Hello, all. Thanks for letting me join. I recently found my way back to this show after not watching it since I was a kid in the 90s, and I'd really love to join in on this community to keep the fun going by getting into fanfic.
Hi, welcome to the boards.
First of all, please don't hate me right off the bat, but I'm very much an oddity as a fan. In fact, I'm not sure there is another fan quite like me because I never liked Lois all that much and really kind of shipped Clark with the lovely Mayson Drake. Didn't much like Lois on Smallville, the fandom I belonged to after Lois and Clark, either. I wanted Clark with Lana Lang on that show.
Well, if it's Smallville you're basing Lois off of then that might be part of the issue. Comics, Lois Lane (Teri Hatcher, Margot Kidder, even Amy Adams) in live-action films and the beloved TV Series do a great romance portrayal of the duo. I personally prefer Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain's portrayal. (Personally never a fan of Smallville).
I just could never get into Lois as a character. She was snobby and rude, and I couldn't even get behind respecting her as a great reporter because she not only couldn't see through Clark's disguise but was fooled by Lex's true character, as well.
She was rude and hard around the edges but as the show went on the hard shell did come down (I'm assuming we're talking about the LnC series) and show the character development of both her and Clark.
Those things kind of made me more apt to agree with Tempus on the whole "galactically stupid" thing. And speaking of Lex, the whole almost married to Superman's greatest enemy thing didn't endear me to Lois, either. I could go on more, but I know you are all fans, so I'll stop there.
Season 2 was really one of the best seasons. There's the whole romantic comedy mixed with will they or won't they and the heart-wrenching OMG, no throwing things at the television screen. Season 3 was equally great with a few eps I could live without, but they really did get better throughout the series. I would encourage you to sit down and watch and see how it all played out as there are plenty of fun bits with Dean and Teri and lots of fun Jimmy and Perry scenes that are a lot of fun.
Mayson, on the other hand, struck me as more of what Lois was supposed to be: brilliant and tough as nails. Plus, she liked Clark for Clark and wasn't mooning after Superman. I know some might jump in here to add that Mayson was just as guilty as Lois of only loving one half of the man, but I actually found Mayson's dislike of Superman to be an intriguing plot point for a love interest, whereas Lois' disinterest in Clark just frustrated me. Plus, Mayson was blonde like me, so I guess that was another reason I related to her more.
Here's the big issue with that whole dynamic with Clark and Mayson. (Not sure how far in Season 2 you got) Lois liked Clark - even if it was just as a friend. Lois loved Superman. She accepted both sides of him. Mayson hated Superman. Mayson liked Clark. The
real Clark Kent is not one or the other but both men as later on Lois and his parents are the only ones to truly see him as himself (spoiler alert See Season 3 & 4 for context). If Mayson couldn't accept Superman then by relation she could never accept the
real Clark Kent. (side note: For me, Mayson came across as way too forward and just not getting the hint from Clark that it was just not happening (i.e. we've never been on a date yet but hey come to the mountains with me...))
Anyways, I love the show, love Dean Cain, love Superman and superheroes in general, and enjoy reading and writing. I hope to get involved here and make lots of friends.
You're in great company. We all have the different parts of the show we love / hate/ like to rewrite to our heart's content because cannon totally botched it (coughCloneArcDanScardinoMaysonLexLuthorcough)...
Welcome!
