Originally posted by ccmalo:
That's sort of Clark-centric and trivialises the actual process of death - Lois's emotions and physical suffering. It
s her life that she loses. She becomes a prop in these death fics - to show us that Clark Suffers.
This is true; however, one must acknowledge that, female value aside, making the tragedy Clark-centric is simply
easier. As Lois' soul-mate, her death impacts him the most. As a sensitive guy, her death impacts him keenly. As a still-living character, her death impacts him longer. Clark is easy to milk for angst.
Ergo, my comment that the heart of the tragedy is Clark's reaction. That is where you'll get the most meat right away. Making a sufficiently interesting death-fic that somehow does
not center around Clark (whether because he is grieving, or because he is dead and the world must now cope without Superman) would take, I think, substantially more thought and effort.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong; I'm merely saying it is.
