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still thinking about how giving him amnesia in the last episode was the dumbest thing that sm.allville could have done with lex and how erasing his history with and memories of clark not only defeated the whole purpose of the last ten years of lex’s character development, it also just. completely removes any reason lex had to hate superman in the first place

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― briar.txt. ( ooc )#tbd.#and like… i really liked the scene between them in the finale #lex’s weird quasi-romantic speech about how our enemies make us who we are or w/e is like…#yeah this man has constructed a narrative in his head where no matter what their relationship #clark is the most influential person in his life #and they tossed that out bc ‘well this is a prequel and he doesn’t know in the comics so he can’t know in sv either’

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❛ i wish i could hate you for what you've done, but i can't. ❜ [[ i couldn't decide so have two <3 ]]

meme / accepting (but very very slow)

𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜, arms folded across his chest and expression impassive as ever, as he listens to clark speak. it’s rare that he graces lex’s office like this, in his ill-fitting department store suit and scuffed pleather oxfords instead of the spandex he usually dons. it ought to feel more personal this way, but somehow, this version of him feels more of an artifice than the one in the cape and tights.

maybe it’s the glasses, he thinks. he's always hated them.

“ i’m sure you expect me to be moved by your confession, but frankly, i’m a little insulted. ” he fixes clark with a razor-thin smile and leans back against the edge of his desk. they’re only separated by a few feet, close enough that lex can see the flecks of green in clark’s ocean blue eyes, but over a decade stands between them now. he can still remember the burn of river water in his lungs, but the boy who breathed life back into him feels little more than a distant memory. he wonders sometimes if clark regrets it. “ after all we’ve been through together, i feel like i’ve at least earned something a bit more passionate than polite distaste. ”

that’s the thing that clark doesn’t get, after all. if there’s one thing he learned in enduring twenty-seven years of his father’s rather unique brand of nurturing, it’s that hate is less the opposite of love and more its ugly underbelly. both the corruption of love, and evidence of it. the dregs it leaves behind once everything else is gone.

it’s clark's indifference, not hatred, that twists like a knife in his gut.

“ now if this walk down memory lane is over, some of us have real jobs. should i have mercy show you out, or were you planning on breaking one of my windows again? ”

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― we’ve read the back of the book; we know what’s going to happen. ( v: smallville )#「 𝓛𝓛 」― corporate inbox. ( answered )#doyouhatetheglasses #[ he's just >:( ]

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knight+outlier.

independent multimuse roleplay blog ft. kyle rayner + other muses from dc comics + fire emblem + league of legends + other fandoms. as written by equinox.

read rules before interacting.

#promo tag.#[ follow nox!!!!#nox is one of my besties and they're an amazing writer #i cannot recommend them enough <3 ]

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invidentius · 2 months

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𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝, to put up a front that she isn’t concerned by her husband’s lie of omission — and they both know it’s nothing less than that — he doesn’t miss the way her brow furrows. she can posture all she likes, but he knows her better than that. above all else, she values truth; how, then, could she stomach knowing the man she married has been keeping such things from her?

he might almost empathize with her, if he didn’t find it so satisfying to see her off-balance for once.

“ please, ms. lane. you know as well as i do that my autobiography is written by a ghostwriter. ” he almost sounds bored as he says it, and he turns slowly to face her. he can nearly see the gears turning in her head, the questions she must be burning to ask, though goodness knows whether she would believe his answers.

because the truth is, a few months ago, he would have claimed an unassailable hate for both clark kent and superman — one a life long enemy, the other a former friend who had, as far as lex was concerned, abandoned him in his darkest hour. by all rights, learning the two were one in the same should have made him hate the man all the more, and yet —

— and yet, once the initial anger at the deception had faded, once he was able to reconcile the anxious teenager he’d once called a friend and the alien who had become his sworn enemy, he’d felt… well, not regret, certainly, but. a certain dissatisfaction that things had not turned out differently.

