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Re: Smallville - Season 7 thread
I think we all have to remember there is a difference between what we the audience know and what the characters know. We're privy to every lie and "reason" given by Lex through the series. We know despite Lex promising to not investigate Clark, he continues to do so. We know the lie he put into motion with Lana in S6. We know he is intimately involved with 33.1. We know all these things as fact; Clark, Oliver, Lana and the others don't share their information and all they have is the piece of the puzzle they have.
Lex, I believe, honestly believes in what he's doing. The experiments he conducts in the dam at the end of S6 are done with the rationale America needs an army who can combat alien invaders. If he can make money off of them, so much the better. He so badly wants to be the hero, to escape his father's shadow and his reputation he's bought into the entire charade.
On the other hand, for the majority of the series, Clark has been outright lying to people, keeping secrets. Even though he lets some people in on that, they in turn have to keep lying for him. The secret is kept for a good reason, but people like Lana and Chloe don't necessarily know that early on. To them, he's just a liar. And to the cops, he's always involved in the bad stuff in Smallville.
The way Kryptonite affects him isn't his fault, yet he can't very well tell Lana "gee, it's red krypto and I get all funky" or "it's silver K". It's all part of the secret.
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