Pete Ross Sounds Off

From The Smallville Torch:

THE DEFINITION OF A FRIEND?
By Pete Ross

Sometimes I wonder what the requirements are to count someone as a "friend." Are people too free with putting others in that category or am I being a cynic?

To me, a friend is someone who's been there for me over the years, through thick and through thin--someone who picks me up when I'm down. But then, I see other people who hang out with someone once or twice, and they assume that person is a friend for life. I have to really know someone inside and out before I can accept that person as a true friend.

It kind of gets to me when I see someone I know deeming someone their new "best friend" while completely leaving old friends behind. They should know that their longtime friends will always be there, and the "flavor of the week" might not be all that they seem.

Huh. All the things we know Pete is feeling but that never quite get said or are just barely touched upon in the show.

Which raises the question: are the "official" sites like the Torch and The Smallville Ledger to be considered canon sources? In my opinion, yes. They also can serve as a pretty good double-check as to what is officially known in Smallville versus what select characters and we the audience know really happened.

Oh, and from the Silly File -- one of the Letters to the Editor mentions that there's a Lemaris Pond in Smallville. Cheesy and fishy!