#idk. i feel if you're writing an iconic villain you probably shouldn't let his father constantly upstage him when it comes to villainy

[raelis1]

#also rubbing it in a bit that he knows something about clark now that lex doesnt#god. lexs face in that last shot. killing myself

lionel is PISSED and knows just where to hit lex to make him really hurt. praising and showing affection to someone elses son in way he would never with lex...

[lexkent]

#this is the beginning of lionel's campaign to pit lex and clark against each other #a campaign that proved very successful in large part due to martha being very easy to manipulate after jonathan's death #clark wasn't as easy but he had no choice but play nice because of the whole oracle of jor-el thing #it pisses me off because lionel got exactly what he wanted #he ALWAYS got exactly what he wanted and ended up the winner #even when lex killed him it wasn't satisfying #take this episode that serves as a reversal of jitters: lex is driven to - let's just call them unwise - actions by lionel #and inadvertently creates a situation where lionel becomes a victim #but lionel still comes out on top and gets to humiliate lex in the process #just as he did in jitters #the only time lex got the upper hand was when he got lionel arrested #and even then lionel was just released in a few months and allowed to live his life as before #no matter how you slice it lionel wins #and lex loses #idk. i feel if you're writing an iconic villain you probably shouldn't let his father constantly upstage him when it comes to villainy #and getting off scot free (via @raelis1)

lionel is PISSED and knows just where to hit lex to make him really hurt. praising and showing affection to someone elses son in way he would never with lex...