//Whenever he’s at his most loving with Lex, is usually right before he screws him really hard.//
LOL! That is just sounds so funny to me. Lionel lies in wait and bam, has Lex in the looney bin.
Not to turn this into a Lionel and Lex dissertation.....
For me, and maybe this is my dodgy memory, but usually when Lionel tries to kill Lex, it’s when Lex tries to one-up him. If Lionel wanted Lex dead, well and truly dead, he’d be dead. Lionel wants Lex to know his place. Usually, dads just tell their kid, “Remember, I’m the parent and you’re the child.” Lionel poisons his son’s drink. It means the same to him.
For me the only time Lionel really meant Lex harm was frying his brain and that was to protect his own hide. And besides, a little electroshock never hurt anyone besides Frances Farmer and that one Kennedy sister they kept locked up.
I think Lionel does whatever it takes to undermind Lex. Whether it’s to control him sexually, financially or emotional; Lionel will do whatever it takes to keep Lex subservient (because no matter how much Lex tries to jump bad and have Lionel arrested or take deals from him, he still is that little kid who wants his dad’s approval/love). So I can see Lionel instigating the BadTouch. What better way to show Lex that he's a dirtynaughty boy with bad desires....hey, write that fic, girl.
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4/26/06 07:42 pm (UTC)LOL! That is just sounds so funny to me. Lionel lies in wait and bam, has Lex in the looney bin.
Not to turn this into a Lionel and Lex dissertation.....
For me, and maybe this is my dodgy memory, but usually when Lionel tries to kill Lex, it’s when Lex tries to one-up him. If Lionel wanted Lex dead, well and truly dead, he’d be dead. Lionel wants Lex to know his place. Usually, dads just tell their kid, “Remember, I’m the parent and you’re the child.” Lionel poisons his son’s drink. It means the same to him.
For me the only time Lionel really meant Lex harm was frying his brain and that was to protect his own hide. And besides, a little electroshock never hurt anyone besides Frances Farmer and that one Kennedy sister they kept locked up.
I think Lionel does whatever it takes to undermind Lex. Whether it’s to control him sexually, financially or emotional; Lionel will do whatever it takes to keep Lex subservient (because no matter how much Lex tries to jump bad and have Lionel arrested or take deals from him, he still is that little kid who wants his dad’s approval/love). So I can see Lionel instigating the BadTouch. What better way to show Lex that he's a dirtynaughty boy with bad desires....hey, write that fic, girl.