Lex Luther & The Crime of Telling the Truth

Lex said “bitter ex.” I heard “queen with receipts."

So, there’s this moment in the new Superman movie I can’t stop thinking about.

Lex Luthor had built this terrifying little prison tucked away in a pocket dimension. It was crawling with villains from every universe you can imagine. Pure nightmare fuel.

And then the camera pans and there she is.

Not a monster. Not an alien overlord.

One of his ex-girlfriends.

She was beautiful. She did not belong there.

Her crime? She wrote a blog about him after they broke up.

Lex sneered, “I can’t stand bitter exes.”

And with that, he tossed her into eternal exile alongside mass murderers and galactic tyrants.

The audience laughed.

I sat there thinking: isn’t that just the way?

A man builds an empire of lies,

and the moment a woman dares to tell the truth,

she’s the villain.

Her story felt deeply familiar to me.

Blog. Abusive ex-boyfriend.

Punishment. Exile.

Weird.

Note to self: never underestimate how much a supervillian will fear your Wi-Fi connection.