Omake: #1 on the Light Music chart
Lex Luthor strolled into The Light's meeting chamber and headed to his seat, scrolling through project reports on his phone. He was somewhat early for the meeting in which they would formally induct their newest member, Prince Grayven, but he was not the first to arrive, both Ra's al Ghul and The Brain were already present.
As Lex took his chair, Brain spoke. "Judging by the tune you are humming, I assume you've seen Grayven's latest media outing?"
Luthor chuckled, "Indeed. Judging by the number of hits it has, he's managed to improve his standing with the American populance even more by showing himself to engage in a 'normal' pastime like karaoke. And the news that he actually simply hangs out at a bar of all things is further endearing him to the common man."
"Bah," muttered Ra's, "what use is the adoration of the unwashed masses to him, or us? I am more interested in the females that were accompanying him. Do we know anything of them?"
"According to a news report which interviewed several of the bar's regular patrons, the younger one is his daughter," stated Brain, 'which likely means she is also from Apokalypse. The other woman had not been seen there previously and we've been unable to identify her as yet."
Lex shook his head at Ra's. "You aren't looking at the big picture. Ever since he broadcast his execution of Klarion, he's been looked upon as the champion of anyone who lost a child to the Ranoake Incident, not just in America but around the world. By then publicly, if politely, splitting from the Justice League, he then began to erode their public support. People associate him as taking the 'right' path, the path that will protect them and theirs from threats like Klarion. Which means since he's not with the League, that they are by default not on the best path. The more people follow his influence, the more support trickles away from the League."
"Indeed. My monitoring of discussion forums has detected a slowly increasing view of the Justice League as 'naive, (if well intentioned)' when it comes to dealing with major threats. He is becoming a factor in American politics simply due to his ability to influence the voter base."
"Perhaps, but how could he predict this performance would be recorded?"
"You need to adjust your thinking for the modern era, Ra's. Between his celebrity status and the ubiquitousness of cellphones, it was obvious that there'd be someone willing to video him, especially after doing something as attention getting as a large bubble in a public place. By the time he finished his business within it, people were mad with curiousity. Then he announced a karaoke session giving people time to begin recording."
Smirking, Lex leaned back. "On top of all that, I must admit, I did enjoy his song choice. 'Sometimes darkness can show you the light', indeed."
