I adore Chloe and Jimmy on Smallville! I have so many things I wish I had the time and energy to do here but it's not happening. I don't know if it will happen. But before I go into that here's what's been going on in my Chimmy world recently.
I recently read an article on a Hollywood star magazine website with Aaron Ashmore and he talks about his character, Jimmy Olsen. He talks about Jimmy's relationship with Chloe but what really caught my eye was the emphasis he places on Jimmy and Clark's relationship. That's the area of Jimmy Olsen that Aaron is most excited about and wishes there were more of on the show. This is exciting because "Identity" was one of the best Jimmy Olsen episodes on Smallville. I agree, Jimmy was really in his element in dealing with Clark and learning his secret. If Chloe and Jimmy's marriage doesn't make it, at least there's the Clark/Jimmy relationship to be explored.
Yes I said "Marriage!" SQUEE! There have been so many episodes and a very long hiatus since I last posted. Little did I know, when I posted my little Chloe/Jimmy manip so long ago that they would actually get married! I was a little sad that the marriage was more setting than subject of the episode "Bride." I was still so happy to see Chloe make that committment to Jimmy. She looked so lovely, and I looked up Barn Weddings, they are a fall wedding trend. I found a wonderful article about Barn Weddings. I'll have to post it later.
I read an old article from Smallville Magazine about Chloe and Jimmy. It was so sweet and reminded me once again why I ship this delightful couple. I am currently brainstorming about a way to celebrate Chimmy for what may be their very last Valentine's day as a couple on Smallville. I'll figure something out.
So now to the topic of this post. When I made this blog I really dreamed of doing an episode by episode Chimmy celebration, complete with pictures and funny comments and gushing. I wanted to write articles about Chloe and Jimmy and post my artwork featuring the couple.
Perhaps one day I will accomplish this... even if it's long after the show has ended. We'll see...
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, December 15, 2008
Thoughts about Chimmy: A Healing Love
I decided to start this blog because I wanted a sort of sanctuary where I could talk about Chloe and Jimmy's relationship on Smallville to my hearts content. On a few of the Smallville websites I frequent, I'm one of a very few number of Chloe/Jimmy fans and sometimes I would get the sense that I was talking to myself. So I thought a blog would be ideal.
I thought and thought about what to call it but I finally settled on the title of "Healing Love."
One reason is obviously the magical Chimmy scene from "Gemini." Chloe and Jimmy broke up near the beginning of Season 7 because Chloe couldn't open up to Jimmy about her meteor powers. In "Gemini" on pain of death, Chloe tells Jimmy the truth. He not only accepts her, he kisses her!
Near the end of the episode Chloe tries to downplay the kiss. Jimmy won't let her. They have a conversation about Chloe's secret after which Jimmy says he hopes that she can accept herself. Chloe shows him her meteor power by healing his hand. That moment grabs my heart so tight. It's such a lovely moment of Chloe exposing herself to Jimmy. She gives him this tentative look as she's healing him. Will he run away? What will he do? Jimmy hugs her. He doesn't let on that he's a little shaken by it all. Wonderful. So that's the first reason.
Secondly, I've thought of Chloe's time with Jimmy as a healing time for her. When Chloe and Jimmy first started dating again in "Wither" and the cluster of episodes after that, I thought it would just be a time for Chloe to have fun and go on dates with a guy who adores her. I thought that after a bit of time passed Chloe would outgrow Jimmy and let him down easy.
As time went on it became clear that Jimmy was deeply in love with Chloe. He was so thoughtful and romantic. He was very sensitive to her feelings and desires. By the time I decided to start a blog, Jimmy had proposed to Chloe! What a surprise. Even as I was starting "A Healing Love," I didn't know if Chimmy would last but I thought that Jimmy Olsen was healing her heart.
For so many years Chloe has loved Clark. She's loved him romantically. She's had a school girl crush on him. She's believed in him and had faith in him as a superhero. As his sidekick and brother in arms she's loved him and fought with him against various foes. She's poured so much of herself into Clark Kent. I don't believe that this kind of selflessness ever comes back void. But she never reaped the rewards that she wished for: Clark's romantic love. I think this created a wound of rejection in Chloe's heart.
As much as Clark cares for Chloe, (Post Season 2's "Heat") he never crossed the line of friendship and entered into romantic territory with her. Most of the time he dated Lana Lang. Clark had no doubt that he was in love with Lana, that she was the one, that there relationship was meant to be. Again, wounding Chloe's heart - unintentionally if not completely unawares.
