Resistance

[nonotthatone]

Pairing: Clex
Genre: Angst, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 100
Summary: Lex fights.
A/N: This idea occurred to me for the recent sv100 challenge ("light"), but I never got around to it before the deadline. But this afternoon, I find myself too aggravated by real-life stuff to do anything but cope through slash. So just call this better late

Comments

[bradygirl_12]

Interesting!

Lex pulled one way and the other, but Clark will save him while he fights. :)

[nonotthatone]

Lex pulled one way and the other, but Clark will save him while he fights.

I tend to see the resolution for Clex as some kind of compromise - Clark dispenses with the moralizing, and Lex consciously turns towards the light. Because I don't know if I really believe Clark can save Lex at all; but he can give him a reason to save himself, if that makes sense.

[bradygirl_12]

Perfect sense! Lex really does have to save himself, but Clark can be the reason he WANTS to save himself. You know, change for the love of a good man? ;)

[nonotthatone]

Any good relationship is a give-and-take. They both have to make concessions, and also accept what the other offers; if Clark gives his trust, and Lex abandons his questions, I think that could lead somewhere fantastic :)

[jlvsclrk]

Clark's advice in this case is pure gold. Because he always sees greys in every situation, Lex will often find himself heading into the dark. He needs to fight to find his way back.

[nonotthatone]

Because he always sees greys in every situation, Lex will often find himself heading into the dark. He needs to fight to find his way back.

This. I think Lex's problem is that he sees TOO MUCH grey, he is too comfortable in dubious morality to understand that yes, sometimes it really is as simple as right and wrong.

He does need to fight, because honestly, though he may worship Clark in that way, he can't save him. Lex has to do it himself.

[twinsarein]

Ooo, great use of Thomas. And perfect for Lex. This drabble may have been late, but that doesn't detract from it beauty.

They are both a kind of knowledge Oh, yes. And both temptations, too.

[nonotthatone]

There was NOT. ENOUGH. SPACE here, dammit. So many things I wanted to say. I loved the Thomas but omg, those 16 words cost me.

And both temptations, too.

Oh yes. One line I had to cut: "He wants them both."

[sue_dreams]

the laptop, its inquiring keys You give personalities to everything when you write. I adore it.

This is definitely one I'm going to come back to again, because I can almost see all the layers... but not quite.

*hugs for the real life "nightmare" of work*

[nonotthatone]

You give personalities to everything

If anthropomorphism is wrong, I don't want to be right ;-)

This one was tricky because there's SO much more going on in my head that I don't think I managed to squeeze into the 100 words. The fact that the quote is 16 hurt real bad, but I couldn't sacrifice it. However, what it boils down to is the (perhaps unfair) fact that Lex can only have one or the other: his questions, or Clark.

real life "nightmare" of work

I actually envy Lex here. If only my work were so deliciously dark and insidious that it pulled me in and wouldn't let me be free ...!

[eternal_moonie]

Very AWESOME story!

[nonotthatone]

I'm so glad you enjoyed :)