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Manifest Destiny

Livia

Smallville Slash Clark/Lex debchan [Added: 06/17/04 | Lex Clark JLA]

This is a nice, plotty, mid-sized future fic set when Superman is with the JLA and he and Lex are enemies. I suspect there is a fair amount of JLA canon at work in this story, but my lack of knowledge in that regard in no way detracts from the read. The story is an action oriented tale that has the JLA battling Brainiac. Seems Brainiac is an AI who came to earth with Kal-El’s ship. Brainiac is pretty insistent on Superman taking over the world. Superman? Not so into the idea. Unfortunately, the AI isn’t about to take ‘no’ for an answer, and its ability to infiltrate any computer system AND take over human hosts makes it a formidable opponent. When the AI discovers a potentially perfect host in the form of meteor mutant Lex Luthor, even the JLA may be out-classed. Things are even more complicated by the fact Superman and Batman are keeping secrets from the rest of the JLA.

The plot is what makes this one shine for me. It’s very light on the romance, heavy on the action. Lex comes across as a supremely competent, a worthy advesary for both the JLA and the AI. The relationship between Batman and Superman is also intriguing, and the JLA politics were interesting. Mostly, I kept wondering how everything was going to work out- or IF it was going to work out. That’s the mark of a good story to me. It’s icing on the cake that I have some real suspicions with regard to ‘Jor-El’ on the show. This story could end up being a lot closer to Smallville canon than it first appears.

NOTE: it looks like Livia’s site is down at the moment, and I haven’t found another copy of this story on the net. However, I have added in her LJ info, so you want to keep up with things by checking in there. It does look like the plan is for the site to come back online. Keep your fingers crossed- it’s a good tale. And if anyone knows of another live link, drop me a line and I’ll add it in.

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The story is now at

http://whitepaperdream.com/stories/smallville/manifest-destiny.txt

for those looking for it.

Posted by tavella on 12/13 at 03:12 PM