I really like this little piece, i think that it' s challenging in a way that few fics are. it is nice to read a story that is ambiguous yet succinct, and doesn't explicitly explain everything to the reader about the character, why they are doing certain things, how they reason these actions and what they are thinking at the time-because conscience isn't really like that. for this piece you kind of just step into Lex's being for the time, and leave shortly after- not really knowing him any better or worse than before. It is kind of similar to Bret Easton Ellis (author of American Psycho, Rules of Attraction...)- it is not written so that you can understand where the character is coming from and be able to justify their actions, you kind of just hop into a person's mind and then back out again.
This fic says so much with so little and really makes the reader think and interpret what they are reading.
ok, killer line. when i first read that i wasn't sure if Lex or Chloe had said it, and i thought that the "almost believes it" was doubt with reference to Lex believing that everything was ok. and then i thought that it may be an existential comment. Then i settled on the fact that it was really clever line, and could be both.“It’s ok, I’m here.”
And for a moment, here in the darkness, he almost believes it.
So i did enjoy this fic- as you can probably tell from my book report type feedback. And i really liked reading other peoples analysis of it as well, interesting to see how other people saw things, views that were pretty different to mine, but also entirely probable. Great Job!
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