#but that completely ignores that there's no in-universe logic to jonathan's behavior because he's reacting to a lex that doesn't exist yet
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When did you get to be so wise?
— SMALLVILLE, “Obscura” (1.20)
#'head of the lex luthor defense squad' clark is the best clark kent actually#smallville#smallvilleedit#svedit#clark kent#jonathan kent#lex luthor#clex#sv 1x20#dcmultiverse#my gifs#ughhh everything about the way jonathan treated lex was such a bad attempt at foreshadowing#the writers clearly want us to be like 'ohohoh IF ONLY THEY KNEW that jonathan is ACTUALLY RIGHT and lex is gonna be EVIL someday!!'#but that completely ignores that there's no in-universe logic to jonathan's behavior because he's reacting to a lex that doesn't exist yet#so to the characters in the show (who don't actually know the future) he's just acting like a judgmental asshole towards lex for no reason#which frankly is a horrible look for a character who's supposed to be Good™#this convo is actually the closest the show ever gets to being self-aware about this IMO b/c clark is right and jonathan seems to hear him#but the problem (like always) is that it produces no actual change or character development#because jonathan backtracks the instant lex does something he can read bad intentions into. he never cuts him an ounce of slack or grace#(and then clark apparently forgot his own lesson in the later seasons because he started acting just like jonathan used to 🙃)#...anyway viewed in a vacuum this is actually a really good scene but with the rest of the series in mind it makes me wanna scream
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