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I've been trying to find a story I read a couple of times, but cannot remember the title nor the author(s).
Here is a very brief description of it:
There is no Superman and Clark does not work in the DP. Perry makes Lois interview this author, which looks like a playboy. He lives in a penthouse. His name is Charles King (I think).
I don't remember if this is an nfic or gfic, but would appreciate if anyone could remind me of it.
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I think the story you might be talking about is Misery by Yvonne Connell It is avaliable on the Fanfic Archive Misery Hope that helps, Rebecca Joy
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Rebecca, that's not it. It was not written in Clark's POV.
In the story, Clark's mother is in a coma in a clinic or hospital, being "treated" by a doctor that has a crush on Clark, after an accident that killed his father.
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malu,
I think that, unfortunately, this was one of Brenda's plagiarised stories that was removed from the archive and the nfic archive. It's no longer available.
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Oh, that might be why I'm not finding it, then.  Thanks, Rebecca and Irene, for your help.  malu
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It definitely sounds like 'Brenda's' story. It never was on the Archive though because it was nfic. LabRat 
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Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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But on the other hand, I think we found the original novel this story was based on... if only I could remember what it was called...
PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."
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Why was it removed? Pelican 
Such a little thing really, a kiss...most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple touching of flesh is taken entirely for granted as a basic human right.
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Pel, as Irene said, it (and several other stories) were removed because Brenda had plagiarised them from published novels.  At first her 'stories' were, we think, some sort of composite of different novels, but as she continued unexposed (though apparently some people did recognise the books and said nothing ) she got more careless. In the end, she copied one book almost word for word, and it was recognised. But this is ancient history now. I think those of us who were involved at the time just want to forget it - it had the very sour effect of making some of us far more suspicious than we wanted to be of other fic. Anyway, Malu, there are plenty of other great stories to read! Wendy
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Yeah, Wendy, there are many other wonderful stories out there, written magnificently by people on these boards  and by others who one day, I'm sure, will join this group (although I'm not one of them and don't think I'll ever match up to these guys ). Keep up the great work, all of you! I'm sorry if, in some way, I resurfaced these memories. I remember when all this happened, and all the discussion that came with it. I just didn't remember that the story was hers. I'm sorry. malu
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Don't apologise, Malu! You couldn't have known that it was the story you had in mind. As Wendy said, it's in the past now, and the only thing we can hope is that this experience will dissuade anyone who might be tempted from plagiarising anything. Kaethel
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- Is that what we are?
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What Kaethel said, Malu! Wendy
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What...oh, see Wendy got in there as I was typing. Definitely no need for an apology, Malu! LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
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Oh... sorry, I overlooked what Irene said, and I actually had to look up the word. A bird that haven't yet flown out of her nest isn't always that well-informed and still has a lot to learn  It's a shame people would do something like that... it destroys the meaning of it all. Pelican
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