Then comes Jimmy pouring love and attention into Chloe's life. Jimmy shows such care and thoughtfulness toward Chloe; he's always doing special things for her. It seemed to me that Jimmy loved Chloe as much as Clark loved Lana. She was his number one choice. I felt deep down that soaking up Jimmy's TLC, Chloe was healing from all the rejection she felt from Clark over the years. Jimmy's love for Chloe and Chloe's growing love in return has been part of a crucial emotional healing process for Chloe. Maybe it's even been a time of sexual healing for her, who knows? If she's been feeling at all loved as a woman, at all sexy in the past couple of years, it's because of Jimmy Olsen. That's huge.
I'm a long time Chloe Sullivan fan. Once upon a time, for a short time I was a Chlarker. Even after I stopped shipping Clark and Chloe I still held on to hope for Chloe's sake. Chloe has that effect on some fans (myself included). You just want all her dreams to come true. But as time went on I felt that Chloe was giving too much without anything coming back into her life to feed and nurture her. I think that Jimmy Olsen has done that for Chloe in Seasons 6 and 7 and now 8.
Chloe and Jimmy's relationship is most certainly a healing love.
:D
I thought and thought about what to call it but I finally settled on the title of "Healing Love."
One reason is obviously the magical Chimmy scene from "Gemini." Chloe and Jimmy broke up near the beginning of Season 7 because Chloe couldn't open up to Jimmy about her meteor powers. In "Gemini" on pain of death, Chloe tells Jimmy the truth. He not only accepts her, he kisses her!
Near the end of the episode Chloe tries to downplay the kiss. Jimmy won't let her. They have a conversation about Chloe's secret after which Jimmy says he hopes that she can accept herself. Chloe shows him her meteor power by healing his hand. That moment grabs my heart so tight. It's such a lovely moment of Chloe exposing herself to Jimmy. She gives him this tentative look as she's healing him. Will he run away? What will he do? Jimmy hugs her. He doesn't let on that he's a little shaken by it all. Wonderful. So that's the first reason.
Secondly, I've thought of Chloe's time with Jimmy as a healing time for her. When Chloe and Jimmy first started dating again in "Wither" and the cluster of episodes after that, I thought it would just be a time for Chloe to have fun and go on dates with a guy who adores her. I thought that after a bit of time passed Chloe would outgrow Jimmy and let him down easy.
As time went on it became clear that Jimmy was deeply in love with Chloe. He was so thoughtful and romantic. He was very sensitive to her feelings and desires. By the time I decided to start a blog, Jimmy had proposed to Chloe! What a surprise. Even as I was starting "A Healing Love," I didn't know if Chimmy would last but I thought that Jimmy Olsen was healing her heart.
For so many years Chloe has loved Clark. She's loved him romantically. She's had a school girl crush on him. She's believed in him and had faith in him as a superhero. As his sidekick and brother in arms she's loved him and fought with him against various foes. She's poured so much of herself into Clark Kent. I don't believe that this kind of selflessness ever comes back void. But she never reaped the rewards that she wished for: Clark's romantic love. I think this created a wound of rejection in Chloe's heart.
As much as Clark cares for Chloe, (Post Season 2's "Heat") he never crossed the line of friendship and entered into romantic territory with her. Most of the time he dated Lana Lang. Clark had no doubt that he was in love with Lana, that she was the one, that there relationship was meant to be. Again, wounding Chloe's heart - unintentionally if not completely unawares.
Then comes Jimmy pouring love and attention into Chloe's life. Jimmy shows such care and thoughtfulness toward Chloe; he's always doing special things for her. It seemed to me that Jimmy loved Chloe as much as Clark loved Lana. She was his number one choice. I felt deep down that soaking up Jimmy's TLC, Chloe was healing from all the rejection she felt from Clark over the years. Jimmy's love for Chloe and Chloe's growing love in return has been part of a crucial emotional healing process for Chloe. Maybe it's even been a time of sexual healing for her, who knows? If she's been feeling at all loved as a woman, at all sexy in the past couple of years, it's because of Jimmy Olsen. That's huge.
