I enjoyed this a lot.
I'm glad that Diana was the exception and not the rule of her feminist, matriarchal society. In my opinion, you simply can't have a matriarchy which is based on violence as a means of settling conflicts. Once you agree that violence can be used to to pick a winner, you have doomed the matriarchy. The simple reason for that is that women who use violence to settle conflicts will always, always lose to men who use violence - and then there will be no matriarchy any more, as the men will take over.
But I enjoyed your portrait of the Queen and several other Amazons.
I really enjoyed seeing Lois and Clark together, too. So Lois is going to work as an editor - well, why not?
Must admit that I half expected Lois to become pregnant. I mean, she was full of almost-magical herbal medicine when she and Clark made love on that island - shouldn't we expect some sort of outcome from that??
In any case, Terry, this has been a wild ride and a great ride. Like Tank, I really did enjoy Lois's foolhardy but wonderful courage. Thanks for writing this fic!
Ann
