FDK goes here .

Ah yes. It's done.

Thank you again to everyone!

SED, the next fic in this series, will be posted before too long. I'm thinking probably after Kerth voting ends. Because I'm going to have reading to do too . Hopefully by then I'll have enough of a buffer that I can post fairly frequently, even if not daily .

That said...

Below are the previews. Some of the chapters aren't numbered and that's because I did skip some because it wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote some later stuff. And, of course, it's all subject to change... And not just chapter numbers .

Chapter 1 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 6 Chapter ?? Chapter ?? Chapter ?? Thanks again everyone!

Carol

Aww! That's a very sweet ending, almost melt-worthy! (Can't melt at work, bad for my image) And those previews are very intriguing!

It's a girl!
Awwww.... Sweet WAFF with a cherry on top. Loved the ending.

As for the previews, I couldn't grasp what it will be about. But something caught my eye:

'Our' Lois hasn't a Mom, so this is Lois from the other universe? Are the previews about different universes? So much teasing added to UP withdrawal isn't good for my sanity. Post it soon, please? Pretty please? <insert puppy dog eyes>

Andreia

I loved how Clark went to the other universe at the end. I didn't see that coming. And for our Sam to be able to see Ellen again was touching.

I enjoyed the end, mostly because I know there's more coming! I am very curious to see what goes on in the other universe with that Lois and Clark.

I loved how Christopher had figured out the secret and knew that it was a secret! Can't keep anything from those super-powered kids...

And very convenient to have a universe/time-hopping device and know how to use it. I see potential for many stories to come!

Thanks for the story! I'm going to miss my daily fix!

Amber

/whispers/

Couldn't she mean Martha/Jonathan? Maybe she's started calling them Mom/Dad. Dunno how far into the future this might be.

/ends whispers/

More later .

Carol [who doesn't want to get everyone's hopes up for a fic with the other L/C - there's snippets in my head that aren't yet on the screen...]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I think prev1 and 3 are from our universe with the other LnC.

Michael

I'm extremely tired and have little time, but...

What a sweet ending! Awwww!!!!

I loved that Clark and Lois had a daughter and named her after Ellen. (All right, they named her after Lara and Lucy too, but...) I loved that Clark showed Ellen in the other universe a picture of little Ellie. I loved that Sam saw that other Ellen, and could tell her that he still missed and loved 'his' Ellen.

I loved how sweet little Christopher was when Clark and Lois met him again. I loved that he knew that those other Lois and Clark were not his parents, and I loved that he was able to pretend that he thought they were. What a good and wise little boy he is.

I have a problem with the fact that all Kryptonians are telepathic, but only with each other. In the comics, the Kryptonians were not obviously telepathic, although Clark and Lois could contact each other occasionally. To me, this was a wonderful testament to their great affinity and 'soulmateship', so I loved it. In your fic, however, Clark can communicate with all the Vans in all possible timelines and universes, and he will undoubtedly be able to communicate telepathically with his children, too. But, apparently, he will never be able to communicate telepathically with Lois.

Ann

Hm. IIRC, That's kinda how the show itself worked, with the people of New Krypton being telepathic. Though there, I don't know what the restrictions were on who they were telepathic with; I remember a scene where Zara was giving some kind of mental PA anouncement, and Jimmy somehow managed to interrupt it/blunder into it.

Hmm... On the show, iirc, there was the I love you thing at the VERY end of S3, but I'd say that was more cliffhanger than actually creating canon if that makes sense.

I think in OTOH either Clark or Van/Bernie said something about not being telepathic with humans but being able to sense strong emotions from those they are very close to [and/or have bonded with because of their physical relationship] etc unless actively blocking them, either consciously or unconsciously, which Clark realized he'd been doing with Lois, but it hasn't been actively revisited.

In the kitchen when Lois first meets Ellen, Clark can feel her tears. That kind of thing.

