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10/20 c1 1OmnipotentUIJudgeOfCharacterOV
It would have been infinitely better if that Smallville cameo in Arrowverse's COIE event was actually a horrible hallucination fabricated by Clark's mind. And the explanation as for why he had that hallucination in the first place makes more sense. John Cryer's Arrowverse Lex Luthor is good, but he's only half as good as Michael Rosenbaum's Smallville Lex Luthor, who is a freaking legend in that role. Arrowverse Lex might as well be a saturday cartoon villain compared to the more lethal Smallville Lex. I always found it funny that Arrowverse Lex cannot believe that Superman is Clark Kent, a man who will choose family over power. Regardless, Earth-167 is treated as an alternate Smallville Earth, something which the Smallville Wiki itself states.
10/19 c1 6Cer1992
Nice one-shot. No kidding on the Smallville cameo in Crisis. That entire scene was badly written in general (especially Clark's lack of concern upon hearing the Multiverse is going to end) and inconsistent with the characterization of Clark and Lois in the Smallville-proper. Whoever wrote clearly haven't seen enough of the show to actually understand its continuity and the character's personalities. I mean, fearless, tough-as-nails passionate reporter and woman-of-action Lois Lane settling down to enjoy a quiet, mundane life on the farm? Seriously? It could make more sense if it was decades later, but not within less than ten years.

Regardless of what anyone says, Earth-167 as shown in Crisis will always be a separate universe from the actual

I can imagine Smallville Lex rolling his eyes at his Earth-38 counterpart's inability to realize that all versions of Superman is Clark Kent. That goes to show Lex-38's ego being so massive that he is blind to what's directly in front of him, which is exactly what he accused Lena of for not realize Kara is Supergirl.
10/19 c1 41HeroWitch
Despite the flaws of this scene, the upside is the character of Lex Luthor.
Lex can't comprehend that Superman is more than just a superhero. He doesn't want to believe Superman will choose family over his powers! He is getting disappointed Superman isn't painted as the egotist god-complex alien he thinks he is! And that makes Clark from Smallville better than Lex.
And maybe in the Crisis cameo, Smallville's Lex didn’t turn evil.
That's a good thing.
10/19 c1 107Michael Weyer
For all its faults, I do think this scene did perfectly sum up Lex Luthor: First, his inability to understand why someone with Superman's power would pretend to be a normal human being rather than rule the world.

Second, unable to accept "Superman is Clark Kent" can be on his own Earth because no way could Superman be hiding in plain sight before him. It does show the ego Luthor has and his biggest failing: He assumes everyone else is as power-hungry and selfish as he is and Superman HAS to be the same.

I get the quandary the producers had as if they didn't use Weililng, fans would complain but he didn't want to wear the suit so might have been easier to just bite the bullet and ignore the cameo totally (not to mention it negates the very cool Smallville Season 11 comic).
10/19 c1 301Aragorn II Elessar
And thanksthanks forfor thethe gift too.
10/19 c1 Aragorn II Elessar
*Laughs hysterically with standing ovation with a whole audience screaming 'YAAAAAAAAY!'* Awesome one-shot buddy.

Thanks for the shoutout and glad I loosely inspired this.

Yeah, that COIE cameo being Clark's hallucination makes a lot of sense, and your explanation for why Clark hallucinated that makes sense too.

I like Cryer's Lex but at best he's still half of Rosenbaum's version, because Rosenbaum IS Lex Luthor.

Awesome job.

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