"Being a part of this world, working at the Daily Planet... It's always been my dream."

[meimichi]

Today is the fourth anniversary of the airing of this episode, so it has been unofficially declared Chloe Sullivan Day.

Thus, in celebration, I am picspamming Thirst.

OR, AS IT IS MORE FONDLY KNOWN, "THE LESBIAN VAMPIRE EPISODE."










"I didn't ask Lionel to do that."

"Well, you didn't say no, either, did you?
Then you must have done something to piss Lionel off, because he got you fired.
I remember that day. I believe we had cake."


OH SNAP. FUCK I LOVE THIS SCENE.





"Being a part of this world, working at the Daily Planet... It's always been my dream."

"Well, we all have to wake up sometime, don't we, Sullivan?
...by the way, we don't validate."

"You know what, Ms. Khan? I know you may be editor-in-chief now, but even you had to start somewhere.
And I am not going to give up until I get the same chance!"

"I started by being a damn good reporter.
You want a break? Bring me a story."


I have no intelligent commentary here, really.

I just love that Chloe paid for her massive fuckup. I love that Carrie Fisher is the one to hire her. I love that Chloe never gives up.

AND I LOVE THAT KHAN SAYS THEY DON'T VALIDATE.





Welcome to the Tri-Psi Sorority House.
I think that's Greek for "bimbos, bikinis, and beer."





Meet Buffy Saunders. President of the Tri-Psi Sorority.
By the way, I changed the names to protect the vapid.





"In the final days of the Roman Empire, wealth and power were the only things the emperor coveted.
What about the good citizens of Rome? What did they do? Did they rise up, burn their bras and their draft cards?
No. They went to the Colosseum. They stood idle while an evil man destroyed their world.

In your lifetime, each of you may be faced with a similar situation.
The question is: will you leave your footprints on the history of time?
Or let them be washed away by the tides of more powerful men?
Mr. Kent... What about you?"


Brainiac, you are totally embarrassing Clark in front of his boyfriend, that is so mean.

I hate that college got dropped. This scene is such a perfect example of a great way to use it as a device.





"Would one of your research sources be Clark Kent? I know you hired him as your assistant."

"Now, why would a man of your stature be so concerned with the comings and goings of a freshman farmboy?"

"If you know so much about me, Professor, I'm sure you realize that I donate a considerable amount of funding to this university.
That allows me an unusual level of access to the Dean, and the academic review board."

"Yeah, I know. The buying of influence is part of my second semester."


I love it when someone basically calls Lex on wanting Clark's ass and then he totally dodges the issue to threaten them instead.





And KK was like, "Fuck you, AlMiles, you got one totally pointless lesbian kiss out of me, you do not get two." I DON'T BLAME YOU.





"And I'm supposed to just swallow all of this?"

"You wouldn't be the great Lex Luthor if you did.
No, you'll spend a fortune checking and rechecking...
Convinced what you believe must be true."

"And what is it I believe, Professor?"

"That everyone is hiding secrets as dark as yours."


GUYS DO YOU REMEMBER HOW AMAZING THEIR SCENES WERE AND HOW RIFE WITH SEXUAL TENSION?!

AND IT WAS AWESOME?!!

Also, I love that James Marsters and Phil Morris both insist on saying Lex's name the right way. It's so fanboyish.








This is one of my favorite Chloe tops. Holy Chloevage, Batman!

Also, HI KAT FROM BSG





"I'll be at the library, researching ways to kill my roommate."

FUN FACT: in college senior year, my dorm room was also 222 and I was ABSURDLY HAPPY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT






TRANSLATION FROM HAMSTER WHEEL HOME WORLD LANGUAGE TO PLAIN ENGLISH:

LANA: I want you inside me.
CLARK: I am extremely confused and perplexed by the vagueness of your statements.
LANA: SEX NOW.
CLARK: But I want to talk about my feelings!
LANA: We're in COLLEGE now, Clark. That means we have sex first and then I pretend to care about your whiny bullshit afterwards. Meaning, I WANT SEX NOW.
CLARK: I don't really understand what you're trying to say here, Lana.
LANA: If you're not going to give it up, I'm dumping your ass. You're only good for one thing.
CLARK: Hey! I have various other excellent qualities!
LANA: Yeah? Name one.


