Thank you so much for your comments. You guys make my day. If you'd rather imagine Micheal Rosenbaum, please be my guest. I had John Shea's interpretion in mind when I wrote this. But I loved the interaction between Clark and Lex, which is still what I like best about Smallville. I'm not that much a fan of the show, I admit.
Perhaps the Lex I had in mind will become more obvious as the story develops.
Maybe the Lex you had in mind will show more as the story proceeds currently Lex (at least) thinks they are long lost friends/buds and that they had some sort bonding situation in the past. That makes more sense in the Smallville universe where Lex and Clark are only a few years apart in age. In the Lois and Clark universe the two are closer to twenty years apart in age and would have little in common hence less reason to 'hang out' together. This is why I (and evidently others) see the Smallville Lex/Clark dynamic more clearly than the L&C Lex/Clark dynamic at least so far in the story.
Mike
