Lex Luthor"Against other things, it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death, we human beings all live in an unwalled city." Do you know who said that?
Please, Lex, you don't have to do this.
Lex
I'm doing this for us, for the entire human race. Listen down below. They're already cheering. And it was Epicurus, by the way. An aphorism 230 years old, and yet still as apt as ever.
You sound like a freshman philosophy major, and you're gonna kill millions of people. The world can't live under a red sun.
Lex
Neither can Superman. You see, sis, we as a people have become soft and fat, and stupid. [calls are made on a loudspeaker for him to surrender; he taps his watch, and an explosion is heard] Where was I?
My god, Lex, you killed them.
Lex
Oh, that's right. Uh, we must put faith in ourselves, but instead, we look up to him, with big, glassy eyes because we think he's invincible. But it's my duty to dispel the world of that notion. And when he dies, they will finally wake up and see him for what he really was, a false god.
At least he's a good man.
Lex
HE IS NOT A MAN! I was the man of tomorrow, not him! Not him!
Lex
[surrendering as armed soldiers enter] No, it's science. I want to see if the Kryptonian pretender can bleed. Even gods can die. You'll see. Everyone will see. And then, they're gonna thank me.
Lex
They call this a mercy furlough.
Thank you, officer. That'll be all.
Lex
They never let me out of their sight. As if I'd run away like a dog set loose from his leash.
Lex
Of course I would. But I can't. I'm numb top to bottom. My guts are in knots, there's blood in my...
Lex
Did I ever tell you about my dog, Ignatius? Before you joined our family, he was my closest companion. And when I was seven, he had to be put down.
If you're gonna continue to compare James to your dying dog, I'm not sure I'm gonna be amenable to your point.
Lex
I wanted to be there for the procedure. But Mother insisted that I go on a business trip with Father. She thought I was being too sentimental.
Lex
That's my mom. A trip with Father, that sounds like something that ordinarily would've pleased me. But on this particular trip, he brought a woman with him, and insisted that she go everywhere with us. [coughing] So, here I was, seven years old, dog dying, Father ignoring me.
Is there a point to this story?
Lex
At first, I swore to loathe this woman. How dare she take my father from me at the moment I needed him most? But I couldn't keep my promise. Because she was wonderful. She was so kind to me. On the day they put Ignatius down, she embraced me, and sang me this beautiful Irish song. By the end of the trip, I wished that she was my mother.
But she wasn't your mother.
Lex
She was yours. I want you to know with certainty that while I came from poison, you came from love. And if the rest of this family stands steadily in darkness, you will always fall into the light. I knew that from the moment I met her.
Wow. Nice prison you got here.
Lex
It's for conjugal visits. But still, after this, it's back to concrete and iron.
Lex
Stryker's is a petri dish. Bottle city. I've even managed to teach some of the inmates chess. I like mentoring.
It's a waste. You're a once-in-a-generation mind, and the only man standing between us and total annihilation.
Lex
I can show her how to master her powers and help you contain her.
MDMinister of Defense
I know you're the man for the job. Lex Luthor; foremost specialist on everything Krypton. You will make her Kaznia's weapon, hmm?
Lex
She'll hate whomever you want. Operant conditioning is a specialty of mine. But you'll need to follow my instructions to the letter. Can't break a Kryptonian, but maybe we can bend one.
MDMinister of Defense
And for this?
Lex
Money, as discussed.
Not as liquid as he used to be.
MDMinister of Defense
I warn you, you are only a consultant.
Lex
Cross my heart.
Lex
You've read that one more than the others. Gatsby. Why?
It's beautiful. Lush. I, uh... I think that's the word. The language... it's hard to even imagine the world that way.
Lex
I didn't give it to you because it's pretty. This is a book about vapid, profligate fools. Money is always acquired at someone else's expense.
But you have money. You must. The way you come and go...
Lex
I do. Because it is their weapon. The way their world works. Read it again.
Lex
Paper tigers.
Lex
Chinese idiom. Paper tigers threaten, but are destroyed easily. Kaznia wants to move on the U.S. They're crazier than Russia. They wanna bring back the glory days of the Soviet Union.
Lex
I don't care about their politics. Regimes change. Kings die. But if Kaznia attacks America, and I foil the attack, America will hail me as a hero. To do that, I'm gonna need patsies in both the East and the West. So, Otis, fetch your sister and find me a real American. Someone charismatic, a radical.
I think I know just the guy, Mr. Luthor. Name's Ben Lockwood, seems smart.
Lex
I'm glad someone does.
Lex
Back to Stryker's. Prison's the best alibi the world has yet devised, and I'm about to need a lot of alibis.
Why don't we have a cup of tea while Lex tells us why he summoned us here?
He summoned us here to gloat.
Lex
You think so little of me, Lena. It hurts. I'm a sentimental guy. I didn't do all of this for me, I did it for us. I mean, look, we all know if I wanted you two dead, you wouldn't be treading on the presidential seal having a tea party. Everything I've done has been strategic to lead up to this very moment. The Luthor name cleared. Our family poised to take its rightful place in history.
And what exactly are we poised to do?
Lex
Revolutionize energy worldwide. I'm rounding up aliens and harnessing their power to be used and sold; sort of like supercharged disposable batteries.
Lex
Vile and viable. As another world leader once said, "I don't see why men shouldn't be as cruel as nature."
Try not to quote Hitler in public, dear. It'll hurt the brand.
Lex
How are you alive? How did you do it?
How do you think I did it? I'm Supergirl.
Lex
Just like your cousin. No matter how many times I stamp you out, you miraculously resurface with your glossy cape and your perfect hair.
Let me let you in on a little secret, Lex. Truth and justice always prevail.
Lex
[laughs] You and your cousin are such saps.
If you do this, it's genocide. The public will find out the truth, and when they do...
Lex
The truth is meaningless. The people of Earth believe I am their savior. They needed a human hero, and I fulfill that need. Nothing will ever change their minds. Facts are irrelevant. All that matters is spin. People are so stupid, they don't even read. And even when they do, they certainly don't think. I am the leader of this nation now, and nothing can stop me.
Lex
So, you remember everything?
Of course I remember everything! I killed you!
Lex
Yes, that's right, you killed me. But that is in the past. Because I'm back now, and I forgive you.
What are you talking about? What is happening?
Lex
Well, it was, uh... sort of a Crisis.
It was an... antimatter wave.
Lex
Ah, yes.
Alex and I worked together.
Lex
Mmm-hmm.
We built a portal... The wave still came.
Lex
Yes, and billions were lost and the multi-verse collapsed, and it was all every interesting. What matters now is that a very powerful person brought me back to life to help. But I refused to do so, unless he promised that you would make through okay, and you have, with your noggin intact.
You gambled the fate of the entire multi-verse to get your own way?
Lex
It gets better. In this new world, we work side by side as Luthor Corp and the DEO to make the world a better place.
Lex
No, no, you're in a new reality. To the outside world, we're billionaire philanthropists. It's the perfect cover.
I want nothing to do with you.
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