FDK goes here.

Many, many thanks!

Corrina.


Oh, and Merry Christmas!!

A satisfying ending! I would have liked to see Clark get his memory back, but it seems to be happening gradually, or at least he's learning very quickly.

Thank you for this wonderful Christmas present!

Awesome!

Many thanks and Merry Christmas... after all that writing you deserve a holiday!

Cheers
Elizabeth

Oooo, the first tiff as a married couple. And it could be even worse than the whole ‘multiple wives thing’.

Well, Earth still doesn’t have a Supreme Ruler and now that Nor won’t be coming, this position is still available…

“No wife o‘ mine will work.” /grunts and adjusts legwear/ “Za stayed home and so will you.” /grunts again/
SCNR *g*
Or the alternative:
Lois finally manages to outdo Cat. Not only was she dating a head of state, no, now she’s actually gotten herself a kept boy-toy. And a frat boy to beat

Besides, there’s the ever handy life-saving option. Which, by the way, will do wonders for keeping their marriage alive. At least, the female part.

Or Lois really, *really* wants to know. Reporting with Lois is like drug-usage. First she starts you off with harmless, little samples and before you know it, you’re doing whatever she wants.

Yes, but the making up after the conflict has its perks.



Pregnant?

Corrina that was an awesome story. Thanks for the great ride and Merry Christmas!

Michael

Excellent! Warm, sweet, waffy and a beautiful happy ending. Great story

Kathy
www.chili-everyway.com

This was a wonderful series, and truly magical in the unfolding of its unique love story. You made your readers care about New Krypton despite its faults, and you made Kal-El a fully realized character in his own right, as distinct from Clark Kent. I loved the ending as well, seeing Martha with a very aptly named granddaughter.

Your storytelling decisions along the way have somehow each felt so appropriate. I love reading a story where you keep wondering what will happen, and then, as it unfolds, every event makes you say, "that's right, that's just what should have happened." For instance, I'm rather glad you didn't have Kal-El fully regain his early memories by the end, because he can therefore still remain himself, with all the special qualities of innocence and the sense of wonder you have given him. He's Clark Kent in essence, but not quite the Clark Kent we've come to know from the show. Instead, he's a believable version of that character who has evolved in a rather unique and remarkable way under your deft pen. Very nicely done!

Thank you for writing one of the best New Krypton stories I've ever read. All of your stories have been excellent and very enjoyable, but in my view, this one, with its continual sense of discovery, is something truly special. I know it's too early for this year's Kerths, but you already have my vote for Best Author.

What a wonderful story!

I still don’t like it that Clark left without Jonathan and Martha knowing where he was going. I understand it, but I still don’t like it.

A couple of questions:

I don’t get what the big deal was about the time difference. Lois was gone from Earth for three months. They spent probably a month or so on New Krypton. That’s only two months difference.

Where’s Lucy’s husband? I remember a part where she got married, but she lives with Sam and Ellen.

He doesn’t have bad seed!! Of course, we all knew that, but how wonderful for Clark to have that confirmation!!!

This has been a brilliant love story! You are a very talented writer and I hate for this to end. I am looking forward to reading more of your stories.

Brilliant story, Corrina! A very fuzzy ending with several loose ends tied up. Thank you for writing!

JD

This was a totally warm and fuzzy ending.

Ann

I loved the story and I'm glad that you went so far as providing a next generation so that Martha could hold their baby.

This was wonderfully imaginative and there was plenty of different things for everyone to enjoy.

Speaking just for myself, I have no problem with FTL travel. I can explain the relativistic equations that prevent acceleration of objects with a non-zero rest mass to the speed of light as well as anyone, but if you can find a way around the relativistic C barrier, then you have circumvented the area of known physics and are into the realm of speculative theoretical physics. Just because we don’t have any idea how to avoid the relativity problems doesn’t mean that the answer isn’t out there somewhere.

So—and hopefully I haven’t embarrassed those who educated me—I don’t have that much problem with the trips to and from New Krypton. At least as long as you aren’t trying to simply push faster using stronger rockets.

Again, it was a wonderful and WAFFY story. Thank you so much.

