Thanks to the participation of those who answered my call for
help, I was able to create my annual filk in honor of the Kerths. I would post a huge "DON'T READ THIS, KAE!" warning, but since she was there at the ceremony, it would be moot.
I had lots of wonderful Lex deaths to choose from, and the ones that ended up in the filk were chosen for reasons of scansion or meter. For example, Lex-as-sharkbait was such a perfect foil for the original song's "swimming in the sea" that I couldn't resist. And, of course, I
knew I had to use the Mad Professor for the climax!
cue music! Just You Wait, Lexy Luthor! Just you wait, Lexy Luthor, just you wait
You'll be sorry when the FoLCs decide your fate
You'll be shot, your atoms scattered
Or your frozen corpse all battered
Just you wait, Lexy Luthor, just you wait!
Just you wait, Lexy Luthor, for the squeals
When the FoLCs arrange your death beneath the wheels
It might be some clones a-fussing
Or ignominious bussing
Oh ho ho, Lexy Luthor, just you wait!
Ooooooh, Lexy Luthor!
Just you wait until we're flying near the sea
Ooooooh, Lexy Luthor!
And you lose your superpowers next to me.
I'll be off, a happy winner
While a shark has you for dinner!
Oh ho ho, Lexy Luthor!
Oh ho ho, Lexy Luthor!
Just you wait!
Each week we go visiting the archive to see
All the lovely new stories written for LnC.
With the plots A- and B- running nice and complex,
We very often see the villain turns out as Lex.
So the question needs to be begged:
Should Luthor be left live or dead?
We'll turn to dear Lois and ask her to decide
If she likes Lexy prisoned or prefers Lexy fried.
"Thanks a lot," Lois answers with a toss of her head,
"But all I want is... Lexy Luthor dead!"
"Done!" cry the FoLC with a stroke.
"Phil, come and slaughter the bloke!"
Then the Mad Professor makes a special show
DNA grenade and pistol set to go
With a gusto we admire
He shouts, "Ready, aim, FIRE!"
*BOOM*Oh ho ho, Lexy Luthor!
Down you'll go, Lexy Luthor!
JUST! YOU! WAIT!
Credits:
Lex is shot and his atoms scattered in Yvonne Connell's
Fear of Discovery 3.Lex's frozen corpse is found battered on a cliff in Labrat's
Masques.Lex is run over by his own immature clones in Kathy Brown's
Pronounce Away!Lex is run over ignominiously by a bus in Pam Jernigan's
Just Like That.Lex loses his superpowers and literally turns into sharkbait in Wendy Richards'
When Lightning Strikes Twice.Lex is shot with a pistol in the mouth and simultaneously blown up by a DNA-destroying thermite grenade down his trousers in Phil Atcliffe's
Stronger Than Me Alone. That's right, he's not dubbed the Mad Professor for nothing.