I remember on the original airing I was so freaked out that they were going to have sex on Chloe's bed, because I NEVER WOULD HAVE RECOVERED FROM THAT.

ALSO, UNREPENTANTLY BITCHY LANA IS MY SECOND-FAVORITE OF LANA'S MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES.





OH JAMES MARSTERS I LOVE YOU.





THIS IS MY FAVORITE TOTALLY RANDOM SMALLVILLE MOMENT EVER

CHLOE HAS A PHOTO OF MULDER'S DEAD COW FROM "BAD BLOOD" IN HER VAMPIRE PHOTO FOLDER.

WHAT A NERD. THIS IS WHY YOU ARE MY FAVORITE CHLOE.

ALSO ILU VANCOUVER PRODUCTION STAFF





Remember when KK was overheard by someone visiting the set calling this episode "stupid shit"?

And then suddenly everyone decided right then that KK was awesome?






"Costume party?"

"It's the perfect cover for us to get in there and poke around."

"I hate costumes."





"Right, invitation. I had one when I was at the nail salon,
and then, um, and then, of course, I went to get waxed,
and to the tanning bed, so I, um...
Carlos, do you remember where put it? Carlos?"

Sorority bunny girl is possibly the most memorable SV bit part actress in the history of the show.

Her rolling her r's cracks me up EVERY SINGLE TIME.








Superhearing♥





"Clark, there's no such thing as vampires."


JM was all, SDK wrote this script and he should KNOW BETTER.

Also, HI DOCTOR SKULLS FROM BSG, ARE YOU FRIENDS WITH DOCTOR GAETA?





THIS MOMENT IS SO EPIC IN RETROSPECT.

Of course it meant nothing at the time, and wasn't intended to…

But now just him staring thoughtfully at her, like he's appraising her value for later, is so awesome.






I swear she barely touched Lex.

All you need is to look at him wrong for him to get knocked out, lol.





Lana being apparently turned on by her own reflection to activate her heat vision?

PRICELESS.







"Clark!"

"Less hair. More money."


AHHHH. YES DELETED SCENE. BEST DELETED SCENE EVER.

This scene was in the spoilers and I was so mad when it got cut. Then I got to rejoice when it was on the DVD after all.

LEX. AND THE TOUCHING. OMG.

I miss them so much, you guys. THEY WERE MY FAVORITES. :(





Ah, for the days when Lana killed indiscriminately and often.







This scene is one of the cheesiest EVER.





"He's only after the truth."

"I think he's after more than that."


Lex is upset since SoFine implied his own intentions towards Clark were less than GENTLEMANLY,
and now he thinks Brainiac is into Clark too. SoFine was right about his suspicious mind!

lol at Lex trying to protect Clark's virtue or whatever. ...is there a hetero way to take this scene?
I don't even try, I just take the most homoerotic option and run with it.





The most exciting part about completing a story is not finishing it, but having someone else read it.

"Hmm."

"Is that a good 'hmm' or a bad 'hmm'?"





"Welcome to the Daily Planet, kid."





She never did print the article, but I don't care.
I got in on the ground floor of my dream.
Okay, so it's actually the basement...





But it's the Daily Planet!
The paper of record for kings, presidents, and prime ministers.
…not to mention future superheroes...





The way I look at it, I had no place to go but up...





...up...





...and away.

Comments

[lonelywalker.livejournal.com]

I want to hug Chloe. The bookends to this episode were actually really good, but the story was utter, utter crack.

...I sort of wish that Lionel and Martha had had more crack to do, though.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

How are you ALWAYS FIRST?! D:

Mercy was a pretty good way to meet the crack quota, though!

[lonelywalker.livejournal.com]

I'm... awake?

True, but they're both such good actors it's hard not to see it all as being deadly serious.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

...even the anagrams?

[lonelywalker.livejournal.com]

Well. That was pushing it.

I hope Martha smacked Lionel over the head for that.

[steefvaniersel.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous picspam, Chloe is and always will be my favorite!!
BTW: I hate Smallville right now!