Bob

Great ending to a great and imaginative story! Yes, I'm glad Kal/Clark still has a bit of his innocence still.
Can't wait for your next story.
regards
Artemis

A sweet ending to a fabulous story.

As for the time differences, I assumed that Lois' spent a month traveling to and from NK and that there weren't any other time differences.


Elisabeth

Nice ending and a wonderful Christmas gift! I also would have liked to see him regain his memory but over all it will remain one of my favorite fics. Laura

cookiesmom Thanks for sticking to the end. Re Clark's memory, I hinted his memory was coming back - he remembered why Martha had made the Suit, he also remembered about money being needed to purchase goods.

My thoughts were that it would return gradually.

Elizabeth Thanks, Elizabeth. I'm very glad you enjoyed the fic.

Re the holiday - the muse isn't really interested in a holiday

Michael

Yes, but at the beginning Ellen probably figured she'd be getting Lois back.

Actually, my thinking was Mon-Wed-Fri at work. I just didn't bother explaining it - although, on second thoughts, having four days away from his patients might not be the best arrangement.

Thanks for all your very entertaining FDK, Michael. So often you see things I didn't put there - and your interpretations are very LOL-worthy.

Kathy Thanks for reading and leaving FDK. After all that, there had to be a happy ending.

Betty Thanks for your wonderful comments regarding the character of Kal. I wanted him different, obviously, but he still had to have the essence of Clark. I'm It was Sam and Ellen's wedding - but I wrote it from Lucy's POV.

Thanks for your questions and comments. I really appreciate you taking the time to leave FDK.

Shadow Thanks for reading JD.

Ann Thanks for you comments, Ann.

My natural tendency is not to automatically end a love story with a baby. However, so much of this fic was about Clark/Kal having an heir that I felt this time, we needed a baby at the end.

I really like your comments about Clark/Kal. Basically this fic was about a not-too-changed Lois meeting a significantly-changed-Clark. But it was always important that Kal be recognisable as Clark, otherwise the story becomes Lois with someone we don't really care about.

Thanks for all your FDK, Ann.

Bob

Thanks for reading Bob - so glad you enjoyed it.

Artemis I see canon Clark as having a bit of innocence too - I think it's one of his most endearing qualities.

Thanks for your comments, Artemis.

Elisabeth Thanks.

Re - the time differences - I was careful not to specify how long were the travel times. It is so unrealistic that putting a time to it would only emphasise the holes.

Laura I didn't say he didn't regain his memories (in fact I hinted that he did), so I sort of left it up to the reader to decide how he/she wanted that to play out.

Thanks for all your wonderful FDK, Laura.


Thanks everyone. I enjoyed the journey and I'm so glad you did too.

Corrina.

Good point on the Mo-Wed-Fri thing.

You're welcome. Glad I could give you a couple of back

Michael

Corrina,

What a wonderful ending. I loved every minute of this story; it made me laugh, it made me cry, and it helped me through some difficult times. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Re: Sam and Ellen's wedding. If you had told us from the start that it was Sam and Ellen's wedding, we would have had no context, no understanding of how they came together or why. Given we were so involved in a very *alive* Lois's point of view, it would have seemed cold, heartless, and, quite frankly, a bit bizarre. Plus, it would have spoiled the surprise ending!

On the other hand, if you had not alluded to it at all, you'd have run the risk of having the ending appear contrived. We needed to know that this wedding was part of your vision of the story as a whole, not something you tacked on at the end.

You came up with, IMHO, a brilliant means of solving this dilemma.

i'm so sad and happy at the same time! i guess thats the mark of a great story - sorry to see it finish, but love the way its turned out!

happy holidays!

Thank you. This is a beautiful story.

I was out of town for the Christmas holiday, so I had to wait until today to finish this story. My feedback is late, but I couldn't not respond, not after all the pleasure this story has given me.

The wrap up was nicely done, from the explanation of how Clark could leave Earth without telling his parents to Lois's reunion with her family. I now want to go back and read the chapter with "Lucy's" wedding, to see what we all missed, LOL. That was very clever of you, especially with the nasty lady that bought Ellen's apartment -- I was worried right along with Lois about what had happened to her!

