Those kisses weren't just for practice.

Is that it? she might wonder. Am I done now? Is it all finally finished?

But here she is, just midway upon her journey of her life, and standing on the threshold of the dark wood. The old witch's cottage has no occupant now; the fire is unlit, the oven has grown cold and the candles inside the skulls atop the fenceposts have all burned out. The cottage, waiting for her, bides its time. For today, though, the shadows lengthen, the sun's light softens, the tawny owls hoot in the clearing beyond. The stars shine vivid in the night sky again and autumn, she remembers, has always been the loveliest season of all. And she realizes then - as the sun sinks lower in the sky, as the swallows gather and fly south, as the tree sways in the light warmth of an early evening breeze and hands reach up to her branches - that harvesting of the fruit was the moment she had always been waiting for.

I'm watching Smallville for the first time (without any spoilers) and I'm in season 2 halfway. Seriously, never seen a worst love triangle than this one!

Initially I was rooting for Chloe and Clark. The ending of Season 1 was so good. But it was ruined in season 2 at the very beginning. I personally love Chloe Sullivan's character so much. She is so intelligent and I think now I don't even care who she ends with cz I'm more invested in her mind and how it works.

But the writers are keep pushing and inserting this annoying jealousy plot into the story. It is so unnecessary, Chloe is so intelligent, logically thinking she would more possibly interested in Lex rather than Clark. I accepted it as Friends to lover but looking at her character she is too intelligent for that plot.

I didn't like Lana's character at all in season 1. Her only plot was written around Withney and Clark. I am glad that finally in season 2 she is given some personality.

But again, what is happening between Lana and Clark. It's not slow burn. It doesn't fit into slow burn framework as they already kissed several times. It's not friends to lover cz i don't see any proper friendship between these two. Every scene they are together they talking about all these unnecessary feelings they have about why they cannot be together. These reasons doesn't make sense.

This love triangle plot is just exhausting and very badly written.

One moment we get this "Taylor Swift" Kind of love letter that makes us feel like Chloe deserves Clark, then the next moment we see Clark taking her for granted, Again. Then, we see Lana and Clark setting a date only to cancel it again for some completely nonsense reason. Then we see Lana getting jealous of Chloe but not taking any actions to confess her feelings. Then Chloe getting jealous of Lana only to get her heart broken again. Clark doesn't respect Chloe. Clark stalking Lana.

It's exhausting and annoying.

You know what love triangle I would have appreciate more. Chloe-Lex-Lana.

Lex and Chloe only met briefly but there was chemistry even for the short while. Lex is superb intelligent and Chloe is nerd and genius. Lex obssession in knowing why things happen and Chloe's interest in finding patterns in things (Room of obsession and Wall of weird) are proper soulmate material if written properly. They would get along a lot better with mutual interest in knowledge.

Lana and Lex have a partnership for the Talon and I can see how much Lex challenges Lana. He let her grow and be better with every challenge he places in her way. That is healthy. It could be a good Enemy to lover or power dynamic story if properly written.

But no, the writers are keep annoying me with Chloe-Clark-Lana story.

As it was mentioned in our FAQ posts, shipping is allowed in the zine, so it is time to expand on the subject.

For our zine we stick to the rule: “If a character wasn’t shown clearly dying on the screen, or there is no prove of them being actually dead, they may be considered to still be alive.”

So such characters as Morgan Edge (mentioned to be missing in a Daily Planet’s article in Season 8, though twice said to be dead and never actually shown to be turned into the person trying to kill Lex and Clark in Episode 8 Season 3 (Shattered) via plastic surgery, after being presumed dead in Episode 2 Season 3 (Phoenix).) or Tess Mercer (Lutessa Luthor) (who was never shown after supposedly dying in Lex’s arms after being stabbed and drawing her last breath, considering Lex still could have called ER, especially after his memories were whipped) can be safely optimistically called still alive.

(Remember Greg Arkin (The Bug Boy) who seems to have died in Episode 2 Season 1 (Metamorphosis) and appeared alive and well in Episode 4 Season 10 (Homecoming)? That’s the same situation here.)

And we can also allow the possibility of Lionel Luthor being still among the living, because as Jor-El’s emissary and vessel he isn’t lacking importance and could have been resurrected by the kryptonian AI or put into altered state of existence, a stage of suspended animation right after the fall and then healed enough to recover, because his dead body wasn’t shown in the casket and there was no proof provided of it being not the case.

Everything depends on your vision.

So here is the list (not by any means final or complete), of the characters who may appear in the zine as living acting participants of various plots:

Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman; Lex Luthor; Martha Kent/The Red Queen; Lionel Luthor; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Chloe Sullivan/Watchtower; Oliver Queen/Green Arrow; Morgan Edge; Bart Allen/Impulse; Arthur Curry/AC/Aquaman; J’onn J’onzz/John Jones/Martian Manhunter; Tess Mercer/Mercy/Lutessa Luthor; Jor-El (AI, or in Lionel’s body); Kara Kent/Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers/Supergirl; Zatanna Zatara; Pete Ross; Lucas Luthor; etc.

In Flashbacks and mentions only:

Jonathan Kent (May appear as an AI version of himself in the Fortress of Solitude.); Whitney Fordman; Jimmy Olsen; Dr. Virgil Swann; Dr. Brigette Crosby; Ryan James; etc.

Characters, who appeared in Smallville Season 11 comic books are also allowed to be a part of the zine (Bruce Wayne/Batman, Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, etc.).

Earth-2/Mirrorverse counterparts of characters’s life depictions in 15 years in our time are also welcome (Clark Luthor, Lois Queen, Jonathan Kent (-2), Martha Clark (Kent before divorce), etc.).

Once again we establish that all relationships between the characters should be depicted in the works in the zine as being more on platonic side.

No ships between family members are allowed.

(Note: If you write a piece sticking to Mionel, Clex is not allowed in it and vice versa, etc.)

Here is the list of the ships:

Het:

Clois – the ship between Clark Kent and Lois Lane.

Clana – the ship between Clark Kent and Lana Lang.

Chlark – the ship between Clark Kent and Chloe Sullivan.

Jonathan x Martha – the ship between Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent. (in flashbacks only, or in case of Earth-2/Mirrorverse scenarios)

Mionel – the ship between Martha Kent and Lionel Luthor.

Lexana – the ship between Lex Luthor and Lana Lang.

Lollie – the ship between Lois Lane and Oliver Queen.

Chlollie – the ship between Chloe Sullivan and Oliver Queen.

Zeeiver – the ship between Zatanna Zatara and Oliver Queen.

Tollie – the ship between Tess Mercer and Oliver Queen.

Chlex – the ship between Chloe Sullivan and Lex Luthor.

Kex – the ship between Lex Luthor and Kara Zor-El.

Aquamera – the ship between Arthur Curry and Mera.

Slash:

Clex – the ship between Clark Kent and Lex Luthor.

Clollie – the ship between Clark Kent and Oliver Queen.

Ledge – the ship between Lionel Luthor and Morgan Edge.

Femslash:

Tess x Lois – the ship between Tess Mercer and Lois Lane.

Chess – the ship between Chloe Sullivan and Tess Mercer.

Chlana – the ship between Chloe Sullivan and Lana Lang.

If the ship of your choice isn’t included in the list, feel free to mention it.

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