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That was a good story. Does anyone remember the name or author?

Nice to see TicandToc on the boards again! Thank you so much for answering our comments, it is much appreciated.

I just finished reading the story a couple of days ago. I read it a bit slower than I'd wanted to, but between having the flu and being busy at work, I didn't quite have as much reading time as I'd have liked to have had. Having said that, though, the quality of the story made me want to keep reading until I got to the end.

Reading about Lois' childhood made me so sad. Between being an alien from another planet, losing her mother at a young age, and then living in the dysfunctional Lane household, it's no wonder that this Lois developed into Mad Dog Lane. She had even more reason to do so than the Lois Lane from canon.

At the beginning of the story, I didn't originally think that Clark was going to be from Krypton since Lois was. However, I did guess that that plot twist was coming shortly before it was revealed. When it was revealed that Clark and Lois had both come from Krypton, I felt very proud of myself for having caught the clues. However, I was completely caught off guard by Lex being killed off.

I just got to where Lois and Clark think they have learned they are brother and sister. I have to admit if I had not read the spoilers here, I would be tempted to just give up on the story. OK, maybe not, I don't know. Still it seems pretty convincing, although I can guess what Jor-el really meant.

I read this one back as it was posted on the boards and I totally loved it! It's one of the longer stories on the archives, and it requires some adjustment to the image of Lois Lane in our minds, but it's more than worth it. And every time I read about Kinetic/Kinetic Girl I laugh aloud.

This is both a sweet and a powerful story, and any author with this kind of skill should be writing for money, because this is definitely professional quality storytelling. If you haven't finished it, you owe it to yourself to keep going, because it's a wonderful story with its roots in both fairy tales and gritty reality. I wish I could write like this.

Even so, I can read and appreciate it. And I do.

Thanks for telling us about Lois and her dragons in the stable.