More of the badwrong

[scribblinlenore]

I posted to my web site the story I wrote to thank katkim for all her help. She wanted gratuitous Clark/Lionel sex. And I added some gratuitous angst.

(Seduction, NC-17)

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Sequel talk! Yay!

[(Anonymous)]

I can kind of see that. However, I really doubt that it would stay a secret for any true length of time, considering that while Clark is a liar, he is a really BAD liar. He'd be the type to twitch every time that Lionel came around him, and Lionel would be the type to make obscure comments that would make Clark jump even higher and faster. Even if Lex didn't catch the references, or understand what made Clark jumpy, I think he WOULD question Clark about it, and the very manner of Clark's evasions would tell him the gist of what happened.

And once he understood that, I doubt he'd just be able to "let it slide," like he is doing now for Clark's secrets. After all, Lex already knows that there's something different about Clark...he's just letting it go. I don't think that he'd be able to do that with something involving Clark and his father...unless he channeled it into some other action, like a truly evil vengeance. (I want to see Lionel get his!!!) :P

So, I don't see Clark telling Lex, but within a year or two, Lex would find out. And I would LOVE to see the inner Clark drama of him watching all this happen....oh!

Oh! OH! An idea: all that above, but in the midst of Clark's "hide everything/evade everything" frenzy, Lex starts doing unrelated things that confuse Clark--so he just glosses over them as 'Lex-weirdness' because he's overly concerned with hiding the Lionel thing. And then, at the end, when Clark finally confesses or Lex tells him he knows, at the same time, Lionel has just fallen prey to whatever Lex planned. So, the entire time that Clark was worrying, he was already forgiven and Lex had already "avenged" the both of them.

That way, you're not retelling "Clean," because we're not going from Lex's POV. And really, Clark never has to UNDERSTAND why Lex has forgiven him, just that he HAS...so that story arc of RATIONALIZING "Lex forgives Clark anything" doesn't really need to be told again. It's only Clark's perspective, and Clark himself never understands. He's just grateful.

This way, you'd keep the inner Clark drama about seeing Lionel routinely and still keeping secrets from Lex, and your audience (ie--me, lol) wouldn't be heartbroken at the end!!! I need the happy, happy, happy.

So, how about that? :: enable, enable, enable!!!!! ::

Mara Celes

Re: Sequel talk! Yay!

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Wow! Thanks for all the ideas. My head is swirling. I'll think on it some more and see what I come up with. But, no matter what, I promise to end on a positive note. :)

Re: Sequel talk! Yay!

[katkim.livejournal.com]

I really doubt that it would stay a secret for any true length of time, considering that while Clark is a liar, he is a really BAD liar.

I kind of disagree with this. Clark is not a bad liar. I think he's very good. Look at it from the other character's POV. Out of his friends and to some extent his family - how much do they really know about him that he doesn't volunteer himself?

*nods* there are times when Clark's face and nervousness gives him away, but these are times when he's surprised or pressed onto a corner. The other times, his face is blank. It's fannon that Lex wears masks, but on the show, I actually think it's the other way around. Emotions flicker across Lex's face all the time - Clark is the one who's blank (although this could be because of TW's acting skills. As much as I ::heart:: him, he's a little, erm, wooden!) *g*

I think he WOULD question Clark about it

*nods* He would question, but like you say, when Clark blanks him - he normally backs away. Clark is skittish and Lex doesn't want him to bolt, and so he doesn't push too hard. I think Lex would probably remain curious, but when it comes to the truth or Clark - Clark wins out.

Re: Sequel talk! Yay!

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I'm home from work on a snow day. Whee! So I actually started writing this thing. And as I thought about it, I also felt that Clark could keep this secret if he really needed to.

I think secrets follow a typical trajectory. They're very hard to hide at the beginning. They get easier to keep over time. Until some distant point when the pressure just builds up too much and it all starts to crumble.

What I'm envisioning is that Clark's initial decision is to not tell what happened with Lionel and just to be friends with Lex. Maybe he confesses the big secret instead, a gesture to make up for the other secrets he's keeping, his love and the sex with Lionel, even though Lex won't realize that's what it is.

After a while though, he can't keep his love a secret anymore, either. And they start a relationship.

And then in the distant future, maybe ten years out, Lionel finally grows tired of the personal victory, and his insinuations become obvious enough that Lex figures it out.

There's a fight. A separation. Clark sleeping on Lois' sofa. Much angst. Pictures of Lex in the paper with some beautiful blond woman. More angst. And then news items turn up in the paper that show LuthorCorp is starting to unravel. Until finally it's in such bad shape that--yes, you guessed it--LexCorp acquires it for a song. And Lionel is sent packing in disgrace.

At the end of the story, Clark leaves work to find Lex leaning against one of his shiny cars, waiting for him. They take a walk, sit on a park bench, hash it all out. It's revealed that the blond bimbo was simply a means to an end. Lionel pulled the sleep-with-Lex's-girlfriend trick one too many times. Lex was able to pass along false information, much as he did with Victoria, and Lionel finally has his comeuppance, in the only way that can really hurt him.

The boys come to an understanding. And maybe it's not quite bright, shiny happiness. But it is love, and it does endure.

That's what I'm thinking. Thoughts?