I would normally post the description from Yahoo! TV or something, but it practically gives the entire plot away. If you want to see it, it's here.

I'll summarize: In the seventh season finale, Clark and Lex adopt polar bear cubs in the Arctic and have an epic battle over what their names should be.

First of all: Michael, thank you for seven seasons of brilliance. Now and forever, you are my definitive Lex.

Apart from the boys stripping down and jumping into the hottub, this is just about the perfect Clex ending, IMO. Angsty, gorgeous and lovely. Clark cradled in Lex's arms, Lex staying right there to die with him. "I love you like a brother, Clark, but it has to end this way." Lex is totally Buffy telling Angel she loves him and then sacrificing his love to save the world! Michael & Tom, I have loved every Clex scene for the past 7 years. Thank you for making it all so much fun.

And this line from Lex: "Who am I to turn my back on my fellow man, especially since you turned your back on me?" when delivered in MR's slightly hoarse voice, conveys so much more than the end of a friendship. Oh, boys….

All the other 'shippy stuff was boring. The Lana scene is exactly as dire as expected, complete with suck-tastic music. Couldn't care less whether Chloe decides to marry Jimmy and I found him annoying throughout this ep.

Jimmy to Lex: "So you want me to lie?"

That's not cutely naive; that's just gratingly dumb.

I still miss Gina, but Lex's man-minion is a total scene-stealer too. Love the "bitch, please" look he gives Lex at the beginning and his very real terror at getting on the plane. Fab eyeroll from Lex from Jimmy comes into his office too.

*still swooning over the Clex*

I must have passed through all the stages into acceptance and I am closing in on ennui, because I really didn’t care about what was happening tonight. It was all too little, too late and far too rushed. The action in the last two shows should have taken four. So much bad for all its shiny appearance.

Additionally, they have completely screwed up the time lines on this. They seem to have compressed what should be week of events into 12 hours. None of it makes sense. And how did the Orb get to be Tetsusaiga (to protect humans) and not able to be handled by a Kryptonian - who the hell made it.

And the goodbye video, complete with the sad Clana music. It was fricking hilarious.

The things that made me furious were the things that were being foreshadowed for next year - Offscreenville Reporter!Lois development, Clois, the Jimmy-Lois friendship (where he kicks Chloe to the curb). And the Chlimmy - may the authors of that rot in hell forever.

Kudos to MR - who again rose above the dialogue to give a performance. Thanks for your Lex, Mike, and may you find work with people who can appreciate nuance.

AM - the handwriting is on the wall - tell them all to take a flying leap and get the hell out.

And why is Clark not flying yet?

Well. I really don't know what to say.

Chloe's arrested, Kara's in the PZ, Lana's skipped town and Clark and Lex are just, what, gone? Why do I get the feeling we're getting a "three months later" for the S8 opener?

Loved Brainiac, as usual, and Chloe's power working as a defense system was cool. I admit, TW got me in the scene when Clark is watching Lana's video, but having Lois just randomly there made zero sense. She and Jimmy, really, had no point here aside from the fact they needed to be around for contractual purposes. I will leave reaction to the Chimmy proposal for others, because I really didn't care.

Overall? A pretty bad ending for Lex, imo, and if that's it for Chloe, same for her.

MR, however, gets the line of the night upon meeting Clark at the Fortress: "I have to admit, Clark, it's a big step up from the barn."

Oh AM. Just leave now. Get yourself on Heroes or Supernatural. A show that appericates it's actors.

Here's giving my blessing that the DDS came in before an answer was given to the fucking blackhole that is Climmy. Hmm maybe while in hiding she encounters a dark mysterious male with a love for bats.

That is the big ending for Lex and Chloe? That is what wraps up both of their character after seven years?

Chloe gets arrested after Jimmy proposes, becasue the fuckwit went back on his deal with Lex? A Clex cliffhanger that isn't exactly hanging because MR is gone?

Oh, show.

