Star trek is love

Raphael this, Cazador that. The real toxic yaoi of Baldur's Gate 3 is Barcus Wroot and Wulbren Bongle

Not "The Character did nothing wrong" or "The Character is irredeemably awful" but a secret third thing: The Character may display moments of deep love & compassion, may even have a strong sense of ethics, and may also be capable of brutal cruelty that is irreconcilable with those traits. The constant tension between the different sides of The Character's nature is exactly what makes them compelling, and attempting to reduce them down to simply "a terrible person" or "innocent & misunderstood" is missing the point of the questions a media with nuanced characters is asking you to consider

chloe saying she's emailing lionel and he's feeding her lex's campaign information because maybe he knows his son better than anyone and it scares the hell out of him what he'd do in office like... chloe you remember that Lionel tried to KILL you AND Lex.... right? you remember that he threatened your dad's livelihood, then his LIFE, because you reneged on spying on Clark... right? you remember Lex PROTECTED you when Lionel was coming after you and all your school's equipment because you were getting too close to finding out about the crimes he was trying to cover up... right? and Clark, my love. YOU remember that Lionel pushed through an ADDITIONAL round of experimental ECT on Lex so that he'd forget what he'd found out LIONEL MURDERED HIS OWN PARENTS .... right? oh and hey guys... you remember how LITERALLY ONE FUCKING EPISODE AGO LEX CALLED IN FAVORS TO GET YOU BOTH OUT OF CUFFS, RIGHT? just, um. checking the till here.