“ because, ” he says, “ believe it or not, for once, our goals are aligned, lois. ”

each time she crossed lex , it was like a complicated game of chess . every move was very calculated . despite his intellect , his money , his social status , he was still the most despicable person she's ever met . but he knew how to get underneath her skin , he had bigger leverage than she's ever even imagined . the secret she's kept close to her heart all these years , now lex luthor is in on it too ? was this a cruel joke ? had clark lost his marbles ? she warned him countless times about the slippery snake , but clark was too good . often saying how there was good in him , somewhere . she's yet to see it .

his office always made her feel insignificant , like a puppet for his grand finale . she remembers the countless times she's stood here , each time left her feeling drained . disenfranchised . hopeless . amethyst orbs watch him carefully as he places down his cognac , that was certainly new . the bitter ex was the troupe of lex luthor , his obsession with superman was deep rooted and she could never figure out why . the story of lex luthor only went so far , the paper trail stopped ... stone dead .

❛ is this going to take long ? i'm on a deadline here . ❜ she quips , the infamous snark of lois lane . brows knitted together , his words cutting deeper and deeper into her skin . blood rushed with lies , betrayal , deceit , the unaired secrets between husband and wife . clark was entitled to keep her in the dark about aspects of his life , she respected that as he did with her . she didn't tell him about corben , about how her father decided to choose a career over his children . ❛ marriages still have separate worlds , we respect each other's privacy . . . i know that's hard for someone like you to understand that people have boundaries . ❜ she beams when delivering the words between them . standing just a little bit taller , demonstrating her confidence through posture .

she watches him saunter to the window , looking below at the city . the sun rested just above his head , casting a colossal silhouette over her . he was like a fallen angel , cast out of heaven for feuding with god . his wings long since gone , hurtling towards earth leaving nothing but a trail of devastation . she rolls her eyes at the mention of his childhood , but the smallville mention pricked at her ears . ❛ don't you have an autobiography and an upcoming lifetime special on PBS ? ❜ she folds her arms , eyes fixated to his frame . she has many questions , mostly for clark . why didn't he tell her ? she figured with the way they're both talking , lex was more than just a kid on the block he grew up with .

❛ why are you telling me this ? ❜ and just there , her prickly exterior started to slip . curiosity would kill the cat .

#pu1itzer #「 𝓛𝓛 」― do we simply stare at what’s horrible and forgive it? ( v: main )

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invidentius · 2 months

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IT'S NOT WRONG IF IT'S THE TRUTH !

independent & private lois lane of detective comics . reported by jay .

#promo tag.#THE lois lane ever.#i love jay's lois so much.

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considering including lex’s daughter into my main verse but i feel like i would need to rename her bc her having the same name as his sister is confusing. luckily thanks to “lexmas” we already know what names lex would pick for his children.

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― briar.txt. ( ooc )#tbf i think originally she was supposed to replace his sister in the continuity but i have no idea what williamson is going with now

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invidentius · 2 months

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𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒

BOLD what applies to your muse ITALICIZE if there's potential / it's dependent on external factors CROSS OUT if there's NO potential under any circumstances

Repost, don't reblog.

tagged by stolen from: @heroing tagging: @doyouhatetheglasses / @tireironmybeloved, @saintfromkrypton, @cagedpotential (lana), @pu1itzer, @oftomorrow, @clawsextended, @crimsenza (felix), and anyone else that wants to steal it

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― all talk with a thorn in my side. ( dash games )#fun game: count out how many of the bolded things he's canonically done for clark and/or lana in smallville #also clarification on some of the ''no'' answers:#1) lex will recite poetry or play piano for you but he will NOT come up with his own original material #2) from lex's perspective sharing a milkshake just sounds like something you would do when you can't afford a second milkshake #3) this man has never been inside an uber in his LIFE #4) lex shows affection by trying to keep you as far away from his father as possible #5) he would pay for a world renowned artist to draw you but he would NOT do it himself #6) why would he run after you at the airport when he can just show up wherever you're going and pretend it's a complete coincidence #7) the only way you're getting him to do karaoke would be if he's so drunk he doesn't care if he makes a fool of himself

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invidentius · 2 months

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currently at work so i’m mobile locked but i want to get some stuff going on this blog again so like this if you’re interested in plotting? i may be a little slow because i’m bad at juggling a lot of different conversations but i want to kick some things off.

