I think this might be the most boring story I've ever written.

Tank (who says that is quite a statement since he's written quite a few boring stories)

That's a very different Lois - I was expecting to find out they knew each other in the past and she owed him big time.

The part about Alexander's sword being a forgery was priceless.

What a nice bit of happy fluff. Thanks

Wait a minute - I didn't see a Lois haircut in there! Can this truly be a Tank fic without a Lois haircut?

Originally posted by Tank:

Ah, but when you take the title of the fic into account, it becomes very funny and almost a little melancholy, too. Lois and Clark couldn't get together without hurting each other, isn't that a little bit sad?

Great to see you back here, Tank!

Ann

"Now just a blue suede minute" has got to be one of the funniest turns of phrases I have seen in a long time. It's a perfect Perry saying.

Nice job. And if this is your most boring piece, I definitely want to read more of your other works. (I haven't read many yet, but I have enjoyed all the ones I have read so far.)

cheers,
Lynn

Really, enjoyed it, Tank. Actually I didn't think your Lois differed from the show in those defining things that make her "Lois" , if that makes any sense. Some nice lines - liked the L & C banter and also the Cat-Lois banter, and especially liked that she 'got' Luthor's inner sliminess.

c.

Very nice. Simple, charming, fun.

But had it happened like that, the series may have struggled to get to eight episodes rather than the eighty-eight we got.

But regardless, this fic was a wonderful read.

Corrina.

Jumping in to apologise for no Lois haircut in this little fic. I really tried but I just couldn't come up with a way to include one that didn't seem forced.

I always want the haircuts to have a logical purpose or reason within the context of the story.

I too, think that this 'is' Lois, with just one small change. She's brilliant and driven to do her job, but for reasons we aren't privy to, she just doesn't have issues with men.

Tank (who just had a whim to write something where Lois could react to Clark more reasonably)

I really enjoyed this new side to Lois. It was very different but I enjoyed reading it. I was expecting a Tank ending though.
Good job

Well, the story was exactly what the title claimed it to be, and I loved it for that!

What a great way to tweak all those moments.

Amber

i think this calls for a sequel though, you know, to add some tank moments..

This was great - I really liked it (and no, I don't thin it was boring at all)!

Thanks to all the gentle readers who indulged me with this little effort. As I mentioned this was written purely on a whim. I wanted to show a Lois who didn't feel the need to 'put down' Clark in order to protect own insecurities. She is able to accept Clark at face value and his friendly compassion and being just a darn nice guy easily wins Lois over.

It doesn't hurt that there is that 'connection' the two have always felt for each other.

Now I need to ask all the gentle writers who are currently posting stories to make sure they get all their parts posted by Monday, so I can have them read by Tuesday morning. Tuesday afternoon I'm leaving for Chicago and will be gone through Sunday evening.

I'll be attending the Diamond Comic Distributors conference on Wednesday and Thursday, then Friday through Sunday I'll be at the big C2E2 (Chicago Comic Entertaiment Expo, or something like that) comic book convention, at McCormick Place.

These are the folks who put on the big show in New York. This is there first show in Chicago and they are going all out. It should be fun.

Thanks again for the kind words.

Tank (who promises to really try to get a Lois haircut in his next effort)

Tank,

You could just slip in a line somewhere (maybe an offhand comment by Perry or the otherwise useless Jimmy) that Lois got her hair cut when she went undercover as a man for the car theft ring story right before Clark arrived. Then change the line about her hair hanging down to her shoulders when she bursts into the interview and the haircut is taken care of.

Other than the lack of haircut, a very nice little vignette. I like Lois' personality upgrade from insecure in her personal interactions (especially with males) to confident and secure.

AmyN

Very nice! The real Lois is there, but just doesn't have those personal-relationship insecurities. I particularly liked the interplay between her and Cat.

Clark didn't fall head-over-heels right away, though, did he? He was clearly interested, of course, but it was a slower transition from interest to friendship with just hints of potential for more.

If the story were to continue... would this particular Lois, not so dazzled by the super man, see more quickly that they are one and the same?

'Toc

Oh, yes, and I should add - I, too, loved the part about the (not)Alexander-the-Great's sword.

Fun. Boring sure is an interesting way to describe it. Of course, the title set up certain expectations and when Lois whirled into the interview and immediately gone all Cat on him, things became more obvious. So, yeah, the entire thing had an anticlimactic feel to it. But at the same time, I kept waiting for the Tankish plot twist. Be it a slutty Lois, them knowing each other, a Wellsian intervention, or what not. But nothing came. Well, except Lois being the oddest combination of friendly and... datable. Not going to use slutty. But then -- /runs off to check fanfic challenge./ -- maybe Lois is what Rick Castle describes as 'a bit slutty' when he explains Nikki Heat to Kate Beckett Yeah, that about fits

As for the swords play. This one truly took me by surprise. It felt to me as if you made Luthor more accommodating, just like Cat, to this anticlimax. But it did raise a valid question: How does one verify the sword actually *is* the sword of Alexander the Great. Unless it was found inside his sarcophagus. Checked wiki, and I never knew the whereabouts of his remains had been known up to 200AD. But given the history, it's unlikely the (fictional) sword would have remained there. But maybe it traveled through the hands of the Caesars and ended up in a place where it could be certifiably accredited to Alexander. So, who knows... Of course, about the story. Maybe Tempus sold it to Luthor?

Fun vigi, Tank

Michael

LOVED IT! No drama, no nothing. Awesome

<sigh> nope, that would have been too easy!

hey, did lois get her haircut in this piece?