A fannish evening...

[fajrdrako]

I've been very tired all day, but the dizziness that has plagued me since Monday has gone away at last. So I had a quiet, fannish evening.

First I watched last week's Smallville episode, Blank, which I'd missed but which maaboroshi taped for me last night. Or at least, I watched half of it, while eating supper; then watched this week's episode, Ageless, then Lost,then the ending of Blank.

Enjoyed all three. I have the feeling I ought to be appalled by certain developments on Smallville - instead I'm intrigued.



Blank had an intriguing plot. I love the way Chloe was characterized - she seems to have matured more than anyone, and in better ways. I liked Kevin, the semi-villain of the week, and his father the Summerholt scientist. I love the way Lex was characterized, taking Clark down into the caves, coming to see him at the barn - taking his map of the caves. I did slightly wish Lois wasn't around, but that was all right. I had no problem with amnesiac-Clark's reaction to Lana - in fact, the heat-vision trigger was funny, and I figured it would have happened when he saw Lex, too, except that he had more control of it by then. I liked the way Chloe kept discovering more of his superpowers as the episode progressed.

As for the ending... Clark's sudden impulse to take up with Lana again, forgetting all his good resolutions after last time - I suspect this will all end in more heartbreak for everyone.

Ageless reminded me of Ryan, though it wasn't as good. I didn't find the boy - Even - very appealing at all, though obviously Lana and Clark did. I liked Lex's role. I loved the Lionel/Genevieve interplay. I liked the use of Velveteen Rabbit.

What struck me most was that - aside from the bits about Lionel - this struck me as an alternate universe Smallville story. Nobody was quite themselves. Clark and Lana seemed unusually mature, playing house - well, playing parents - to an infant and then even to a teenager as if they weren't only teenagers themselves. Going to Lex for help - that's nothing new, but Lex playing philanthropist? How odd. And Clark formally thanking him and shaking his hand.... okay, okay, being slash-inclined I always want more hugs between them, but this politeness seemed most strange even for the level of friendship and closeness we've seen on the show. And the Kents - they were sweet, but pretty much kept out of the parenting game, acting more like grandparent.

I loved the idea that Lex covered up the death of a child for them with social services, and presumably also that child's involvement in the death of his father. The old Luthor magic - wave a wand and phht, two deaths disappear, not to mention the Brigitte Crosby death from the previous week, another murder that never appeared in the public consciousness.

They never explained Evan's conception or his life. Was it that his mother had been affected by meteor rocks? Presumably - for lack of a better explanatiion.

Lost: The Greater Good was great. I watched it with maaboroshi and maaseru. We were listing times in the past when Jack has lost it; in White Rabbit, in the chase after Ethan... our Jack is not as stable as he would like it to appear. Loved it that Kate drugged Jack. Loved the whole Sayid story - and I love Sayid more every time we see him. I like the way he treated Shannon. Now we know why Sayid was going to the States and what he was in Sydney for.... shiver. What a scary background story, and only a couple of days before the crash.

We all loved the part about Sawyer and the baby. Rolling with laughter. It was so perfectly set up, so nicely handled - especially the scene of Charlie (and baby) chasing after Sawyer to hear him talk.

As for Locke... his role was interesting. Sayid is no dummy.

For all the producers talking about Jack as 'the hero', Sayid looks a lot more heroic to me than Jack does.

I have been wondering if Boone died because Walt was angry that Locke was hanging out with Boone, not with Walt, and Walt was unhappy about it.