All this, plus the joy of Lana breaking up with her LI by video tape (again), and Clark crying like a bitch about it while Clois anvils crush Kansas into the molten core of the earth. Meanwhile, Chloe recovers alone in Offscreenville.

Run away, AM. Run fast and run far.

Heh. Yeah, he delivered that beautifully. And both guys looked great in the Fortress scene. Loved Lex's foxy coat (but we never got to see his fitted ski-jacket from the promo!)


For Chloe, it would have been a better ending if she'd just helped take out Brainiac - now, that's a cool death! But I am completely satisfied that Lex is goin' out with a tragic, romantic lapful of Clark.

Marsters was great! Would have happily sacrificed every scene involving Jimmy for more of him.

Wow...so I did call it right. Clark is crying like a bitch because Lana left him. Again.

Pass me the barf bucket.

It just made me see Jimmy as the world biggest fucking asshole. He ain't proposing out of love for Chloe. He's doing it as a pre-emptive forgivenness stike so when she founds out the truth, he can just go "But Chloe I love you with all my heart."



Can someone give me the logical in having KK back? She got the ending her fans wanted: telling Clark she loves him with all her heart but letting him go because his destiny is bigger than her.

Wait I get it, it's so when Clois are on the brink of getting to their iconic love (vomits) Lana comes in to ramp up the angst.

Smallville, here's hoping the sharks eat you alive.

And then he feeds him a steak and shoots him!

Sorry. Couldn't help myself.

Well, she still needs to be revealed as a meteor freak. Otherwise Clark is just pathetic.


If only.

Loved:

Lex's disdain for Jimmy is evident. Liked their scenes together with Lex having all the power and Jimmy being a dweeb. Congrats on standing up to Lex, Jimmy. Too bad, Chloe is going to pay the price.

MR rules! He was awesomesauce in all his interactions tonight. But I thought his two syllable "D-amn" when Kariac told him she's an alien was slightly OOC.

The interaction between Brainiac and Chloe was great. I think JM enjoyed getting a scene with AM. Loved how Chloe fought back with her mind and MF power. Brainiac attacked her slightly differently than Lana. Perhaps he meant to kill her? Loved his shocked reaction to her power. They had mind hate sex and they were both left drained! Hee!

I squeed a little when Clark demands that Brainiac release Chloe first and then he says Lana.

Good:

I thought LV was very good in this episode. She got to be Brainiac and I thought she got some of the mannerisms and villainy spot on.

AM is always good. But man, the writer's gave her some shitty dialogue. Any one who has watched a handful of episodes knows what happens when Clark is exposed to kryptonite, they didn't have to give her THAT exposition. Jeez whiz.

TW brought his game tonight. Too bad it was mostly post-Clana grief. But lord the man is pretty, even with runny eyes and nose.

Hated:

The Chlimmy proposal. Why oh why did they have to go there? Gah! At least Chloe looked shocked and mildly stressed by the situation. I fanwank that she would have said no if she hadn't been pulled away by the feds. And you know what, this scene actually made me feel a little sorry for Aaron Ashmore, because quite frankly he's too good an actor to be everybody's bitch.

They should have given Clark more to do and say at the FoS. I don't know, it just seemed very Lex-sided.

Why did Clark have to be so freaking upset about Lana leaving him? Why couldn't he just have been happy that she was safe and Ok that she's gone. I do believe this is many people's worst case break up. Lana is letting him go because "the world needs him more" and she'll always love him. Good emotional scene for some I suppose, but I was just left thinking that any woman who comes next will be some kind of consolation prize. GAHHHH!!!

Lois was unnecessary in this episode and her happening to show up to witness Clark getting his heart tore out just stunk of contrivance and anvils.

Boy. Some "real shot." And we all knew that was the way it would play out. Hoped otherwise, yet knew...

Clark, you were SO CLOSE to realizing she WASN'T THE ONE. What the hell happened?

