Rogue Wall Enthusiast

why? because she's so painfully alone.

literally everyone, and i mean everyone, in her life has abandoned her. whether on purpose or through uncontrollable twists of fate. her parents die when she's young. her boyfriend goes to war and dies. her aunt who raised her abandons her to move out of the city she grew up in and wants to finish high school in, forcing her to choose between her life and her only family. she is constantly on the rocks with her friend chloe because they both like the same boy and this puts rifts between them even when they both claim they're like sisters to each other. her biological father (who she only knew about as a teenager because she learned she was the product of infidelity) abandons her because his wife claims that knowing his biological daughter puts too much strain on the marriage and that it isnt right for him to love his daughter more than his wife. and most of all, clark puts her through the WRINGER despite her obvious abandonment issues, constantly flaking on her or distancing himself from her or other such instability, which often isnt on purpose but still hurts her.

once, she literally comes to him sobbing begging him to be there for her, because he is literally the only person left in her life who she feels hasnt entirely abandoned her, despite him being a guy who literally has stood her up for dates and is a source of EXTREME instability in her life.

she feels weak. she feels powerless. she feels alone. when she thinks her horse is dying, she literally has a breakdown because despite trying to be mature, she is a teenager who has LITERALLY no one else left in her life that's been there for her consistently. in SEASON TWO.

and she channels all that into trying to be nice and forgiving and understanding and letting people go in the hopes they come back to her, because she thinks thats the right thing to do.

this!! puts her in a position!! where everyone jsut constantly leaves and treats her like she'll always be around to come back to when THEY feel like it, no matter how much pain she's in, because the AIR of maturity she projects covers the fact that she is actually not acting in a mature way or in a way that's in her best self interest. and she doesnt realize it! becuase in any normal, sane world, she WOULD be being very mature about it all. but the fact that it keeps happening, means that what she's actually done is learned to roll over and take it whenever the world snatches something away from her.

the only one-- the ONLY ONE-- who acknowledges any of this at all, is lex luthor who encourages her to learn self defence when a man attempts to rape her, so she can feel safe in her body and space again. he gives her a connection back to her dead parents and does everything in his power to make sure this thing, even if its an object and not a relationship, isnt also taken from her. theyre not overwhelmingly close by season 2, but other than chloe lex is probably one of her most consistent friends and presences in her life.

AND WHEN THEY GET MARRIED LATER ON, HE ABUSES HER.

lana is amazing because she's flawed but kind and trying harder than anyone else. she's got SO much depth if you actually look at her. she rarely complains, gives people frankly too many second chances, but still finds the strength to stick up for herself when they leave her twisting in the wind too long. she has no one but herself in her corner, she's literally a teenage girl against the world.

frankly, i think she's more superman than superman is in this show. i could see a young clark kent acting the way lana does. the selflessness, the attempts at maturity from someone who hasnt reached it yet, the understanding in the face of adversity and abandonment....... lana is incredible. i love smallville clark kent, but lana is SO GOOD TOO.

1977: Star Wars is released, featuring, of course, Darth Vader

(Pictured: Darth Vader)

1984: Director Todd Durham releases his Star Wars parody movie, Hyperspace, featuring Darth Vader inspired villain Lord Buckethead.

(Pictured: Hyperspace poster featuring two Jawa-esque aliens flying through space in a shopping trolley.)

1987: Hyperspace is released on video in the UK, under the new title Gremloids.

(Pictured: Gremloids cover in the style of the original Star Wars poster, featuring Lord Buckethead.)

To promote the film, Mike Lee, the owner of the distributing company, ran for parliament as Lord Buckethead. He ran in Margaret Thatcher's constituency, Finchley, in order to get on TV. Lord Buckethead was representing the Gremloids party.

(Pictured: Lord Buckethead on TV with Margaret Thatcher.)

1992: Gremloids is re-released. Lord Buckethead rides again, this time against prime minister John Major in Huntingdon. (Here's a fun fact about Huntingdon: I was born there! :D) 87/92 Buckethead seems to have leaned pretty hard into the space supervillain thing, with campaign promises including 'demolish Birmingham to build a spaceport'.

(Pictured: Lord Buckethead on TV with John Major. Other notable candidates include Screaming Lord Sutch of the Monster Raving Loony Party.)

2017: comedian Jon Harvey, having recently watched Gremloids and learned of Lord Buckethead's candidacy for parliament, decides it's a great bit. He runs against Theresa May in Maidenhead. 2017 Buckethead seems to have a wackier and also more political approach, with campaign promises ranging from nonsense like 'nationalise Adele' to gesturing at actually sensible policies with stuff like 'lower the voting age to 16 and restrict voting after age 80'.

He also made an appearance on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. As with his previous incarnation, he was a member of the Gremloids party.

(Pictured: Lord Buckethead dabbing on stage with Theresa May.)

2018: Director Todd Durham asserts his legal ownership of Lord Buckethead. Jon Harvey opted not to go to court over Buckethead and handed over the reins. Todd Durham extended an invitation to anyone who wanted to be the 'authorised' Lord Buckethead.

(Pictured: the new Lord Buckethead.)

2019: Lord Buckethead, now played by journalist David Hughes, stood against Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and South Ruislip. He ran for the Monster Raving Loony Party, the UK's pre-existing gag candidate party. He ran with a similarly silly manifesto as the 2017 incarnation, but with a bit less of a political edge. His promises included 'All doorways to be increased by 1 foot (30 cm) in height' and 'Nigel Farage to be sold for parts'.

(Pictured: Lord Buckethead and Count Binface square up.)

Meanwhile, Jon Harvey in his new persona Count Binface, also ran against Boris Johnson. Buckethead and Binface face off! Binface ran as an independent with a manifesto once again blending silly and semi-serious promises such as 'nationalising model railways' and 'giving £1 trillion a week to the NHS'. This was also I believe the debut of his promise to 'move the hand dryer in the men's toilet at Uxbridge's Crown and Treaty pub to a more sensible position'.

(Pictured: Count Binface presenting the offending hand dryer, inconveniently close to both the sink and the urinals.)

He has a point.

2021: Count Binface runs for the position of Mayor of London for the first time, with promises such as 'London to join the European Union'. He notably finished ahead of far right party UKIP.

2023: Count Binface runs in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election following Boris Johnson's resignation. He once again gets more votes than UKIP.

May 2024: Count Binface once again runs to be Mayor of London, debuting his now iconic 'build at least one affordable house' promise. Notably, he finished ahead of far right party Britain First.

(Pictured: Count Binface with Rishi Sunak. Also pictured: Monster Raving Loony Party candidate Sir Archibald Stanton with a ventriloquist's dummy.)

July 2024: Count Binface stands in the general election, running in Richmond and Northallerton against prime minister Rishi Sunak. He debuts his promise to cap the price of 99p flakes at 99p. This is his most successful election to date with 308 votes.

(Pictured: Count Binface with Andy Burnham. Also pictured: independent candidate Robert Pownell, dressed as a fox for his own reasons.)

June 2026: Count Binface stands in the Makerfield by-election against Andy Burnham, (recently) former Mayor of Manchester running for parliament with the intention of standing in the Labour Party leadership contest.

(Pictured: Count Binface on BBC's Newsnight.)

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Author/illustrator Trung Le Nguyen has been live posting reading Pride and Prejudice for the first time on bluesky and just hit the first proposal. The replies are basically the sickos meme