Thanks to Carol and Kathy, who looked this over for me... I was going to wait until after Kerth season to post this, maybe wait 'til the boards' anniversary in April... but then I decided I'm too impatient for that

Hope you like it! I see this as the final, final, *last* story in this six-party "trilogy" (hence the title) -- I hope you'll find it a good wrap-up.

PJ

Haven't read it yet, but...

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*


PS: Are you doing K next?

I love it!!!!!! I squealed when I saw the posting.

This series has always been one of my favorites. I just recently reread all of it.

I am so glad we got the happy ending for them. It was perfect.

Kathy
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Woohoo, Pam-fic! I love this final chapter (and sad that it's final). I have a feeling that Perry would eventually figure it out, but he's of course discrete enough not to tell.

And I'm going to echo Michael's clamoring for K.

Pam!

This whole series has been wonderful. Thank you for putting all the titles with a link at the beginning of the post. I went back and re-read each one before reading the current post. I've done that every time you've added a part and I’ve loved it every time. What a clever wrap-up to a unique take on our favorite couple.

Write on!
Anne

A nice ending to a fabulous tale. It's hard for me to imagine Lois with a Russian accent, which is why it works so well. She reminds me of one of the bidders at Superman's bachelor auction.


Elisabeth

That's a great ending! I really enjoyed Lyn. I think you captured her "Russian-ness" (or Bulgarian-ness) excellently. I can actually believe that Perry was fooled.

I giggled at this:

Great idea, but just exactly where would he carry it? There isn't much extra space in that skintight suit. I think an ATM card would make a very noticable rectangular shape on his, well, wherever he would carry it! Maybe he could do what he did in the old comics, have a sort of pocket in his cape where he could carry essentials? Oh well, I guess that if he can carry a full Clark Kent outfit in that suit, including a suit, tie, glasses and shoes, he ought to be able to carry a small plastic card too! (But I've been a Star Trek fan too, and I know that those who wrote scripts for the original Star Trek series with Kirk and Spock were told not to write that Kirk and Spock put anything in their pockets - "there are no pockets!".)

Anyway, that's just me being carried away in my usual way. I really enjoyed this epilogue, and thought you gave Clark and Lois - or Lyn and Joe - a delightfully happy ending!

Ann

Ahh... pure WAFF! Extremely enjoyable. And I'm glad to see Alt-Clark get a private life.

Enjoyed it a lot! The only thing I didn't like was that word "end."

Ooh, you liked it! I'm so out of practice at this...

Michael, you're a hoot. Hope the actual story wasn't a let-down!

Kathy, thank you! It's so nice to know that the series hasn't been forgotten... I'm quite fond of it, myself.

Karen, yeah, Perry might twig sooner or later, but I didn't want to have him in on the secret yet, anyway. As for K... well, H was short, I was medium, and J was longish (for me, anyway!) so I'm a little worried about having to produce an epic :p Seriously, there are things in that universe that I'd like to address, but I haven't quite figured out how, yet. Plus the A-plot in MOSB was mind-bendingly stupid in spots, so that was giving me fits, too. However, you never know. Thanks for asking, though!

Anne, I'm so glad you liked it. I felt I had to put links there in case people had forgotten about the series entirely (part 5 came out in, what, 2008? ), and I just couldn't squeeze that much backstory into this part without dragging it down entirely.

Thanks... that's what I was aiming for. So many alt-Clark stories have him trying to explain everything to her, and that's fun, but I wanted to twist it so she was explaining it to him And then it just grew from there...

Thanks, Elisabeth -- I know you said you were more used to Russian lullabies. Actually, I suppose they should have been speaking Bulgarian. I might yet change that, although, again, I wasn't sure how to explain it in context without going terribly off-tangent. It's been in my head for *years* that they would use Bulgarian and/or Russian to speak privately to each other in public. I even thought of having them split the difference, with her speaking Bulgarian and him speaking Russian, just to further encrypt things. But again, I didn't think I could fit that in here.

Ann, thank you for believing that Perry was fooled. My betas originally thought he saw right through her, so I went back and made it more definitive. As I said above, he might get there, but I'm not ready for that yet.

LOL! I hadn't considered the problem, but I think he could probably tuck it into his belt, or maybe sneak it behind the S shield, or something... Anyway, so glad you liked it.

Thanks, Iolanthe, getting altClark his privacy back was my goal, especially since I'd made the tabloids so very intrusive in this universe. The whole series was me saying "Hmm, here's a problem. Okay, here's a solution. Good. No, wait, that causes another problem..."

Sorry about the "end" part, cookiesmom But I *think* I've run out of problems to solve, so this feels finished to me. Glad you liked it otherwise.

Okay, my reply is going to be take up more than half the thread, so I'll stop now. Thanks everyone, for reminding me how much I love getting feedback

PJ

Hi Pam,

Sorry to be late on the FDK. I’ve been fighting with RL issues and I’m barely reading anything these days. However, I couldn’t let this go without comment.

This was a sweet piece and if you choose to end it here, this seems like a good place.

As much as I enjoyed the part, I was left feeling a little bit sad. They've both had to give up so much to be together. They have each other, and that is most important, but what about the rest of their lives? For example, what about Lucy? I know Lois was never that close to her family but I would think she’d want to maintain some contact. Would she want to lie to them about her status? I’d think that at the very least she would let them know she was married.

So, if you ever feel like revisiting this universe again, may I suggest a visit with the White’s as Lyn and Joe to tell him who they are? I would think that if there was one person she would want to know, it would be Perry. He would be able to keep the secret while being a good contact for Lyn and Joe. As an alternative, a Lucy revelation might be fun. Just some ideas.

If this is the last installment of this series, it has been a fun run. Part 1, “My Interview with Superman” remains one of my all-time favorite stories.

Finally, I have to add my voice to the chorus of calls for a ‘K’ story.
And… have you considered another story in the “Hearts” series? To me, “Hearts United” seemed to cry out for a sequel.

In any case, thanks for this story. I enjoyed it very much.

Bob

Loved it I think your story is the first, that actually explained why people don't recognize Clark, or in your case, Lois. The use of Lyn and Joe instead of Lois and Clark was dizzying but really well done. And of course, they have to think in those terms if they want to be safe from slip-ups

And then she can take her plane right into the honeymoon suite


And Lyn's fine with that?

If you want, you could just skip over it like you did with Smart Kids. PML's A-plot is way more fun

Michael