Ann, I'm SO glad that you liked my little scifi movie vs romance novel line.
I was trying to explain how "alien" it felt now, when it used to feel immensely pleasurable - I couldn't find how to explain it any better than that. I'm just thrilled that the comparison worked.
Well, I guess you can trust *this* Superman (and this Clark), Lois. This is not the guy from Superman the Movie, after all!
Hehehe! Glad you caught that. I've been slipping in several silly little references all through this story, I'm happy people notice them.
There's going to be a list of all of them, when I'm done. Some are really very silly!!
Lara, do you know I have been a Lois fan since 1969?
Well, that's a lot longer than me. *lol* I was born precisely 6 months after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. (yeah, don't tell me, I've missed out on LOTS of stuff!) I first started being of fan of Lois (I wanted to BE Lois Lane!) back in the summer of 1981 when I saw Superman II for the first time.
And then, in Superman II, she did find out, and he made love to her.... and then he rejected her, and for good measure, he took away her memory of their lovemaking... and of his double identity! And I just wanted to scream!!!
I can only agree here. I was SO mad at him for doing that, it was unbelievable! I fully expected that they would "live happily ever after" and all that -- I desperately wanted them to! But no, he goes and does that and for the first time in my life, I understood adult women who said that men were pigs. (LOL! I'm sorry for comparing Clark to a pig, but... seriously!!!!!)
So that's why I find it more painful than funny that Perry had figured out Clark's identity when Lois had not.
I don't remember the comics well enough and although I'm sure "movie Perry" would not have figured it out, this version of Perry (in L&C) is known to be very perceptive. So I think it's a fair assumption that he might have figured it out himself. BUT.... who's to say that he's known for longer than Lois has? He may have just figured it out during the course of this story. In fact, I think it's quite plausible that Clark's vague "family emergency" was the one thing that made Perry understand -- Clark suddenly needs to leave, when Superman is asked to go into hiding, and he has no real explanation for it, nor does he know how long he'll be gone. And the next thing Perry knows, Superman is asked to leave the city and Clark resigns...
I'd also like to point out that considering this episode (Man of Steel Bars) is the 9th in S1, my Lois is a LOT less stupid than the one on the show. It only took her a few months to figure it out. Because she did figure it out on her own.
Cause, quite frankly, I have to admit that I'm not all that crazy about "galactically stupid Lois" either. I mean, I know why they did it and I know it's part of what made the first 2 seasons so fun to watch, but it would have been a lot less irritating if she'd known sooner and had spent her time trying to prove that Clark was Superman instead. Definitely less irritating!!!
If it makes you feel any better, one of the stories I'm planning on working on next will have a much less vision impaired Lois in it. And a pretty dense Clark Kent, just to keep the balance. hehe!
Lois is definitely starting to look like she will be the *real* hero in that one, so I've got a feeling you'll get a kick out of that.