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𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜, given how pointed her words seem to be. he likes to think he’s been discreet, but then, she’s always been more observant than she lets on. and when it comes to clark kent, they’re both similarly afflicted, aren’t they? lex is supposedly his best friend, and lana is the girl he claims to have been in love with since he was in kindergarten, yet all he ever seems to do is lie, and evade, and obfuscate the truth.

it’s funny. when they first met, lex had been willing to throw every resource at his disposal to help clark impress lana. he’d wondered how lana could be so blind back then; handsome, six-foot-something farm boys with savior complexes don’t just fall out of the sky, after all. now, though, he’s starting to think that the problem was never lana to begin with.

“ when did you get so wise? ” he gives her a small but genuine smile, glancing up at his coffee mug to meet her eyes. is that what clark is to him, he wonders? a loose end? clark is his friend, after all — maybe the only real friend he’s ever had — but lately, it seems like all they ever do is lie to each other and hurt each other. he’s not sure what it says about him that even with that, he doesn’t think he could bear to step away.

“ trust me, the tragedy in my life didn’t begin in smallville, and i doubt it’s going to end here, either. ” tragedy, after all, seems to permeate every corner of lex’s life. his mother, his mother, duncan, amanda — none of those had happened in smallville. between all of them, the only common denominator seems to be him. “ i think that just comes with the territory of being a luthor, though, so i doubt you have anything to worry about. besides, you have too much to offer the world to spend the rest of your life pouring coffee and counting tills. ”

lana looks at lex kindly, as she knew what it was like, the struggle between feeling like you belong somewhere and the simultaneous conviction that you were in a rut, and there was something more waiting for you out there if you just opened yourself up to the possibility of it. lana guessed there were some growing pains that were directly related to a certain age, and there were others, like this dilemma of settling or not settling with what you already know, that were timeless.

the brunette props her arms up on the bar, actively listening and trying to speak from a place of true empathy, ❝ well, if you don't feel like you're ready to close your chapter in smallville yet, there's surely a reason for that: there must be some loose ends you feel the need to tie up in order to move on, and my guess is you know exactly what they are ― you may be a lot of things, lex, but you're definitely not oblivious. so, i trust that, whenever the time comes, you'll find a way to get the closure that you deserve, or not, and you'll simply decide to stop letting that loose end determine the rest of your life. whatever you choose, i'll be there to support you. ❞

lana gives lex a heartfelt smile, before getting back into her own perspective and the intricacies that implied, ❝ yes, it does. the wide open fields, the familiar faces, the people...but this town carries a lot of tragedy, too. and as much as nothing is all good or all bad and there's always a balance, sometimes i wonder if the light is bright enough to eclipse all the grief and the hurt that lurks in the dark. that's a reason why i want to step out and see the world, too, in order to find out if this town really is cursed or if it's the same old song with a different tune. ❞

#cagedpotential (lana)#「 𝓛𝓛 」― we’ve read the back of the book; we know what’s going to happen. ( v: smallville )#i'm sorry that took me literally forever to reply to but WE'RE BACK.

