Top Ten Clois Moments of 2010 (10-6)

[sanalayla]

“Smallville” comes back this week! (YAY)

So, to get back in the swing of things, I’m going to list out my favorite Clois moments in 2010. (That makes it “Disciple” through “Icarus”.) To make it challenging, it’s in descending order.

10) “Escape”: The conversation with the inn-keeper. I loved the intimacy of that scene and how they were clearly coming across as a couple in a social setting. I also loved the banter and how Clark grabbed Lois’s arm to stop her from darting away to kick out the Greens and he didn’t even have to turn his head. I loved how hot they both look while being a little damp (how do these two pull it off?).

More than anything, I love how both were completely in-character and still shot each other adoring looks. Clark was amused and smitten by Lois’s forceful nature; Lois was smitten and turned on by his ability to go check out the inn’s plumbing. And, throughout it all, I’m going, “Oh my God, he said the reservation was under KENT!!”

(Little did I know that we’d probably end up seeing Lois actually become a Kent in S10.)

9) “Persuasion”: The conversation at the DP where Clark is telling Lois that they should go out for Valentine’s Day and Lois starts mocking Clark and saying, “Are you going to come courting in a horse and buggy?”

First of all, I kind of love that Lois thinks it’s never too early for nachos. It’s these sorts of random comments from Lois that makes Clark do a double-take, but also makes him fall in love with her all that much more. These sorts of conversations are great ways to build up Lois’s character (brick by tiny brick) without hitting us over the head with it. When we look at Lois, we can safely say that this is a woman who likes her junk food. Not because they’ve shown her eating tons and tons of it, but because she’s sprinkled enough of these comments in her conversations through the years that we aren’t taken aback when she says this. And, along with Clark, we find it somewhat adorable.

Can I even describe the hotness that was Clark grabbing Lois and pulling her around to face him? *fans self * I think that thing that really made me like this scene was that I saw Clark take a deep breath and confess to Lois that he wanted a more traditional relationship. I felt like this was the first time we’ve seen Clark take ownership of his rights and expectations when he’s a couple – telling his girlfriend that although he thinks she’s all kinds of awesome, there is something he wants from her. I really wish that Lois hadn’t gotten mind-whammied at that point, because I would have loved to see her (sane) reaction.

Later on, of course, she did meet him halfway and explained why she’d been holding back. That give-and-take (and Clark’s ability to articulate his issues with Lois) is a huge reason why their relationship works.

8) “Upgrade”: The scene where Clark climbs into bed with Lois and kisses her awake. Setting aside the superficial nature of the scene (Welling looks incredibly hot), what I loved about this moment was that it seemed true to the context of the story at that time and also gave us a glimpse into a central conflict they were having. While – at the same – retaining the inherent sexiness of this pairing. Clark’s reaction to finding out that Lois got hurt was incredibly in-character. Lois lying to him (very badly) and Clark getting angry was awesome. Not the lying part. The part where Clark got angry.

Now, I know that he was being somewhat hypocritical. Setting that aside, I liked that he was able to burst out his feelings without being worried about Lois dumping him. He told her (in a nice bit of continuity from “Conspiracy”) that he thought they were going to going to tell each other everything. The dialogue was amazingly hot and sexy.

Clark: Lois, I thought we agreed there wouldn’t be anything between us.
Lois: *gets closer to him and says in sexy voice* That can be arranged.

Is it all unexpected that Clark’s response is to open his mouth to argue and then essentially decide that it makes more sense to just kiss her?

I was also happy to see Clark’s annoyed response when they get interrupted by a phone call that Lois decides to take. They’ve made it clear that Clark and Lois haven’t seen each other in awhile and here they are – the bed right there and wearing too much clothes. Clark is more than ready to do something about that, but Lois basically shows him that her job is more important than re-connecting with her boyfriend. It makes me very happy to see Clark express anger and frustration at this, because it’s such a very TYPICAL reaction that I’d expect from a man. Again, it’s an indication of how comfortable he is with Lois and how he will allow himself to get angry when she does something that makes him unhappy.

7) “Charade”: The conversation between the Blur/Lois, followed up by the rooftop conversation between Clark/Lois. There are a lot of times when I think that Welling is not really allowed to stretch his acting chops. This scene was one of those moments where I saw Welling just SELL the hell out of the emotions. The way his voice cracks as he says, “Surely there’s something more important?” in response to Lois saying that helping the Blur was the most important thing in her life. You could tell that she’d just slashed his heart and I felt my own bleed in response.

Later on, when he desperately tries to get her stop talking about the Blur and tries to make everything perfect again for Clark & Lois, you can sense his inner thoughts. He wants Lois to forget about the Blur. He wants her safe and he wants her to focus on Clark Kent. When he was with Lana, he would be desperate to make their relationship work, but the vibe here with Lois is completely different. With Lois, he can handle that she’s in love with the Blur, but what he can’t handle is that she’ll walk away from Clark Kent.

There are secrets and lies between them – secrets that he has no intention of revealing to her – but he truly believes that their relationship is so much more than that. And he wants Lois to believe it, too. When Lois reveals her actual feelings about the Blur and that it was the idea that she was saving the world (rather than being selfish) that made her hide things from Clark, he realizes (quite quickly) that Lois struggles with the same things he does. And – for the first time – seems to realize that splitting himself in half has done Lois a disservice and that she loves both sides of him. Which means that Clark Kent may not be enough.

6) “Harvest”: Clark gives Lois the journal and tells her, basically, that she’s the one who has to have his back if anything every goes wrong. There were so many reasons to love this scene (not just because it leads to them having sex for the first time, although that helps).

I loved how symbolic the setting was. The first time Lois came across this journal (in “Salvation”) she asked Clark to come clean with her. And he refused, telling her – instead – to go to Africa. Now, Clark himself hands her the journal and says that she should know everything about him.

That sort of trust between these two is what makes this relationship work in a way that I never saw ANY relationship on SV work. I really cannot imagine Clark ever doing that with Lana. I just didn’t see him as ever looking at Lana and thinking that she had his back. In the early years, I think he felt that way about Chloe (through S5-S7). But – now – he doesn’t feel that way about Chloe, either. I also could not imagine Oliver bestowing that kind of trust and respect on Lois.

What’s great about this is what this means for Clark. That he now has someone to share these burdens with. To talk to about the deepest fears of his heart. To know that someone out there has made his happiness (and him staying on the straight and narrow) their core mission in life. That he is the number priority for the woman he loves. (As she is his number one priority.)

To me, this was the moment where their relationship really just solidified and became an equal partnership. It went beyond merely going, “No more secrets and lies…” and went into “you are the only one in the universe who knows the real me… you’re my soulmate.”

Next post… Numbers 5-1....

(Thanks to Onebreath and Kimmie for the GIFs!!) 

Comments

[shalimarfox80.livejournal.com]

Wonderful list. I love your views on each of them, esp. the Escape scene. It's one of my favorite scenes from the episode (which by the way had several great Clois moments) mainly because of it's subtlety and the 'routine couple-y' feel of it. And the looks he gives her!!! I still don't understand how they didn't do it that night and he let her talk about Chloe instead.

Upgrade - I think one of the sexiest scenes between Tom/Erica on this show and there wasn't even a kiss or any skin show. That's chemistry for you. And Clark getting over protective of Lois is insanely hot under any circumstances.

Charade, Persuasion and Harvest scenes are also absolute favorites. Waiting for the top 5 now!!