I'd say: "At least she's gone," but she won't stay gone, dammit.



Unless there's the remote chance that, when she comes back, Clark will have moved on and past her at last--no, no logic, unless it's as Adela stated above:

I'm always Lex-sided - but I kinda agree with that. (For some reason, Clark hardly ever gets to deliver a speech; he has lines.) But since it was MR's final episode. he got the glam role tonight and Baby knocked it outta the park!


Hee! The brotherly love tonight was more of the Lucas-variety.

MR looked like he was going to go in for a kiss at one point - if there's a kiss out-take, please let it be leaked!

Now that would have been a heroic death. Better than getting dragged off by the DDS thanks to Jimmy Olsen - Pimp Ass Playa.

Our lesson? Helping the hero sucks, unless you have long hair.

Agreed. They just completely blew that whole storyline. The device that was supposed to control the Traveler ends up... destroying the Fortress? That's it? Does that make any sense at all?

The problem is they continually have Clark reacting to other people's actions. And MR got some good stuff over the last couple of episodes so Lex came off in the dominant role.

That's why I said earlier that everything in Quest and Arctic came off as rushed. It's been 7 years and TIIC still haven't learned pacing. Reason #38 why I'm giving up on SV.

Something else I hated was the exchange between Lois and Clark at the farm.

First of all there's no reason for Lois to be all in Clark's face about getting a job in the bullpen at the DP. He's shown zero interest in journalism, Lois. And Lois doesn't know a thing about Clark's powers. Why should she think he's wasting his life on the farm? Note to producers: Farmers are important people! They feed us all! And for little money, and apparently little respect. Just back off the farmers ok, show?!

Second, she's just far too gleeful about Clark's DP opportunity when it is at the expense of her beloved cousin. Ok, so Clark wouldn't be taking Chloe's job directly but the job of Chloe's replacement. But so what? Too much glee.

Third, it just goes to show that Lois has no idea how business really works because why would she think that Clark would even get an intern position (at a paper owned by his nemesis, no less) when he's not studying journalism and has had very little experience (by the DP's standards)? Oh yes, because she walked in without an application, resume, interview or references.

Everything about Nois has been contrived & what is she a Clark stalker now? Yet, Not one bit of concern for her "cousin".

That little ratbastard Jimmy proposing with a plastic kiddie ring, how fitting for him. *vomits*

Chloe telling him to call Clark. :)



Add in qualifications - of which Nois had none...

It may or may not be her ending, but in a way she did help take out Brainiac. She mentally fought back his attack and used her MF ability to protect herself. Brainiac was shown as visibly drained and shaken afterwards and had to go to a power plant. That's where Clark found him and in Brainiac's weakened state, Clark was able to defeat him.

Oliver can get Chloe out of prison, she'll run off with him to join the JLA, and they can fall madly in love. Anything but this ending for her, please, please, please no Chimmy. Blah.

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The same kind of ring, maybe even exactly the same ring, as Clark had given to Lana in Labyrinth. Hmmm, future Chlark forshadowing?

It was such a strange way to end. It's not like they didn't know they were losing MR, but still planning for another season. How can they resolve the situation without Lex? Clark wakes up covered in icicles, there's no sign of Lex, he finds himself in control of his faculties, and that's that? All that build-up for nothing? (Except, of course, that they got rid of the fortress set so they can save some money.)

I must say I am surprised that they leaked Kara being Brainiac. It could have been a real surprise. They had set it up very well in Apocalypse, when AU Kara said she came to Earth to kill Kal-El, even though our Kara said she came to Earth to help him. Her speech to Lex today that she recently found out during her trip to Krypton that Clark would be a danger would have reinforced that, and then the Brainiac reveal would have been awesome. Then they put it in the official write-up. Stupid crack monkeys.

