Kane said:
Dont you think its good though? A step in the right direction. Severing his ties with Lana that dragged him down for so long and finally moving forward. I always felt this should have happened way earlier.
This isn't how I ideally would have liked things to have gone with Clark and Lana.. no. If I had my way, they (TPTB/writers.. whoever) would have found a way to make them work as a couple, without the angst, without the constant see-saw, and without their "relationship" being such a negative focus of the show, and dragging things down.
Unlike popular opinion, I don't think being a couple would have killed the show. I don't buy into the "Moonlighting" theory. It can be done: "McMillan and Wife," "Hart to Hart."... hell.. Nick and Nora Charles! But it needs to be written with a proper sense of balance, keeping the focus on Clark, and at the same time not diminishing Lex. Not an easy feat, I realize...
I'd also have Lana be stronger and more involved in helping Clark, as opposed to Chloe being the do-all, go-to girl, all-around savior. Not that I'd get rid of Chloe, she's a great friend for both of them.
I'd still have Clark leave Lana at the end of the series though, through mutual decision. Not because I want that to happen, but because it's the right thing for Superman and his greater calling.
Since none of that will ever happen,
then yes, I'd rather see them progress in other directions with both characters, and stop tormenting fans that hate the couple, and fans that love the couple.
I hope that, one day, they are able to find their way back to becoming close friends at the least.