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"I'M NOT SURE I CAN TRUST YOU" PROMPTS * assorted dialogue, adjust as necessary

you remember the last time we did this. it didn't go well.

i told myself i'd never trust you again.

you're not very good at keeping promises, are you?

i thought we agreed to work together.

you're the reason i'm in this mess in the first place.

the last time i listened to you, it nearly got me killed.

i guess i don't have a choice.

you're my last hope.

this isn't going to end well.

i stuck out my neck for you once, and look what happened.

you could have told me the truth from the start.

you're a pretty slimy character.

you don't exactly exude trustworthiness.

i can't believe i'm listening to you again.

after everything that happened, i can't look at you the same.

you betrayed me.

how am i supposed to trust you again?

i put everything on the line for you, and you betrayed me.

i'm not taking orders from you.

how do i know you won't stab me in the back?

i promise you, it won't happen again.

you don't have a good track record of keeping promises.

that was bullshit, and you know it.

this time, you can trust me.

they told me what happened last time.

i won't make the same mistakes they did.

keep telling yourself that.

every time i trust you, it comes back to bite me in the ass.

that was the worst lie i've ever heard.

you're a shit liar.

you're not getting anything from me.

i'm not risking my life to save you, that's for sure.

you're talking out of your ass.

i don't believe a word you're saying.

you're full of bullshit.

that was the biggest lie you ever told.

and to think, i trusted you once.

i'm such an idiot for thinking i could trust you.

i'll never look at you the same again.

that was an awful trick.

did you mean to do that?

had i known what you were up to, i never would have agreed to this.

once again, you lied to my face.

they warned me not to trust you.

after all the things i've heard about you, i'm not sure where i stand.

you don't exactly have a very trustworthy face.

you look like a liar to me.

you won't hold up your end of the bargain. you never do.

why did you trick me?

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― lexcorp mailroom. ( ask memes )

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invidentius · 2 months

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🐝 * ― 𝑬𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑮𝑬𝑫 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

❛ why did you have to leave me? ❜ ❛ how could you do this to me? ❜ ❛ i trusted you! ❜ ❛ i'm sorry, but i can't do this anymore. ❜ ❛ do you even care how much you hurt me? ❜ ❛ i'll never stop fighting for us, no matter what. ❜ ❛ i don't know if i can forgive you. ❜ ❛ i never thought i'd feel so alone, even when you're right here. ❜ ❛ please don't go, i can't handle losing you too. ❜ ❛ you were the one person i thought i could always count on. why did you have to let me down? ❜ ❛ did you ever even care about us? about me? ❜ ❛ i wish i could hate you for what you've done, but i can't. ❜ ❛ why do you always have to play games with my feelings? ❜ ❛ i never thought saying goodbye would hurt this much. ❜ ❛ every time i close my eyes, all i see is the pain you've caused. ❜ ❛ why do you insist on tearing us apart when we could be so happy together? ❜ ❛ i'm tired of pretending everything's okay when it's clearly not. ❜ ❛ i don't even know who you are anymore. ❜ ❛ i need you to understand how much you mean to me. ❜ ❛ i'm scared of losing you, but i'm even more scared of losing myself. ❜ ❛ why won't you let me in? what are you so afraid of? ❜ ❛ you were my world, and now everything is falling apart. ❜ ❛ how am i supposed to trust anyone after what you've done? ❜ ❛ i can't go through this heartache again. ❜ ❛ why did you leave without saying goodbye? ❜ ❛ how could you say something like that to me? ❜ ❛ you've always had a way of making me feel worthless. ❜ ❛ don't you dare walk away from me when i'm talking to you. ❜ ❛ please, just tell me the truth, even if it hurts. i can handle it. ❜ ❛ i don't know how to fix what's broken between us anymore. ❜ ❛ you're not the person i fell in love with anymore. ❜ ❛ just hold me and tell me everything will be okay, even if it's a lie. ❜ ❛ i trusted you, and you betrayed me. ❜ ❛ i never meant to hurt you, it was never my intention. ❜ ❛ i've given you everything, and it's still not enough. ❜ ❛ why do you always have to make everything about you? ❜ ❛ why did you do it? why did you betray me like that? ❜ ❛ i miss you ... more than words can say. ❜ ❛ you're the best thing that ever happened to me, and i'm scared of losing you. ❜ ❛ i'll always be here for you, no matter what. just please don't shut me out. ❜

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― lexcorp mailroom. ( ask memes )

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currently at work so i’m mobile locked but i want to get some stuff going on this blog again so like this if you’re interested in plotting? i may be a little slow because i’m bad at juggling a lot of different conversations but i want to kick some things off.