After tonight, I think I'm out. Whether they sign AM or not, this episode was, I think, the best ending my Chlois-y heart could hope for. It definitely didn't look to me like Chloe was planning to accept Jimmy (although I was having a hard time seeing the TV around my barf bag). Lois was presented as unlikeable (yay! Chloe was fired!) and Clark called her on the inappropriateness of it. Lois was presented as...not too bright by falling for Jimmy's really bad acting job. There was no mention of this foolishness Craig reported about Chloe being "over" journalism. Is that still a spoiler? And, of course, Lex seems to feel he needed to put a stop to Lois, but Jimmy wasn't doing his bidding anymore. If this was the last episode, I would just fanwank that Lex put a hit on Lois before going North and the minion dumped her body in the ocean; Chloe's dye job grew out before Clark could break her out of jail; and Chloe needed a secret identity.

So that is what I shall do. As far as I'm concerned, Smallville's series finale was tonight. Next year, a new production team is filming a new series of the same name, using some of the same actors but none of the same characters. I'll read the re-caps, and probably keep up with the ratings information (because I'd like to see just how low it gets), but my emotional investment is at an end.

I know! How is this supposed to continue? Is the AI destroyed? Presumably, Lex will be missing when Clark wakes up or is rescued. (Although, who could rescue him at this point in time? Lana, I guess, if she knows where the cave key is.)

But with the fortress gone how will anyone control the traveller? The Gay Indigo Disco Ball of Power (GIDBoP, do we have a better name for it yet?) just seems to hurt/stop him, like kryptonite. And is it destroyed now, since it became part of the FoS? Agh? Too...much...contrivance...

One funny thing I noticed about the "previously on Smallville..." clips at the start of the ep (well funny for me, YMMV): There was very little Lois. Nothing about her investigations as I recall, or GroisGate, though I may be wrong. The only Lois clip I noticed was the one from the AU Apocalypse when she's running, handcuffed, and a red blur swoops in behind her. Which didn't even happen in the SV real verse! Hopefully casual viewers who didn't know it was an AU don't think that Lois may be on to Clark's secret.

I don't understand why Jimmy wants to get married. He likes options.

No. No, you must have seen that wrong. Clark Kent aka future MOTHERFUCKING Superman would NOT CRY over his GF leaving him. Please, go back and watch it one more time. I'm sure you'll realize that you've made a mistake.



Can't testify against your spouse?

Okay... why is the CW so intent on keeping the two LEAST likeable characters in the series, a fact on blatent display tonight, when they could have fired their asses and given that money and attention to AM for next year?

Do they really expect us to care about the twit who encourages Clark to all but take her beloved cousin's dream job and otherwise just waits around for things to happen? Or how about the putz who proposes as a pre-emptive strike before his girlfriend finds out he's the reason she got arrested?

Just have Lex leave a note assigning the both of them to cover the mating habits of Siberian squirrels for a year and ship them off. If anyone deserves to just disappear without a proper send off before the start of season eight it's Nois and the Boy Blunder.

The only reason I'd tune in to watch J-No now is if they promise to have the characters progressively tortured and mutilated to death over the course of every subsequent appearance they have.



I'm still crossing my fingers that someone at the CW with more than two brain cells to rub together will take a look at the fan reaction to "Arctic" and cave to whatever it is that AM is demanding in order to get her to return.

Barring that I think my fanwank is going to be that Season Eight actually takes place entirely within the alternate dimension known as BizarroWorld and that in the real season eight Nois is dead, Jimmy sent to Siberia, Lex returns and Clark finally figures out he's always loved the woman who's taken the name of her dead cousin to honor her.

To quote some fans of another series with whom I readily agree... "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

I knew Chloe's power was going to help her against Brainiac in some way.

This is what I posted when the Artic trailer aired



I can't believe Jimmy actually proposed to Chloe, what a moron, I hate him so much. Hopefuly Chloe was planning on saying no.

I can see that... Sort of sad really. I do think Jimmy likes Chloe, even wants to live with her, but marriage seems to outside of his character.