I'm a long time Chloe Sullivan fan. Once upon a time, for a short time I was a Chlarker. Even after I stopped shipping Clark and Chloe I still held on to hope for Chloe's sake. Chloe has that effect on some fans (myself included). You just want all her dreams to come true. But as time went on I felt that Chloe was giving too much without anything coming back into her life to feed and nurture her. I think that Jimmy Olsen has done that for Chloe in Seasons 6 and 7 and now 8.
Chloe and Jimmy's relationship is most certainly a healing love.
:D
Thursday, October 9, 2008
And Because Love Battles
"Maxima" was a great episode of Smallville.
Superficially, I got to vicariously make out with Clark Kent on a DP desktop and in an elevator.
From a Superman standpoint Clark saved Jimmy physically and was supportive emotionally. He stood firm against temptation (Maxima). He fed Shelby. He hasn't given up on saving Chloe from Brainiac. It was great.
From a shipper standpoint it was FANTASTIC. It wasn't superficially fantastic from a shipper POV. The shipping developments were in depth.
Chlark friendship grew by leaps and bounds. Clark's world was rocked by the force of how much Chloe loved him back in the day. If he could miss that, he fears that he'll me "the One" when she comes along. Chloe finally gave Clark the fever letter, shutting the door on that place in her heart. She declares that Clark is her "bff" and that he "blew it" with her romantically.
Lois and Clark have come face to face with what we've all (Clois Fans) been celebrating since the Season Four finale. There's something there. Passion, Connection, Destiny... I dunno what it's called. But they were looking at it and Lois... didn't want to look away. I think Clark's still confused.
Chimmy cleared the air on Jimmy's insecurity about Chloe/Clark friendship AND Chloe's latent feelings for Clark. Also, it was revealed that Jimmy reads Pablo Neruda. I'm over the moon about this revelation. Here's a poem that's perfect for Chimmy and Clois. I feel that my fave Smallville ships have gotten their fair share of HATE, intense HATE in SV fandom. Really though... it made me feel better about Chimmy. I felt that it was perfect for them.
And because Love battles
And because love battles
not only in its burning agricultures
but also in the mouth of men and women,
I will finish off by taking the path away
to those who between my chest and your fragrance
want to interpose their obscure plant.
About me, nothing worse
they will tell you, my love,
than what I told you.
I lived in the prairies
before I got to know you
and I did not wait love but I was
laying in wait for and I jumped on the rose.
What more can they tell you?
I am neither good nor bad but a man,
and they will then associate the danger
of my life, which you know
and which with your passion you shared.
And good, this danger
is danger of love, of complete love
for all life,
for all lives,
and if this love brings us
the death and the prisons,
I am sure that your big eyes,
as when I kiss them,
will then close with pride,
into double pride, love,
with your pride and my pride.
But to my ears they will come before
to wear down the tour
of the sweet and hard love which binds us,
and they will say: “The one
you love,
is not a woman for you,
Why do you love her? I think
you could find one more beautiful,
more serious, more deep,
more other, you understand me, look how she’s light,
and what a head she has,
and look at how she dresses,
and etcetera and etcetera”.
And I in these lines say:
Like this I want you, love,
love, Like this I love you,
as you dress
and how your hair lifts up
and how your mouth smiles,
light as the water
of the spring upon the pure stones,
Like this I love you, beloved.
To bread I do not ask to teach me
but only not to lack during every day of life.
I don’t know anything about light, from where
it comes nor where it goes,
I only want the light to light up,
I do not ask to the night
explanations,
I wait for it and it envelops me,
And so you, bread and light
And shadow are.
You came to my life
with what you were bringing,
made
of light and bread and shadow I expected you,
and Like this I need you,
Like this I love you,
and to those who want to hear tomorrow
that which I will not tell them, let them read it here,
and let them back off today because it is early
for these arguments.
Tomorrow we will only give them
a leaf of the tree of our love, a leaf
which will fall on the earth
like if it had been made by our lips
like a kiss which falls
from our invincible heights
to show the fire and the tenderness
of a true love.
Pablo Neruda
Superficially, I got to vicariously make out with Clark Kent on a DP desktop and in an elevator.
From a Superman standpoint Clark saved Jimmy physically and was supportive emotionally. He stood firm against temptation (Maxima). He fed Shelby. He hasn't given up on saving Chloe from Brainiac. It was great.
From a shipper standpoint it was FANTASTIC. It wasn't superficially fantastic from a shipper POV. The shipping developments were in depth.
