Dan Liebke’s Astonishing Tales

Funny, isn’t it, how a character previously unseen can go from not at all hated to universally loathed by all sane viewers within one hundred short episodes. Or, if not funny, certainly very tedious and stupid indeed.

Let’s see how Lana went from reasonably likable to an object of hatred and scorn, huh?

How do I hate thee, Lana, let me count the ways

Highlights and Lowlights of the First 100 Episodes

There are numerous periods where Lana grew slowly more and more worthy of one’s loathing (see Season 4 for example), but there are some specific points where she made huge strides worthy of extra despising. The graph above shows those points. And, to be fair, it also shows those few points where she pegged back the loathing somewhat. We are nothing if not fair when it comes to our venomous hatred.

• Episode #4 (Season 1, Episode 4) - Dabbles in lesbian romance with Morph Lass - low point of hatred!
• Episode #11 (Season 1, Episode 11) - Falls off a horse like an idiot
• Episode #13 (Season 1, Episode 13) - Begins to save The Talon
• Episode #14 (Season 1, Episode 14) - Red bikini episode!
• Episode #21 (Season 1, Episode 21) - Gets sucked up by a twister like an idiot
• Episode #26 (Season 2, Episode 5) - Falls for a poetry-wielding kryptovillain
• Episode #30 (Season 2, Episode 9) - Falls for a multiple-body kryptovillain
• Episode #32 (Season 2, Episode 11) - Return of lesbian lover Morph Lass
• Episode #38 (Season 2, Episode 17) - Bizarre sisterly pact with TIAC
• Episode #40 (Season 2, Episode 19) - Faintly erotic slo-mo kick-boxing training
• Episode #42 (Season 2, Episode 21) - Has a small ghost girl as a best friend
• Episode #48 (Season 3, Episode 4) - Skinny-dipping
• Episode #50 (Season 3, Episode 6) - Plays her own great-aunt
• Episode #51 (Season 3, Episode 7) - Falls for a magnetic kryptovillain
• Episode #52 (Season 3, Episode - Gets stomped on by a horse like an idiot
• Episode #55 (Season 3, Episode 11) - Catfight!
• Episode #56 (Season 3, Episode 12) - Defies pre-destined death
• Episode #60 (Season 3, Episode 16) - Defies pre-destined death
• Episode #66 (Season 3, Episode 22) - Decides (for no good reason) to move to Paris
• Episode #69 (Season 4, Episode 3) - More girl-on-girl action
• Episode #74 (Season 4, Episode - Turns into a witch
• Episode #81 (Season 4, Episode 15) - Turns into a witch again
• Episode #86 (Season 4, Episode 20) - Raises an exploding baby like an idiot
• Episode #90 (Season 5, Episode 2) - Shags the Kryptonian
• Episode #93 (Season 5, Episode 5) - Turns into a vampire
• Episode #95 (Season 5, Episode 7) - Turns into an astronomer
• Episode #97 (Season 5, Episode 9) - Defies pre-destined death
• Episode #100 (Season 5, Episode 12) - Defies pre-destined death, Bo dies instead!

Of course, she continued to do loathsome things after episode 100, but once you’re maximally loathed, there’s nowhere else to go…

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