Hey we should have that on the whimsy thread: 101 reasons to give up on Smallville.

*hyperventilates* OH.MY.GOD.

I was horrified after reading about the partial Clex clip in the Spoiler thread, but this? This sounds...gorgeous. I was actually wondering if I could stand the pain one more time, but this sounds so beautiful and tragic. Lex can't go on without Clark! *sobs*Oh, boo! His little furry hood was so cute too. Ah, well. That coat will more than make up for it, I suspect.Is it wrong that I'm excited to see it?I feel slightly aggravated that I'll probably want to watch the S8 premier to see what happens. I thought I would finally be free. Curse you, show!

Ok well that was kind of anti-climatic.

So Kara to no ones shock turns out to be Brainiac (while she's locked up in the PZ) So why did she hold her head in agony two eps ago while dinking milk? Is Brainiac lactose intolerent?

Lex being a genius still dosen't guess thast Clark is the Traveler when Clark's "cousin" spills the beans about being from another planet?

So Brainiac being destroyed yet again releases Lana and Chloe.- I think I'll be back....

Lana waking up after being canatonic for several weeks, gets released right away from the hospital but has enough time to film Clark a "dear John" video dumping his mopey ass for the greater good. Although i actually felf for him..so props to Welling for that scene with Lois.

Chloe wakes up, gets proposed to by Jimmy and is promptly arrested by the DDS who apparently take their marching orders from Lex. I guess depending on AM's contract status Chloe is going to spend a fair bit of next season on the lam or in prison in Offscreenville.

How does making the fortress crash around in craptacular CGI control the traveler? That final confrontation between Clark and Lex 9seven freaking years in the making) wasn't very confrontational.

As to what happens next who knows? I think this is where I get off. (not like that) Goodbye Smallville you weren't always good, but you were always fun to watch. (Although with my luck S8 will turn out to be the best in years)

Many thanks to Michael Rossenbaum and his portrayl. Of all the Lex Luthor's in the world, yours was the most Lexalicous. I only hope you bring as much to whichever roles you take in the future as you did with this one.
Thanks also to the amazing John Glover, as well as Alison Mack and Kristen Kruek and of course Tom Welling.

Thanks also to OmarG, Durq, Dread, PolarB, RepairmanBob, and everyone else on the forums, you made watching the show a real spectator sport and that much more entertaining.

See, there were plenty of ways to have ended that. Lex could have tried to run out of the Fortress and been trapped by falling debris (grim, ironic); Lex could have resigned himself to death but stood back and clinically watched Clark die (cold); but sitting down with Clark is his lap to wait for death, really believing he's doing the right thing....I thought it was, as you say, gorgeous. But I think mine is the sole positive review in this thread so far, so....I hope you like it like I did, Ore!

(Thanks Snarf! Nice to see you back.)

Well, Kara = Brainiac blew... (What do you mean, Ben is Glory?) it wasn't at all a surprise.

What was a surprise was that she was in the Phantom Zone as I thought Brainiac put her in that shrunken world or whatever I thought her back-story was originally.

My favourite part was Brainiac attacking Chloe - "What are you?" And then the Clex in the fortress. If only Lex would have kissed Clark on the forehead - I'd have squeed loud enough to wake everyone in the house.

Now, for the hate: Nois trying to get Clark to join the DP at Chloe's expense was completely tacky. Just like Jimmy's proposal to Chloe.

*vomit*

And I've been over the idea of Clana since season 1 so I just rolled my eyes during Clark viewing Lana's goodbye. What a waste of screen time.

Overall, my feeling is WTF and I can't help but fear for what the next season will bring.