I kind of go with Nan's Home type theory in that sense. Though in her Dagger series, at least one human has been able to get on the wavelength with Kryptonians; he's bonded to one of the girls iirc.

Anyway, that's kind of how I see it...

I'll be rereading OTOH [again!] in the hopes of getting it to Labby before the Kerth noms come out b/c I won't have time to reread it after that and will make sure there's something about that in there.

More later! Thanks!

Carol

I'm really glad the new baby was a girl.

I'm also glad that Clark showed Ellen the pictures of the new baby, and Sam got to see Ellen, even if it wasn't HIS Ellen.

As far as the "other" Lois and Clark, I'd like to know what happens to them, but I have to say I'd be hestiant to read the story as well.
Why?

Because people on this site want to see Lois and Clark together, at least at the end of the story. That makes sense, when you look at the NAME, after all.
Really, I've always had trouble with seeing Lois and Clark with other people as well. (I said as much to Carol at the beginning of OTOH. Also one of the reasons why I refues to watch Smallville.)

But that being said, I can't hope the "other" Lois and Clark get together in the end. I don't believe in divorce unless there is a very good reason for it. I realize that techically, Clark is alrea
dy divorced to Lana and married to Lois, but that wasn't HIS CHOICE - OR EVEN HIM THAT MADE VOWS TO LOIS. He DID make vows to Lana.

I don't have problem with Lois divorcing Lex (assuming she married him), because that was obviously mental, if not eventaully physical abuse.
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I don't have a problem with Clark divorcing Lana in "Clark Kent This is Your Life" because,
even though Lana did believe she had reasons for doing what she did, she WAS mentally and physically abuvsive as well.


But Lana and Clark in the "UP universe" have no such problems. Yes, she doesn't want him being Superman. (although I would wonder if she would change her mind after seeing the response Clark got. Canon Jonathan warmed up to Superman as well, after all.) But that's not an unworkable obsticale. No, they don't have a perfect marriage, but guess what? NO MARRIAGE IS PERFECT! Even Lois and Clark's marriage (canon or otherwise), is not perfect. That doesn't make it unworkable.


So I can't read a story about having a good marriage go bad just to get Lois and Clark together. I'm also not sure I want to read a story about them happily involved with other people.


Regardless, though, I liked UP.

Well, it made me cry AT WORK. Thanks for such a great story. I'm eager to see how the other universe's Lois and Clark fix the mess made of their lives-- or if they consider it a mess anymore.

Wow i started this story, then had to read the first one. Very creative, i wish I could write as fast as you (I'm slowly getting out Chapter 18 of Reflections). Anyway, enjoyed this story (these stories), great job.

Max

Bwaaaaaaah

Okay I'm not literally crying because it's just been that long of a day, but this:

is what would have done it for me! (I may cry later.)

*happy melt*
GREAT sequel, and shammmme on getting me strung out on all sorts of previews already! Looking forward to the next one.
JD

Okay - I'm back .

Karen - glad you didn't melt at work and that you enjoyed it!

Andreia - Yep, it's a girl! Please keep your sanity! Really. You should. I will post soon. Probably right after Kerth voting ends because I need more buffer and I'll have lots of reading to do once noms come out .

Amber - I really liked Sam seeing Ellen and Christopher, too! As for time/universe hopping, I see it as one of those rare occasion, emergency only things not the 'let's take a vacation to an alternate universe' things.

Michael - ah - only time will tell!

Ann - Glad you liked it! I love Christopher too! [See other posts regarding telepathy ]

Queenie - Thank you! Now get back to writing your fic [seriously - she's got a great one in the works!]

Sara - From what I understand, Lana is gone for good on Smallville . That said, we don't *know* the Clark and Lana in the UP universe. All we know is what others told Lois and Clark [they were starting to try to get pregnant, she and Lois didn't get along because she wanted Clark home while Lois wanted him to investigate with her type stuff] so we have no idea what kinds of problems they might have [though abuse does seem a bit far fetched]. No, no marriage is perfect, but there are those that become unworkable for any number of reasons. Generally speaking, I don't like the divorce thing at all either. I'm curious though, if the UP L/C got back and the divorce hadn't gone through yet and Lana still refused to let Clark be Superman, would that be enough for you and Clark needs to be just like we see 'our' Clark needing to help long before he became Superman?

rkn - sorry to make you cry at work . Glad you liked it.

