It's been one year... my, how time flies..

[Watchtower]

As you guys know, tomorrow is not only Mother's Day, it is the one year anniversary that Smallville ended. Yes, it has been ten years, a whole decade. We've had many good moments together and there will be many more good moments to come, I'm sure. Smallville is one of those rare shows that brings out true emotions of laughter and sadness. I'd like for us to share our stories about finding Smallville, how we began to come together, whether it was on the WB or the CW and then here. We've come a long way.

As a good man said (or at least a ghostly image or him said): Never Forget Smallville.

I found Smallville during season 2 or 3... it was also during the worse times of my home life. But I started watching Smallville, religiously. The show it self was the only hope I had for my life, to be honest. Especially, the character of Chloe Anne Sullivan. I could relate to her from the very beginning. Heck, I even had a Pete, Lana, and a jock version of Clark in highschool. So, I could relate. I basically imitated Chloe (realistically, of course) throughout my life because I did not know who I was. I remember the first day I joined the CW... it was sometime in September I believe. My friends and I had kinda fallen apart. I had only one true friend at that point and I could not see her often. One Thurday, I was watching Smallville and I saw an ad for cwtv.com. Now, obviously, I was curious... so while at the library the next day, I checked it out and joined shortly afterwards. The CW was my first online home. I had joined as NiChloe16 then later changed it to MissNiChloe.


I'd like to say that God helped me find this show then the community of friends at the right time. I honestly don't know where I'd be if I hadn't found you guys when I did. I am thankful that all of you are in my life today. I guess you could say the character of Chloe helped me to realize who I was... before I even joined this community, I was like a little girl, lost in the world. You see, for someone with a disability, we need positive role models. I never had that, so I used Chloe Sullivan. It's also why I changed my plan to be a teacher or reporter to be a psychologist. So, this whole decade is just full of bittersweet moments for me, but honestly, I wouldn't want to change a thing.

[Kimba116]

Isn't it amazing the power that one show can do?

Idr exactly when i started to watching SV or whether i started watching it b/c i also watched Charmed but i have indeed shared the show with others.
First, i watched all the seasons with my mom and am now sharing SV with S. Actually, the time before last that i had gone to his house, i had brought SV season 9 and left it there to watch when i returned. The little shit decided to start watching it without me. Well, in return, i watched episode 3 (He had been falling asleep to episode 2) without him. Take that. Yup. He was downstairs at the time and i came downstairs when i was done.

In fact, this now gives me a reason to buy the the final season as i don't have it yet.

[KyleEl]

I had no real interest in Superman. I had seen reruns of the George Reeves series years ago, but the movies didn't interest me.

Then Teri Hatcher shined on those commercials for this new ABC series called "Lois and Clark". I found her irresistible and enjoyed that series a lot. From that point on, I decided I would watch live-action versions of the story.

"Superman III" had Richard Pryor. I really like him in that movie. I wasn't all that crazy about Superman himself and definitely not Lois. Lana was gorgeous.

Then I heard about this new version of the story where Clark was a teenager and decided to try it out. I saw every episode except the one where Lana was a vampire, and thanks to syndicated reruns eventually saw that one too. I didn't necessarily enjoy everything about the series, but Lex was fascinating and Clark's development enjoyable to watch. I knew Jonathan from "Dukes of Hazzard" and "Dr. Quinn" and I liked him and Martha. Eventually I liked Chloe too, and Lana was cute. Lionel later became as fascinating as his son. And finally, Lois evolved into something even better than Teri's version of the character, if such a thing were possible.

During the second season, I discovered something that enhanced my enjoyment of the series, which I eventually enjoyed even more than the show itself. As I attempted to comment on another WB show, I discovered discussions about this show online, with amazing amounts of detail and interesting arguments. The people's names changed, from Tyrrath and BibleThumper to Josie8 and Lolitagirl, but the discussions remained fascinating.