Three Impossible Things
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| Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | Three Impossible Things |
| Author(s): | Jenn |
| Date(s): | 21 June 2002 |
| Length: | 180 K, 31671 words |
| Genre(s): | slash fanfiction |
| Fandom(s): | Smallville |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | Three Impossible Things (Indulgence) Three Impossible Things (Smallville Slash Archive) Three Impossible Things (AO3) |
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Three Impossible Things is a Clark/Lex story by Jenn.
Summary: Clark changes everything.
Recs and Reviews
Three Impossible Things by jenn - I'm not quite sure how I went this long without recommending jenn's work. Probably because of my die-hard hatred of second person POV. jenn is usually able to make me forget how much I don't like second person, because she's talented, and because she combines skill with lovely style, particularly in her more recent work. Three Impossible Things is spot-on gorgeous. And - bonus rec! While you're poking around her site, read the wonderful Sleep While I Drive, too.[1]
This story is one of my all-time favourites, mostly due to the fact that it comes close to pressing every single one of my buttons. First, it's a futurefic (which has to be my favourite sub-genre of Smallville slash), and so Clark's attending MetU, and Lex turns up (to the envy of all Clark's friends) and whisks Clark away in sexy cars. Rraaawwrrrrr. Second, it's well-written with a sophisticated use of theme and metaphor, and a beautifully executed complication and resolution that is so, so satisfying. Then, of course, it has a flavour of doomed romance, without being all angst and no pay-off. It’s about obsession and desperate sexual passion, while at the same time, it’s about the elision of friendship and love. It's about change, and about the terrible emotional price of hope rekindled. And as though all of that wasn't enough, Clark and Lex’s unspoken emotions are revealed through every touch; every time they have sex the tension between them *increases* instead of resolving. I cannot express how much this story maps over the contours of desire in my mind. I fall into obsession along with Clark and Lex every time I read it. "Three Impossible Things" is an absolute must read, no matter what your fandom preferences.[2]
References
- ^ Destina Fortunato. Worlds Without Boundaries: Slash Story Recommendations - Smallville and Lord of the Rings. (Accessed 29 March 2021)
- ^ "Rec at rec_room, Sept 20, 2004". Archived from the original on 2024-11-09.