Chlark friendship grew by leaps and bounds. Clark's world was rocked by the force of how much Chloe loved him back in the day. If he could miss that, he fears that he'll me "the One" when she comes along. Chloe finally gave Clark the fever letter, shutting the door on that place in her heart. She declares that Clark is her "bff" and that he "blew it" with her romantically.
Lois and Clark have come face to face with what we've all (Clois Fans) been celebrating since the Season Four finale. There's something there. Passion, Connection, Destiny... I dunno what it's called. But they were looking at it and Lois... didn't want to look away. I think Clark's still confused.
Chimmy cleared the air on Jimmy's insecurity about Chloe/Clark friendship AND Chloe's latent feelings for Clark. Also, it was revealed that Jimmy reads Pablo Neruda. I'm over the moon about this revelation. Here's a poem that's perfect for Chimmy and Clois. I feel that my fave Smallville ships have gotten their fair share of HATE, intense HATE in SV fandom. Really though... it made me feel better about Chimmy. I felt that it was perfect for them.
And because Love battles
And because love battles
not only in its burning agricultures
but also in the mouth of men and women,
I will finish off by taking the path away
to those who between my chest and your fragrance
want to interpose their obscure plant.
About me, nothing worse
they will tell you, my love,
than what I told you.
I lived in the prairies
before I got to know you
and I did not wait love but I was
laying in wait for and I jumped on the rose.
What more can they tell you?
I am neither good nor bad but a man,
and they will then associate the danger
of my life, which you know
and which with your passion you shared.
And good, this danger
is danger of love, of complete love
for all life,
for all lives,
and if this love brings us
the death and the prisons,
I am sure that your big eyes,
as when I kiss them,
will then close with pride,
into double pride, love,
with your pride and my pride.
But to my ears they will come before
to wear down the tour
of the sweet and hard love which binds us,
and they will say: “The one
you love,
is not a woman for you,
Why do you love her? I think
you could find one more beautiful,
more serious, more deep,
more other, you understand me, look how she’s light,
and what a head she has,
and look at how she dresses,
and etcetera and etcetera”.
And I in these lines say:
Like this I want you, love,
love, Like this I love you,
as you dress
and how your hair lifts up
and how your mouth smiles,
light as the water
of the spring upon the pure stones,
Like this I love you, beloved.
To bread I do not ask to teach me
but only not to lack during every day of life.
I don’t know anything about light, from where
it comes nor where it goes,
I only want the light to light up,
I do not ask to the night
explanations,
I wait for it and it envelops me,
And so you, bread and light
And shadow are.
You came to my life
with what you were bringing,
made
of light and bread and shadow I expected you,
and Like this I need you,
Like this I love you,
and to those who want to hear tomorrow
that which I will not tell them, let them read it here,
and let them back off today because it is early
for these arguments.
Tomorrow we will only give them
a leaf of the tree of our love, a leaf
which will fall on the earth
like if it had been made by our lips
like a kiss which falls
from our invincible heights
to show the fire and the tenderness
of a true love.
Pablo Neruda
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
borednow - my bestest Internet friend!
I'm going to take a slight detor from Chloe and Jimmy's relationship to gush a bit about my fellow Chimmy lover and best internet friend, borednow. I met her on a Clois fansite.
*Violins Play*
It can be pretty lonely on the internet. People are often unfriendly and harshly opinionated. Even on a wonderful site about Clois, it's possible to feel misunderstood. I often feel misunderstood and lonely online. But where else can I do stupid stuff like over analyze Smallville?
*Upbeat big band music plays*
Well, it was in this spirit that borednow and I became friends. borednow refused to follow the herd in worshiping Jonathan Kent and burning Lionel Luthor in effigy. borednow expressed her displeasure when a prominent personage on a forum used the word “slut.” All this painted a virtual target on borednow’s head for a little while around the forum. I doubt that she cared. But I did and I sent her a little PM saying that I got what she was saying and sent her Karma (the forum equivalent of a thumbs up and wink). Smiting is flipping the bird at someone; or maybe making a disgusted “ug” sound at them and sneering. From there we started chatting through PM about who knows what. Later she comforted me when I was bludgeoned for making flippant comments about the influence of Kristin Kruek’s acting on Lana Lang’s character.
We've been internet friends for more than a year now. Wow! Time flies.
We share Smallville shipping preferences, so that's been fun. borednow had introduced me to many wonderful things: Girl Genius, Fruit's Basket, See's Chocolates and so much more. I will continually add to the collection below. It'll be like my little treasure trove of borednow fun!