There were a few things that threw me out of the story as it wound down -- especially the fact that Clark was already flying when he left at 15 (in the show, he doesn't fly until he's 18) -- but once I accepted that his life wasn't the same for those first 15 years, I enjoyed watching you weave all the loose ends together. I like that Clark is gradually getting his memories back, but that he will always be Kal, the man Lois fell in love with. (And I love that Lois still calls him that when they are alone; it's an intimate nickname that no one else would understand, but they do, and that's what makes it so special.)

Corrina, you are an incredibly gifted storyteller and I can't thank you enough for sharing your talents with us.

Kathy

Vicki Thanks for all your wonderful FDK, Vicki.

About Sam & Ellen - it was such a small part of the story, but I really, really wanted them back together. I guess I wanted to make the ending happy for Lois - not only with Kal/Clark, but with her birth family too.

I'm glad it seemed believable how I did it.

Sarah Thanks for the great compliment - it's always good to hear you wanted more.

Rkn Thanks for reading and commenting.

Kathy RE the age that Clark flew. If I'd stuck with canon and had him not flying until 18, I either had to have him kidnapped later, or not having flown before he left.

I wanted him taken earlier than 18 - partly because then M&J really did lose a 'child' and partly because, being younger when he became the SR on NK could help explain why he didn't ask more questions of Ked and Nor.

But I also wanted him being able to fly before he left. Having L&C find the Suit, which had already been made my Martha, supported this because it's not much point being a Superhero if you can't get to the scene of the emergency very quickly.

Therefore, I moved his flying forward a bit.

Thanks for all your very enthusiastic FDK, Kathy.

Corrina.

Spectacular!!

Really, there aren't enough good words to describe how much of a blast this was to read!

All the Kryptonian details were handled so amazingly--and everything that I was like "umm...but why was this like this?" was answered at one point in a logical and amazing "aha!" sort of way. The plot was phenomenal, and I loved all of the surprises! You really bundled everything up nicely.

The development of the relationship between Lois and Kal/Clark brought me lots of WAFF!

I wanted to leave you multiple reviews, but I just couldn't bring myself to stop reading long enough to do it! Heh. But please know that I loved this every step of the way!

Brilliant! Just brilliant.

Hi Deja Vu

Thanks for your FDK. I'm really glad you enjoyed AMH. I appreciate anyone who gets to the end because it is so long.

Corrina.

It is 2:11am and I just finished reading this again. I needed more of Female Hawk so I went and got an old story to fill the time until I get a new part of TYTM. I read that earlier today and I needed more. This is still one of my favorites but now after reading your other story I think it may have taken over as my number 1 favorite. One thing is for sure, you are currently my favorite writer. Terrific. Good night! Laura

I just read this on the archive, and it captivated me. It was wonderfully waffy but with a great plot, too. There were twists and turns I didn't see coming at all. I really enjoyed it from start to finish. Thank you so much for writing it and sharing it with us! I'll be looking up your other work in the near future.

You are in for a treat. FH writes great stories.

Laura - I'm really glad AMH is still enjoyable on the second read.

Mrs Mosley - Thanks so much for hunting down this thread and leaving FDK for this fic. Writing a story of this length is a big effort - but it's worth it when people get enjoyment from reading.

Iolanthe - that's partly because I have such a great BR!

Corrina.

I just finished reading this story on the archives. I absolutely loved it! I don't think, after all my years hanging out in this community, I've ever read a story this long. They always seemed so daunting. It took me DAYS to read this!

But I stuck it out (meaning I couldn't make myself stop!). I don't even know what to say! I'm usually not a fan of NK stories, but you wrote this so well. This was not a typical NK story so I never knew what to expect. And I loved seeing parts of Clark slowly emerge from within Kal all throughout the story. All that extra time I couldn't be reading (like while at work ) I was constantly thinking about what I had just read and the emotions behind the parts and what direction I thought it might go.

I'm so glad I looked past the length and gave this story a try. I think there are a few other epic stories I should check out on the archives now. The amount of detail, plot, WAFFs, etc. is amazing. I've been missing so much!

Corrina, this story was magnificent. I've read your other work and loved it. You are truly talented. Thank you for sharing with us!

~Kristen

I read this a long time ago and never posted a comment.

Thanks FH! This was great!