You are at least partly misunderstanding me, Alcyone. Because I wouldn't have started a thread if the new deathfic had been, for once, a Clark deathfic. It's the insistence of the idea that Lois has to die so that readers can enjoy the catharsis of fictional death through Clark's eyes that gets to me more than anything. What's wrong with having Clark die and watching Lois find peace afterwards? Is it, perhaps, that Clark's death, unlike Lois's death, would be too big a loss to be cathartic?
Ann
