark by putting the blue stuff in Bizarro's hand. I do understand Clark's frustration - first Lex, now Bizarro. In his mind, he's put Bizarro in this trend he sees in Lana's choices which makes it hard for him to hear Lana's side on this. He's wary of another Lex, as we can see by his aversion to the hallucination of Lex and Lana being intimate. I understand Lana's frustration too in waking up every day and disappointing Clark. I do appreciate that Clark understands that he is not an easy guy to be with (a relationship with a superhero is never realistically easy) and Lana understands that she has made her fair share of mistakes. The most important fact is that after all that, they both stayed becuase they still believed in what they have and that there was something between them worth fighting for.

Overall, there was so much pain this season with Lana trying to catch herself before she went too far (and we see how well she's matured in S8), Clark feeling like he was the one being kept in the dark (for a change lol), Bizarro etc. There was also so much growth - the conversations the two had about their ideas of each other, the things that hurt them, Clark actually opening up and sharing things with Lana. So much air was cleared and it felt like they could move forward stronger together if given the chance.

When Lana was put in a catatonic state by Braniac, Clark was terrified of losing her. My heart broke at the sound of him pleading for Lana, and the way he looked at her. The scene where he kneels down by her chair and cries, this is not the image of a man who is anywhere near done with his relationship. So, it was insulting- but definitely on par with the rest of the writing dedicated to keeping Lana and Clark apart- when Lana breaks up with Clark over a video message and lo behold, that was when she was being forced to do so by Lex. Seriously, have these two ever seperated due to lack of love or attraction for one another? (No.)

Do I think a lot has happened? Yes, Clark and Lana's relationship has been tested a lot on this show, way more than any other relationship. Through all of that, their understanding of one another and their ability to forgive one another has really shone through. You can't rant about all the mistakes Lana has made in S6/7 without wanting to scream at Clark for keeping his secret for 6+ years from the person who was most deserving of hearing it. I understand that, and from the choice that Clark and Lana make to rekindle their relationship in S8, they understand that too.

Most Cl*is shippers will say that it was a dragged on relationship that was repeatedly on/off without acknowledging the multitude of circumstances that Clark and Lana have faced together. Come talk to me about Clark and Lana's relationship in Smallville being toxic and that other relationship being perfect when Clark and that other woman have faced even a third of what Lana and Clark have been through.

And you know what? After all this shit, I hear that Clark still chose Lana when faced with the choice of Lana and L*is in Season 8. And in the barn, Clark walked through all that pain to kiss her and watched her leave with tears in his eyes, saying "I love you" whilst he was on his knees in pain from the proximity to the kyptonite that was now in her veins.

I haven't read the comics. But, the fact that after all that they had been through- the lies and danger and fear,- it was Clark's one tangible weakness being injected into Lana's veins that did it (it wasn't even Clark that walked away in the end lol)? That should erase any doubts about what Clark would have chosen if he was given a choice between Lana and that other woman. By the time S9 and 10 came around, there was no choice to be made, just leftovers that paled in comparison to the epic love he shared with Lana Lang.

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OTP CHALLENGE: [4/5] kisses ↳  Mortal

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1/2 As one of the few others who loves Lana Lang and Clana, I really feel the Smallville writers wrote them as so much more deeply and powerfully in love than Clois ever was. Smallville's version of Clois barely seemed to like and know each other, let alone be truly in love! Both were continually more drawn to other people. Smallville's Lois comes off as unbearably obnoxious and arrogant to me. Lana is soft and sweet but also strong, steely and quietly ruthless - so much more layered.

2/2 And Clark and Lana had so much real passion and depth. They felt like soulmates to me despite knowing they weren’t endgame. I know that’s stupid, but it’s true. I don’t always like how their relationship was written, but I never doubt their love and connection. Smallville’s Clois love and connection felt tenuous to me even though I tried to ship them, and for me TW and ED had less chemistry. Thank you for always letting Clana and Lana lovers know we’re not completely alone!

