The Vanessa slamming is even more perplexing than the Lana hate, because she's barely in the show. And the most objectionable think I can even think off about the character is that she's sometimes a bit self-righteous, which, hello? How would that even register on a show featuring Dan fucking Humphrey?

YESSS!!! I guess I've been influenced by my villain!knee-jerk reaction of Luthor from the comics, but I could never buy him as the woobie that apparently he was to many SV fans?

Well, I did woobify him sometimes in early seasons, when he still had good intentions and because of the horror that were Lionel's parenting skills. But he goes into full comic book mode in later seasons (and no matter which Lex he's playing, Michael Rosenbaum knocks it out of the park, so I'm happy).