Wow, after reading these comments, I have very fixed feelings about watching tomorrow night. Not because of Jimmy the Weasel, not because of seemingly-insensitive Lois (see, I do believe that Chloe was in on the job thing, just another example of something happening or being said offscreen that would have really changed the story), not because of the Lana video. My concerns come from what has been described as the Clex ending. The stupid FOS is collapsing with Lex and Clark inside? That is the freakin' cliffhanger? Well, let's see - MR is not coming back and TW is coming back sooooo .... Clark survives and Lex disappears? No, really, I figured it out all by myself. And if Clark needs some help surviving? Gee who could do that, who could it be? I know!! It's Mr. Who-gives-a-shit!! It doesn't matter, we know Clark survives !!! No cliffhanger should put Clark's survival in question, because Clark freakin' survives !! It's the people around him that should be in the cliffhangers !! I can't write worth a damn, but I could have done better than that !!!!!!!!!!!!

With no joy I can say that I thought it might end something like this, but I thought the mindless bastards might have Clark fly at some point.

I wish freakin' Survivor was still on. I wish this week was an SV repeat. The only peace in all of this for me is that the early reviews of the Al and Miles Mummy movie are horrible, that it could be the worst movie of the summer.

*cries* It's just like Lex though. If he must sacrifice himself too, then that's how it must be. Besides, he'd never leave Clark to die alone.

I'm feeling a bit more excited now, Durq, and I was so down on this episode earlier. I'm certain I'll be extremely bitter about Clark (when am I not?) and I don't give a hoot about any of the other characters anymore, but as long as the Lex stuff is great, I'll deal (maybe). At least I know that Lex's love for Clark will never die. That's why I may have to watch the first episode next season. Maybe there's still a chance that Clark will finally understand. I doubt it, but just maybe...

Sounds like a good (maybe not the best, but good) ending for Lex: holding Clark and professing his love for him, sacrificing himself, and believing that he's saving the world. It doesn't really sound like the Clex ending I dreamed of (from Clark's perspective), but I didn't really believe that I would ever get what I wanted from him anyway. It's indescribably disappointing, but not all that surprising. I can't believe it's all over.

[fanwink mode on] Lana leaving Clark because his destiny is greater than her, IMO, doesn't necessarily mean his soulmate Lois (wishfully, Chlois *sigh*) is second skimmings. Being his soulmate means she'd be part of his destiny - that it would not be greater than her - that she'd fit into his life and destiny in a way that Lana never could. [fanwink mode off]

Not this show's Lois, but the real Lois....um, will the real Lois please stand up??

Looking forward to this ep tomorrow...and then looking forward to the break before S8.

And by the way, the FOS will be making a comeback too. Why ? Becuase it was in the stupid Superman Returns movie, so it has to exist. Isn't that great? I am so glad that the Freezer of Suck will be back.

A full review/recap of "Arctic" can be found here. Enjoy(?)

Love the snark.


So is something to be made of the Breakfast at Tiffany's reference?

Well, the male lead in the movie was a gigolo. Does that equal Jimmy "the player" Olsen? Unfortunatley that would mean Chloe would be cast as the ditzy call girl. So I'll say it's just a way of saying they could pick out a real ring (or at least go window shopping) and until Chloe gets a nameless cat, I'm sticking to my theory.

I'll fanwank it as breakfast under Tiffanys. We know they'll both get there.


And I kinda get the feeling the Lex situation is resolved maybe when Kara carries him off? We might get Karex in Offscreenville after all. No matter, nothing can ruin my good mood right now.. Spoilered just to be safe.

The Breakfast at Tiffany's line could refer to a child bride running away from a marriage that wasn't meant to be.

Or it could refer to forcing your way into someone's house to watch a movie because you didn't read the book for a bookclub. (George...Fred's gay.)

I am really, really upset right now. I just watched the clips from Cyn on YouTube.

They finally did it. G&M final up-yours to the Superman fans with the Clana scene!!!!

Lana and Clark are not together because they are not right for each other, not because Lana sacrificed her love for the greater good!!!! How difficult is that to understand?????

And then have Lois come in to console him? They have already distroyed Lois Lane's character with their portrayal, and now she is what? Playing second fiddle to Lana? Clark doesn't settle for Lois. He chooses Lois over Lana!!!!

