I've been doing some thinking into that. Lana claims that she wants to leave Smallville and put all that behind her, but she kept finding excuses not to leave. In Smallville, she's the poor girl who lost her parents (though, you'd think a lot of people lost loved ones on the day of the first meteor shower). She carried a necklace that reminded both herself and others of her parents deaths. If she left for Metropolis or anywhere else, she would no longer be the poor girl who lost her parents, but just like everyone else. She'd vanish in the crowd (and there's bound to be girls with more tragic stories than her). The necklace would mean nothing to nobody else. For some reason, when I think about Lana constantly reminding people about her parents, I find myself picturing a little girl, who is given free candy, because the store owner felt sorry for her. Teaching her that her suffering would get her candy. As time passed, this type of thing began to happen less and less, as everyone moved on. So, she started reminding people about the death of her parents, to ensure things stayed the way it had been before. She may not have been the one who permitted the photo of her, after the meteor shower, to be put on the cover of magazines (pretty sure Nell would've had to have given the papers permission to do that; So, that's one more negative thing. She allowed her niece's tragedy to be splashed on the cover of national newspapers), but some part of her crave the attention the incident brought her.
As she departs Smallville, she leaves the possibility of attention behind her. She's not longer the poor girl who lost her parents, but just another teenager. While writing, this I'm realizing I can probably connect Lana giving herself super powers to a craving for attention. She did it after Clark became world known as the "Red-Blue Blur". Showing her a way, to acquire attention outside of Smallville. So, she returns to Smallville, gives herself super powers and then wants to work alongside Clark, hoping that some of the attention he gets will rub off on her.
As she departs Smallville, she leaves the possibility of attention behind her. She's not longer the poor girl who lost her parents, but just another teenager. While writing, this I'm realizing I can probably connect Lana giving herself super powers to a craving for attention. She did it after Clark became world known as the "Red-Blue Blur". Showing her a way, to acquire attention outside of Smallville. So, she returns to Smallville, gives herself super powers and then wants to work alongside Clark, hoping that some of the attention he gets will rub off on her.
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