Interesting points from both sides here. I tend to agree with Lex and Clark as far as what happening with the factory being the best Lionel could have done under the circumstances. Well, I say that, but I suppose I should clarify that had Lionel really thrown his weight behind it, he probably could have gotten the factory reopened sooner, but at the end of the day, Plant #3 represents one very small part of a multi-national multi-billion dollar corporation and as CEO of that corporation, there are a limited number of shits he can give about this one factory. That's not spite, that's just good time management. On the other hand, Jonathan and Martha are right about the whole thing smacking of dishonesty and Lionel being Not A Very Nice Person.
That being said, there's absolutely no reason Lex shouldn't take the inheritance, assuming doing so creates no obligation on himself (It wouldn't be a bad idea for Martha to get her father or someone he knows that's more versed in inheritance law if it's not his forte to look over the will first). Sure, maybe that money was built on underhanded methods, but it's primarily because of that that the money s better off with Lex, who will use it to fund his college education, research that doesn't (excessively) push ethical boundaries, and likely help pay off his parent's mortgage and get himself his own independent living arrangements, than with Lionel who will likely see the money as a reward for his underhanded methods and a good reason to fund more of them. And Lionel is right, (*gasp*) if you really feel that bad about where the money is coming from, then take it from Lionel and give it to charity for the benefit of people that those underhanded methods have hurt.
*lol Glad that both sides of the thinky argument worked for you there :)
*nods* Agreement. Hopefully Martha will talk Jonathan into being reasonable about it. ;) (It would be better, of course, if Lionel had not been rewarded with receiving that money in the first place, but such is fanfic-life, le sigh.)
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