Yay! Three cheers for google chat. By the by did you know that a google is the large number consisting of the digit 1 followed by 100 zeroes? Yup! It was coined in 1902 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta (Can you imagine naming your son Milton! Milton Bradley made board games.) nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. Thanks ask.com!
This blog entry is brought to you in part by borednow's Leo Moon
(Yes I’m aware that best-est is NOT a word but… borednow gives me the warm fuzzies.)
Thanks to World's Finest, karenjade, Our Mystery and others for the screencaptures.
(Yes I’m aware that best-est is NOT a word but… borednow gives me the warm fuzzies.)
Thanks to World's Finest, karenjade, Our Mystery and others for the screencaptures.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Chimmy before ZOD
Retconning Heat
Chloe and Jimmy as a couple on Smallville can actually be traced back as far as the Season Four episode "Unsafe." This episode explores the themes of love, sex and marriage. The episode deals with the question, "When is the right time in a relationship to consummate your love (have sex)?" Alicia Baker and Clark Kent (under the influence of Red K) face this question. Lana Lang faces this question with her boyfriend Jason Teague who is older than her (college age). She goes to Chloe Sullivan for some relationship advice and we find out that Chloe faced this question herself years ago...
"UNSAFE" - Season Four, Episode Eleven
Chloe Sullivan is typing away at THE TORCH for the evening and Lana Lang tentatively enters.
Lana: Hey.
Chloe: Hey. Missed you in A.P. Lit today, what happened? You decide you just couldn’t face the love songs of J. Alfred Prufrock? [Continues typing away cheerfully.]
Lana: No. Um… I went to go see Jason.
Chloe: I’m sensing it didn’t go so well. Sorry, a poker face isn’t exactly your strong suit. [stops working] What’s up?
Lana: I think I’ve finally figured out why he’s been so cryptic. He doesn’t think that I’m ready for THAT kind of a relationship.
Chloe: What? What kind? [Lana looks but says nothing.] Oh that kind. Oh. Ok. [clears throat] Wow That answers a question I’ve been dying to ask you all semester.
Lana: Does everyone think that we…
Chloe: Lana, you were alone with him for three months in Paris.
Lana: Right… um… Well, we haven’t. But I’m starting to think that I’m ready.
Chloe: First off, don’t do this just because you’re afraid to lose him if you don’t.
Lana: It’s not that. It’s just, Jason is in college and I think that he’s used to relationships that are… that are a little more adult.
Chloe: Ok well, at the risk of going after school special on you, two thirds of all people under the age of 18 regret doing it too soon. [slowly] And on behalf of that two thirds just be sure that you’re really ready.
Lana: Wait a minute, are you saying that you’ve…?
Chloe:Yeah, during my internship at the Daily Planet. His name was Jimmy. He was very cute in a bow tie kind of way. You know, I mean, it was a summer infatuation that I thought was the real thing.
Lana: Do you wish you hadn’t done it?
Chloe: Sometimes. I mean it wasn’t awful by any means but it just wasn’t special. And as cliché as it sounds it only happens once… so… Just make sure Jason is the one you want to remember forever.
Thus is Jimmy Olsen introduced to the world of Smallville. Hang on! Chloe says she met Jimmy, "during my internship at the Daily Planet." This would be during the summer break between Episode One (Vortex) and Episode Two (Heat) of Season 2.
"HEAT" - Season One, Episode TwoIt's the first day of school. Lana Lang heads up the stairs to her next class as Chloe Sullivan walks up to Clark Kent. He is gazing after Lana Lang. Admiringly? Chloe thinks so.
Chloe: Good to see some things never change.
Clark: [visibly delighted] Chloe! [He hugs her.]
Chloe: Hi.
Chloe grins, but as soon as her face is out of sight her grin fades. Clark breaks the hug and she plasters the smile back on her face, feigning casual ease.
Chloe: Yeah, fresh from the wilds of Metropolis and the Daily Planet Internship Program.
Clark: Pete said you were a big hit. I thought we’d lost you for good.” Clark is eager to catch up.
Chloe: Well, my dad decided to give Lexcorp another shot, so here I am, back in the boonies.
Chloe’s smile fades as Clark, laughing takes her arm, pulling her towards him so he can give her a side hug.
Clark: Well, I’m glad you’re back.
