Emily grew up in a life of disappointment time after time she had to face challenging things that she couldn't quite understand and in order to understand she had to grow up early. She had to face things like divorce and even found out the reason she was alive was because her biological mother didn't want to get a job. Lena has had a life of betrayal and there is no doubt why. her older brother is Lex Luthor infamous for trying to kill superman and hurting so many people and trying to kill her as well him claiming that superman made him do it.Her mother Lillian Luthor was leader of CADMUS an organization that's sole purpose was to wipe aliens off face of the Earth. Both have mother issues what happens when an encounter involving coffee happens