[twistedlyn.livejournal.com]

Awesome picspam, as always. Great observation about Brainiac looking at Chloe. Hmmm, he might be thinking, I could fit comfortably in there.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

He totally is. It's like he's shopping for a new host at Forever21 or something. She's got some awesome hair, a nice rack, I can see myself working that!

[twistedlyn.livejournal.com]

I should tell you that for the #CoreFourRewatch I tried to put together a picspam of Hourglass modeled on the picspams you do. I was like "I'll be all creative in the layout and color them really pretty." I downloaded a ton of screencaps, but like 5 minutes in to trying to put the picspam together I was like, "This is hard" and gave up. Instead I wrote a cracky picture story about Clark getting it on with an old woman. That was much easier.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

I like your picture stories!

I think if I were working with caps I hadn't taken myself it would drive me crazy, though. It's easier if you cap yourself, I'm usually already thinking of how I'll put my post together as I'm taking the caps. :)

[twistedlyn.livejournal.com]

I can't cap myself. "Print Screen" doesn't get along with the DVD player in my computer and that's the capping technology I'm at. :(

But trying to do what you do I got a new appreciation for the artistry of your picspams. They don't magically appear on their own.

[megaminerva.livejournal.com]

I love your picspams so much, you pretty much made my day with it and the day barely started, haha.

This scene is one of the cheesiest EVER.
YESSSSSS, THIS SCENE WAS SO CHEESY.
Didn't Lana say, "I felt warmth" or something when Clark asked her that?
The lulz from this scene were incredible lmfao

I loved all of the Chloe scenes and I'm glad that they used the scene at the end for the S7 opening credits :D
KK's makeup looked really good here too, much better than it did in Wither, but the episode still was pretty bad regardless :p

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

YES. SHE SUCKED HIS BLOOD AND SHE SENSED HIS SOUL AND NEVER FELT CLOSER TO ANYONE IN HER ENTIRE LIFE OR SOME CRAZY SHIT LIKE THAT. KK deserved some kind of official commendation for getting through that with a straight face. :D

Oh man don't remind me of the Wither makeup! WHY DID THEY DO THAT TO HER FACE.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous picspam!

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[apologizeg.livejournal.com]

Gash, Chloe looking GORGEOUS. Love her hair.

Great coloring on the caps!

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

S5 hair was the beeeest.

Thanks!

[ener.livejournal.com]

>> Remember when KK was overheard by someone visiting the set calling this episode "stupid shit"?

And then suddenly everyone decided right then that KK was awesome?

WHAT?!?! Details! I need them!

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

There weren't more details that I remember, lol. I just remember the spoilers came out for this episode, and everyone was complaining about how stupid it sounded when the previous episodes that year were great. Then a fan got to visit the set and they overheard KK bitching about this episode. The words "stupid shit" were definitely used (but I don't remember any other details if there were any).

Anyway, a whole lot of people started loving KK more after that. XD

[vivamexico.livejournal.com]

From what I recall, a fan visited the set and either got to talk to KK or overheard a convo where KK referred to upcoming episodes featuring lesbian vampires and stripper Lois and called it stupid shit. I think this was before spoilers for Thirst and Exposed even came out.

[massena1.livejournal.com]

Before I got to them, I was thinking "I hope she includes caps of the deleted scene" and then there they were. I should have known you wouldn't fail to include them.

Gah. Lex and Chloe? Intensity, chemistry, intrigue, humor. They had it all.

How they cut that I have no idea.

I hadn't thought about James Marsters/Brainiac assessing Chloe for use there. Very cool observation.

I loved the end of "Thirst"....I still love it. They can't take it away from us.

Thank you for this amazing picspam. :D

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

I WOULD NEVER NOT INCLUDE THE DELETED SCENE. THAT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING I STAND FOR. IT SHOWS THAT HE CARES REALLY.

You're welcome. :D

[peachmacaroons.livejournal.com]

That Chloiac scene... UGH! And you know they didn't have that planned back then. They aren't smart enough for that but the foreshadowing is CREEPY and awesome.

God, Chloe is so fucking epic.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

They did think it was their last year at the time, I wouldn't say they weren't "smart enough" not to plan. I mean, ending it that year would hardly have been stupid, lol.

[savingpeople.livejournal.com]

"I just love that Chloe paid for her massive fuckup. I love that Carrie Fisher is the one to hire her. I love that Chloe never gives up."

