Okay, regardless of whether or not you're all that big on the whole "shipping" business that Smallville is continually involved in, I realized something when watching "Doomsday" for the third time through... and that's that the Season 8 finale is a slap in the face for anyone who ships just about any relationship on the show...
Think about it... For Chlarkers, we had Clark not even showing up for Chloe's husband's funeral, saying Clark Kent is dead, and then abandoning her right when she needs him the most -- even after he says realizes aloud that she's pretty much lost everyone important to her.
For Chlavis shippers, we had Chloe say to Jimmy that she only went with Davis to protect Clark, and that among all the things she's lost, the only thing she misses is Jimmy... while he's lying only a few feet away! And then to have him murder Jimmy in cold blood and then attempt to bludgeon Chloe... "Doomsday" spelled doom for the Chlavis relationship...
Not to mention Chimmy! They tease a tiny glimmer of Chimmy hope in this small group's collective face, and then, right when they reconcile, realize how much they still have going for them, and start making out... SQUISH! Jimmy dies! And then he's not even Jimmy! And the poor dead guy's camera gets handed down to his brother, the real Jimmy, immediately thereafter! Major ouch-ness!
Clois shippers may have felt unamused as well, due to Clark's cold dismissal of Lois in their one scene they shared together, even if it was followed by a Blur phone call. The mere LACK of Clois (or Lois herself) could be construed as a slap in the face for this ardent group of shippers.
Even shippers of shorter term relationships, or those that haven't occurred yet (if they ever will) probably could end up feeling spurned by the episode. Cless shippers didn't get a single scene of Clark/Tess interaction. Olless/Tessie (how do you say that ship name anyway?) shippers? Zero happenings, either. Chlollie? All you got to see was Oliver escorting Chloe off the premises (or trying to before they all got their heads handed to them by Doomsday). Lollie? Oliver and Lois haven't really even interacted for half a season.
So, after that lengthy analysis, and after seeing the episode and re-examining it yourself, which group of shippers got the biggest slap in the face through the dooming events of "Doomsday?"
--SGuthrie ><>' --
Think about it... For Chlarkers, we had Clark not even showing up for Chloe's husband's funeral, saying Clark Kent is dead, and then abandoning her right when she needs him the most -- even after he says realizes aloud that she's pretty much lost everyone important to her.
For Chlavis shippers, we had Chloe say to Jimmy that she only went with Davis to protect Clark, and that among all the things she's lost, the only thing she misses is Jimmy... while he's lying only a few feet away! And then to have him murder Jimmy in cold blood and then attempt to bludgeon Chloe... "Doomsday" spelled doom for the Chlavis relationship...
Not to mention Chimmy! They tease a tiny glimmer of Chimmy hope in this small group's collective face, and then, right when they reconcile, realize how much they still have going for them, and start making out... SQUISH! Jimmy dies! And then he's not even Jimmy! And the poor dead guy's camera gets handed down to his brother, the real Jimmy, immediately thereafter! Major ouch-ness!
Clois shippers may have felt unamused as well, due to Clark's cold dismissal of Lois in their one scene they shared together, even if it was followed by a Blur phone call. The mere LACK of Clois (or Lois herself) could be construed as a slap in the face for this ardent group of shippers.
Even shippers of shorter term relationships, or those that haven't occurred yet (if they ever will) probably could end up feeling spurned by the episode. Cless shippers didn't get a single scene of Clark/Tess interaction. Olless/Tessie (how do you say that ship name anyway?) shippers? Zero happenings, either. Chlollie? All you got to see was Oliver escorting Chloe off the premises (or trying to before they all got their heads handed to them by Doomsday). Lollie? Oliver and Lois haven't really even interacted for half a season.
So, after that lengthy analysis, and after seeing the episode and re-examining it yourself, which group of shippers got the biggest slap in the face through the dooming events of "Doomsday?"
--SGuthrie ><>' --
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