Tag: Lex Luthor

Fans had been waiting for a surprise cameo on Peacemaker season 2 and we got it. Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor was featured in episode 6 after Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo) goes to see him. But one line has the internet turning into detectives. Sort of.

Lex Luthor is talking to Rick about his time at Belle Reeve when he says the following: “You have the Justice Gang and Superman determining international politics. Meanwhile, I’m here in Belle Reeve listening to a bear-sized man with dragon skin butt-f****** a glowing twink with cartoon eyes in the cell beside me every night. I did everything I could to eradicate the metahuman blight and now I’m enshrouded in it for the next…what did the judge say? 265 years.”

While people were going back and forth on Lex Luthor talking about a sexual act like that, others focused on the two characters he could have been talking about. Priorities. And you’d be surprised how complicated it is to figure out which one is which. There are plenty of characters it could be but it seems the consensus has fallen to two characters in particular so let’s talk about their new relationship in the DCU.

The bear-sized man with dragon skin

When it comes to a man with “dragon” skin, the answer is seemingly Killer Croc. Now, we’ve seen Killer Croc in live-action before in Suicide Squad, played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. He lived in the sewers and wore a hoodie. But in the DCU, he may have found love in the hopeless place known as Belle Reeve.

In the comics, he does have a relationship at times with Enchantress but hey, that’s okay. Maybe he has just moved on and found happiness locked away with his roommate behind bars. But for the most part, the clues that Lex gave to us through his upset point to Killer Croc as one half of this relationship annoying the LuthorCorp CEO.

The glowing twink with cartoon eyes

Now, a glowing twink with cartoon eyes gets a little more complicated. Many are pointing to Doctor Phosphorus as the other half of this new fan favorite ship but here’s the catch: His skin literally burns people. Does the tough “dragon skin” of his lover withstand his irradiated skin? Is this a match made in Rogue and Magneto heaven?

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Whoever it is who found love at Belle Reeve, we’re happy for them.

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