Seconded.

"I hate that college got dropped. This scene is such a perfect example of a great way to use it as a device."

I realize Clark probably doesn't need to go to school, on account of the speed reading and super intelligence, but I agree with you, that "Thirst" was a great device to use when getting Clark to help a lot of people. When he's not around people, that's when his character fails, IMO. Clark is a better character when he's IN THE LIVES of others.

"UNREPENTANTLY BITCHY LANA IS MY SECOND-FAVORITE OF LANA'S MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES."

What's #1?

"THIS MOMENT IS SO EPIC IN RETROSPECT."

Good call!

"Lana being apparently turned on by her own reflection to activate her heat vision?

PRICELESS."

LOL!

My favorite part about that last Chloe/Kahn scene is when Kahn tells her to SHUT UP. Gah, she was such a harda**. Nois has NEVER had to deal with that, ever. It's nice to see someone fight for what they believe in and stand up for themselves against people who just want to mock them. I really miss that Chloe.

Beautiful picspam as always and thanks for the laughs this morning :)

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

I think college was a good way to deal with Clark's questions about his own future and stuff. We saw him worry about his future more in high school, and then since graduating, he's just sort of fallen into one situation after another with no explanation or reflection. Fine was a really good story device, I wish they had used Principal Reynolds more in high school, someone to ask what he was planning on doing with his life.

#1 is CRAZY EVIL Lana. Nemesis and Wrath are my favorites for crazy, but straight-up bitchy Lana is adorable.

[savingpeople.livejournal.com]

Clark DID lose some direction without college and I guess his job as a reporter sort of feels that gap, but it's not like they're focusing in on that much, so it doesn't have the same effect.

I FREAKING LOVED EVIL LANA. That was the only way she was tolerable. I still, to this day, think the show would have been better off, just letting her be evil and be part of an evil super couple with Lex.

The trailer for "Wrath" got me all excited because Lex was like, "You'll lose Clark forever" and Crazy!Lana was like, "I'll get over it" and it was SO AWESOME.



And, then, that's not necessarily the way it happened in the episode and it was a major letdown for me.

[rjchasez.livejournal.com]

Dude, awesome spam. I loves it. WIN.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[chiri-chan.livejournal.com]

I love it! It's so BEAUTIFUL.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[indefiance.livejournal.com]

EPIC PICSPAM IS EPIC. Your coloring really shines out in this one.

ONLY SMALLVILLE CAN PULL OFF A CHEESY HALLOWEEN EPISODE WITH INCREDIBLE GUEST STARS LIKE JAMES MARSTER AND CARRIE FISHER IN IT AND NOT FEEL ASHAMED.

BUT OMG. THE CHLEX TOUCHING. Ah the days of Chlex UST. How I long for those good times...Smallville, give me back my youuuuthhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I did something a little different this time with the colors, I like how it turned out. :)

I seriously don't think I gave up on Chlex until Lexana hooked up. :(

[mojotastic.livejournal.com]

Pretty!!! I've always loved this episode, even though it was campy and terrible. But it was fun!

Oh man I haven't seen Thirst is awhile and noticing SoFine checking out Chloe like he was looking to upgrade is so awesome and creepy.

ALSO! I remember reading about the fan report about KK calling the lesbian vampire episode stupid shit and being like "I knew I liked you for a reason!" Awesome. I think she also trashed talked the Lois-stripper episode too but my memory is pretty hazy.

Man. I need to rewatch some early season episodes again. It's been so long since there were gayest looks of the episode! Lex was so mad that SoFine was thinking about tapping that.

The Chloe/Daily Planet thing will never stop being awesome. The up, up and away moment is seriously one of my favorites in the series. Oh Chloe! Also s5 is my favorite season for Chloe-hair!

Forgot to mention: CHLEX SCENE!!! OMG I used to ship those two so hard. I'm so mad they cut that scene. There was FACE TOUCHING! Damn you Smallville. Why can't I ever have nice things?

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

I think the sarcastic Chloe voiceovers saved this one to make it campy on purpose. AlMiles did a really good job with adding those in at the last minute, I could see how the episode would have fallen flat without them.