Max - I'm amazed you've gotten any writing done if you were trying to work your way through these monstrosities! [well, really only OTOH would count as a monstrosity but when you put them together...] Glad you enjoyed them!

JD - glad you liked it! Sorry to get you strung out . Don't cry!

Thanks again everyone!

Carol

Tempus is far more diabolical than I gave him credit for. He never meant to break up the OTOH Clark and Lois. No, his goal was to destroy the lives of the other Clark and Lois. After all, they were only friends, but now they've had to pretend to be married and parents together for four and a half months. When they get back "home," Joe will be dating someone else and Lana will be divorced from Clark. Oh, and they'll still be married, too, but legally now, whether they took those vows or not.

It's one thing to mess with one Lois and Clark. It's another one entirely to completely destroy another universe's L&C. I don't know how they could be together knowing that they were forced into their current life by their dopplegangers. And when everyone tells them what wonderful people the "other" Lois and Clark are, they'll have a perfect opportunity to resent their counterparts - and each other. Without that interference, they could have remained friends and colleagues for life and helped establish Utopia. Now? They won't want to stay in the same room with each other.

No, this was the evil scheme. Now Tempus may have broken a Lois and Clark relationship for ever. No way he leaves a help screen in his time-travel device if he doesn't want anyone to use it to fix what he's done! He counted on the "original" L&C to eventually go home, but not until they'd turned their duplicates' lives upside down and broken them pretty much beyond repair.

Not only is Carol evil, she's terribly sneaky, too.

Carol, thank you for another fantastic fic! I did not comment on every chapter but checked every day for the updates. I am so glad that Clark finally really came to his senses. I think it was a great test of Clark's love for Lois when he woke up in Lana's arms as her husband, but still wanted t be back with Lois. And he passed!

The intimate conversations were so romantic and sensual. I frequently read certain parts over and over and over again, because they were so--sweet--for a lack of a better term.

I have to admit that the time travel made me dizzy and I didn't even attempt to try to tell one universe from the other. But I did understand the F1 thing and it was great!

Again, thank you for sharing, Carol and as always, you rock!

~Sheila

just so you know, the wonderful ending to a wonderful story has left me in constant withdrawal. I really love your stories and want to thank you for them!

Terry, Sheila and Sarah -

I'm not terribly coherent at the moment. I've got strep and feel like Lois after a night at the Sewage Reclamation Plant.

I did want to say thank you . The comments last night/today made my morning this morning since I do feel like... well, you know.

Terry - I'm afraid you give me way too much credit or blame - whichever!

Sheila - The time travel made me dizzy and gave me more headaches than I care to admit. And I rock? Thank you!

Sarah - I'm so sorry for the withdrawal but do hope to start posting the next story in this series after Kerth voting is over... If I can get more of it written by then...

Thanks guys!
Carol

Hi Carol,

Finally, I managed to finish the story!! Yay, I like how you resolve the situation even if it wasn't possible to restore Ellen and Lucy to life in their own dimension.

Great work.
Cheers,
Lote

Yes, it's been online for 4 years, but I'm just reading this now. The first story (OTOH) messed with my sleeping schedule over Memorial Day weekend! See what you did....

Anyway, I've enjoyed the stories. Making Clark a Cardinals fan was *great*....I am up to where Lois has to wear a Yadi jersey to a Met/STL game and am laughing at a *very* grumpy Lois. LOL!!! I was waiting for the Kiss Cam when she was there wearing the Metros jersey I should have known you were a Cards fan by all the detail.

Anyway, I thought you'd like to know there are still people reading the fic after all this time. Good job!!