Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
♫ i know we can make it, staying high in low places ♫
Made this over the course of many weeks. Was very hyped over the coloring and aesthetics while editing! I don't tend to stylize my Smallville videos a ton, so that was fun.
I really love how the relationship between these two evolved. Wish we'd had more of it! This is also kind of a character study of both Lionel and Martha as individuals. With plenty of Martha and Jonathan, too (they're just so sweet, not to mention central to the story.) I guess I like how, even though Lionel and Martha have lost so much or made mistakes, they offer each other a way to move forwards.
Like okay, lemme ramble. In s2 she shows him a rare bit of kindness and he offers her a way to expand her horizons, and that kind of carries forward by the time s5-6 roll around. For Martha, finding in him what's honestly her only friend, in a time when she's so alone (after Jonathan's passing), and then on the other hand it's the only truly positive relationship we ever see Lionel have. Martha gives him that chance and he takes it. She's his first real friend since perhaps Morgan Edge (I read them as having been very close) with the key difference being that she brings out the best in him. (And similarity, I suppose, being that they help each other rise out of a bleak situation.) Regardless of his initial intentions, Lionel really came to cherish that friendship and wanted to offer her opportunities like used to dream of—because she's an ambitious person, too, and he recognizes that. So he helps her on her way, even if it means having less time together. I dunno, really loved it. :)
—Includes up through 6x21 Prototype.
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Song: /watch?v=HQuhOzPh9ss
Fandom: Smallville (includes deleted scene from Nemesis.)
Coloring: Mine.
Programs: Premiere Pro 2024.
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More "Smallville" vids: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhPCBQjkt6QVrUB4QdW4AVja4UwytdH1J
♫ i know we can make it, staying high in low places ♫
Made this over the course of many weeks. Was very hyped over the coloring and aesthetics while editing! I don't tend to stylize my Smallville videos a ton, so that was fun.
I really love how the relationship between these two evolved. Wish we'd had more of it! This is also kind of a character study of both Lionel and Martha as individuals. With plenty of Martha and Jonathan, too (they're just so sweet, not to mention central to the story.) I guess I like how, even though Lionel and Martha have lost so much or made mistakes, they offer each other a way to move forwards.
Like okay, lemme ramble. In s2 she shows him a rare bit of kindness and he offers her a way to expand her horizons, and that kind of carries forward by the time s5-6 roll around. For Martha, finding in him what's honestly her only friend, in a time when she's so alone (after Jonathan's passing), and then on the other hand it's the only truly positive relationship we ever see Lionel have. Martha gives him that chance and he takes it. She's his first real friend since perhaps Morgan Edge (I read them as having been very close) with the key difference being that she brings out the best in him. (And similarity, I suppose, being that they help each other rise out of a bleak situation.) Regardless of his initial intentions, Lionel really came to cherish that friendship and wanted to offer her opportunities like used to dream of—because she's an ambitious person, too, and he recognizes that. So he helps her on her way, even if it means having less time together. I dunno, really loved it. :)
—Includes up through 6x21 Prototype.
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Song: /watch?v=HQuhOzPh9ss
Fandom: Smallville (includes deleted scene from Nemesis.)
Coloring: Mine.
Programs: Premiere Pro 2024.
#fanvidfeed
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More "Smallville" vids: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhPCBQjkt6QVrUB4QdW4AVja4UwytdH1J