Always happy to meet a fellow Lana fan/Clana shipper and this is beautiful put and I agree with much of what you’ve said :) I never felt the supposed “love” or connection between Clark and Lois but Clark and Lana were epic and beautiful and definitely came across a soulmates

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Lana and Clark talking about literally everything except his feelings and his powers. Like, i’d be less pissed if y’all just didn’t talk at all, but y’all be yapping about anything except the stuff at the top of the list lol. They know how to talk to each other about just about everything under the sun (their friendships, families, dreams, pain). I just struggle to understand why the pair (looking at you Clark) are linguistically challenged when it comes to these two items lol. Be fr.

It's not even endearing anymore, just kinda painful. Like the both of them clearly still want each other, but Clark won't open the f up! How dare he wax poetic about loving this girl since he was 7? If you can't tell the girl you love the things she needs to hear, important things about you, who can you tell? [Doesn't make me love them being together any less. It's just *sigh* - this ship is rocky af.] I hear that we don't even get to see them happy together all too long. fml

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Agree 100% - So much angst, tension, and for what? an episode or two of happiness?

rewatching smallville and god i know how it ends but i will forever be a clana fan. the writers never let them breathe ONCE but i still love them idc kristom chemistry sold me forever

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I'd like to pretend that this GIF set was the entirety of the show and nothing else happened lol.

Kristin Kreuk and Tom Welling as Lana Lang and Clark Kent SMALLVILLE (2001-2011) S01E01 « Pilot », premiered on October 16, 2001 -Sometimes I dream I'm at school, waiting for Nell to pick me up. But she doesn't come, so my parents drive up. They're not dead, they're just really late. Then I get in their car and we drive back to my real life in Metropolis. That's usually when I wake up. But for a minute, I'm totally happy, until I realize I'm still alone. -What's that Mrs. Lang? Yeah. Yeah, I'll tell her. Your mom wants you to know that you're never alone. That she's always looking over you. No matter what. What's that, Mr. Lang? Your dad thinks you're a shoe in for Homecoming queen. -They really say all that? -Oh, yeah. They're quite chatty, once you get them started.

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Watching Smallville (Clana) - Season 1

I started watching this show since my Tiktok feed was sprinkled with intriguing edits about Clark Kent and edits about his relationships. Basically, I didn’t have any expectations on what I would see on this show. I had little to no knowledge of any background lore or expectations about where this show would go.[So, disclaimer; Anything I write here is purely from my opinion on the show] I remember one particular comment on an edit where my interest was sparked in this show. The comment read something like “He [Clark] didn’t love anyone like he loved Lana. Lana was the one for him. They had to inject kryptonite in her veins for him to walk away. Even then, it was her that walked away, not him.”. I don’t know, that seemed like the kind of love that cinema was made for, no? So, I started watching the show because forbidden love was something I could deal with.

Season 1.

Smallville Season 1 began with introducing several baseline facts including: the warmth and love radiating from Clark’s adoptive parents, his friendship with Pete and Chloe, Clark’s abilities, and Clark’s crush on Lana Lang. At this point, I feel like Clark didn’t know much about Lana. She was a girl who caught his eye. But ‘a girl who caught his eye’ doesn’t seem to really capture the depth of his infatuation with Lana at this point. Clark is honestly a real creeper at the beginning, stalking Lana through the telescope in her loft.The first scene that comes to mind of the two of them is when Clark and Lana meet in the graveyard and Lana includes Clark in a conversation with her parents. Even this early on, the connection between them is palpable enough that it concerns Whitney who later on takes out his anger and insecurity on Clark. 

Of course, Whitney was a solid barrier in the progression of any romantic relationship between the two. What I loved was how Clark respected boundaries whilst shooting his shot. He was the guy to argue “Lana isn’t married” when people reminded him that Lana had a boyfriend. He’s also the guy who held himself back from crossing the line with Lana when he learned that Whitney was avoiding Lana due to family problems. I suppose that as noble as that restraint was, it was also the first of many times that Clark would choose to do what he believed was right rather than taking what he wanted.