Oh ffs will you people give us our one moment? You can have Clark all to yourselves next season! Besides,there's other excitement, like Jimmy popping the question and Lana selflessly giving Clark up. Again. With any luck the most gen fans will really like the next season, sans Clex and Clana.

*weeps for tragic Clex, but in a good way*



I wonder if it's a reference to the fact that Jimmy and Chloe don't have a lot of actual dosh? Certainly Chloe is no Holly Golightly, but I suppose Mr Crackerjack Box Ring might be thinking of having it engraved...

Maybe, I suppose. You will judge for yourself, of course. There was nothing in the dialogue to suggest this, and the direction seemed to indicate that Lois felt awkward when Chloe shows up, which I interpreted as her realizing how Chloe might feel about the whole thing, but of course mileage varies.

Okay, given the news that Allison has been resigned for season eight for all 22 episodes, my opinion of "Arctic" improved greately.

I no longer mind that Nois was a twit and Jimmy a putz in finale, because Chloe and her awesomeness will be back.

Jimmy, you proposed too soon. This is a story where angst rules... proposing before the final episodes of the series or so is the kiss of death to Chimmy (especially when she finds out you're a big part of the reason she gets arrested). I still think it would be funny and most deserved if you got sent to Siberia for a year.

Nois, sooner or later, Chloe is going to stop forgiving you for how inconsiderate you are to her. "My beloved cousin's job from which she was unjustly fired got filled. You should take that person's job Clark." If you want to make it up to her, I suggest getting your fool self killed (shouldn't take too much) so she can have your desk and Clark can have Chloe's old one.

Finally, Lex. You proved yourself to be as magnificent as your old man. Best of all you aren't really dead... because you're Lex Freaking Luthor. We may not see MR playing him ever again (though I still hold out hope for a cameo or three towards the end of the season) but I'm sure they'll reveal your survival and continuing influence somehow.

Lana, what is there really to say? Your ending right now is more than sufficient for KK to not need to return at all. I just hope her return allows you to get your just deserts on all the crap you've gotten away with over the years.

Kara... sad to see you go, but it's not entirely unexpected. I expect she'll at least get rescued at some point in Offscreenville. But if someone had to go out without a lot of fanfare, better it was you than Chloe.

Apparently not.

This is the Conservation of Fandom Theory (CoFT). Each fandom gets screwed over some with no one getting a monster-sized win and each fandom gets a little "something".

Clana -
GOOD: Gets first-love and she will forever be the one that got away
BAD: Are not "meant" for each other per the video

Chlark -
GOOD: Gets to be the irreplaceable BFF from his formative years and Chloe gets to become a superhero ... with a potential threat of immortality... watch out Cloisers
BAD: Never gets an on-screen declaration of love from Clark

Clois -
GOOD: Gets to marry Clark in the comics (not on the show), gets a ton of anvils and UST in S8 so they end on a high note
BAD: No actual romance in SV, clearly Lois knows Clark truly loved Lana and that Lana broke Clark's heart

I don't believe the writers are ever going to unambiguously have either Clois or Clana squash the other fandom because it goes against the Conservation of Fandom Theory. Chlarkers, on the other hand, look the most squashed because they only had one "moment" in Vessel/Zod and yet Chloe unambiguously harbors feelings.

Speaking of feelings, I was truly into the Chimmy in the Talon scene. Now context will be important but they got the "tinkly music of sweetness" so I'm pretty sure we were suppose to get that Jimmy unambiguously loves Chloe -- despite how stupid he is with Lex. If you think about it, he even went to the rival for his girlfriends affections (Clark) and asked for help while admitting he screwed up. I think Sleeper was stinky, but I think they are still trying to sell Chimmy sincerely.

ETA: The various relationships could be done differently but I believe Smallville Contrivance Constraint (SCC) axiom (that all must eventually blend into comics/movie canon) is the dominate factor.