He can't keep the smile off of his face.
Chloe: Yeah, I could tell from the voluminous emails you sent.
Clark: Yeah, sorry. With the farm and… you know…
Chloe listens to his apology but it quickly dissatisfied with his answer.
Chloe: [quickly, cutting him off] Don’t worry about it, Clark, it’s not a big deal.
Clark can tell that she’s hurt.
Clark: Well… I’m – I’m really excited to hear all your stories.
Chloe lashes out.
Chloe: Yeah actually, you know what? There aren’t any stories. Oh except that I did meet this really hot intern from Metropolis High. It was great. [She grins wide.] He made me forget all about Smallville for three whole months.
Clark is shut down. Chloe glances back to see if the blow landed. Then heads to class.
This scene pushes the first mention of Jimmy back to the episode "Heat" in Season Two! OK... Chloe was embellishing a bit to make Clark jealous but still very cool. Unfortunately there's a snag. In a later scene Chloe opens up to Lana about her feelings for Clark and her summer in Metropolis.
Chloe Sullivan opens up to Lana Lang in the Talon. Lana: So it must have been fun spending the entire summer in Metropolis.
Chloe: Yeah it was really nice to get away. Sometimes a little distance can just, give you a new perspective on things you’ve done, you know. Mistakes you’ve made.
[Lana immediately knows what Chloe is talking about.]
Lana: Going to the spring formal with Clark was not a mistake.
Chloe: Yeah it was. I let myself indulge in my feelings for him and I ended up getting hurt.
Lana: At least you were brave enough to take the risk.
Chloe: Oh yeah that’s me. Cupid’s cannon fodder. *they laugh* Three months. (pause) I thought I’d be over it by now, but when I saw him in the hallway all those feelings just came back. I even made up some lame story about meeting a guy in Metropolis to try and get a rise out of him.
Lana: Clark still really cares about you Chloe.
Chloe: I know. But he cares about you more.
Lana: I don’t want Clark to come between our friendship.
Chloe: Me neither. So what are we gonna do about that?
Lana: Define ourselves by what we do, not who we date.
Chloe agrees with Lana's words of wisdom and they smile at one another until Lex enters to interrupt the scene.
According to this scene the story Chloe tells Clark is completely made up, she never met a guy in Metropolis. If the writers forgot about this by the time the made it to "Unsafe" or decided to retroactively change the continuity. This is a "retcon."
For those who don't know what "retcon" means here's a definition thanks to the Double Tongued Dictionary." Isn't that a great name for a dictionary?
RETCON
v. to retroactively revise (a plot, storyline, character, event, history, etc.), usu. by reinterpreting past events, or by theorizing how the present would be different if past events had not happened or had happened differently. Also n. Subjects: English, Arts & Literature, Entertainment, Jargon
Editorial Note: Long common in comic books, but now used in historical fiction. Etymological Note: retroactive + continuity
Why did the writers make this change? Just to fit the themes of "Unsafe?" Did they make the decision in Season 4 to bring Jimmy Olsen onto the show in a couple of years?
Although I dislike lazy writing, I like this change. I think Chloe Sullivan is attractive. I never liked the fact that her love live was non-existent/off screen for so long. It's nice to think that she had fun during the summer after the "just friends" talk with Clark even if it wasn't a hot fling. It's kind of fun to think that Chimmy has been a part of the show since season two.
Thanks to keakack.com, elegant-kristin.com and allisonmackweb for the lovely screen captures.
My Smallville/Chimmy Story
My Smallville Beginning: Disdain, Luthors, Finales and Fandom
When I first heard about a television show based on teenage Superman I thought, "Why would anyone ever do such a thing?" It sounded like a really dumb exploitative idea. Not only that, but it was a show that would come on the WB and I was a snob when it came to the WB. I wasn't impressed with teenage soap operas. Occasionally when flipping through the channels I would stop to pay homage to the gorgeousness of Tom Welling, but I did NOT watch the show.
Fast forward three years. I'm flipping through the channels and I see Lex Luthor having an argument with his dad. His father Lionel had him trapped in a mental institution and Lex insisted that he wasn't crazy. By the end of the episode Lionel fried Lex Luthor's brain, rendering him forgetful and docile. 0_0!!! I was astonished. I was upset! I was nauseated. THIS gutsy show was Smallville?! I had to check this out. I went on a quest to find the first DVD set on ebay. I found it and bought it.