Lana was certainly interested in Clark as early as their first walk home from the graveyard, but her interest wasn’t as developed as his. Still, she seemed to be the one making a lot of the moves. She was reasonably committed in her relationship with Whitney, but that relationship started fracturing the more she understood that Whitney wasn’t exactly a good guy, at least not when stood side-by-side with all of Clark’s heroic acts. Of course, Clark Kent was a handsome and mysterious man, but what I believe interested Lana was how good he was. 

Much of Season 1 is Clark crushing on Lana, trying to get Lana’s interest, and stepping back reluctantly due to his moral compass. And on the flip side, this season is about Lana falling for Clark, trying to hold onto a relationship that is familiar, and toeing the line between friends and more with Clark. This is fine for Season 1 - I’m all for a good slowburn. What irked me about the coming seasons was that for all the angst and courage it took Clark and Lana to cross the line from friend to lovers several times, there were few moments of happiness to show for it.

Season 1 is also where Clark begins to see how hard and important it is to protect his secret abilities. A key lesson for him was Phelan who exploited the knowledge of his abilities to have him do things that went against his judgment. Clear in this is how trust was a key measure that determined openness and honesty in Clark’s relationships. Did he want Lana? Yes. Did he trust her? I don’t think so, and this was understandable on Clark’s part in Season 1 where their closeness was limited due to Whitney and where Clark spent much of his time solving mysteries with Pete and Chloe.

On the flip side, I do think Lana trusted Clark as early as Season 1. For Lana, who had issues of abandonment, her trust in people was defined by how often they were there when she needed them. Clark, who had an open-door barn loft, a penchant for Lana’s company, and an uncanny habit of showing up when she was in danger, fit the bill. This is one of the reasons why she hung onto her relationship with Whitney for so long as, for all his faults and shortcomings, he was a call away.

How people will often describe Clark and Lana’s relationship in Season 1 is ‘cute’. That word rubs me the wrong way. Given their age and the setting (two teens in early years of high school), I understand why this word is used. However, these aren’t two regular teens - both of them carry quite a bit of trauma and baggage behind them. And their conversations are reflective of the maturity of their past and present experiences. Every episode, we see how their struggles and challenges are beautifully paralleled and how they support each other through it all even with just the exchange of a few sentences. It baffled me that, even given the depth of their conversations, how open Clark was with Lana about so many things, that 1) It took eons for Clark to say how he felt about Lana and 2)How it took 6 seasons for Clark to tell Lana about his powers.

I'm writing this Clark and Lana-centered review of Smallville after watching up to a chunk of Season 3 where Lana has started dating a bunch of dudes and Clark does not look like he gives enough of a fuck. I'm also writing this after binging S1 and S2 and part of S3 over like 4 days so this review might not be as in depth as I would like.

PS. I also end up on the sinking ships lol. fml

Let me know your thoughts!

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ultimate shipper challenge: [2/10] heartbreaking scenes

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“Deliver Kara. Daily Planet.”

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Remembering my OTP.  💔 💔

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Jungkook's concept photos literally have no concept lol.

I mean look at jimin's photos for face.... That's what you call concept photos. It's related to the album. It's telling the concept of the album.

He copied some of jimin's photos and I'm pretty sure it's because he liked the aesthetic and not because he wants to send some signal to jikookers lol.

All his concept photos are just for the aesthetics. It's all over the place. It's not telling any story. Everything about jungkook in chapter 2 lacks depth. He as a person lacks depth.

And the thing is even if the photos are just for the aesthetics it's not even looking good. It's just bland. There's literally nothing going on. It looks like the yesterday's concept photos are not related to the ones from today. Like idk even know what's going on.

They just seem like bunch of photos with no relation to the album.

Or maybe the album too has no meaning or concept that's why the concept photos are just so.... Random.