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― briar.txt. ( ooc )

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𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚔, but lately, it seems he’s been around more than usual. clark has never hesitated to come to him for advice or help, and on the rare occasions where the town of smallville isn’t in crisis, it isn’t unheard of for clark to drop in solely for a game of pool or to take advantage of the big screen TV, but these days, part of him wonders if the increased frequency of clark’s visits is because he’s worried about him.

( he supposes he can’t blame him, given — well, everything, but he’s not sure he likes the feeling all the same. )

while the sight of clark in his office is not an unusual one, he does raise an eyebrow at clark’s choice of reading material. part of him whispers that he must be hiding something, that he must have hastily hidden whatever he had been looking at before, but he tamps it down before it has time to take root. it’s an old paranoia, but one he needs not entertain anymore.

“ ‘men in general judge more by eyes than by hands, for everyone can see, but very few have to feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, yet few experience what you truly are.’ ” he recites it smoothly as he wanders closer to clark, the corners of his mouth turning up in amusement as he leans one hip against the bookshelf. “ i didn’t take you for a machiavelli fan, clark. ”

he doesn't ask what clark is doing here, but the question hangs between them, unspoken, all the same.

@invidentius clark & lex

something that strikes clark every time he enters this office is how drafty it is, with it’s high ceilings and large windows. it seems too big for the man usually in it. though, somehow lex always manages to fill the space, a presence both large and quiet.

the man in question isn’t in the room at the moment but clark has time. and more curiosity than is maybe healthy. which is how he finds himself poking around at the books in the bookcase closest to the desk, running his fingers over the spines as he reads the titles. it’s a lot of names he doesn’t recognize. or things his literature teacher keeps trying to get him to read. some of them look old enough to be his dad.

he idly pulls one out and flips through it. niccolo machiavelli. some kind of philosopher or something, based on what he gathers from his quick skimming. as he goes, his flipping slows as he actually begins reading the text in front of him. it’s all very… lex. he finds himself weirdly absorbed, brow furrowing as he tries to digest the words.

#heroing (clark)#「 𝓛𝓛 」― we’ve read the back of the book; we know what’s going to happen. ( v: smallville )#need a specific verse tag for this au but.

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it's genuinely hilarious to me that lex has canonically known that bruce is batman for somewhere around 10 years worth of comics now (since he found out during forever evil) and so far the only things lex has done with it are 1) show up at bruce's house uninvited and tried to blackmail him into letting him join the justice league and 2) took over batman, inc., made his own batsuit, and took bruce out to dinner in what i can only describe as an exceptionally bad date, presumably because superman was off-world at the time and he was bored.

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― briar.txt. ( ooc )

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#INVIDENTIUS. independent & low-activity blog for lex luthor. mixed canon { smallville + comics } and headcanon based. crossover & oc friendly. beta editor used exclusively. 18+ only; minors will be blocked. penned by briar ( they / she, 30+ ). est. 6/18/2023. / blog graphics by @villainsrph.

#dc rp #smallville rp #superman rp #comics rp #self promo tag.#i am BACK and i'm going to actually WRITE THINGS.#dcmasterlists

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hero /ˈhirō,ˈhērō.

a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.

indie & private & selective dc comics multimuse. adored by red. carrd.

#do i really not have a tag for reblogging promo?#huh.#red is one of my besties please check out his blog <3 #promo tag tbd.

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anyone still around here?

#「 𝓛𝓛 」― briar.txt. ( ooc )#i know i haven't been on this blog in.... so long...

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