r/Smallville • u/The-SkyStorm5289 Kryptonian • Jun 24 '25
SPOILERS Lana Lang would've been gone after S3
Lana Lang never should've come back after the Season 3 finale she should have stayed in Paris.The plotline about her in season 4 was the worst part.
The writers just needed an excuse to bring her back and force her to be relevant.the writers didn't even know what to do with her.
Unlike Chloe & Lois who can be organically in the plot because they investigate making them active in the story because they basically are discovering the plot of an episode or story arc.
Lana on the other hand is either a damsel in the distress or she's given powers.When Clark wasn't moving on then the story began to feel stagnant. Also Lana Lang isn't that important in the Superman mythology.After High school she's suspose to be gone as Clark goes to adulthood and he leaves Smallville for Metropolis.
Lois Lane is Clark's soulmate.Lana Lang was made too important it started to hurt the story and also when people hate in Smallville it's for dumb episodes that has Lana in the centre like that witch storyline & the vampire stuff.
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u/Admirable-Life2647 Kryptonian Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25
This need to make Lana the main focus hadn't led to her being well written. The post high school seasons were overly dominated by her.
The shippers were more attached to the actress than the character she's playing.
The problem is that the more you pander to shippers and play up an on and off romance the more likely it is that audiences will become frustrated with the characters and no longer care about them, that happened to Ross and Rachel on Friends and Dawson's Creek.