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This is a well crafted tale that I read some time ago. It’s set at the beginning of the second season, after Lionel had regained his sight. It begins like something out of a fairytale, with a creepy little man showing up at LuthorCorp to demand that Lionel fulfill his end of a contract. The creepy little man seems even less human than Lionel on a bad day, and the contract involves Lex and his 22nd birthday. And then… it’s off to Smallville, where things are pretty normal. Considering it’s Smallville, things are exceedingly normal.
Now, I want to note- this was a hell of a way to begin the story. Just having that little scene at the beginning made me view all of the ‘normal’ with a suspicious eye. You KNOW something bad and creepy is lurking around in the corners, and it adds spice to the more mundane (though well written) adventures of Clark and crew trying to plan Lex a birthday party. The whole time, I’m sitting there trying to figure out what the creepy little man is up to. At the same time, it was nice to read about a Smallville that (seemed) to have accepted Lex and to see Lex happy and striking out on his own. Nice dichotomy there. Anyway, sure enough, the creepy little man shows up with an antiquity that Lex might be interested in. It’s a mirror with more than a touch of magic about it. Lex is intrigued, and as he spends more and more time with his new toy, Smallville goes to hell.
This is a nice, plotty story with excellent characterizations. I loved that Clark, Chloe, Lana and Pete all came together to work on the problems vexing both Lex and the town. I REALLY wish the show had given us more of that and less of the stupid love stories. This is also an interesting portrayal of Lex. I liked how his curiosity compels him- and I love how he’s tried to turn that off when he’s around Clark. But there’s bitterness there as well, and while Lex may be willing to swallow Clark’s lies, it becomes apparent that he is not so able to digest them. This isn’t my favorite Lex story- there’s a section in the middle where he’s a bit more… passive? distracted? Something. Anyway, it bogged down for me just a little in there, but partly that’s just me and the rest of the story was enough to carry it off. Good fic- good story.
[Do note- I’ve labeled this slash, because there’s sex of a sort, but not really- however Lex is clearly obsessed with Clark, so I figure that’s the best place to put it.]
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