I don't mind now that they cut it since it was on the DVD! WITH FACE TOUCHING. OH SEASON FIVE WHY ARE YOU SO MUCH FUN. Though obviously I was inconsolable when they cut it upon airing when it was in the spoilers.

[indefiance.livejournal.com]

P.S. Linking to this in my journal, if you don't mind.

[nikitembo.livejournal.com]

I REWATCHED THIS LIKE A WEEK AGO, AND DECIDED IT WAS MY FAVOURITE. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

Oh and HAI NECK OF CORY MONTEITH. (AKA COWBOY FRATBOY.) ILU.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

OMG, Cowboy Fratboy too?! This episode is insane. Two BSG people in bit parts, Rachel from Animorphs as Buffy the vampire, Carrie Fisher, and James Marsters.

[kissme-myfool.livejournal.com]

♥ it all.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[go-clo.livejournal.com]

Ahh your picspams never fail to make my day! This is awesome!! Coloring is so pweeeety!

This episode was totally written when the writers were high on crack or something but at least it had some good scenes to make up for it! Seeing Clark and Chloe dressed up was totally adorkable! Heck most of the Chlark and Chloe scenes were pretty good. I loved the scene at the hospital. Great catch btw with Dr. Fine and Chloe. It's cool how a small scene like that actually means something 4 years later! And the Chlex deleted scene? OMG so awesome! I can't believe it was deleted! Thanks for including it anyways though cause it was awesome! I can't believe they went with Lexana when Chlex had so much chemistry!
"Clark!"
"Less hair. More money."
Awesome line!

As for that last scene...that definitely must of been written when the writers sobered up cause it was awesome! :P Chloe + DP = PURE GOLD!

Remember when KK was overheard by someone visiting the set calling this episode "stupid shit"?

And then suddenly everyone decided right then that KK was awesome?

OMG I had never heard that before! that is too freaking hilarious!! KK is a better actress then I though then for her to actually pull off the whole lesbian vampire character and make it convincing!

I swear she barely touched Lex.

All you need is to look at him wrong for him to get knocked out, lol.

I swear, Nois is 10 times worse! This weeks episode, she feel off a chair and got knocked out! WTF?!

But it's the Daily Planet!
The paper of record for kings, presidents, and prime ministers.
…not to mention future superheroes...
She gets given a line epic like that and then doesn't get to work with Clark at the DP!
The writers are dumb asses!

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

I still kind of love Lexana since until S6 got crazy whiplash, they were basically fanon Chlex: two people who had been screwed over by Clark and were both still kinda into him, and spending a lot of their time together discussing the SECRETS AND LIES, and trying to take over the world and stuff!

Well, everyone on SV has had the convenient unconsciousness excuse. Last year, Chloe in Stiletto getting knocked out was terriiiible. But Lex definitely still wins overall, I think.

[go-clo.livejournal.com]

Ya I actually did kinda like Lexana. Especially during S5. S6 kinda killed it for me though. :-/

lol it's pretty ridiculous the amounts of times people have gotten knocked out on this show and how stupidly it happens, all to conveniently service the writers inability to come up with any other way to hide Clarks secret. :P But I feel like it's gotten even worse as the show went on. Now it feels like you barely have to touch them for them to go unconscious...guess it makes sense with the amount of concussions the characters must have.

[vivamexico.livejournal.com]

The last section of caps are so bittersweet when I think of the show now. As dumb as the whole vampire story was, I absolutely loved this episode. And as much as I hated Lana, I really felt bad for KK in this one, because her plot was so ridiculous. As I did when I originally watched the episode, I skip right past the Lana/Lex/Clark mansion caps because it's just too embarrassing.

What I love about the Chlex deleted scene, other than Chloe coming to and yelling Clark's name, is that Lex actually RUBS the spot where he injected her. He also calls her a pain in the butt.

I totally loved Chloe's bitchy, busty roommate! She was also the snotty waitress who tried to kick Chlark out of the Talon for making out in Rush.

This ep also wins for the inadvertant breast cuppage by TW when he catches AM.

[nyonyo.livejournal.com]

It REALLY is embarrassing.

YESSSS. He CAAAAARES. RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS. I love how much it's shown in that scene.

She played Kat on BSG so she's memorable in both her appearances. :)