I watched the first season and was immediately charmed but the beautiful cinematography, the very high quality production values, the small town feel and the strong family values. The cast was wonderful over all. I felt that the Kent Family was the heart of the show. I liked Clark Kent and wanted to see him become Superman. Though I'd originally intended to only watch the first season and continue with Season 4 live, the season finale of season one left me burning to find out what happened next. I ended up buying Seasons 1, 2, and 3 on DVD.
I wasn't too happy the first time I watched Season 4. Lois Lane?! That upset me. Lois Lane had no business appearing in Smallville yet. But I watched the season and ended up buying the Seasons 4 DVD set. Lois grew on me, though I still grumbled about the uncreative writers. Lois and Clark's interactions were funny and refreshing. I drifted during season 5. Lois was still around. She wasn't as bad as I'd thought initially but they really didn't know what to do with her. It was during this time of drifting that I discovered the online Smallville fandom. Wow! There were and are good and bad things about this group of fans. I read reviews and laughed really hard as I saw that lots of fans felt the way I did about the show. I discovered SPOILERS and recaps. At this time also, my sister started watching the show and became my Smallville buddy. So many of the fans were saying "Lois Sucks!" just as my sister was saying, "Lois Rocks!" After a bit of teatering between the two strong opinions. I landed in the middle. I like Lois! I went from a skeptical grumbler to a crazy optimistic person who just laughed at the silliness. I was ready to head into Season 6 - spoilers and all.
ChimmyFan becomes a Cloiser: Shipping, Haters and Trying to Stay Positive Through It All.
So I bought the Season 5 DVDs and was really optimistic about Season 6 once I found out that it was happening. Re-watching seasons 4 and 5 in anticipation of the new season made me a Lois/Clark shipper. Falling in love with Lois and Clark as a romantic couple on Smallville aka Clois meant that I had to find an online home where I could freely express my joy. Most of the online fandom I'd frequented was very hostile toward Lois Lane. The same snarky EVOL-ness that was funny when directed toward Clana, was really hurtful and unpleasant when directed toward my ship. I found an online home and finished the registration process right after the episode "Sneeze." With my new crazy optimism I could endure the barn door epiphany (love it now) with a laugh. It also helped to remember one of my favorite episodes from Season 3: Perry.
I went from trying to understand Lois haters, to having my feelings hurt and hating Lois haters, to enjoying making fun of Lois haters (which I still enjoy from time to time) to just realizing that opinions differ. There's really no right or wrong in an opinion just in the way you express your opinion and how you treat others while expressing it. I guess I had a golden rule epiphany, which is a good thing. There were a lot of fun things about Season Six. I felt that I didn't enjoy them as much as I might have if I'd been spoiler free. So for Season 7 until now... I avoid spoilers as much as possible.
Why Chimmy?
While Season 6 aired I was a spoiler junkie. I heard that Chloe was going to get a new boyfriend, Jimmy Olsen. Some fans were remembering that Chloe mentioned dating someone named Jimmy back in Season 4. I was VERY exicited! Chloe Sullivan has always been one of my favorite characters on Smallville. She was fourth on my list behind Sarah Polley, Kelly Martin and Alison Hannigan as one of those yummy talented actresses that you simultaneously want to eat up, get to know and BE. The moment I met her I thought of Willow. She was a sunshiny blond version of Willow to me. Much more outgoing and fashionable but... the amazingly cute exposition queen behind the computer.
Chloe crushed on Clark. I didn't really get into it much after season 1. Chloe's crush created lots of yummy moments between Chloe and Clark. It make subtext fun. But it also meant that there were a lot of sad, angsty moments as Clark was... deeply in love with Lana Lang. Who knows why. *shrug* As someone who thought Clark should have dated Chloe instead of Lana, it was a LONG five years. I was thrilled that Chloe was FINALLY going to get a boyfriend. I was ready for her to be adored and have some romantic fun.
Jimmy arrived on the scene and I was... unsure. Then Chloe smiled and I was hooked.
Chloe's reunion with Jimmy Olsen and her SMILE!
Screencap from the erstwhile SVfan.comSo I was a Chloe/Jimmy fan because I loved Chloe and wanted some enjoyment for her. I expected that Chloe and Jimmy would date a while, Chloe would have fun but grow out of Jimmy, she'd let him down easy and move on. Little did I know that this quirky little couple would completely steal my heart.
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