[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Richest guys in Forbes (e.g. Santa, Lucius Malfoy, more)

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

Dina:
> Heh, gotta find some amusement over having a subject line with Santa
> and Lucius Malfoy in it.

Or Santa and Lex Luthor.  Didn't you see Lexmas?  *g*

Oh, Smallville is crazy this season.  Craaaa-zy.  Vampires, strippers, 
and senators, oh my.

You know, I use TWoP fairly frequently, but I'd never been to the 
comments board until recently.  Lemme tell you, I was just shocked.  
Totally unprepared for the level of Lana-hate and Chloe-love.  I guess 
I knew that Lana was not generally adored by the fandom (and she is a 
bit of a Mary Sue, so I can understand that), but who in their right 
mind could like Chloe?  Seriously, I think the people at TWoP must have 
the characters mixed up.  *Chloe* is the whiny, manipulative one.  Not 
to mention the one prone to massive, uncalled-for bouts of jealousy.  
Lana might not be the most captivating, nuanced character ever, but at 
least she's *bearable*.  Also, Mack is just not as cute and funny as 
the writers seem to think she is.  That little head-tilt quirk she has 
drives me batty.  And the Trunk O' Sidekickiness?  Lame, lame, lame.  
IMO, she's the perfect example of what happens when new writers in a 
mythology get too attached to their OCs.

. . . Had a bit of a rant there, didn't I?  *blushes*

Anyway . . . Lexmas.  Definitely delivered on generally holiday 
cheesiness, but Rosenbaum was excellent, as per usual.  I wasn't 
expecting to like the Lex/Lana SHIP, but it actually got to me, a 
little bit (although I think that was largely due to the ever-so-rare 
Happy!Lex, which kills me every time).  Although . . . he's loved her 
since she was fourteen?  Uh, okay, Lex.

Laura (who doesn't know quite what to make of the new season.)