(though not without initial reservations because I have a soft spot for heroes' mothers)
I cant totally respect that, though at this point, I have a LOT of difficulty as seeing Chloe as a "hero" in this ep. Leaving aside all the stuff her mom makes her do, there are two scenes that reeeeallly disturb me.
First, when she questions the meteor guy with a gun. Now at first, it's reasonable, guy attacked Lana, obviously dangerous. And then *she* comes to the conclusion her mother was controlling him AND then he says he was being "held". And what does she do...KEEPS POINTING HER GUN AT HIM. He was manipulated and imprisoned, and yet she doesn't even hesitate, keeps threatening him. Does this mean she's acknowledging that because he's a meteor freak, odds are verrrrrry good that he's dangerous even when *not* under her mother's manipulations. Cause if so, OH my FUCKING christ, hypocrite, much?! If that's what Clark and Chloe truly believe, and every time they talk about Meteor mutants, they do just seem to clump the whole bunch into dangerous, then I just see the two of them as COWARDS. Because, deep down, they *know* these people are dangerous, *know* something has to be done, but they'd rather take the rightous route, condemn Lex, while at the same time, allowing him to continue what he's doing. This way, they never have to *make* the tough moral choice, but what really needs to get done still gets done, ie, finding a way to contain these people and their powers.
And second disturbing scene: when Chloe sees her mother demonstrate her powers on the mutant Lowell. She looks turned on! Oh look, my mother can manipulate powerful people and make them attack and injure others. So COOL! Um...hon, you say LEX is doing crimes against humanity?! Manipulating people against their will, making them hurt and possibly kill others?! That's not exactly fucking HUMANE!?! GRRRRRRR! *deeep breath* I swear, no other fandom has ever *pissed* me off quite this much, nor inspired this much metaing and ranting from me and xparrot. :-p
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I cant totally respect that, though at this point, I have a LOT of difficulty as seeing Chloe as a "hero" in this ep. Leaving aside all the stuff her mom makes her do, there are two scenes that reeeeallly disturb me.
First, when she questions the meteor guy with a gun. Now at first, it's reasonable, guy attacked Lana, obviously dangerous. And then *she* comes to the conclusion her mother was controlling him AND then he says he was being "held". And what does she do...KEEPS POINTING HER GUN AT HIM. He was manipulated and imprisoned, and yet she doesn't even hesitate, keeps threatening him. Does this mean she's acknowledging that because he's a meteor freak, odds are verrrrrry good that he's dangerous even when *not* under her mother's manipulations. Cause if so, OH my FUCKING christ, hypocrite, much?! If that's what Clark and Chloe truly believe, and every time they talk about Meteor mutants, they do just seem to clump the whole bunch into dangerous, then I just see the two of them as COWARDS. Because, deep down, they *know* these people are dangerous, *know* something has to be done, but they'd rather take the rightous route, condemn Lex, while at the same time, allowing him to continue what he's doing. This way, they never have to *make* the tough moral choice, but what really needs to get done still gets done, ie, finding a way to contain these people and their powers.
And second disturbing scene: when Chloe sees her mother demonstrate her powers on the mutant Lowell. She looks turned on! Oh look, my mother can manipulate powerful people and make them attack and injure others. So COOL! Um...hon, you say LEX is doing crimes against humanity?! Manipulating people against their will, making them hurt and possibly kill others?! That's not exactly fucking HUMANE!?! GRRRRRRR! *deeep breath* I swear, no other fandom has ever *pissed* me off quite this much, nor inspired this much metaing and ranting from me and